Con Son islet Cồn Sơn

Orchard islet in the Hậu at Bình Thủy

Orchard islet in the Hậu, 5 to 10 minutes by boat: feed the fish, make folk cakes, and eat garden fruit. The islet covers about 70 ha of fruit trees and fish pens. Go in the daytime, from the Cổ Bắc ferry or by boat from Ninh Kiều. Skip it if Mỹ Khánh already has your orchard stop.

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Netted fish pens under the trees on Cồn Sơn

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Get thereHighway 91 to the Cổ Bắc ferry, then 5 to 10 minutes by boat

Best monthsDecember–April, June–August, September–November

Bình Thủy

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Cồn Sơn sits in the middle of the Hậu in Bình Thủy, about 70 ha of fruit gardens. Visit a fish raft, feed the fish rice, and watch the flying snakehead leap out of the water for food.

Snakehead fish crowding a pen at feeding time on Con Son islet — Snakehead crowding the pen at feeding time

Make southern folk cakes with your hosts: bánh bò lụi, bánh ít, bánh bột lọc, bánh lá mít, bánh da lợn, bánh đúc, bánh xèo, and bánh khọt. Then eat fruit straight from the garden.

The green strip you see from Ninh Kiều is cồn Ấu, a different islet. Cồn Sơn is reached from the Cổ Bắc ferry in Bình Thủy.

Getting there and around

Take Highway 91 from the centre to the Cổ Bắc ferry landing in Bình Thủy, then a boat of 5 to 10 minutes to the islet. You can also hire a boat at Ninh Kiều wharf.