Tan Lap Floating Village - Vietcentury Travel

INFORMATION ON TAN TAP FLOATING VILLAGE IN VIET NAM

Long An with its two Vam Co streams and interlaced river system, Melaleuca forest system and rich flora and fauna are conditions for the development of eco-tourism. The most famous of which is Tan Lap Floating Village Ecotourism Area. Coming to Tan Lap floating village, visitors will have a complete and authentic view of the characteristics of the Western river region and the Dong Thap Muoi wetland.

Move to Tan Lap Floating Village?

Located in the center of Dong Thap Muoi region, Tan Lap Thao Lac floating village is on Highway 62, in Tan Lap commune, Moc Hoa district - Long An province, about more than 15km south of the Cambodian border, about 100km from Ho Chi Minh City. , you can go back and forth during the day quite easily.

From Ho Chi Minh City, you can buy bus tickets from Mien Tay Bus Station or Cho Lon Bus Station to the tourist area. If traveling by car, follow Highway 1A to Tan An city (Long An) about 40km -> continue following Highway 62 to Moc Hoa district about 62km to Tan Lap floating village. If you use Google Map or ask people for directions, you won't be afraid of getting lost.

Or start from the center of Cu Chi town and run towards Ben Luc district (Long An) for a light 70km until you reach the fork at the end of the road, take another 35km to get there.

Brief introduction about Tan Lap Floating Village

Don't misunderstand Tan Lap floating village, there is a village inside, this place is a large primeval melaleuca forest and mysterious paths leading into the forest. This is considered a suitable place for those who like to return to wild nature and explore the river culture of the Southwest region.

The reason for the name Tan Lap Floating Village is because in the past, when it was not planned, during the flood season around the 7th lunar month every year, people here often raised the floor to follow the water, looking from a distance like a floating village. The village floats on the vast water surface. Therefore, when planning this tourist area, the name floating village associated with the location of Tan Lap commune was given to the tourist area.

With an area of ​​135 hectares, there is a buffer zone of 500 hectares planned to build a typical tourist area of ​​Long An in particular and Dong Thap Muoi wetlands in general. Traveling to Long An, visiting this floating village of Tan Lap, you will be immersed in a typical wetland with habitats of melaleuca forests, lotus - lily, water hyacinth, ghost rice typical of the area and the residence of many people. type of animal (bird, stork, fish...)

What is the best time to visit Tan Lap Floating Village?

The floating village is an eco-tourism area with a landscape that changes greatly with the seasons. If you wonder when Tan Lap floating village is most beautiful? The answer is to travel to the West during the flood season, which is from August to November of the lunar calendar every year. During the flood season, if you stand from above and look down, you will see Tan Lap floating village like a deep green island in the middle of a vast sea of ​​water. All create an extremely vivid natural picture.

What's interesting about Tan Lap Floating Village?Coming to Tan Lap floating village eco-tourism area, visitors can walk on the path through the melaleuca forest, take a boat down the Rung canal, and immerse themselves in nature on a distance of more than 3km around the melaleuca forest by cable boat. .

After buying tickets, visitors will start weaving along the canals by small canoes among the melaleuca forests. The main canal leading into the center of Tan Lap Floating Village is called Rung Rach. It will be very peaceful when tourists sit in canoes floating on the forest creek, smell the incense of cajuput, watch the lotuses and lilies blooming in a corner of the river, watch the birds fluttering in the blue sky, occasionally leaning along. a tide.