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Ca Mau Cape marks edge of Vietnam
Visiting the Ca Mau Cape, the southernmost point
of Vietnam, visitors will see an entangled network of canals and houses on
stilts, as well as both a sunrise and sunset across the sea.
Ca Mau Cape is located at Vietnam’s southernmost point, about 120km from Ca Mau
city. It takes about 2.5 hours from Ca Mau city to Ca Mau Cape by high-speed
boat.
Ca Mau Cape is the only place on the Vietnamese mainland where tourists can see
the sun rising in the East Sea and setting in the West Sea. Ca Mau Cape is often
described as an arch. Every year, it is consolidated by Mekong river’s alluvium
so as to extend into the sea from 80 to 100 meters, with the area estimated at
hundreds of hectares.
From Ca Mau Cape, tourists can see the Hon Khoai islands in the sea, about 20km
from the mainland, which includes Tuong Islet (Hòn Tượng), Sao Islet (Hòn Sao),
Kho Islet (Hòn Khô), Lon Islet (Hòn Lớn), Doi Moi Islet (Hòn Đồi Mồi). The
biggest and highest islet is Khoai Islet (Hòn Khoai), which is about 4km2 wide
and reaches its highest point at 318m high, where the important lighthouse of
the East Sea belonging to Thai Lan Bay is situated.
Hon Khoai has many sources of fresh water and often supplies thousands of
fishing boats. The specialties of the alluvial grounds of Mui Cape are the blood
arca and hair arca. Residents catch arca when the tide is low.
Mui Cape is also considered to be a sacred land by the Vietnamese, all of whom
desire to visit once in their lifetime. It has a diversified and plentiful
ecosystem of mangrove forests. Coming to the tourist area at Ca Mau Cape,
travelers can visit the national coordinate landmark, contemplate the forest and
sea, and also go sightseeing in the zone where a forest village during the
resistance war has been reconstructed. Visitors also take photographs at the
foot of Ca Mau Cape’s symbol.
Source: VNE/Ca Mau newspaper |
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