Vam Sat Ecological tourist center

Located in Can Gio District, Vam Sat lies between the two rivers Vam Sat and Long Tau. The area used to belong to Dong Nai Province before being merged into Ho Chi Minh City in 1978. During resistance war against American invaders, Vam Sat was destroyed by bombs and defoliants, yet it’s now having the most gorgeous world biosphere reserve of mangrove forest, thanks to a reforestation program launched in 1996.

Insight into the Salt-Marsh Forest Ecological Tourist Zone

There’s a wide variety of activities which are offered at Vam Sat Tourist Center, of which both ecological and recreational aspects are included. The basis tour must include observing the unique ecological system of mangrove forest, visiting Bat Swamp, crocodile farm and also bird-watching. For instance, Bat Swamp is one attraction that visitors can find the natural beautiful scenery of flying foxes hanging themselves behind the foliages of high mangroves. Particularly, the most exciting activity in Bat Swamp is crab angling, which adds more flavours to ones’ meals. In addition, crocodile farm would be quite thrilling to nervous people while seeing them devour the fish you cast over and looking at their red greedy eyes.

Even at night, people still don’t find it boring since they can join common life activities of fishermen like catching crabs or shrimps (soi ba khia and xo tom). Camp fire or karaoke singing aren’t bad ideas though, especially for group of travelers or team building tours.

RELATED POST

  • Nguom Ngao Cave

    Nguom Ngao Cave

    Nguom Ngao Cave was formed from weathered age-old limestone by wind and water. It is considered as one of the most beautiful caves in northeast of Vietnam.It is discovered in 1921 by local people then opened for tourists since 1996. With the length of 2,144m, Nguom Ngao cave is relative enormous,...

  • Chu Mom Ray National Park

    Chu Mom Ray National Park

    Chu Mom Ray is the only national park in Viet Nam which shares the border with the two countries of Laos and Cambodia.Chu Mom Ray National Park is formed from Chu Mom Ray Nature Reserve with an area of over ​​56,000ha. It has the highest biodiversity in the system of national parks in Viet...

  • Quynh Phuong Rock Bank

    Quynh Phuong Rock Bank

    If you travel in Nghe An Province, you will possibly heard about the most famous festivals of the fishermen in Quynh Phuong Commune all the time, and even participate in some of them. Just remember, this is not the end of the story! In contrast, there is another thing that will indubitably...

Your Prefer Place

View our Brochure & get it free

Newsletter register

Be the first to know about our exclusive travel offers and tour updates.

Member & Association