Dong Sen Thap Muoi is one of the outstanding eco-tourism destinations of Dong Thap province, offering visitors a peaceful experience amidst the wild natural space and immense lotus fields. Here are some of the attractions when coming to Dong Sen Thap Muoi.
General information about Dong Sen Thap Muoi Tourist Area
Address: My Hoa commune, Thap Muoi district, Dong Thap province.
Opening hours: 7am – 17pm
Reference ticket price: 20,000 VND/person (weekdays) | 30,000 VND/person (weekends)
Currently, there are many places that grow lotus, but only when you come to the Dong Sen Thap Muoi tourist area can you feel almost all the most outstanding features of the flower. And especially, when you come here, you will definitely have wonderful photos and enjoy delicious lotus specialties.
Dong Sen Thap Muoi has an area of about 20 hectares and there is almost no crowded traffic. The space here is free of dust, noise or hustle and bustle. All give way to the peaceful but extremely gentle beauty of pure lotus color. The space of the tourist area is quite large, so you will hardly have to jostle to have private lotus viewing corners. You can freely walk around the lotus field and immediately own photos with lotus without fear of jostling, pushing or taking up space of others.
What is the best time to visit Dong Sen Thap Muoi?
Each season, Dong Thap will possess a unique beauty that you rarely encounter in other localities. However, to visit Dong Sen Thap Muoi when the lotus is in full bloom, you should come here during the flood season (June to November every year). At this time, in the field, there will be hundreds of lotus flowers competing to bloom, jostling each other to grow, creating a very radiant space. If you have come here, you can notice the unique color change of the lotus flowers. Usually in the morning, the flowers will be light pink, then turn pink at noon.
And the time when the lotus is considered the most beautiful of the day is around 3 pm because at this time the flowers will bloom quite large, showing off their black and yellow calyxes sparkling under the sunlight. Then in the afternoon, the lotus gradually turns a darker pink, and when the sun sets, the lotus color is also red like the sunset. The next day, the lotus continues the blooming process as it did before, then after 3 days it will wither.
When the lotus flowers wither, other flowers will grow, competing to bloom, creating an impressive, radiant space. Activities to participate in at the Thap Muoi lotus pond eco-tourism area.
Tourist activities in Dong Sen Thap Muoi Tourist Area
If you come to other tourist areas, you can row a boat to visit the fruit garden, then when you come to Dong Sen Thap Muoi, you will sit on a boat slowly drifting in the middle of a large lotus lake. Wherever the boat goes, you can enjoy the flowers, pick lotus buds, the green lotus leaves will crowd together to welcome you. And remember to save this wonderful moment of the sun.
After sitting on the boat to relax, you can start exercising your hands and feet. Participate in fishing, catching fish, picking lotus buds, picking lotus shoots, … rustic and familiar activities of the farmers in Thap Muoi. Perhaps these experiences will stay in your memory forever.
Enjoy specialty dishes from local area
Lotus not only has ideological significance, the cultural and spiritual beauty of the Vietnamese people, but also has quite important economic significance for the people of Dong Thap Muoi. Lotus products bring great economic value because the whole lotus plant can be used. If Ben Tre has a valuable coconut tree from the top to the root, Dong Thap will have lotus from the root to the flower.
When talking about specialties when coming to Dong Sen Thap Muoi tourist area, we have to mention the typical dishes of the West but with lotus version. Instead of grilled snakehead fish in other provinces, Dong Thap will have grilled snakehead fish wrapped in young lotus leaves. The combination of the sweet aroma of snakehead fish, the slightly astringent taste of young lotus leaves, the fatty aroma of peanuts, the slightly sour taste of tamarind sauce, … you must try it.
The next dish with lotus is lotus seed rice. Nowadays, many places can make this dish, but the taste right in the “land of lotus” is something not to be missed. Fresh lotus seeds right in the garden, lotus seed water is used to cook rice with local rice which is very good for health, all wrapped inside lotus leaves, both beautiful and delicious.
Another dish at the Dong Sen Thap Muoi that you cannot miss is lotus root salad. With the lotus roots in the pond are used directly, they are very fresh, crispy and delicious. The meat and fresh shrimp are boiled until very sweet, the meat is mixed with lotus roots, the sweet and sour sauce is very appetizing. Eat this dish with your meal, and you will never get tired of eating other dishes.
Not only that, you can also enjoy dishes in local flavors such as lotus chicken salad, steamed snail, lotus fried rice, lotus tea, lotus sticky rice… About drinking, there are special product called lotus milk with a truly impression. It makes from made from lotus seeds and milk that helps your body cool down.
All are processed according to a very specific method by the people here, so they have a very unique flavor that is not available everywhere.
Source: collected by An
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