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Ca Mau is the southernmost province of Vietnam, located in the Mekong Delta region. The land at the end of the country has three sides bordering the sea: the East Sea to the east, the Gulf of Thailand to the west and south, and Bac Lieu and Kien Giang to the north. Coming to Ca Mau, visitors will hear stories about Uncle Ba Phi, traditional music, travel on rivers, eat forest specialties, sea crabs...
When is Ca Mau beautiful?
The climate is quite pleasant all year round, but the most ideal time to travel to Ca Mau is in the dry season, from December to April of the following year. The rainy season lasts from May to November. If you go around the 7th - 8th lunar month, visitors will enjoy many specialties.
Transportation
Ca Mau is more than 300 km from Ho Chi Minh City and more than 1,900 km from Hanoi. From the northern provinces, the most convenient way to travel is by air. Tourists choose flights to Can Tho by Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Bamboo Airways, with round-trip fares from 3 to 4 million VND. Then from Can Tho airport, tourists travel to Ca Mau by many types of vehicles, the most comfortable of which is a sleeper bus. Ticket prices range from 125,000 to 150,000 VND, distance 155 km. From the beginning of May 2023, the first direct flight from Hanoi to Ca Mau, operated by Bamboo Airways. There are three round-trip flights per week, costing about 4 to 6 million VND. Travel time is more than two hours.
From Ho Chi Minh City, tourists can buy bus tickets or drive themselves. Buses usually depart in the evening, and stop in the center of Ca Mau city after 7-8 hours. Some good quality bus companies such as Phuong Trang, Giap Diep, Mai Linh, or Tuan Hung... have ticket prices for the Ho Chi Minh City - Ca Mau route of about 190,000 - 200,000 VND one way.
If you drive from Ho Chi Minh City to Ca Mau, you go in the direction of QL1A and Quan Lo - Phung Hiep. The journey takes about 7-8 hours depending on rest time. The road is quite beautiful, but there are many rivers and canals. Bridges across the canals are often short, steep slopes, drivers should drive slowly. Roads through towns and residential areas have many speed limit signs from 40 to 60 km/h.
The best means of transport to explore Ca Mau city is motorbike, second is car for long distances. Third is train, boat, motorboat - very popular means of transport because Ca Mau has a dense system of rivers and canals.
For the journey to Dat Mui, more than 110 km from the city center, the most interesting experience is to take a speedboat to see the river life. The journey takes more than three hours because the boat stops at small stations along the way. Visitors arrive at the final destination, Dat Mui market, and continue by motorbike taxi to Dat Mui tourist area, about 4 km away, at a price of about 50,000 VND per person.
In addition, there are many local bus companies specializing in the route from Ca Mau City to Dat Mui such as Phuoc Nghia, Truong Giang, Den Map... at a price of about 120,000 - 140,000 VND one way.
Where to go
Ca Mau Cape is where the GPS coordinate marker 0001 (kilometer 0) is located. This marker is shaped like a wind-filled ship, stretching out to sea. Ca Mau Cape is where you can watch the sun rise from the eastern sea in the morning and set into the western sea in the afternoon.
Dat Mui, in Ngoc Hien district, is also the final point of the Ho Chi Minh road. Km 2436 of the Ho Chi Minh road belongs to the Ca Mau Cape National Tourist Area. The road starts from Pac Bo - Cao Bang, passes through 28 provinces and cities and ends at the southernmost point of the country.
Hanoi Flagpole at Dat Mui. The project has 3 floors, is over 41m high, and is modeled after the architecture of Hanoi Flagpole. From the flagpole, you can see the mangrove forest and the East Sea. Photo: Chu Duc Viet
The 184 Forestry and Fishery Area is located in the middle of the Nam Can mangrove forest, in Cha La hamlet, Tam Giang commune, Nam Can district. There are 44 species of plants, including some rare species such as white toad, dung, su, trang... Coming here, visitors can row a boat deep into the mangrove forest and watch monkeys playing on the trees.
The Mui Ca Mau World Biosphere Reserve is a natural mangrove ecosystem recognized by UNESCO, including Mui Ca Mau National Park, U Minh Ha National Park and the West Sea coastal protection forest area.
Experiences not to be missed are taking a boat ride through the forest at Mui Ca Mau National Park or participating in mangrove planting, observing flora and fauna or experiencing bee-eating with locals in U Minh Ha forest, listening to stories about Uncle Ba Phi.
Ngoc Hien Bird Sanctuary covers an area of 130 hectares in Ngoc Hien district. It is home to rare bird species and rich flora. Interspersed with the vast green of mangrove and cajuput forests are red river branches with heavy alluvium.
Visitors can visit early in the morning to watch thousands of birds foraging, or when they soar across the sky to find their way back to their nests in the sunset.
Other destinations for observing wild birds are Tu Su Bird Sanctuary (Thoi Binh district, about 30 km from the center), Bird Sanctuary in the heart of Ca Mau city (Ly Van Lam, Ward 1).
Hon Khoai Island is located in Ngoc Hien district, 14.6 km from the mainland. Ca Mau has no mountains but has high islands such as the national historical and cultural relic Hon Khoai with a peak of 318 m above sea level. This island is impressive with large ranges of rocks, undulating hills and green forests.
Hon Da Bac is a famous and pristine island with colorful rocks, estimated to have been formed 180 million years ago. Hon Da Bac is a beautiful island cluster consisting of three large and small islands located close to each other: Hon Ong Ngo, Hon Da Le and Hon Da Bac. The highest island is 50 m above sea level.
