If you want to travel to the Southwest, join yourvietnam.org to explore the following 18 exciting tourist attractions! The West or the Southwest is a familiar and popular way of calling the Mekong Delta or Mekong Delta. This place has beautiful natural landscapes and is imbued with the identity of river civilization.
Therefore, traveling to the Southwest to enjoy the peaceful beauty is the choice of many people. Next, yourvietnam.org will share 18 attractive tourist destinations in the West with you so you can have a fun trip.
1/ Attractions in Southwest – Tan Lap floating village – Long An
- Address: Highway 62, Tan Lap, Moc Hoa, Long An
- Opening hours: 08:00 – 18:00, all days of the week
- Ticket price: About 200,000 VND/person
- Advantages: Natural landscape, fresh air, many beautiful photo angles, many things to explore
- Disadvantages: Do not wear high heels because there is a 5km long route through the forest, the distance is quite far so you have to start early
Tan Lap Floating Village is a small area located deep inside Dong Thap Muoi in Tan Lap commune, Moc Hoa district, and Long An tourist area, about more than 15km south of the Cambodian border. This place is mainly a flooded forest with diverse ecosystems: melaleuca, lotus, water lily, water hyacinth, storks, fish, etc.
The land of Long An impresses tourists thanks to its authentic, rustic, and equally majestic scenery. Coming to Tan Lap floating village, visitors will discover many exciting activities such as:
- Stroll and admire the beautiful scenery on the 5 km-long road through the Melaleuca forest. This place is a super virtual photo spot. Wherever you look, you’ll find beautiful angles.
- Enjoy the cool breeze and panoramic view of the Melaleuca forest at the Observation Tower, with a height of over 18m located in the heart of the Melaleuca forest.
- Explore the bird-taming island located in the heart of the Melaleuca forest.
- Visiting the X-shaped bridge is also an indispensable virtual check-in point in every tourist’s schedule.
- In addition, visitors can register to participate in exciting folk games (shaking bridge, blindfolded duck catching, etc.) and visit the honey bee farming area.
2/ Thoi Son My Tho Island – Tien Giang
- Address: Thoi Son, My Tho City, Tien Giang
- Opening hours: 6:00 – 17:00, all days of the week
- Ticket price: About 220,000 VND – 250,000 VND/person/half-day tour
- Advantages: This area has hospitable, enthusiastic, and friendly people and many fruit gardens
- Disadvantages: It is not suitable for tourists prone to seasickness; the market takes place from 4:00 – 9:00 am, so visitors must get up early to experience it; some items are not retailed for tourists.
Con Thoi Son or Cu Lao Thoi Son is a place with an extensive garden system and abundant fruit gardens. Visiting Thoi Son dune, tourists will be able to float on a boat along the cool blue water and experience many exciting things that are unique to this land, such as:
- Experience the feeling of being on the Western rivers, rowing a canoe in the beautiful Nipa coconut canal.
- Visit a traditional honey bee farm and enjoy honey tea.
- Take a photo with a reticulated python on your shoulder.
- Enjoy fresh Western fruits.
- Listen to Southern amateur music.
- Exciting horse carriage ride on village roads.
- Visit and enjoy traditional coconut candy.
3/ Dong Tam snake farm – Tien Giang
- Address: Binh Duc commune, Chau Thanh district, Tien Giang province
- Opening hours: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm every day of the week.
- Reference price: Free for children under 6 years old. Children over 6 years old cost about 20,000 VND/ticket and adults about 30,000 VND/ticket.
- Advantages: There are many activities and lots of animals.
- Disadvantages: Many stores sell snakeskin products, while this is a center for protecting this animal. It is not suitable for those afraid of snakes.
Dong Tam snake farm is considered the largest snake farm in Vietnam. It is located in Binh Duc commune, Chau Thanh district, Tien Giang province. The purpose of establishing a snake farm is to provide first aid and treatment for poisonous snake bites, extract snake venom to produce serum, grow medicinal plants, and protect snakes.
The snake farm is one of attractions in Southwest for many domestic and foreign tourists to visit and see rare snake species with their own eyes.
