Ben Tre Travel Guide

Ben Tre has a complex network of rivers and canals, Ben Tre has the advantage to develop ecotourism with many green fruit gardens. Ben Tre is the granary of the Mekong Delta
Ben Tre is featured with plain geography, scattered around by sand dunes and adorned by rice fields, fruit plant gardens, and numerous rivers and streams, canals, and arroyos. The four Tien Giang river branches, including My Tho, Ba Lai, Ham Luong, and Co Chieu rivers, split Ben Tre into 3 islands Minh, Bao, and An Hoa. All contribute to an ecological system of rivers, canals, arroyos, and green trees, facilitating transportation, hydroelectricity, and more importantly, ecological tourism potential.

Ben Tre is situated in the Mekong Delta. It shares its border with Tien Giang in the north, Vinh Long in the west and southwest, and Tra Vinh in the south. It has a 60km seashore. The four main rivers are Tien Giang, Ba Lai, Ham Luong, and Co Chien. They create Bao Minh and An Hoa islets. The topography is flat with sand dunes and fields. Though rivers surround the province, water transportation is very available.

TOURISM:

Having a complex network of rivers and canals, Ben Tre has the advantage of developing ecotourism with many green fruit gardens. Ben Tre is the granary of the Mekong Delta. There are agricultural productions such as rice, corn, pineapple, custard-apple, star apple, durian, mango, longan, and many more. Industrial trees are tobacco, sugar cane, and cotton. Especially, Ben Tre is the homeland of coconut. It is known for Ben Tre coconut candy, My Long Cai Mon flower, and ornamental plant.

Ben Tre is well known as poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu’s motherland. Other popular places are My Hoa Bird Reserve, Con Phung (Hillock of the Coconut Religion), Vam Ho Bird Sanctuary, and Vien Minh Pagoda.

TRANSPORTATION:

Ben Tre is 14km from My Tho and 85km from Ho Chi Minh City. National Highways No. 60 and 57 link to Tra Vinh and Tien Giang provinces. Ben Tre is considered an island province accessible by ferry from Mytho. Tourists can visit Ben Tre by Private Car from Ho Chi Minh City