Can Gio for nature lovers
Can Gio Mangrove Forest is located in Can Gio district, in the coastal district southeast of Ho Chi Minh City. The forest has become a “green lung” of the city by its important role in
-Preventing flooding
-Providing food and habitats for many animals
-Providing many medicinal plants
Before the Vietnam war, the Can Gio forest had a vibrant ecosystem, with many mangrove trees. However, it was destroyed by the bombs and toxic chemicals during the war.
In 2000, Can Gio Mangrove Forest was labeled a world-class biological reserve recognized by UNESCO 2000. It becomes a top tourist destination famous for its system of canals, spectacular scenic ocean, and calm tranquility.
There are two ways for you to discover the ecotour: on-road and on-boat. You can walk along the roads under thousands of trees, or you can take a speedboat to explore every corner of the forest.
Fishing at Vam Sat Park
Vam Sat is the area reserved as habitat destinations, such as bat swamp, crocodile farm, fishing crap, and wildlife sanctuary., etc. Tourists also have a chance to learn about Vietnamese guerrilla warfare in the park. On the trip, you go on rowing boats to see bats, fed monkeys, and crocodiles. Taking a rowboat ride to a mangrove forest which is wonderful and see a lot of huge bats hanging from the trees. At the crocodile farm, they have been raised in a unique and semi-natural way. You will learn the fascinating process of hatching crocodiles while they swarm around the boat, waiting to be fed. Fishing rods are provided with long strings and the bait attached, they just jump out of the water and loudly snap at the bait. Throughout the trip along the river, you should highlight the trip with a fishing or carb fishing experience at the end. The tour is fascinating to be in a boat with a nice breeze and scenery along the way.
Vam Sat, 15A Area Ly Nhon Town, Can Gio Ward.
Rung Sac Guerilla Base
During the Vietnam War, Can Gio Island was a revolutionary base of the North Vietnam soldiers. Take speed boats to “Sac” guerilla camp built deep in the jungle, giving the visitor a unique experience and a feel of what jungle battles must have been like. Taking a visit to the base which was stationed by Viet Cong from the period of 1966 -1975 and was used to be an important base camp to set up over 1,000 combats to Saigon. As the original base had been bombarded and seriously destroyed, the base still exists today as history and nature of the region as the current Rung Sac Guerilla Base was reconstructed to portray the situation then.
Rung Sac Guerilla Base, Rung Sac Street, Long Hoa Town, Can Gio Ward.