4/ Attractions in Southwest – Vinh Trang Pagoda – Tien Giang
- Address: My An Hamlet, Ward 8, My Tho City, Tien Giang
- Opening hours: 6:30 am – 6:30 pm all days of the week
- Advantages: The temple space is relatively quiet and solemn, with beautiful architecture, and relatively easy to get to
- Disadvantages: If you come to visit on the occasion of the renovation, it is a bit inconvenient
Vinh Trang Pagoda is a famous Buddhist building with architecture that combines Eastern and Western cultures together. The first impression I got upon arriving here was the large scale, the area known to be about 2 hectares, and the highly unique architecture in a synthetic style, the intersection of Asian and European architecture.
The pagoda campus is divided into many areas, such as the Amitabha Buddha platform, the main hall, the Guan Yin station, the tower garden, the scripture distribution room, and a lot of bougainvillea flowers, making the beauty of this place sacred.
Entering Vinh Trang Pagoda, are two large and magnificent martial-style three-door gates assembled with pieces of porcelain to illustrate the history of Buddhism. The main hall is solemnly decorated, and the inside of the main entrance and the ancestral house are made in Chinese style but still retain Vietnamese architectural features.
You will be extremely impressed with the Shakyamuni Buddha statue, the Maitreya Buddha statue, and the Amitabha Buddha statue. You will clearly feel the sacredness of this place when standing in front of these three giant statues. In addition, the pagoda also preserves 60 gilded wooden Buddha statues from the 20th century, 3 ancient bronze Buddha statues, and many elaborately carved lamellas.
Vinh Trang Pagoda was recognized as a national historical and cultural relic in 1984. And it becomes one of attractions in Southwest that has a large number of tourists from all over.
5/ Tram Chim National Park – Dong Thap
- Address: Hamlet 4, Tam Nong, Dong Thap
- Opening hours: 06:00 – 20:00, all days of the week
- Ticket price: About 20,000 VND/person/visit ticket
- Advantages: Pristine natural scenery, many rare bird species, fresh air
- Disadvantages: Many mosquitoes and some roads are muddy, so bring slippers
Dong Thap is famous for its vast lotus fields, peaceful canals, fertile rice fields, and countless famous landscapes. If you want to temporarily get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and put aside your worries, choosing this land to immerse yourself in beautiful nature is a reasonable choice.
Among the famous landmarks of Dong Thap, you should take advantage of the experience at Tram Chim National Park. This place has all the elements to help tourists relax and experience many exciting things, such as:
- Take a canoe along the calm green canals to see countless rare bird species,
- Immerse yourself in the wild natural scenery and the scent of flowers (lotus, water lily, Astragalus, Athlete’s ear, etc.) It is beautiful, like a fairyland.
If you come here around August – November of the lunar calendar, you will experience the flood season here.
If you come here in the dry season, you will see the dance of flocks of red-crowned cranes.
Enjoy delicious rustic dishes in an airy thatched house in the middle of the forest.
Tram Chim National Park is truly a place that will satisfy you when you want to stay away from dust and smoke and immerse yourself in the beauty of wild nature.
6/ Xeo Quyt ecological area – Dong Thap
- Address: Hamlet 4, Cao Lanh, Dong Thap
- Opening hours: 07:00 – 18:00, all days of the week
- Ticket price: About 15,000 VND/person
- Advantages: Wild natural scenery, fresh cool air, suitable for weekend picnics
- Disadvantages: The walking distance is quite far so your legs will be tired and there will be many mosquitoes
Xeo Quyt ecological area is located about 30km from the center of Cao Lanh city. By road from Cao Lanh city along Highway 30 – to the intersection right at the People’s Committee of My Long commune. Then turn left along provincial road 650, go another 6km. Another step is to reach the Xeo Quyt relic site.
Visiting the ecological area in the dry season, visitors can walk along the unique path in the relic, which is about 1.5 km long. As for the high water season, visitors can sit on a dinghy to experience the feeling of the Western rivers. This is the best time for tourists to come here to visit.
Xeo Quyt is such as attractions in Southwest with pristine natural scenery. Because you will feel the fresh air and listen to the echoes of forest music with old cajuput carpets, water hyacinth populations, and Tram Chim National Park.
