Referring to An Giang, one cannot help but mention the famous specialty of this land, sugar palm fruit.  Sugar palm tree, this is a familiar plant to the people of An Giang in particular and the people of the West in general. Sugar Palm trees are planted scattered throughout the region of An Giang province, but the most is still in Chau Doc, Tinh Bien and Tri Ton.

By Thomas Vietnam at vemekong.com | Official Chau Doc Visitor Guide

1. Better to Know as a Tourist

Ticket:  Free

Spend-time: An hour (approx)

Hours: Dawn – dusk

Food: Yes

Shop: Yes

Parking lot: Yes

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Address: Chau Doc City, Tinh Bien, Tri Ton, An Giang

Added values: Thot Not fruit is a typical fruit of the homeland of Seven mountain in An Giang.  Traveling to Chau Doc, tasting delicious drinks from sugar palm fruit, visitors will surely find it difficult to forget the taste when leaving this land.

Nearby attractions and hidden gems: Looking for places to stop on your way to and from Chau Doc? Or maybe you found it too crowded here? We’ve got some ideas! Check out our list: Tra Su Cajuput Forest (27 km), Sam Mountain (7 Km), Cam mountain (40 km), Chau Doc Floating Market (10 km), 30 Thang 4 Park in Chau Doc (3 minutes)…

2. Travel Guide to Sugar Palm Trees & Fruit

Sugar palm is a tree of the areca family, living in many regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia such as India, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc. The palm tree has a large trunk like a coconut tree, and its leaves are spread like palm leaves.  Punch for large clusters of slightly rounded brown or chestnut colored berries. Usually male Sugar palm trees do not have fruit, especially female Sugar palm trees give from 50 to 60 fruits per tree.  The name “thot note” is derived from the Khmer word “th’not”. Local people often read into Thot Not.  The palm tree is associated with the life of the Khmer people in Chau Doc.  All parts of the palm tree such as fruit, leaves, sprouts, and stem are used usefully by local people.

Palm leaves are used for roofing, carpets, baskets, fans, hats, umbrellas… The trunks of the palm trees are used as columns to build houses, tables and chairs, and the seedlings are also cooked as vegetables and grilled

3. What to Do –See – Eat at Sugar Palm Trees & Fruit

Sugar Palm fruit can be prepared in many ways but the most delicious is still fresh Sugar Palm.  Visitors traveling to Chau Doc from An Giang can quench their thirst with chilled Sugar Palm juice or eat Sugar Palm rice.  People usually get Sugar Palm juice by using a bamboo tube that has been gutted into a long tube, the upper end is split, clamped on many cut jaggery flower stalks and then tied with nylon to let the water in the flower stalk flow along the bamboo tube hanging on the side.  The Sugar Palm juice taken and used with the rice of the Sugar Palm fruit and ice will give it a delicious, sweet and cool taste.  Traveling to Chau Doc, do not forget to taste this fresh and delicious drink.

Palm juice, in addition to being a cooling drink, is also used as jaggery.  The process of making sugar is quite elaborate and you must be careful in each stage to produce the best quality sugar.  Sweet and fragrant Sugar Palm is wrapped in jaggery leaves that look like a beautiful tet cake.  Many tourists traveling to Chau Doc have chosen to buy jaggery as a gift.  Palm sugar is often used to process dishes such as tea, Thot Not cake, etc. Not only is it a raw material to use in cooking tea dishes or an additive to glasses of water.  With a natural sweetness, Sugar Palm is also used as a seasoning in other dishes such as dipping sauce…

4. Free Itineraries from VeMekong

As a local travel expert, we have some ideas for you to think about.

From Chau Doc city center:

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If you do not have much time left, it is easy to check out spots in one full day by boat or with bike or with motorbike and car. But there are much more than tourist sites like these in An Giang. Make sure you have more time to feel and explore more about the hidden gems and the culture, food, night life, wildlife and forest as well. Top tip: Stay in a homestay nearby, so you have more chances to visit it and surroundings. If you are looking for the package An Giang daily tours with local, you can contact www.vemekong.com or Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo +84939888559; email: hello@vemekong.com

5. Google Maps of Sugar Palm Fields

Google Maps made a name for itself helping people travel from one place to another, avoid traffic (You probably know the route from your hotel to the gas station by heart, but what you can’t be sure about is gridlock), measure a distance, get back to the hotel on time, share the location… 

6. Visit Sugar Palm Fields by yourself

Solo traveller? Travelling on your own means you will get out of any difficult situations by yourself. This, in turn, leads to more satisfying travel experiences and helps you improve your problem-solving skills. These days we rarely get the chance to sit with ourselves and simply be. That’s why you should consider the time you spend alone on your trip as a gift.

