Ao Chau Pond - Phu Tho

Ao Chau Pond and the system of caves and grottoes in Xuan Son Forest, Gioi Pond, and Ten Stream make up an captivating tourist site of Phu Tho Province.

Ao Chau Pond - Phu Tho

Ao Chau is a large of 3km2, spreading over three communes of Am Thuong, Am Ha, and Y Son in Ha Hoa District, 60km from Viet Tri City. Tourists can follow overland routes, or go by sea or by railway to reach this place.

Ao Chau Pond has the shape of a giant buffalo's head whose two stretch out to the direction of the Thao and Chay rivers. The vast blue water of the pond remains calm all year round. On moonlit nights, the Ao Chau Pond resembles a magnificent picture with forests of palm trees, hills of tea, litchis and apricots mirroring themselves in the water. Heading for Ao Chau, tourists in Vietnam travel can enjoy the fresh air and taste local specialties like fruits, carps, trionychid turtles, crabs, snails, and so on.

Ao Chau Pond boasts 99 branches, which worm their way through nearly 100 hills and islands. Sailing along these branches, tourists seem to enter an engaging world of natural landscapes. The 99 branches are deemed to be 99 water “serpents” creeping down the pond to hold water.

Ao Chau Pond and the system of caves and grottoes in Xuan Son Forest, Gioi Pond, and Ten Stream make up an captivating tourist site of Phu Tho Province. Tourists can lighter here for longer holidays without any monotonous or deserted feeling.