Hon Da Bac is located in Kinh Hon hamlet, Khanh Binh Tay commune, Tran Van Thoi district. Photo: Huynh Lam/Ca Mau Tourism
Khai Long beach has a sandy beach that curves like dragons along the coast in Khai Long hamlet, Dat Mui commune, Ngoc Hien district. The sea is located in the mangrove ecosystem of the region, with a wild beauty.
Cai Tau strawberry garden is located in Nguyen Phich commune, U Minh district, about 30 km west of Ca Mau city center. This is the land of thousands of mulberry trees. Visitors can sit on a three-leaf boat, weave through small canals to fully enjoy the peaceful scenery and enjoy the sweet and fragrant strawberries within reach.
Cai Tau strawberries have large, thin-skinned, juicy fruits, with a sweet and slightly sour taste. The ripe fruit is bright yellow. When the first rains of the season start to get heavy, the strawberries are ripe, and at this time, people open the garden to welcome visitors.
Cai Tau strawberry trees are full of fruit in season. Photo: Tran Trong Thang/Ca Mau Tourism
Tan Hung Communal House is a national historical and cultural relic built in 1907. The communal house is located in Xom Lon Hamlet, Ly Van Lam Commune, 4 km from the center of Ca Mau City. This communal house is where the first flag of the Indochinese Communist Party was hung in Ca Mau in 1930. This is where the Republican Guard soldiers stayed to build fortifications and dig barricades to fight the French colonialists for a long time.
Traveling the Trem River With a length of 42 km, starting from Kien Giang to Cai Tau junction, Ca Mau, the Trem River is strangely beautiful because the water changes with the seasons and time. In the rainy season, the river water is red, dotted with green water hyacinth branches floating along the stream. In the dry season, the river water is milky white, with rows of green water coconut trees on both sides.
Thi Tuong Lagoon is known as "the sea lake in the middle of the delta". This is also the largest lagoon in the Mekong Delta with a length of 12 km, the widest point is 2 km, the deepest point is 1.5 m. Thi Tuong lagoon consists of three main lagoons: Dam Tren, Dam Giua and Dam Duoi, of which Dam Giua is the largest.
Sitting on a motorboat gliding on the surface of the lagoon, visitors can enjoy the beautiful nature, observe the lives of local fishermen, or experience fishing, fishing with nets, and catching fish with nets... In addition, they can enjoy fresh fish, clams, shrimp, crabs... specialties.
Specialties
Ca Mau crabs are famous for their deliciousness. Gourmets often look to buy wild crabs because the meat is much more delicious and sweeter than farmed crabs. Crabs at Ca Mau shrimp farms are always fresh and reasonably priced. The price of Ca Mau crab meat ranges from 150,000 - 300,000 VND per kg and crab roe from 300,000 - 500,000 VND per kg.
Many restaurants prepare crabs in many different dishes, from simple ones like boiled, steamed, grilled to more elaborate ones like tamarind stir-fried, hot pot, crab noodle soup...
Grilled clams are similar to clams but are larger in size and usually live in alluvial flats, estuaries, and mangrove forests. Mui ... Brown fish live in brackish and saltwater environments, the fish body is slightly round, flat, small head, has many leopard skin patterns so it is also called leopard discus fish. The fish meat is sweet, chewy and not fishy, especially the fish skin has a layer of fat that creates fat, delicious and irresistible.
The mudskipper looks quite strange, living in swamps. The fish meat is firm, delicious and not fishy. Mudskippers are often grilled with salt and chili, fried or cooked in sour soup, braised in soy sauce, cooked with me.
Grilled snakehead fish is a dish with a sweet, elegant taste, the aroma of alluvial water and the salty taste of the homeland sea. The fish does not need to be marinated but will still be fragrant and sweet. You can hold the whole fish to grill it to eat in the true countryside style, or put it on banana leaves, roll it in rice paper with vegetables, star fruit, cucumber... and dip it in sweet and sour fish sauce.
Bee pupa salad is considered the most attractive in Ca Mau. Bee pupae are often collected by workers in the forest and then processed into dishes such as porridge, stir-fried bee pupae or, best of all, used to make salads.
Honey sauce is a specialty that not everyone dares to try. People in the Cape often eat honey sauce with white rice. In some restaurants, people often use pork belly wrapped with vegetables such as green banana, cucumber, coriander leaves, ginger, chili or coriander, dipped in honey sauce.
Wild water fern grows abundantly on the edges of lagoons and lakes. Water fern is processed like a vegetable into many different dishes, including seafood salad and pickles. The core of water fern is crispy, soft, and strangely sour, like lotus root and bamboo shoots mixed together.
Coming to U Minh forest, you should not miss snakehead fish hotpot, wild vegetables with young choai shoots, grilled wild eel dipped in crushed salt and chili. Photo: Le Duy Hung
Banh tam appears modestly in small street stalls instead of on restaurant menus. This dish is rustic and simple but has a special appeal.
The most crowded is the banh tam restaurant on Le Loi Street, Nguyen Huu Le Street, Ward 2, or the breakfast restaurant on Quang Trung Street, Luu Tan Tai Street, Ward 5, Ca Mau City... If you are lucky, the "local" will direct you to a restaurant specializing in selling spicy chicken curry banh tam in a hidden alley, very accommodating to diners.
Other specialties include goby fish, oysters, fried field mice with lemongrass and chili, squid egg rolls, congee... which are popular dishes of Ca Mau people. This dish is rich in nutrients, fragrant and rich in meat.
What to buy as gifts
Visitors can buy fresh, cheap seafood during the day such as sea crab, Rach Goc crab; or famous dried products such as: dried snakehead fish, dried mullet fish, dried snakehead fish, dried mudskipper fish; or shrimp paste, freshwater fish sauce. The most special is pure honey from U Minh cajuput forest. Bon bon melon is also often bought by tourists as gifts when visiting Ca Mau regions.
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