Vam Ho bird sanctuary is located in My Hoa and Tan Xuan communes, Ba Tri district, Ben Tre province with an area of 67 hectares, about 35-40 km from Ben Tre city, depending on the route, Ho Chi Minh City. 120 km road, 100 km waterway. Located along the banks of the Ba Lai River, the Vam Ho bird sanctuary is an attractive eco-tourism site formed in May 1986 by the previous flock of birds in Cu Lao Dat, An Hiep commune, Ba Tri district.
To prevent forest fire, Vam Ho bird sanctuary has been divided into 5 zones, embankment around protection dike and water supply from Ba Lai River.
To get to Vam Ho bird sanctuary, a big car has two roads, one is to go to provincial road 885 turn to Highway 10 to Tan Xuan, then to Ba Lai dam, then to Vam Ho bird yard, two are still provincial road 885 turn direction 10 go about 300 m turn left to Vam Ho Bird Sanctuary. Small cars have a more convenient way to go to provincial road 885 turn to Highway 10 to My Quy junction and turn left towards Tan My to Vam Ho bird sanctuary. Vam Ho becomes the largest bird sanctuary in Ben Tre province with about half a million birds of all kinds.
Vam Ho bird sanctuary is located in My Hoa and Tan Xuan communes, Ba Tri district, Ben Tre province with an area of 67 hectares, about 35-40 km from Ben Tre city, depending on the route and Ho Chi Minh City. 120 km road, 100 km waterway.
Located along the banks of the Ba Lai River, the Vam Ho bird sanctuary is an attractive eco-tourism site formed in May 1986 by the previous bird flock in Cu Lao Dat, An Hiep commune, Ba Tri district. [1 ]
To prevent forest fire, Vam Ho bird sanctuary has been divided into 5 zones, embankment around protection dike and water supply from Ba Lai River. [1]
To get to Vam Ho bird sanctuary, a big car has two roads, one is to go to provincial road 885 turn to Highway 10 to Tan Xuan, then to Ba Lai dam, then to Vam Ho bird sanctuary, two is to provincial road 885 turn direction 10 go about 300 m turn left to Vam Ho Bird Sanctuary. Small cars have a more convenient way to go to provincial road 885, turn to Highway 10 to My Quy intersection, then turn left towards Tan My to Vam Ho bird sanctuary.
Vam Ho becomes the largest bird sanctuary in Ben Tre province with about half a million birds of all kinds. [2] Vam Ho vegetation has coconut palms, dates, mangoes and fish sauce, which is ideal for resident birds. , also in the lower floors include the dominant trees such as double mangroves, bup tra, anabas, toads, sea spinach, reeds ... very convenient for storks and cauldron to reproduce. As noted by experts, the flock of birds here includes 120 species with nearly half a million inhabitants including storks, cauldron, gongs, gray herons, white quarks, le le ... and many kinds of wild animals like pythons, snakes , squirrels, weasels, bats, iguana ... Around April, birds from all over the world began to gather here to breed, and can be seen clearly on the mangrove-laden mangrove nests, through August they will move again. go away. [1]
Compared to previous years, the current bird population has increased by 1.5 times, bringing the total number of birds to 700,000 individuals, an estimated 15 birds per m², Vam Ho bird sanctuary is at risk of no space for birds in the next few years. In 2009, in an effort to keep the land healthy for birds and birds, Ben Tre province implemented a project to conserve bird sanctuaries and expand the planting of 228,749 m2 of forest of thorns, yellow melaleuca, cajeput, coconut, mangroves ... in region I It is located in Tân Mỹ commune, adjacent to the Ba Lai river and not far from the existing bird sanctuary, increasing the area of the bird sanctuary to more than 67ha. Ba Tri District also has a policy of investing in tourism but planning for each area so as not to affect the clean and quiet environment of the birds. [1]
Bird populations at Vam Ho bird sanctuary include: 120 species, about 500,000 species of species. [3] Every year, over 2,000 tourists visit this place, the most is at the time when birds return to breed from April to October of the lunar calendar. Vam Ho botanical vegetation has coconut water, dates, mangoes, and fish sauce on the upper floor. Ideal for resident birds, while on the lower floors include the predominant trees such as Rhizophora apiculata, muscus, periwinkle, Amulet, reed ... very convenient for storks, cauldron to nest. reproduction. As noted by experts, the flock of birds here includes 120 species with nearly half a million inhabitants including storks, cauldron, gongs, gray herons, white quarks, le le ... and many kinds of wild animals like pythons, snakes , squirrels, weasels, bats, iguana ... Around April, birds from all over the world began to gather here to breed, and can be seen clearly on the mangrove-laden mangrove nests, through August they will move again. go away. [1]
Compared to previous years, the current bird population has increased by 1.5 times, bringing the total number of birds to 700,000 individuals, an estimated 15 birds per m², Vam Ho bird sanctuary is at risk of no space for birds in the next few years. In 2009, in an effort to keep the land healthy for birds and birds, Ben Tre province implemented a project to conserve bird sanctuaries and expand the planting of 228,749 m2 of forest of thorns, yellow melaleuca, cajeput, coconut, mangroves ... in region I It is located in Tân Mỹ commune, adjacent to the Ba Lai river and not far from the existing bird sanctuary, increasing the area of the bird sanctuary to more than 67ha. Ba Tri District also has a policy of investing in tourism but planning for each area so as not to affect the clean and quiet environment of the birds. [1]
Bird populations at Vam Ho bird sanctuary include: 120 species, about 500,000 species of species. [3] Each year, over 2,000 visitors visit the crowds, most of which is during the time when birds return to live in the breeding season from April to October of the lunar calendar. In 2010, the Cabaret Fund through LIN Center - Ho Chi Minh City supported sponsoring the Youth Innovation group, Ben Tre College, to implement the project "Handbook for Vam Ho Bird Sanctuary" from November 2010 to October 2011. This is a meaningful project to call for the attention of departments, agencies, mass organizations at all levels to Vam Ho Bird Sanctuary, to mobilize participation and connection between localities and businesses with domestic and foreign organizations in efforts to conserve precious and rare bird species, conserve biodiversity resources in bird grounds in association with socio-economic development, limiting the impacts of climate change ... The project has contributed practically to raising public awareness, conservation as well as developing in the right direction so that Vam Ho Bird Sanctuary soon becomes a favorite destination in everyone's heart ... [1]