It is possible for solo travellers to use google maps and do it alone. But sometimes they need to update local maintained roads and bridges which close and lead you a longer road than the road from Google maps. It is just about the time. It takes more time to find the correct garden to come. Adventure is always fun. Wifi is strong in An Giang village! The locals find it hard to speak English as well. Top tip: Sticking to one canal and keeping going along it which gives you more things to see and avoids getting lost. Contact vemekong.com to hire a car, scooter with English-speaking-guide or cycling tours in An Giang 

7. Responsible Travel and Advice Chau Doc city

Don’t get us wrong. But we assure you that you totally agree with us. “Do not give candy and things to the children when you plan to visit any local villages”, the kids will leave the school and follow the sweets and later they find some things to give you or sell to you. The garden is a little forest, don’t pick and touch the flowers or fruits without the local’s smiles. We deal with traveling green and leaving green behind, not plastic. Top tip: Vemekong.com are some of the companies that care a lot about responsible travel and local respectation.

8. Amazing Video flycam/drone of Sugar Palm Fields (4k) 

If a picture says a thousand words, it stands to reason that the video says many times more. 

9. Incredible Tips for Photography, Specialists, KOLs, Media and Influencers 

To get the best of the best for your unique writing, featuring, photo, video and insider’s stories. We do recommend you to have a local travel expert, the one who always gets more ground information and makes sure every single element is solved perfectly. The Vemekong (very exclusive Mekong) team is your priority choice. Email and have a private talk with them to customize your journey smoothly, personal and the most ultimately amazing. You can contact www.vemekong.com or Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo +84939888559; email: hello@vemekong.com

10. Pro Tips 

Best time to visit Chau Doc floating market, Long Xuyen floating market is from 5:30am-6:30am. I hope you have an amazing sunrise on the Mekong Delta river.

You can stay in a homestay which is near the floating market, this will help you out the best option. Then you can hire a scooter, car or bike and explore it by yourself, but you still need to hire a boat for the floating market tour.

If you plan to extend your travel to Chau Doc homestay, do not forget to bring mosquito repellent cream.

Visit Chau Doc or do any customized tours, please choose reputable providers with boat trips equipped with lifebuoys, jackets, motorcycle and cycling tours with the helmets and. Safety is a priority! Choose Chau Doc responsible tours which help you give back while traveling. It’s a cliché, but it’s true.

Chau Doc food & drink guide ranges from street food, authentic, fancy to fusion foods. As a tropical land of many fresh vegetables and homegrown gardens, which always make Chau Doc cuisines fresh, close to nature and very traditional. If you are a food lover, don’t hesitate to put other bites onto your food lists such as Bun Ca Chau Doc (the soft noodle is cooked with fish), Banh bo cake of Chau Doc, Sugar palm fruit, Caramelized and Braised Catfish, Grilled Rice-field Rat with Salt and Chili, Long Xuyen Broken Rice, Nui Cam Pancake, O Thum’s Chicken Grilled with Lime Leaves, Sour Soup with Siamese Mud Carp Soup & Sesbania Flower, Stir-fried Shrimp with Sesbania Flower, Phu Huong Beef Noodle Soup, Basa Fish Hotpot, Mam (Fermented Fish)…

Bring your hat, sunglasses, and sunblock, scarf to wear when visiting temples, pagodas, and the cathedral.

Bring the raincoat if you’re planning a trip to Chau Doc in the rainy season, as Chau Doc always looks fantastic in the full rain and full sun.

Chau Doc tourist attractions are magnificent itself, but if you have enough time, don’t forget to put other places onto your bucket lists such as Tra Su Cajuput forest & Birdwatching, Chau Doc Floating Village, Fish Farm & Cham Minority Village, Chau Doc floating market & small canal, Sam mountain, Tuc Dup hill, Chau Doc river tour, Chau Doc cycling tour, Chau Doc photography tour, Ta Pa Rice Fields, Vinh Te Canal, Seven-Mountain Ox Racing Festival, Tay An Pagoda, Chau Doc Market, The Lady Temple – The Ba Chua Xu Temple, Phuoc Dien Pagoda – Hang Pagoda, Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb,

Hopefully, the above tips will help you to come up with a great plan for your adventure in Chau Doc, An Giang province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Have a safe trip!

“Sleep less, travel more, respect more” – Thomas Vietnam – Local travel expert.

Thank you