Tam Giang Lagoon Vietnam is not only one of the most beautiful and attractive tourist destinations in Hue but also the largest brackish lagoon in Southeast Asia. Tam Giang Lagoon has a wild, quiet and peaceful beauty that makes everyone surprised and attached.

1. Introduction Tam Giang Lagoon Hue

Tam Giang Lagoon is a lagoon within the Tam Giang-Cau Hai lagoon system. The area of ​​Tam Giang lagoon is about 52 km², stretching about 24 km in the northwest-southeast direction from the mouth of O Lau river to the mouth of Perfume river, in the territory of four districts, Phong Dien, Quang Dien, Huong Tra, and Phu Vang belongs to Thua Thien-Hue province.

The depth of this lagoon is 2–4 m, in some places up to 7 m. Every year, thousands of tons of seafood, fish, and shrimp are exploited on the lagoon.

2. Tam Giang lagoon location

Hue city Tam Giang Lagoon is located in Ngu My Thanh and Quang Loi hamlets. This lagoon is 12km away from Hue.

3. What’s to do in Tam Giang Lagoon

3.1. Thai Duong Ha fishing village

If you spend a whole day just to explore Tam Giang will be quite boring, you should visit the Thai Duong Ha fishing village - a small, ancient oasis if you have the opportunity to visit Tam Giang lagoon in Hue. Around the fishing village is covered with four sides of water, bringing a sense of simplicity and tranquility, which is the characteristic of the rustic and true culture that Hue always preserves.

3.2. Ru Cha mangroves

Another place that you can not miss when coming to Tam Giang lagoon is the Ru Cha mangroves. A prominent destination of Tam Giang lagoon, Ru Cha mangroves  is actually a very pristine primary forest, located in Thuan Hoa, Huong Phong, Huong Tra, Hue. Ru Cha mangroves is an extremely rich and diverse ecosystem. 

The most unforgettable sight in Ru Cha is the image of the lagoon in the late afternoon. Each flock of birds flew back to the nest, with the brilliant red of the sunset to create a poetic picture full of poetry. To be able to see the entire Ru Cha forest, come to the observatory located in the middle of the forest, also known as the most beautiful and ideal place to watch Ru Cha.

3.3. Chuon Lagoon in Hue

As part of the Tam Giang lagoon system, Chuon Lagoon is known as a famous check-in point in Hue. At every time of the day, Chuon lagoon wears different beauty, idyllic, and delicate. About Chuon lagoon from April to July, you will be immersed in the atmosphere of the seafood harvest season and participate in the Chuon Village Festival on July 15-17 of the lunar calendar.

3.4. Admire Tam Giang Lagoon sunset

Travelling to Tam Giang lagoon Hue Vietnam, you will not only admire the magical beauty of the vast lagoon in the dawn to start a new day but also admire the favors of nature for this place in the late afternoon. Especially when the last rays of a long day are left on the shimmering water.

The experience of watching the sunset in Tam Giang lagoon gives you emotions that are hard to find elsewhere. Tam Giang Lagoon tour is voted as the most interesting tourist activity. The purple sunset seems to make the lagoon become more romantic. You should take a boat on the lagoon and watch the sunset from 16h - 17h30 is the best.

3.5. Floating market

The floating market is not only in the southwest but also one of the characteristics of Tam Giang lagoon. The largest floating markets in the lagoon area of ​​Hue in Southeast Asia usually meet at 4 am and finish as soon as dawn comes, usually at around 6-7 am.

People here mainly live on fishing - seafood. Therefore, the floating markets are always full of enthusiasm; bustling human language to mix with the sound of the river is one of the activities you should join.

3.6. Epark Tam Giang Lagoon 

Coming to E-park Tam Giang Lagoon eco-tourism area located within Tam Giang lagoon, you will admire the poetic scenery, immense water waves. The green wind-blocking trees, mingled with the salty smell of salt, the fresh air. All of them contribute to help ease the stress and fatigue so that you and your family and friends have the most comfortable mentality to enjoy the wonderful moments here.

4. The best time to visit Tam Giang lagoon

The best time to visit is from 5:30 am to 17:30 pm. At this time, you will have the opportunity to admire the sunrise in the morning or at sunset on Tam Giang lagoon.

The scene of the whole lagoon with an area of ​​52km2 is immersed in the brilliant red-gold space that makes you fascinated to be unable to leave.

5. Tam Giang lagoon restaurant

For the river areas, certainly famous for aquatic products. In particular, shrimp, crabs, fish, and other types of seafood are fresher because they live in brackish. Although only rustic dishes, but the taste of nature, full of hospitality; leaving the unforgotten memory of people visiting Tam Giang lagoon Hue.

There are a lot of e-park local restaurants serving fresh seafood with the local price! To reach them, you have to take a boat to go over the lagoon. Nothing is more special then enjoy the delicious food in the middle of the largest lagoon and enjoy the wonderful sunset.

6. How to get there

You can ride a bike, take a car along Nhu Y river from Vinh Ve village towards Dam Chuon- Tam Giang lagoon or you can choose the Tours Sunrise on Tam Giang or Sunset on Tam Giang Lagoon. Tourists now traveling to Hue city have a lot of choices to plan for enjoying their trips. But you should not miss the tour to the lagoon because we are sure you will gain great experience.