Plan for a 2 Day Trip to Dong Thap at Tet

The spring is the time for relaxing and traveling. Most visitors will choose the famous tourist attractions such as Sapa, Trang An Scenic Complex. However, there is a very peaceful and interesting destination that you should mention in your travel list- Dong Thap.

Transport

From Saigon, you can go to the Western Bus Station to buy tickets to Dong Thap with a ticket price from 90,000 to 120,000 VND / way. In addition, because Dong Thap is not too far from Saigon, so you can select the motor travel by motorbike, which is quite convenient to move.

You can reach Dong Thap by motorcycle in the following schedule: from Saigon, you go straight to My Thuan Bridge along Highway 1, then go to Highway 80 to get to Sa Dec. From here, you start exploring this land with the following suggested plan:

Day 1: Saigon - Sa Dec flower village - Huynh Thuy Le ancient house

You should spend time mostly moving, alternating with enjoying local specialties along the trip. Remember to stop in My Tho, Tien Giang to taste the famous My Tho noodles. Then keep moving, stop and rest in Sa Dec, have lunch and get ready for visiting the sights.

Sa Dec flower garden

Sa Dec flower village: As one of the famous flower villages in the Southwest region, Tan Quy Dong flower village is the place providing mainly flowers for the neighborhood at Tet. This is also a favorite destination for tourists when the New Year comes. The main flowers planted in Sa Dec include chrysanthemum, dahlia, marigold, sunflower, apricot, roses, ornamental peppers ... More particularly, this year, the city of Sa Dec also holds the festival "Place of four seasons blooming" with a wealth of attractive activities.

Huynh Thuy Le ancient house: The house was built in 1895 and owned by a Chinese merchant - Huynh Cam Thuy (father of Huynh Thuy Le). The house was built with raw materials of precious wood and exudes the look of a three- space house, the traditional house style in the Southwest. Witnessing a major repair in 1917, but the house still retain a unique architecture.

The evening in Sa Dec has quite many entertainment activities. You can explore the cuisine at restaurants such as enjoying western specialties (mice, snakehead fish sour soup ...) then go to the night market to have a plate of fruit along the waterfront, watch the bridge Anh Sao (starlight) in Sa Dec version. Staying in Sa Dec, you can choose from the hotels of Phuong Nam (Southern), Bong Hong (Rose), Huong Sen ... at a price from 200,000 to 500,000 VND / room/ night.

Day 2: Lai Vung Mandarin Garden - Saigon

After the breakfast, you should move to Lai Vung mandarin garden, about 17 kilometers from Sa Dec city. You can walk in the garden all day and then move back to Saigon.

Lai Vung Mandarin Garden

Currently, in Lai Vung, there are several mandarin garden attractions, but the most three popular gardens are Phuong Nghi garden of Mr. Dang Van Khanh in Tan Quy Hamlet, Tan Phuoc commune; Ut Tuong garden of Mr. Nguyen Van Tuong located near provincial highway 851, Tan Khanh hamlet, Tan Thanh commune; and Tu Rang garden at No. 186D / 5 (Kinh Cai Son Be) Highway 54, Hoa Khanh hamlet, Vinh Thoi.

Visitors who want to see the scene of harvesting and taking mandarins to the highway, selling for the traders should come to the garden from lunar 23rd December. However, if you want to take photos in the garden, you should ask the vineyard for permission, because this is a busy trading season. Particularly, visiting the mandarin gardens, in addition to filming, taking pictures, tourists are served with beverages, and can enjoy different kinds of mandarin, the specialty of Lai Vung, or listen to traditional music.

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