Xeo Quyt is also a place that preserves traces of the arduous struggle period of Dong Thap’s army and people. In addition, visitors can also experience “Taking a fishing boat ride” and learn how to weave with local people.
Equally impressive with the scenery here is the countryside-style cuisine. Visitors will enjoy specialties such as grilled lotus snakehead fish, grilled field mice, sour-cooked field eel, grilled frog, and hot pot.
7/ Nguyen Dinh Chieu’s mausoleum area – Ben Tre
- Address: An Duc commune, Ba Tri district, Ben Tre province
- Opening hours: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm every day of the week.
- Ticket price: Free.
- Advantages: Ancient and majestic architecture
- Disadvantages: Be careful to protect your personal belongings when visiting due to the crowd
Ben Tre is not only famous for its coconut trees, but it contains many places of historical and cultural value, including the mausoleum of Nguyen Dinh Chieu, a patriotic poet and exemplary and virtuous teacher. , a caring and talented physician.
This is a sacred and spiritual place for the people of Ben Tre; it was built in 1972. The project includes:
- A three-entrance gate.
- A stele house.
- A new temple.
- An old temple.
- A tomb area with an area of 1.5 hectares.
Visiting his mausoleum, you will learn many things about him, as well as historical artifacts and relics, and pay your respects to a talented Vietnamese celebrity.
8/ Ba Om Pond – Tra Vinh
- Address: Hamlet 3, Ward 8, Tra Vinh City, Tra Vinh Province
- Ticket price: Free.
- Opening hours: Open 24/24 every day of the week.
- Advantages: Cool space.
- Disadvantages: No resting place and nothing special.
Ba Om Pond in Tra Vinh is one of attractions in Southwest that presented for the Khmer people. It was ranked as a national historical and cultural relic in 1994. It holds an important position in the Ok Om Bok festival as well as the cultural spirituality of the Khmer people for many generations.
Here, you will admire 500 ancient olive trees hundreds of years old; the space is airy and cool. Coming here without checking in a few virtual photos is a waste.
9/ Attractions in Southwest – Temple of Literature – Vinh Long
- Address: Van Thanh Mieu, Tran Phu, Ward 4, Vinh Long City, Vinh Long Province.
- Ticket price: Free.
- Opening hours: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm all days of the week (closed Sunday)
- Advantages: Sacred place, preserving Confucian culture.
- Disadvantages: There is no place to play because it is a solemn temple of literature.
One of the literary temples worshiping Confucius in the West, Van Thanh Mieu Vinh Long preserves Confucian cultural values as well as upholds the ancestors and educates patriotism. The Temple of Literature was recognized as a national cultural relic in 1991. Coming here, you will feel the antiquity and majesty of ancient sages and learn the unique features of Confucianism.
10/ Tra Su cajuput forest – An Giang
- Address: Van Tra Hamlet, Xuan To, Tinh Bien, An Giang
- Opening hours: 07:00 – 17:15 all days of the week
- Ticket price: About 200,000 VND/2 ways
- Advantages: Large ecological forest campus, beautiful scenery, fresh air
- Disadvantages: Do not wear high heels because there is a 2km long bamboo bridge
Tra Su cajuput forest is the name of a forest with many melaleuca trees located near Tra Su mountain area of Tinh Bien district, An Giang. For those who love the beauty of wild nature, Tra Su Cajuput forest will be the ideal choice for you.
The floating season, which falls from September to November, is the most beautiful in this ancient forest. Experience sitting on a canoe through the woods, and you will discover many exciting things: under the water is a layer of green duckweed covering the surface. Above is covered with the vibrant green color of the forest; You can see and see many species of birds with your own eyes…
To visit and explore the Melaleuca forest, you will first go to the pier to buy tickets and rent boats to move around. In addition to the natural scenery, visitors also visit beautiful artificial structures, typically the “ten thousand steps bamboo bridge” through the Tra Su cajuput forest.
The vast Melaleuca forest and flooded forest ecosystem with many rare and diverse flora and fauna species will make visitors feel relaxed as they immerse themselves in nature.
