Rừng Rú Chá

About this audio guide

Rừng Rú Chá is a five-hectare mangrove patch on the edge of Tam Giang lagoon outside Hue, now the only piece of the lagoon's original forest still standing. This guide follows the single tree species, cha, that lets this pocket survive where the rest of the shoreline was cleared for fish ponds and rice fields, and the crabs, shrimp, and fish sheltering among its roots. It also tracks the canopy through the seasons, from summer green toward autumn's turning colors.