Every autumn, the West has floods. For the people of the Mekong Delta, the flood season is not a natural disaster, but an opportunity to open up many jobs, open up a new, more prosperous and vibrant life. Because the flood brings a source of aquatic products, at the same time making the picture of the river and garden more beautiful. Therefore, if you travel to the West in the autumn, do not miss a prosperous An Giang in the flood season, a Dong Thap with pink lotus flowers and a bustling Can Tho with floating markets on the river, to enjoy the rustic and simple beauty of nature and people in the river region.
Return to An Giang to welcome the flood
An Giang is one of the areas that receives the most floods in the Southwest region. Whenever the flood starts, local residents are busy preparing their tools to go to the Vam Nao River to catch fish. This is a river connecting the Tien River and the Hau River, nearly 7 km long with a depth of 15 - 20 m. Vam Nao is called "fish nest" by locals because there used to be giant fish species weighing hundreds of kilograms here. The most common are giant catfish, swordfish, freshwater stingray, giant catfish... The flood season is also the time when tourists from near and far flock to Vam Nao to see the immense sea and witness fishermen hunting fish, or experience the feeling of dropping and pulling the net themselves. In particular, tourists can also enjoy special dishes of the flood season such as sour soup with linh fish and wild cotton or braised fish in a clay pot...
Coming to Vam Nao during the flood season, visitors will be able to row down to explore the canals, watch people remove fish, pick and enjoy water chestnuts...
Another flood-welcoming spot in An Giang is Tra Su Melaleuca forest. This forest is inherently beautiful all year round, always green, fresh and clean. When autumn comes, the floodwaters rise, Tra Su becomes even more beautiful with a swamp system covered with beautiful green duckweed, the characteristic coffee-milk colored alluvial water is no longer visible. Visiting Tra Su in autumn, every tourist enjoys sitting on a sampan, weaving through the Melaleuca forest and walking on the longest bamboo bridge in Vietnam, listening to the rustling of leaves and the chirping of birds...
The beautiful Tra Su cajuput forest with the yellow color of the wild flowers standing out against the green water fern during the flood season
In An Giang, there is also Bung Binh Thien, known as "heavenly lake", a beautiful destination in the West during the flood season. When the flood comes, local people start preparing for fishing activities, while tourists eagerly admire the beauty of the lake. Rising floodwaters turn Bung Binh Thien into a giant mirror, up to 900 hectares wide, covered with lotus, water lilies, water mimosa, and water hyacinth, creating an extremely poetic and vibrant natural picture. Coming to Bung Binh Thien, visitors will be able to visit the lake on a small boat, explore the raft houses and fish cages of the people, learn about the rhythm of life on the river, and about freshwater fish species, which is also a memorable experience. In addition, visitors can also visit the Cham village living around the lake, to better understand the unique culture of the local people.
Bung Binh Thien is an attractive destination for tourists who love to explore the rivers of the West.
Go to Dong Thap to see pink lotus
Dong Thap is considered the land of pink lotus with vast, vast lotus ponds. Coming here, tourists can visit many different lotus ponds, but the most famous is Dong Sen Thap Muoi tourist area, in My Hoa commune, Thap Muoi district, with its pure, fresh natural beauty and the pink color of lotus flowers covering the whole sky.
With a total area of nearly 20 hectares, Dong Sen Thap Muoi tourist area opens up an extremely large space for visitors to view flowers and take photos. In particular, the tourist area also has a service of renting Western-style costumes such as ao ba ba, conical hats, scarves, ao dai... for visitors to capture beautiful moments by the lotus pond.
Dong Thap not only has pink lotus during the flood season, but also gives visitors the opportunity to enjoy specialties of the river region such as grilled snakehead fish wrapped in young lotus leaves, lotus root chicken salad, lotus sweet soup, lotus sticky rice, linh fish, grilled field mice...
About Can Tho floating on the floating market
Cai Rang floating market in Can Tho is beautiful and fun in every season, but perhaps the most fun is when the flood comes, the water rises, the rhythm of life on the river becomes more bustling with boats going up and down the water flowing here. The market is a gathering place of hundreds of boats, carrying many products and goods, usually meeting early at 6-7 am, and closing around 10 am. If you want to see the river scenery, want to immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere of Cai Rang market, you should come here early, to enjoy the scene of boats full of garden products, mangoes, bananas, dragon fruits... with all kinds of brilliant colors, not to mention vegetables such as sweet potatoes, squash, pumpkins, bitter melon, cassava, watermelon...
Bustling life on the floating market in the West at dawn
Strolling around Cai Rang floating market in the morning, you can also enjoy having breakfast on boats and canoes. Here, there are all kinds of dishes, from hot noodles, crab noodles, banh canh... to a cool, delicious cup of iced milk coffee.
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