Tri Ton – Travelling To Mountainous Region

30/12/2021

With the peaceful beauty, tourist sites in Tri Ton district are an irresistible place to check-in for young people when traveling to An Giang. Coming to Tri Ton, you will admire the vast plains forests interwoven with poetic and romantic palm trees, experience unique culture, or enjoy famous specialties of the " mountainousregion".

Soai Chek Lake

Located in To Ha hamlet, Nui To commune, Tri Ton district, this is the largest artificial lake with an extremely large and quiet space. A small road runs along Soai Chek lake with the lake on the right, the majestic Phung Hoang Son mountain range in front, a golden rice field on the left. The lake at the foot of the mountain forms a poetic lanscape, and becomes an attractive place to nature lovers and young people who love to explore and take pictures.

Traditional Gallery and Ox-racing yard

Next to Soai Chek Lake is Soai Chek cultural park, 6,000m2 wide, which is attracted with a number of miniature scenes of racing cows, ancient wells, some images of animals, specialty trees of the seven mountains. such as jaggery, brooch, 10 dishes with 10 fruits symbolizing the fruit tray on Tet holiday. In addition, the space of revolutionary traditional houses built of wood, that displays agricultural tools and ethnic tools, aiming to organize cultural performances of Khmer ethnic such as: five syllables music instrument, Di ke dance…

In front is the ox-racing yard, about 5.5ha wide with a long race track and a wide grandstand serving visitors, where the annual Seven Nui Ox-Racing Festival takes place, attracting over 30,000 spectators from inside and outside the province and provinces of Cambodia come to watch and cheer. The Seven Mountains Ox Racing Festival is held in late August, early September of the lunar calendar during the Sen-Dolta Festival of the An Giang Khmer people, which was recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2016.

Ta Pa Valley

Ta Pa mountain is not as high as Cam mountain, but on the top of Ta Pa mountain there are countless places to visit, which are currently very attractive to young people. Typically, the fields of Ta Pa valley are brilliant with small plots of fields adorned with rows of green palm trees. In the ripe rice season, Ta Pa valley is like a colorful carpet. What can be described a beautiful and peaceful picture. This place is also an ideal place to take wedding photos, to save the most beautiful moments of people's lives.

Ta Pa Pagoda

Another point right on the top of this hill, that is quite impressive and eye-catching landscape, that is Ta Pa pagoda. The pagoda is located precariously on the side of the mountain, so local people named it Nui Pagoda, or Chưn Num Pagoda in the Khmer language. The pagoda was built according to typical Khmer architecture, all paved with granite stone with sophisticated carved patterns, built on concrete pillars tens of meters high, so the temple seems to be floating when viewed from afar, standing out among the wild mountain scenery, with cool air, you will feel relaxed and peaceful.

Ta Pa Lake

On the mountain, there is also a deep lake with jade green water, that is Ta Pa Lake. The angular rocks created by stone mining surrounding the low-lying lake, accidentally created a beautiful wild and mysterious lake. Coming to Ta Pa lake at different times, you will enjoy all the beauty of the lake, the fresh air in the morning, the sparkling sun shining in the afternoon, the fresh and cool lake water in the afternoon. The interesting point that creates the attraction and fascination of Ta Pa Lake is that each corner of the lake surface will be an attraction, the deep part is dark green, the shallow part is light green, sometimes it is orange. The colors changes according to the color of the clouds, creating a new feeling continuously.

 

INFORMATION FOR TRAVELERS

   Means of transportation: motorbikes, cars, tourist vans, depending on the location
  Free time to visit
  Take the best photos in the morning, when the sun is not too hot.
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