Strawberry season on Cam Mountain

In May, strawberries on Cam Mountain are in full bloom, bringing a new experience to visitors in the summer.

Cam Mountain or Thien Cam Son in An Hao commune, Tinh Bien town, is one of the seven mountains of That Son range. In May, when the strawberry gardens on the mountain are all ripe and golden, Cam Mountain becomes an attractive destination for tourists who love nature and fruit.

Duong Viet Anh, a tour guide in An Giang, said many people choose trekking to enjoy the green space and taste the "special" fruits of this land.

Strawberry is also called ground strawberry, scientific name Baccaurea sapida, belongs to the woody stem, the tallest is about 20 m, the shortest is 5 m. The fruit grows on the trunk and some large branches, when ripe it is red or yellow.

Mulberries grown in the Cam Mountain area are suitable for the soil conditions and therefore have few pests and diseases. Growers only need to apply organic fertilizer once a year. Two weeks before the fruit begins to ripen, the trees are watered to help the fruit ripen evenly and sweetly.

In An Giang, besides Cam Mountain, mulberry is also grown in many other mountains of the Bay Nui region, most in Tinh Bien and Tri Ton.

According to the tour guide, the mulberry tree has a brittle trunk, so visitors should not climb when picking it because the branches are weak and easily broken. For clusters of fruit that are out of reach, a pole should be used to harvest, with someone standing below to catch them.

The mulberry fruit is round, with a golden yellow skin that clings tightly to the trunk. In many places, the ripe and green fruits are mixed together, so when picking, people must be careful not to drop the unripe fruits next to it. A well-grown mulberry tree can produce hundreds of kilograms of fruit each season.

Strawberry clusters usually have dozens of berries growing close together. Peeling off the outer skin reveals the transparent and juicy inside. According to garden owners, berries have a slightly sour taste, so visitors should choose large, ripe yellow berries for a sweeter taste.

At Cam Mountain, strawberries are grown under the forest canopy, the harvest season lasts from May to mid-June. Visitors can visit the garden on a tour or ask permission from the garden owner to visit and pick the fruit. The price of strawberries is from 10,000 to 15,000 VND per kilogram.

In the photo is a group of tourists in Long Xuyen, renting costumes and choosing mulberry trees full of fruit in the garden to pose for photos.

Ms. Le Thi Thu Nghia, living in An Giang, said that the first time she experienced picking strawberries on Cam Mountain, she and her friend wore traditional Vietnamese clothes and arrived early when the garden was empty to take pictures.

"The scenery is very beautiful, the strawberries grow in golden clusters," Thu Nghia said.

Cam Mountain is about 70 km from Long Xuyen city, known as "Da Lat of the West". Tourists can take a bus from Ho Chi Minh City to Chau Doc, then rent a motorbike to continue the journey. For those who like to explore, they can choose to trek through the fields, weave between rows of palm trees and fruit gardens such as strawberry, red apple, mango or take a motorbike taxi or cable car to go up the mountain.
Viet Anh suggests renting a homestay near Cam Mountain to rest, conveniently taking photos early the next morning. In addition, visitors can choose a two-day-one-night schedule to stay overnight, watch the sunrise and hunt clouds on the mountain top.

TH (according to VnExpress)

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