About 3 years ago, camping tourism has become popular in our country. This is the trend of tourists looking for quiet places, immersing themselves in nature, feeling a peaceful life… which is very popular with young families and young people. In Can Tho, camping tourism has been developing for about 2 years now with many diverse models.
In operation since May 2023, Ngan Long Home & Camp is currently a camping spot attracting many tourists to Son Islet (Binh Thuy district). With an area of more than 4,000 square meters, Ngan Long Home & Camp offers visitors a true riverside camping experience. There are 10 tents located interwoven in a perennial rambutan garden, next to a ditch and vegetable garden.
Accordingly, when staying and camping at Ngan Long Home & Camp, visitors will travel by boat or bicycle to explore fish rafts, see exploding green rice, flying snakehead fish, fruit gardens, making folk cakes… Besides You can also experience picnic activities such as archery, darts, campfires, BBQ parties…
Also exploiting the type of camping tourism, Vo Song Farm (45F Truong Vinh Nguyen Street, Cai Rang District) offers visitors a garden-style experience in the heart of the city. Compared to before, Vo Song Farm has been expanded and has more diverse experiential services. The area of 16,000 square meters is divided into 6 areas: culinary, teambuilding, camping, rabbit island, vegetable garden, flower garden check-in area… giving visitors many experiences. River Farm has a true Western garden space with vegetable and flower gardens, ponds, rivers, fruit gardens, a zoo… creating a great picnic space.
If Ngan Long Home & Camp exploits camping combined with community tourism, Vo Song Farm operates a camping tourism model combined with urban agriculture, then Bao Gia Trang Vien (268 Huynh Thi No street, Cai Rang district ) again exploits the resort model combined with camping and entertainment. With an area of 20,000 square meters, Bao Gia Trang Vien has the advantage of a large green campus, restaurant system, entertainment area with many attractive outdoor games: basket boat rowing, off-road racing, mountain climbing. picture… Coming here, visitors can rent tents to camp or use pre-set tents. At the same time, you can experience a farmer’s tour when visiting the melon garden and vegetable garden at Bao Gia Farm not far away. In the evening, visitors can light a campfire with friends and relatives to enjoy a rich BBQ party and listen to acoustic music performances in a romantic space.
It can be seen that camping tourism activities in Can Tho are exploited in a variety of ways, depending on the local culture, each location has different activity experiences. For example, Hide and Seek camping area (Thoi Truong 1 hamlet, Thoi Xuan commune, Co Do district) on the outskirts of Can Tho (about 45km from the city center) has a space associated with rice fields, along with many experiential activities. Meets a variety of entertainment needs of tourists, such as: outdoor activities, hiking – walking, SUP rowing along canals, fishing, reading, playing guitar, teambuilding… Meanwhile, Ann Village ( 185C, near Ong Tiem bridge, Truong Vinh Nguyen street, Cai Rang district) exploits picnic tourism according to the glamping model, also a form of camping but with full amenities. At Ann Village, there are 18 tents, 2 bungalows overlooking the river, and 1 boathouse arranged along the canal. Besides the usual picnic activities: fishing, boating, cycling, digging ditches to catch fish, harvesting vegetables in the garden… there are also new activities at Ann Village, typically afternoon tea. see the sunset.
For nature-loving tourists, camping is one of the experiences that are hard to miss. Camping tourism not only helps improve health, spirit, and emotional bonds between people, but also cultivates many life skills and promotes the beauty of local culture. In Can Tho, camping tourism has a variety of models with many experiences, depending on the time budget and price, visitors have suitable choices, both entertaining and relaxing and having many memories with friends and relatives close.