Con Quy

As a land covered by alluvium, Ben Tre has many islands, each with its own beauty and unique products. It is impossible not to mention Con Quy. What makes visitors excited about Quy island is that this place still retains its wild features with many perennial fruit orchards, planted in rows and paths, so it is very airy and beautiful. Con Quy is located along the romantic Tien River, between Tan Thach and Quoi Son communes, Chau Thanh district, Ben Tre province. Con Quy tourist area is about 23km from Ben Tre city center. You can rent a tourist boat to go down the Tien River for about 30 minutes to reach Con Quy. Traveling to Ben Tre, coming to Con Quy, visitors will enjoy the fresh air and admire the typical landscape of rivers and gardens, and listen to captivating amateur folk music. Con Quy, also known as Con Cat, is one of the "four islands" of the Tien River. Con Quy is the smallest of the islands in Ben Tre province, with a natural area of ​​about 65 hectares. According to local people, among the four famous "Tu Linh" dunes of Western tourism, three dunes Long, Lan, Phung have long shapes, only Quy dune has a round shape (like a turtle) so it is associated with this name. Among them, Quy and Phung islands belong to Ben Tre province, while Long and Lan islands belong to Tien Giang province. In some regions of Vietnam, usually in the South, people use the concept of dune or island to refer to the middle beach, which is a strip of land formed in the middle of a large river thanks to the process of long-term alluvial deposition. Con Quy was formed hundreds of years ago. Initially, this was just a desolate promontory floating on the river, dense with grass and trees, and gradually grew larger with river silt. After that, around the 1950s and 1960s, there were only a few people who went to establish a business and found land reclamation... The remaining evidence at the beginning of the dunes (upstream direction) is the Ba Chua Xu temple built by the ancestors who reclaimed the land. . In the early days, the island was about 60 hectares wide. Later, thanks to farmers planting cork to preserve the land and silt, it became the area it is today... In the 1960s, Con Quy began to reclaim land and invest in tourism development. . The attraction for tourists when coming to Con Quy is its wild beauty and lack of human impact. Admiring Con Quy from afar, it looks like a floating island in the middle of the river. On the Con Quy there is a Protestant church where people come to pray. At first, people here only built small houses made of bamboo leaves and on a small scale to welcome tourists. Then, when they realized there was potential for tourism development, people built Thuy Ta restaurant along the river that could accommodate hundreds of customers and from there the service quality was also improved. Traveling to Con Quy, you will admire the lush grapefruit, orange, longan, rambutan, banana, coconut, mango, jackfruit gardens... luxuriant and fruitful. Besides growing fruit gardens, people also develop beekeeping for honey. The honey here is taken from longan flowers, so it has its own unique flavor. Especially when visiting the dunes, tourists can also dress up as farmers to participate in "slapping ditches to catch fish", "picking for crabs and snails",... experiencing the simple life of the river countryside. At noon, under the trees, visitors can relax in hammocks swaying with the breeze. In addition, visitors can also organize camping trips with many attractive activities. In the evening, local people will row their canoe to take them through small winding canals, with lush green coconut trees on both sides, making it very attractive to watch fireflies at night. The daily activities of the people here are associated with handicrafts made from coconuts and coconut candy production. Visitors coming here will have the opportunity to witness firsthand the process of making products made from coconuts, learn how to make coconut candy and can choose for themselves some coconut candy or cute products as souvenirs. Or give to friends and relatives after a trip to Ben Tre. Coming to Quy island, don't forget to enjoy special and rustic dishes such as: roasted coconut shrimp, catfish cooked in sour soup with water spinach, steamed red tilapia with termite mushrooms and pumpkin flowers, goby fish hotpot. , Braised snakehead fish,… At Con Quy, hotel and motel services are developed to meet the relaxation needs of tourists. In particular, homestays attract tourists who both save money and have the opportunity to learn about the lives of the people here. Sitting on boats floating on the river watching the rich, green and peaceful trees will be one of the experiences that everyone probably wants to try once in their life. Con Quy is definitely one of the destinations that leaves a strong impression in your mind after leaving Ben Tre.

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Ngày cập nhật : 01/04/2023