Tam Giang Lagoon - a bewitching country-side of Hue

Tam Giang lagoon brings a charming beauty of Hue land at the sunset. The water surface is sparkling with yellow light, the shrimp fields on lagoon closed together that creates different shapes fascinated travelers

Tam Giang lagoon brings a charming beauty of Hue land at the sunset. The water surface is sparkling with yellow light, the shrimp fields on lagoon closed together that creates different shapes fascinated travelers
Right at the entrance of Tam Giang lagoon, there is a quite busy village market with various goods, not inferior other markets in the city. Especially when the evening downs, purple twilight dyes over lagoon, the village market becomes crowded than ever because fishing boats come back and fresh shrimp, fish, squid are fast moved from fishing boats to market then transferred from market to other merchant boats to share out to region’s markets.
Tam Giang Lagoon is very large, contains fresh water in rainy season and brackish water in dry season.
 
Bewitching imagine of Tam Giang Lagoon in the sunset 
Bewitching beauty of Tam Giang Lagoon.
 
On the journey to explore Tam Giang lagoon, nothing is more interesting than visiting restaurant at the beginning of horizontal wharf to enjoy specialties such as fish, shrimp, crab… They are fresh, jumping with crackling sound, fragrant and sweet favor. Seafood of Tam Giang lagoon owns that special favor because the brackish water source here is generated from fusion of sea water and featured river water.

Moreover, Tam Giang’s jellyfish is big, red spotted shell, soft like a ball, fishermen trawl the nets up then detach each one out and put on barge. Jellyfish are full of barge that any blank spaces can’t contain more so the fishermen have to release them back to the sea.
Arriving Tam Giang lagoon, visitors can also explore special belvedere houses of fishermen here (“nhà chồ” in Vietnamese, temporary house on lagoon to take care shrimp-fish). Fishermen live in these houses to enjoy serene life, fresh and filled with laughter.
 
You are certainly vibrated before the magical beauty of the lagoon 
Picture of Tam Giang lagoon makes many people vibrant
 
This extensive lagoon area was known as poor countryside, stagnant lagoon with a trivial number of fish and shrimp compared with fishing offshore, on the other hand the market is only closed in local. But is it the past’s story, nowadays travelers can easily reach to Tam Giang lagoon, stay overnight to view stars on the sky or welcome the sunrise on water’s face. A peaceful atmosphere can’t be found at any other places.
 
The familiar scenes of a rural countryside as Tam Giang
The familiar scenes of a rural countryside as Tam Giang

Farmer is catching oyster in Tam Giang
Beside of marvelous imagines, Tam Giang is still a simple village
with the hard farmers and fishermen (catching oyster in the picture)
 
Tam Giang lagoon is very nice at the sunset, golden sparkling on surface, the horizon stretches far and away. Shrimp fields on lagoon are closed together creating a lot of attractive shapes. 
In the bleak landscape of a rainy afternoon, Tam Giang lagoon still owns a wild beauty. The last sunshine streaks of one day brighten up suddenly, cut across quite and vast space, inserted into lapping ocean waves and weakly chase boats that are fading gradually on “water road as labyrinth” and turning throughout follow many directions on lagoon. 
 
Fisherman family in Tam Giang 
Fisherman family in Tam Giang​

However, many boats here are mean of transport
Rudimentary boats are the mean of transport for resident here to go fishing offshore. 
 
Residents in lagoon area mainly live on fishing and seafood cultivating.  On every morning, the men will take a boat offshore while the women go to the lagoon to rake clam with a rake and conical hat. The women have to soak for hours under water consequently makes their calloused food feet are always pale and haggard.
Coming to Hue, tourists usually visit Tam Giang lagoon by boats following to Huong Giang River through Dong Ba River then Bao Vinh city to Vinh Tu wharf up to headwater. Tourists also go to Tam Giang by motorbike according to Highway 49B to Thuan An town. There are bridges and asphalted roads throughout 50 kilometers stretching between the sea and the lagoon. 

 

When to visit Tam Giang lagoon

Many travelers wonder when to plan to explore the lagoon but do not know when to choose. The best time is from 5:30 am to 17:30 pm. At this time, you will have the opportunity to explore at dawn, early in the morning or at dusk.

The scene of the whole lagoon with an area of 52km2 immersed in the brilliant red-gold space makes you fascinated

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