Those who love taking photos will not be disappointed when choosing to visit this location because there are many beautiful photo angles for you to keep.
11/ Con Son tourist area – Can Tho
- Address: Alley 11 Le Hong Phong, Binh Thuy, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho, Vietnam
- Opening hours: 09:00 – 21:00, all days of the week
- Ticket price: About 50,000 VND/person
- Advantages: River and garden tourist area with a Western-style
- Disadvantages: Traffic is not convenient, there are scammers impersonating tour guides, and walking a lot, so wear sports shoes
Con Son is an island located in the middle of the Hau River in the Binh Thuy area, Can Tho. The beauty of this place is wild, blessed by nature with luxuriant fruit trees and abundant fish and shrimp. To get to Con Son, visitors must take a boat from Co Bac wharf. When you arrive, you can use the map on the island and explore on your own or hire a tour guide to help.
Visiting the garden is the choice of most tourists when coming here. Tourists should go in the months of March, April, and May of the lunar calendar because this is the time when a variety of fruit trees come into harvest season, giving fruit.
Visitors to Con Son will have the opportunity to see the excellent performance “Flying Snakehead Fish” be able to make traditional cakes yourself under the guidance of aunts with many years of experience, feel the novelty of feeding fish with rice, and check in with the beautiful natural landscapes here.
At Con Son, visitors also have the opportunity to enjoy excellent rustic dishes such as snakehead fish hotpot, stir-fried water hyacinth with shrimp, spring rolls, jackfruit leaf cake, fish sauce hotpot, and more. The combination of scenic beauty, landscapes, Western-style activities, and rustic cuisine makes for an unforgettable impression when visitors come here to experience them.
12/ Attractions in Southwest – Cai Rang floating market
- Address: 46 Hai Ba Trung Street, Tan An, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho
- Opening hours: 4:00 – 9:00 from Monday to Sunday
- Advantages: Experience and discover many beauties of human life in the Western rivers.
- Disadvantages: It is not suitable for tourists prone to seasickness; the market takes place from 4:00 – 9:00 am, so visitors must get up early to fully experience it; some items are not sold retail to tourists.
Coming to the Cai Rang floating market in Can Tho, visitors will experience the unique cultural features of human life in the Western rivers.
Sitting on a boat and looking around, you will see that the goods here are genuinely diverse: specialty fruits of the Mekong Delta, handicrafts, necessities, and especially seafood. Food and beverage services,…
What’s even more remarkable is that all of these items are bought and sold on boats floating on the river. The seller will use a “stick” to hang the product on the bow of the ship so customers from far away can see what the boat is selling. It is truly an exciting experience about the unique trading culture that only floating markets have.
Coming to the Cai Rang floating market in Can Tho, you will not be able to miss the cultural experiences here such as:
- Enjoying rustic dishes floating on the river
- Enjoying a variety of fresh fruits
- Taking a boat to explore hundreds of boats busy buying and selling agricultural products
- Take amazing virtual photos on the boat’s bow early in the morning.
13/ Tam Vu Victory Relic Area – Hau Giang
- Address: Xeo Cao Hamlet, Thanh Xuan Commune, Chau Thanh A District, Hau Giang Province
- Opening hours: 6:00 am – 10:00 pm all days of the week
- Ticket price: Free.
- Advantages: Airy space, fresh and peaceful.
- Disadvantages: Few visitors.
Hau Giang, in addition to its rich cuisine, contains many historical places, including the Tam Vu Victory relic site, located in Xeo Cao hamlet, Thanh Xuan commune, Chau Thanh A district, Hau Giang province…
This place witnessed 4 victories of our nation in 4 campaigns of struggle and liberation with the French army. When you come here, you will feel the heroism of the soldiers for the cause of freedom and independence in Vietnam.
14/ Attractions in Southwest – Khmer Museum – Soc Trang
- Address: 53 Ton Duc Thang, Ward 6, Long Phu, Soc Trang Province
- Opening hours: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm on all days of the week (Usually crowded at 10:00 am)
- Ticket price: Free
- Advantages: Many valuable artifacts and lots of historical information.
