Tra Su Bird Sanctuary

Tra Su Bird Sanctuary, also known by other names like Tra Su Cajuput Forest, Tra Su Melaleuca forest is a special place for nature lovers and especially photography who love birds and wild animals. Tra Su Bird Sanctuary is located in Van Giao Commune, Tinh Bien District, An Giang Province, just about 30 kilometers west of Chau Doc and 10km from Cambodian border.

Referring to An Giang tourism, most of us often immediately immediately think of Ba Chua Xu Temple, Cam Mountain, Sam Mountain, palm palm fields photographed against the sunset or the busy Chau Doc market which is often called "" Kingdom of fish" but forgot about the beautiful Tra Su Melaleuca forest and is trending on world-famous travel sites.

During the Vietnam War, the forest was heavily damaged by bombs of the US army. After the war, the government of An Giang province replanted the forest, so Tra Su forest today has become an eco-tourism area and a rich place of flora and fauna.

Today, this forest covers an area of about 845 hectares and is an important natural habitat for many colorful birds and other rare animals. There are over 140 different types of plants in the reserve and many species of Cajuputs, which are very common in the plains, can be found here.

The government of An Giang province has made great efforts to build and invest in this area with many incentives to develop tourism for Tra Su Melaleuca forest eco-tourism area. Surely you are not surprised when there is Tra Su bamboo bridge - the longest bamboo bridge in the world. You can visit the floating forest by motorboat, rowing boat or on foot. Since Tra Su forest is only about 30 km from Chau Doc, you can combine your visit to Tra Su with one of the Mekong Delta tours, for example connecting Tra Su Tour with Saigon - Phnom Penh Tour in 3 to 7 days.

Ticket price to visit and use services at Tra Su Melaleuca forest Update Apr, 2024:

• Entrance ticket: 100,000 VND/person ~ $4 (required)
• Canoeing service to the Melaleuca forest: 50,000 VND/person ~ $2 (optional)
• Telescope observation service: 5,000 VND/person ~$0.25 (optional)

Last updated on 2023-01-11 07:20:25.