Long An is the gateway to the Southeast and the Mekong Delta so Long An has many attractive tourist attractions. To get the perfect and complete Long An trip, you should take some time to learn about the place. Below is the latest updated Long An travel guide.
How Long An Is Unique?
Long An is located in the Mekong Delta, about 50 km from the center of Saigon in the direction of National Highway 1A. It’s also in the key economic region of the South.
Not a prominent destination on the journey to the West. But few people know that Long An also has many attractive destinations, worth to change the wind on the weekend.
When Is The Best Time To Go To Long An?
Long An is situated in the humid monsoon climate zone, bordering the two regions of the South East and the South West. So it is characterized by the climate of the Mekong Delta.
The average monthly temperature ranges from 27.2 to 27.7 degrees so you can travel to Long An on any season of the year.
How To Get To Long An?
Long An has the center of Tan An city, about 45 km southwest of Ho Chi Minh city center. Long An is a convenient and ideal daily tour from Ho Chi Minh City. From Saigon to Long An, you can follow the following two roads:
Supply Road 1: From the inner city of Ho Chi Minh, move to Binh Chanh. At the Binh Thuan traffic junction, you turn to National Highway 1 and go straight through My Yen and Vinh Loc, then cross Ben Luc bridge. From Ben Luc bridge, you go straight to Tan An bridge to Tan An city, Long An.
Supply Road 2: From Ho Chi Minh City to Binh Chanh. At the intersection of Binh Thuan traffic junction, you turn straight into Ho Chi Minh City – Trung Luong highway about 30 km. Then turn right into the roundabout, go back to the direction of highway 62 to Tan An city, Long An.
Sightseeing Around Long An
1. Hundreds Of Columns House
An old house in Long Huu Dong commune, Can Duoc district. This house has 160 columns, not one hundred. It’s built in the style of Nguyen Dynasty, Hue style, is a traditional architecture and sculpture with an enchanted space.
All of the above pavilions are in a rectangular shape with 3 spaces, 2 wings are made of precious woods such as cam lai, and red typing, typing honey.
The specific feature of the wooden touch style here. Beside the skillful and descriptive style, meticulously heavy and copied by the feudal style. It is a liberal stylized style with a large volume of blueprints. has created more richness, lively, emotional for the spectators.
2. Tan Lap Floating Village
Belonging to Moc Hoa district, Long An province. This is a pretty appealing address because they come here to find a sense of relaxation, immerse themselves in the nature of the melaleuca forest and remove the burdens of hustle and bustle urban life.
It stands out with a vast Melaleuca forest covering 135ha and a buffer zone of 500ha, high watchtower from which the entire forest can be seen, especially the “love path” through 5km of melaleuca forest.
Tourists come here often enjoy taking pictures with the road through the Melaleuca forest. In the season of floating water, you cannot go this way because the water is flooded by the bridge.
The quiet, pristine green forest will take you away from the crowded and crowded of the city life. Give each person a feeling of relaxation and peace of mind.
3. Thanh Tam Ornamental Flower Garden
Thanh Tam ornamental flower garden is located in the center of Tan An city, Thanh Tam. Visiting Thanh Tam ornamental flower garden. You will be amazed at the richness and originality of a variety of different ornamental plants. Such as pineapples, laurels, buckwheat, si, aqua and many other types.
Thanh Tam ornamental flower garden is not only a place to display many kinds of rare plants. But also a lot of bonsai with bonsai trees that are over 100 years old.
This flower garden is not only a place for visitors to enjoy their passion for bonsai. But also a place for visitors to relax and immerse themselves in rural life, which has become a new discovery point for many tourists at home and abroad when traveling to Long An.
4. Ancient Village Of Phuoc Loc Tho
Ecological tourist area of Phuoc Loc Tho ancient village in Huu Thanh commune, Duc Hoa district. It is the only place of Vietnam to gather many old houses all over the country.
Phuoc Loc Tho ancient village has an area of about 5.5ha with a majestic appearance that clearly shows the style of martial arts children with various patterns and styles.
Here, you are like immersed in the ancient space with the houses decorated in the quiet, peaceful space of many plants and flowers.
Phuoc Loc Tho ancient village area as a collection with more than 22 antique wooden houses across 3 regions of Vietnam and hundreds of precious objects and antiques from daily life items of kings, military officers, landlords, people come to the cultural spiritual objects of the Vietnamese people arranged according to each time the wooden houses are restored and stored here.
This ancient village is an ideal place for those who enjoy nostalgic beauty, passion for understanding the value of customs and habits, the daily routine of the old Vietnamese.
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5. Dong Thap Muoi Tourist Area
Dong Thap Muoi eco-tourism area belongs to districts of Moc Hoa, Vinh Hung, Thanh Hoa and Tan Thanh. This is an ecotourism area typical of Long An in particular and Nam Bo in general.
Not only attracting tourists by extensive Melaleuca forest but also making people surprised and enraptured by the immense lotus fields.
If you come here in the flood season, around August to November will have the opportunity to watch the lotus bloom, the blooming lotus flowers with pink from the soft to the soft and the golden color of the leaves, the green color of the leaves forming a Beautiful scenery, a beautiful and simple beauty.
In addition, visitors here also discover the world of diverse bird with nearly 112 species of birds, 149 species of animals. Dong Thap Muoi will be a tourist destination not to be missed when traveling to Long An.