- Disadvantages: Small campus, not many other services
Soc Trang is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Southwest. In addition to being famous for its famous noodle soup, this place is also a place many people choose to visit. Among the locations, the Khmer Museum is quite an interesting place that you should try once.
In Soc Trang, in addition to the Kinh people, there are also Chinese and Khmer people living, creating cultural diversity. The Khmer Museum was built in 1938 and is the place that displays the most ancient Khmer artifacts in the Mekong Delta.
Coming here, you will witness many relics of the Khmer people as well as their culture. This place is like a place to preserve the spirituality of the Khmer people, containing the glorious achievements and civilization of the Khmer kingdom when still in office.
15/ Wind power field – Bac Lieu
- Address: Bac Lieu Wind Power, Vinh Trach Dong, Bac Lieu
- Opening hours: 06:00 – 16:00 all days of the week
- Ticket price: About 30,000 VND/person
- Advantages: Experience the beautiful scenery of the coastal area with giant wind-power pinwheels
- Disadvantages: The road to get there is quite tricky, and visitors should only visit between 10:00 and 15:00 because the wind is quite strong and the sun is quite intense.
Windmill field Bac Lieu is home to the largest windmill field in Vietnam. If you depart from Bac Lieu city along Cao Van Lau Street to the sea in Bien Dong A hamlet, Vinh Trach Dong commune, you will arrive at the Wind Power Plant.
Even from a distance of dozens of kilometers away, visitors can still see the turbine pillars equipped with rotors rotating regularly like pinwheels in the sky. Coming here, you can feel the smallness of humans in front of the magical giant wind-power pinwheels.
You will not be disappointed when checking out the photo corners here. Some tourists even praise the beautiful scenery here, creating beautiful shooting angles like the western sky. That’s why the Windmill Field, Bac Lieu is becoming an attractive check-in location for tourists, especially young people.
16/ Attractions in Southwest – Xiem Can Pagoda – Bac Lieu
- Address: Bien Dong B Hamlet, Vinh Thanh Dong Commune, Bac Lieu Province
- Opening hours: Open all day every day of the week
- Ticket price: Free
- Advantages: Large campus, quiet space, spacious parking.
- Disadvantages: The weather is quite hot during the day.
When traveling to Bac Lieu, you cannot help but go to Xiem Can Pagoda, one of the sacred pagodas here. The pagoda was built on May 7, 1887. Although it is not a long-standing pagoda in Bac Lieu, the pagoda has a unique and consistent architectural style of Khmer Buddhism, making it attractive to everyone who comes here.
17/ Pirate Islands – Kien Giang
- Address: Tien Hai Commune, Ha Tien City, Kien Giang Province
- Opening hours: Open 24/24 every day of the week.
- Ticket price: Free.
- Advantages: Spacious space, many entertainment activities.
- Disadvantages: Quite crowded on holidays.
Pirate Island actually had pirates that existed since the first year of the twentieth century.
The name Pirate Island in this island area has attracted many tourists to visit Kien Giang. Pirate Island actually had pirates since the first year of the twentieth century because this place was an important point of the Silk Road, connecting Asia and Europe, so there was a pirate profession here.
Now, this place is a unique tourist destination, and activities such as coral watching, swimming, BBQ, and fishing attract many people to come here. If you come to Kien Giang, don’t hesitate to go to this place to visit.
18/ Attractions in Southwest – Cape Ca Mau
- Address: Dat Mui Hamlet, Dat Mui Commune, Ngoc Hien District, Ca Mau Province
- Opening hours: 6:00 am to 10:00 pm daily
- Ticket price: About 30,000 VND/entrance ticket
- Advantages: Has beautiful landscape
- Disadvantages: Besides the food and sightseeing, there’s nothing too special.
The last place in the Western River adventure is Ca Mau Cape, a famous spot and the previous landmark of our country. Ca Mau is famous for its giant crabs and delicious seafood. Coming here, in addition to sipping some steamed crabs, you can admire the immense nature of the mangrove forests surrounding this place.
The above attractions in Southwest sharing from yourvietnam.org will help you arrange a reasonable schedule for you and your friends and family when traveling in the West. Wishing you a fun and meaningful journey of discovery!
