Top 10 must-visit attractions in the Mekong Delta

Not only is the country's largest rice granary, the Mekong Delta also possesses many beautiful landscapes that attract domestic and foreign tourists. Let's take a look at the outstanding attractions here.

Not only is the country's largest rice granary, the Mekong Delta also possesses many beautiful landscapes that attract domestic and foreign tourists. Let's take a look at the outstanding sights here.

1. Cape Ca Mau (Ca Mau province). Ca Mau Cape is the southernmost headland, a place of sacred significance that any Vietnamese people wish to visit once. This is the only place in the country where the sun can rise in the East Sea and set in the West Sea.

2. Seven Mountains (An Giang). Seven Mountains is the name of the land with seven mountains emerging between the vast plains in two districts of Tri Ton and Tinh Bien, An Giang province. This place is famous as a sacred land, associated with many legends of the Southern land.

3. U Minh forest (Kien Giang and Ca Mau). U Minh forest is 2,000 km2 wide, a very specific, unique and rare forest type in the world, including U Minh Thuong National Park and U Minh Ha National Park. This forest is widely known through the work "Southern Forest Land" by writer Doan Gioi.

4. Thap Muoi lotus field (Dong Thap). Any Vietnamese person knows the folk song "Thap Muoi is the most beautiful lotus flower". Thap Muoi lotus ecological area has an area of ​​​​nearly 20 hectares, is like a "kingdom of lotus flowers", is a prominent landscape of Dong Thap province.

5. Ba Om Pond (Tra Vinh). Located in Tra Vinh city, Ba Om Pond is a unique landscape of Tra Vinh province. This is an artificial pond with a rectangular shape, 300 meters wide, 500 meters long, surrounded by many old trees. The history of the pond is associated with a legend of the Khmer people in the area.

6. Sam Mountain (An Giang). Sam Mountain is a famous landscape of Chau Doc city, Gian Giang province. On and around this mountain there are many temples and shrines, of which the most famous are Ba Chua Xu Temple, Tay An Pagoda, Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb, Phuoc Dien Pagoda (also known as Hang Pagoda).

7. Phu Tu Island (Kien Giang). Located in Kien Luong district, is considered a symbol for the beautiful scenery of Kien Giang. This is an island consisting of two giant stone blocks conjoined standing on a stone pedestal with a height of 5 meters. Due to the impact of nature, only Hon Tu remains standing to this day.

8. Silver Stone (Ca Mau). Located in the sea of ​​Tran Van Thoi district, Hon Da Bac is a cluster of islands located adjacent to each other with a total area of ​​6.43 hectares. This is a place with many unique natural scenes, typically the stacked blocks of granite with strange shapes.

9. Lagoon Thi Tuong (Ca Mau) Located between two districts of Phu Tan and Tran Van Thoi of Ca Mau province, Lagoon Thi Tuong stretches for nearly 2 km and is more than 10 km long, dubbed the "Sea Lake in the middle of the plain" of the land. Southern. The scenery here is especially attractive at dawn and dusk.

10. Mui Nai Beach (Kien Giang). Located in Fort Fort ward of Ha Tien city, Mui Nai beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in the Southwest region. Due to the west direction, Mui Nai is one of the few ideal beaches to watch the sunset in Vietnam.

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Update day : 16/06/2023