Red River Experience Ecological Garden

What a surprise to have an island getaway located under the iconic bridge, just minutes from the Old Town. The ecological garden named 'Red River Experience' is located about 2.5 km from the foot of Long Bien Bridge on the island called Bai Giua. The tranquil garden welcomes visitors through a raw gate built with recycled bricks, where a lush 1,500-square-foot space includes two bamboo-roofed houses.

Here, visitors can prepare their own lunch with clay-roasted chicken and vegetables grown in the garden and while waiting for the food to cook, or can also cycle through the vegetable fields, peach orchards on the garden. island. Afterwards, they can watch the sunset on the small Hon Lau island, formed by the alluvium of the Red River, and try SUP paddling or even camping overnight.

This eco-zone is the brainchild of Ha Dong Minh, who has 25 years of experience as a tour guide in the country. With his experience in serving tourists, Minh established the “Red River Experience” resort in 2019 to provide sustainable ecotourism programs. From his experience as a guide, he knows that sustainable tourism makes a longer lasting impression on tourists because they can live closer to the locals and nature at the destinations. And exploring the Red River is a tour that is always loved by domestic and foreign tourists. Initially, the service was aimed at the foreign market, but the company has switched to serving domestic customers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And surprisingly, many Vietnamese are also excited about this new type of experience.

Many people think that traveling is going far and many Hanoians still do not really care about the Red River, which brings relaxing moments to people. They only need to spend half a day or a day to two days to have an unforgettable tour here.

Families or groups of friends or colleagues can join a tour, cycling through the vegetable and banana fields, learning about the crops, flowers and fruits, while the kids can join the fun. Take classes in making utensils from waste plastic.

In addition, “Red River Experience” also organizes survival skills classes to teach children and young people how to survive on their own when left alone in the wild, such as how to test which vegetables are edible. , catch fish in the river and make tents on the island. These skills are rarely known to urban children and need to be learned.

Many families have taken their children to the island to participate in a one-day experience. Children can play team building games together while exploring nature here. The number of visitors to the "Red River Experience" is more on the weekend, but due to the pandemic, this eco-tourism area is often closed due to the pandemic. This resort is honored to welcome the Dutch ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman, who went with his colleagues to participate in the Red River experience and came back here again with his family.

In order to maintain a clean green environment for the middle yard, Minh and his colleagues spent a lot of time cleaning up trash in the area and on Hon Lau. Visitors are also regularly reminded of environmental awareness, encouraging the use of paper bags, not using plastic bags, and bringing trash cans. The garden and Hon Lau island do not have electricity, so he and his colleagues built a solar power system to run water pumps, juicers, lights and fans.

This eco-tourism area has brought visitors a new type of tourism and encouraged people to be more conscious of their living environment. If you want to have an interesting experience, away from the hustle and bustle of Hanoi, you can cross Long Bien bridge to explore the middle beach with "Red River Experience".