Travel Ben Tre – Mekong Delta travel Tours
Ben Tre
Capital: Ben Tre Town
Districts: Chau Thanh, Cho Lach, Mo Cay, Giong Trom, Thanh Phu, Binh Dai, Ba Tri
Vietnam Mekong Delta Travel_ boat trip in Ben tre
Traditional Festivals in Ben Tre Vietanm
Phu Le Communal House festival
Phu le Cmmunal House, located in Phu Le Village in Ba Tri district, is dedicated to the spirit of the land. This biannual festival is divided into two parts: the Ky Yen ceremony to obtain rain and wind is celebrated on the 18th and 19th of the third lunar month, and the Cau Bong ceremony to ask for good crops occurs on the 9th and 10th of the 11th lunar month. A procession and a prayer consecrated to the village spirit who taught the inhabitants how to grow useful plants are part of the festivities.
TOURSIT ATTRACTIONS IN BEN TRE
My Hoa Bird Reserve
My Hoa bird reserve is located in My Hoa village in Ba Tri district. Along the banks of Ba Lai River in direction of My Hoa are many
fruit trees like guava, coconut, Thailand custard apple. The dominant fruit trees in My Hoa are the date, bup tra, o ro, and sea bindweed. Getting to the bird reserve at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, one will view thousands of storks returning from their hunting flights and perching on trees, giving a white colour to the branches. Groups of herons crying to invite each other to go hunting at night. Besides the white storks and the herons, there are also the ivory storks, vong voc and all sorts of wild animals like bats, weasels, snakes, pythons and tigers.
Cai Mon Fruit Tree Garden (Lach Market Place)
Cai Mon is located on the bank of the Tien River in the village of Tien Thuy in the Chau Thanh district. It is considered the cradle of fruit trees in South Vietnam, with fruit ready for visitors in ny season. Cai Mon’s professional village annually supplies millions of products, such as durians, mangosteens, mangoes and longans. There are also artists who use grafting techniques to creat fantastic ornamental plants is shapes of deer, dragons or phoenixes.
Vietnam Holidays_Con Phung Islet
Con Phung ( Hillock of the coconut Religion)
Con Phung is located in Tan Thach Village of the Chau Thanh district, near the Rach Mieu Ferry between My Tho and Ben Tre on Highway No. 60 (Today,Rach Mieu Bridge,the first cable bridge in Vietnam. was built over the Tien River, the Rach Mieu Ferry is nolonger in use) It is situated on an island emerging from the middle of the Tien River, and has an area of 28 ha. Visitors can see original architectural works of the site of the holy land of the Coconut Religion. In Con Phung there is also a handicraft village producing furniture with materials taken from the coconut tree, and families raising bees for honey from the longan flower. The product is sold on the spot to visitors.
Vietnam Vacations_Rach Mieu Bridge
Oc – River Islet ( Hung Phong – River islet )
This islet belong to Hung Phong Village, Giong Trom district, and is 8.3km long, 1km wide, and is located about 10km from Ben Tre . There are many coconut trees and fruit trees garden on the islet. Like many other islets including An Binh (in Vinh Long ) and Thoi Son ( in Tien Giang ), the Oc River Islet offers a diversified tourism program for visitors to enjoys in which they can learn more about the daily life of people who live in this region.
Tien River Islet
Tien River Islet is on the Tien River 23km from Tien Long Village, Chau Thanh district by road, or 15km by waterway, and covers an area of 7 hectares. Tien River Islet is a beautiful sandy expanse. Every year on the 5th of May according to the lunar calendar, thousands of people come here to bathe and relax. In the future, this area will become a tourism village.
