Thi Tuong Lagoon, also known as Ba Tuong Lagoon, is known as the "sea and lake in the middle of the plain", an ideal destination for those who want to find a peaceful place. The uniqueness of customs and traditions combined with many cultural features of the indigenous people has created a rare beauty for Thi Tuong lagoon. Thi Tuong Lagoon is located in 3 districts: Cai Nuoc, Tran Van Thoi and Phu Tan, Ca Mau province. To reach this large river area, visitors from Ca Mau follow National Highway 1A to Rau Dua market, turn right across Cai Ban bridge, then follow the rural road 3m, passing about 7km to Thi Tuong hamlet. (Hoa My commune) to reach Dam Trong. Visitors can also from Rau Dua market go another 2km along Highway 1A to Cong Da Canal 4, turn right following the directions to Xeo Duoc Base Area, about 8km to reach Dam Giua - the most interesting and unique destination. Dam Thi Tuong. Dam Thi Tuong is associated with the anecdote that: in the past, Mrs. To Quy Thi, often called Thi Tuong, was good at martial arts and was the first person to come here to reclaim land. At that time, because Lord Ho could not marry King Thuy Te's daughter, he felt hatred. Lord Tiger sent flocks of birds to fill the sea with rocks, but Mrs. Tuong bravely chased away the birds to keep the lagoon for fishermen to live. Thanks to her efforts, people can farm and catch seafood from the lagoon, and their lives have improved much. Moved by her merit, people named the lagoon after her, from then on the lagoon was called Thi Tuong lagoon or also known as Ba Tuong lagoon. The lagoon consists of 3 main lagoons: Inner lagoon, Trung lagoon and Outer lagoon, of which Trung lagoon is the largest lagoon. The difference between a lagoon and a lake is its depth. While the middle lagoon is very deep, some are up to 10 meters deep, the upper and lower lagoons are very shallow, not reaching a person's head. The water level on the lagoon changes usually according to the rise and fall of the tide from 0.7m to 1.5m, which is very safe for tourists. The lives of people around Thi Tuong lagoon are closely linked to the water and natural aquatic resources. Because thanks to its special structure and connection to the sea, the vast water area nearly 10km long is always full of food for aquatic species to grow. Not only taking advantage of the natural resources of fish, shrimp, cockles, and seaweed living in the lagoon to feed the family; Thi Tuong fishermen also rely on the water for economic development. They use the water surface area to raise black tiger shrimp and crabs in Ca Mau. These are two types of seafood with high economic value, having a solid place in the list of Vietnamese specialties. Unlike other Ca Mau tourist destinations, Thi Tuong lagoon does not have restaurants, entertainment areas... Instead, the resting stop is the stilt houses of fishermen right on the lagoon surface. Here, in addition to Dam Thi Tuong Cooperative, there are also a few households doing business in tourism and dining services in the style of community tourism. Visitors can learn more about the daily life of the people here. To visit the lagoon, visitors can choose to go by motorboat to feel the rustic and simple life of this land. Not only do they admire the beautiful scenery of their homeland, visitors can also enjoy delicious specialties prepared by the people here and listen to them tell stories about the simple life on the lagoon, or listen to their stories. Listen to anecdotes and stories about Thi Tuong lagoon. In addition, visitors can freely use fishing tools to go to the lagoon to work as farmers, fish, set traps, find oysters, net crabs, crabs... and prepare dishes themselves, or ask people to prepare them. turn help. Specialties in the lagoon are very diverse, from dog fish, old calendar fish, galangal fish... to blood cockles, shrimp, crabs... The landscape of the lagoon is like a picture of a charming seaside countryside, lively yet peaceful with the sound of birds calling to welcome the dawn, or quiet yet vast when the sunset falls on the surface of the lagoon. Those are also the most beautiful times of the day for visitors to fully feel the vast space that nature has bestowed on Thi Tuong lagoon and save impressive photos. Especially when night falls, with thousands of sparkling lights on the surface of the lagoon, enjoying a few glasses of sole wine with specialties of fish, shrimp, crab, crab or humming a few Vong Co verses chatting with the people is still great. than.
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Ngày cập nhật : 01/04/2023