Tra Vinh is a coastal area in the Mekong Delta. Tra Vinh province is not too large, but it is a place imbued with the traditional cultures of many ethnic groups, including the Khmer people, featuring ancient temples with typical architecture, green islands year-round, and especially attractive eco-tourism areas. Besides Chim Islet tourist area, Ho and Ba Dong beach, Long Tri Islet also promises to be an ideal stopover in Tra Vinh whenever you have a chance to visit the region. Join with Vietdream to discover interesting things in this windy islet.
Overview of Long Tri Islet
Most of the islets in the Mekong Delta River have names given by local people based on their shape, local products, or legends associated with them. For example, the 4 islets Long – Lan – Quy – Phung (the Four Spirits: Dragon – Qilin – Tortoise – Phoenix islet) in the middle of the Tien River in Vinh Long province, or Ong Ho (Tiger islet) in An Giang.
Long Tri islet is also the same; this tourist spot in Tra Vinh tourism is also known as Bang islet (local name) because many Terminalia catappa trees grow in the area. After 1975, it was renamed to its official name, Long Tri.
The islet has brackish water, which means that half the year it will have fresh water, and the remaining half will be inundated with seawater. There are also many cork trees and nipa palms here, so they attract birds, storks… to live and nest.
To reach Long Tri islet, visitors need to take two routes. From Tra Vinh center, you need to come to the ferry station at Vinh Yen hamlet and then board a boat to Long Tri islet.
If you are traveling from Ho Chi Minh City, the best way is to rent a private car with a driver to Tra Vinh, then rent a boat to reach this region. For sure, you will be received unforgettable experience when cruising along the riverside.
Things to do in Long Tri Islet
As soon as when checking in to the islet, you can freely immerse yourself in the peaceful natural scenery, comfortably enjoying the fresh air in the river village. Of course, the best way to explore the islet is to rent a sampan and row through the canals with a local; at this time, the chaos of daily life seems as if dispelled.
Depending on the season, you can enjoy fragrant flowers and sweet fruits in the island’s gardens, such as longan, plum, mango, and grapefruit. This is an area specializing in fruit cultivation, so it is no less attractive than the Cai Mon fruit garden in Vinh Long, or the Cai Be garden in Dong Thap.
After stopping to eat fruit, you will continue to walk along both banks of the canal, visiting the beautiful river scenery on a boat moving along each canal, going through the lush orchards, under the cool green garden, look at the beautiful plump fruit clusters…
The most attractive thing is probably fishing. However, some other activities for you to participate in, such as experience crossing a monkey bridge, cycling around the village….
When you are tired from the journey to explore Long Tri Islet, the rustic dishes at the local restaurant will keep you here. Specialties here include grilled snakehead fish, fish sauce hotpot, sour hotpot with cork fruit, braised perch, and more. While enjoying the cuisine, visitors can feel the soul of the countryside through amateur folk songs.
Source: collected by An
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