Visit U Minh Ha forest to experience monkey bridge, fish pond

U Minh Ha National Park coordinated with relevant units to organize the U Minh Forest Fragrance event with hundreds of people participating in trekking through the forest, racing sampans, challenging monkey bridges and reenacting fishing activities.

Ms. Phan Nguyen Thanh Thao, in Ca Mau City, crosses the monkey bridge in a very strange way - Photo: THANH HUYEN

On May 1, U Minh Ha National Park coordinated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ca Mau province to organize the U Minh Forest Fragrance Festival at U Minh Ha National Park to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South, National Reunification and International Labor Day.

Canoeing is a very dramatic competition, requiring players to coordinate with each other rhythmically, synchronously, and have good health and flexibility - Photo: THANH HUYEN

Mr. Ho Hoang Ca - Deputy Director of U Minh Ha National Park - said that this year, more than 650 athletes, contestants and tourists participated in competitions such as trekking through the forest, racing sampans and especially the challenge of walking on monkey bridges and watching local people catch fish in ponds.

Athletes do not focus on achievements but mainly want to have fun, go through the forest to feel the cool, fresh air - Photo: THANH HUYEN

"This is an opportunity to promote and introduce the potential advantages of developing eco-tourism and the unique culture of the locality with the motto of continuing to maintain and promote ecological values ​​and traditional cultural features that our ancestors built from the early days of reclaiming and opening up the land of U Minh Ha.

"This is an opportunity for tourists and everyone to know and love the forest more, to join hands to protect the forest and protect the habitat of wild animals," Mr. Ca wishes.

A U Minh resident runs across the monkey bridge in a very "special" way - Photo: THANH HUYEN

U Minh Ha National Park is considered the center of the Melaleuca forest ecosystem of Ca Mau province, with a total area of ​​over 8,500 hectares. This is one of the three core areas of Mui Ca Mau Biosphere Reserve, where there are more than 1,700 hectares of the province's only primeval Melaleuca forest.

Together with the vast cajuput forest with countless natural products, it creates a very special, diverse and rich ecosystem, especially monkeys, wild boars, deer, pangolins, otters, eels, snakes, turtles, freshwater fish species...

Re-enactment of fishing scene in the forest attracts hundreds of tourists - Photo: THANH HUYEN

Ta Thao Ngan - a tourist from Ho Chi Minh City - said she was very lucky to be invited by her friends to go on a trip to U Minh Ha National Park during this holiday.

"I signed up to go trekking through the forest. I found the air here fresh and cool, so I walked and enjoyed the scenery of U Minh Ha forest. I got to see the ponds catching fish, watch my friends racing boats, and challenge myself to cross the monkey bridge. So much fun for one experience," said Ngan.

Thao Ngan (left) and her friend enjoy walking through the forest - Photo: THANH HUYEN

Tourists enjoy hundreds of kilos of fish caught by net fishing - Photo: THANH HUYEN

Ms. Phan Nguyen Thanh Thao, in Ca Mau City, said that participating in today's contest had many interesting games and brought back old memories, childhood.

"Before, I also lived in the countryside, there were many rivers and canals, to cross the river without getting wet I had to take a boat or a monkey bridge. Now that I have the opportunity to experience the monkey bridge again, I feel my childhood memories flooding back, so happy," Ms. Thao shared.

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