Travel to Ben Tre

B?n Tre is the capital city and municipality of B?n Tre Province, located in the Mekong Delta area of southern Vietnam. It borders Tien Giang in the North, Vinh Long in the West and Southwest, Tra Vinh in the South and around 60km coast. It is around 85 km to the South of Ho Chi Minh City.

Ben Tre and My Tho separated by Tien River and passengers were used the ferries to pass the river until 2009 when the Rach Mieu Bridge was completed. South Vietnam tours Packages

During the war, Ben Tre was known as the cradle of communist, a big part of people were been as guerillas.

The major economy of Ben Tre is agriculture. Other part of it is fishing due to its 60km along the coast. The coconut trees occupied a big part of its land. That also is the feature of Ben Tre.

In the daily life, local people used coconut tree trunk to built their houses , the leaves for cooking, the flesh of coconut for making oil….Nowadays, coconut tree is the main material to make special handicraft products . By the skin of coconut, they made nice carpets; by the coconut’s shells, people made a lot of handicraft stuffs. Ben Tre coconut’s candies are famous in domestic and were exported to many countries. BASSAC CRUISE

During the war, a part of them was destroyed by bombs. It was a while that many local people already replaced the coconut trees by others such as longan, madarin, orange, pomelo.. but they re-started to grow the coconut trees again. Indochina Sails cruise

The soils in Ben Tre are festive. Coconuts, sugar canes and cacao tree are the main industrial trees in Ben Tre. Besides, Ben Tre is famous with many kinds of nice fruits such as durians, bananas, mango, mangosteen, rambutan....

Most of people in Ben Tre are Kinh.

Along with My Tho, Ben Tre is one of the attractive destinations.

Tourist can take one day trip from Saigon to My Tho then Ben Tre. For tourist who loves nature and the countryside, Ben Tre will offer for staying and overnight at a homestay. Tourist will have chance to experience how the Southern people life is. Everything is very simple there.

Enjoy a boat trip on Tien River, sightseeing the floating fishing village, trying the horse –cart, learning how to make the coconut candy, rowing a small boat in a small branch of a river, admired the beautiful view in a countryside….that is a part of My Tho and Ben Tre Mekong tours.

THE HANDICRAFT VILLAGES

The Handicraft Villages

Favoured by good climate, with low rate of whirlwind and tropical typhoons, and all-year-round orchards, Ben Tre is considered quite appropriate to bee-keeping. Going on village paths in Chau Thanh, Giong Trom, Mo Cay and Cho Lach Districts, visitors can witness interesting scenes of honey vendors bustling and jostling along the way to invite visitors to buy or just taste their honey.

VAM HO BIRD SANCTUARY

Vam Ho is a submerged region in Ba Tri, Ben Tre, which is 52 km east of Ben Tre Borough and 120km south of Ho Chi Minh City.  This spectacular place contains many wild forests with a great variety of trees including water coconut, date, mangrove, reed and Avicenna.  This is a favorite destination of many animals, especially birds, to which the region is dedicated.  There are about 84 species of birds in 35 classes, including 500,000 storks.  From April to October is the best time to see the storks, as this is when they take refuge in Vam Ho to produce and raise their young.

Vam Ho Bird Sanctuary

The birds can be seen during the day, but early evening after 5pm is the most exciting time to watch them.  At sunset, great flocks of storks thousands of members strong, fly over the Ba Lai River to turn around under a glowing sky and land within the green forest.  The sound of thousands of birds mixing and playing, dancing and whooping becomes the enchanting song of the jungle.  In addition to the song of the storks are the varied rhythms and calls of other wind birds mixed with the sound of leaves, which makes a silent summer’s night shimmer with excitement.

Inside the Vam Ho Bird Sanctuary, visitors have a chance to travel around by boat, penetrate the submerged forest and step along narrow bamboo bridges to fill their chests with the purified air of a well-preserved wetland.  Also, travelers can rest under the shadow of the forest or visit relics of resistance from the Vietnamese – American War.