Published:  16:08 Friday - July 08, 2016

Xeo Quyt offers tourist a boat trip along green small rivers to green lush forest. No longer a place of battle field, Xeo Quyt now is peaceful and becomes an ideal place for eco- tourism.

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Xeo Quyt Relic is positioned in Cao Lanh district, Dong Thap. Through the anti-French and US resistance wars, this wild location where 20 ha cajeput forest is revolutionary bases. Xeo Quyt dealt with so many bombs rain, storm of adversary bullets. However the national spirit, bravery, strength, and brilliant strategy, army and people of Dong Thap has got over troubles, take home victory for the country. Present Xeo Quyt become an intriguing historical and eco-tour site in the southern delta. One vast swamp beneath a beautiful thick canopy of tall trees and vines, it's one of the last natural forests left in the Mekong Delta. Xeo Quyt belongs to My Long commune, Cao Lanh district, Dong Thap province. It is a basement among residential place which is preserved formerly containing: underground house, store, secret tunnel…

Visiting Xeo Quyt, tourists can view the scene of tough life in the defending America period and traveling by boat on the charming river and beneath a beautiful thick canopy of tall trees and vines. To view the perpetual watering cajeput forest in the Plain of Reeds for the period of wet time by boat is very a fascinating opportunity. Water activities in the cajeput forest of Xeo Quyt needs enough ability. The boat moves around cajeput trees, whose roots are strong and protected by a brown and slim multi-layer surface. The air is cool and moist and has the odor of the cajeput flowers and latex. Occasionally, a bird singing or fish splattering creates a speedy sound that echoes in the heart of the noiseless environments.

The biodiversity is one more exciting attributing to attract travelers. Countless tree Melaleuca horns with over 30 years lifetime, together with climbing line system around, developing big cone shapes delight.

Xeo Quyt has 170 plant kinds (158 varieties of untamed) and 12 types of woody plants, but are not remarquable but they accordant to moist conditions. The animal consists of 200 types of untamed, 7 kinds of amphibians, 22 kinds of reptiles, 73 types of fish, 91 types of birds and mammals 7. Specially listed below 13 rare animal types recorded in the Vietnam 's Red Book: Moc boa, buffalo tiger snake, box turtle, bird lemongrass and otters.

How to get to Xeo Quyt Forest?: From My Hiep, you can hire a boat (around US$20, seating up to 10 people) that takes around 40 minutes to make the 2km journey to Xeo Quyt.