Song Doc Ca Mau Travel Experience 2026 From A-Z

Song Doc is one of the most bustling and oldest coastal towns in Ca Mau province. Located in Tran Van Thoi Commune, Ca Mau Province, this place is not only famous for thousands of offshore fishing boats bustling day and night but is also a historical site marking the 1954 Regroupment to the North Event and a renowned traditional dried fish making village.

1. Where is Song Doc Ca Mau? Directions

Song Doc coastal town is located within the administrative boundary of Tran Van Thoi Commune, Ca Mau Province, about 50km west of Ca Mau city.

• From Ba Ngoai Homestay: Song Doc is only a 15-20 minute drive from Ba Ngoai Homestay by motorbike or tourist car. This is an extremely convenient combination destination in the journey of experiencing farming and coastal tourism.
• From Ca Mau City: Visitors can follow Provincial Road 968 straight to the West coast to reach Song Doc estuary.

2. Unmissable Experiences in Song Doc

Coming to Song Doc, you will clearly feel the generous, liberal pace of life of the coastal fishermen in the extreme South:

★ Check-in at the 1954 Regroupment to the North Monument

The grand monument works in the shape of a ship cutting waves to the North, commemorating 200 days and nights of historic troop transfer in 1954. This is the most meaningful historical check-in spot in Ca Mau.

★ Explore the Bustling Dried Fish Village

Song Doc is the largest "capital" of dried fish in Ca Mau province with all kinds of dried gourami fish, dried bombay duck fish, dried croaker fish, semi-dried squid and rich, delicious alluvial dried shrimp.

★ Participate in Song Doc Nghinh Ong Festival (15th of 2nd Lunar Month)

The biggest whale worshipping festival in the Mekong Delta region with hundreds of boats brightly decorated with flags and flowers parading to the estuary to worship the Lord Fish (whale).