Stay in Pu Luong to avoid the heat of the city

 If you visit Pu Luong, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam, you would enjoy the cool climate, terrace-rice fields and peaceful villages which nestle in an isolate valleys. 

Pu Luong Nature Reserve is home to Thai and Muong ethnic minority communities. In Thai's language, Pu  Luong means the highest peak of the village. 

You take four hours from Hanoi to go here by car. Currently, homestay and motel are more popular here. The landscape and environment of the natural reserve contribute to the development of the ecosystem. Due to the ecosystem, the accommodation here does not include air-conditioners and television. 

Or you set up a camp on the top of mountains to rest overnight, have meals with your companies. When climbing, you should wear long clothes, hats, climbing shoes, drinking water and snacks.

Golden Rice Field in Tam Coc

 

Tam Coc is the best in the rice season of the year. It is time for you to visit during the ripe rice season which has attracted visitors with breath-taking and picturesque landscapes. You wonder when it is. During May and the mid of June, hundreds of tourists take boats, sailing along two sides of endless-expanding rice fields to admire small houses, caves, such as Ca Cave, Hai Cave, and Ba Cave. 

If you want to take impressive snapshots like above, you have to climb limestone mountains at 3a.m. and take around 4 hours to reach the top of them. 

The Mystery at the Bottom of Son Doong Cave

 Nearly 30 years ago, 300 caves that nest in Quang Binh Province were discovered, most of them are dry or underground caves. Up to now, there has been no survey on underground rivers and underground caves. The turning point is when a group of leading diving experts came to discover Son Doong, the largest cave. It is the British Cave Expedition team led by Howard Limbert who announced the 200km long cave in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park. 

Vietnam is endowed with one of five most desirable tourist destinations in 2019. Sharing with the local media, Howard said the cave system here is still many, currently 25% only discovered. Each cave is separate on the surface but connected below.

Hon Yen

 

For many years, Hon Yen has been attracting many young travellers with its pristine beauty and carpet of coral reefs rising up during low tide. The small islet is an interesting islet for professional photographers to make their impressive collections. It is around 15kilometers to the North of Tuy Hoa, the capital of Phu Yen. It is home to thousands of canaries, explaining its name.

Hon Yen nestles in Phu Yen Province, a poverty-hit coastal region with the population of around 860,000 inhabitants. Early in the morning, most of local residents head out to sea and catch seafood. Their boat is a means of livelihood and sea brings them a life. 

If you visit Hon Yen in every June, you witness fishermen who migrate Phu Yen from across the country sail to sea for a busiest anchovy harvesting season. 

Ba Vi National Park

 

Ba Vi National Park offers rich and diverse fauna and flora suitable and to relax or explore for all ages. 

If you like trekking, you take two or four hours to follow trails dense primeval forest, or high bamboo forest. The easiest route to go is to start at Cot 600 and down to Cot 300, which lasts more than 2 hours. In this way, you learn more about ecology. Immersed in the quiet space of national park finds French remnants, such as the colonel's mansion, the fallen church and political prison. Also, it is a window of opportunity for professional photographers to capture these timeless architectures, a creative source of inspiration.

Hue Imperial Citadel

 

The former imperial capital of Hue, which one witnesses the glories and collapse of Nguyen Dynasty (1802 - 1945), the last royal to rule the country, is famous as a food paradise.  

Hue's vibrant cuisine showcases the city's imperial legacy, while south in Hoi An's storied laneways, local dishes include fragrant cao lau noodle. Seafood stars nearby Danang, and the city alongside the Han River is becoming one of Vietnam's most exciting urban destinations.

Rice Field in Tam Coc

 

Ninh Binh became the center of attraction for the tourism this summer when Tourist Week 'Golden Color of Tam Coc' took place from 18 to 25 May.

This event created a festival for hundreds of photographic professionals coming across the country to capture the beautiful moments of Tam Coc's endless golden rice fields. The photographers stood on karst blocks to take photos from above. 

Tam Coc golden rice season starts from May to mid June offers many majestic scenery around Tam Coc. From Van Lam boat station, you admire small houses dotted along the river and caves such as Ca Cave, Hai Cave, and Ba Cave. 

If you want to take satisfactory photos, you have to climb on limestone mountains at 3 a.m. and take three hours to reach to the top. 

 

 

Lotus Blooms in Ninh Binh Province

Arriving in Ninh Binh Province, you should not miss pink lotus ponds blooming at the foot of Ngoa Long Mountain. June is the most beautiful time to visit this place when Ninh Binh is in lotus bloom season and lotus fade after a week.

If you get up early and don't want to waste your time going to the lotus lake and spend money for entrance fee, stay at homestay in Mua Cave.

Addition to taking photos of lotus ponds, you climb Ngoa Long Mountain to admire panoramic rice fields, rocky mountains and lotus lake from above as well.

The path to Ngoa Long Mountain is winding and there is no food and drink selling along the way. Thus, you  should have with you mineral water, umbrella, hat, sports shoes to easily move through hundreds of stone steps.

Flamboyant shows off its redness on River Huong

If coming to Hue in this season, you see girls in white dress taking photos of souvenir at close of school year under the shade of flamboyant trees. In Hue, people grow around 1,000 flamboyant trees, but the most impressive one is in Truong Tien Bridge. This ancient flamboyant tree is considered part of the ancient capital. In the blooming season, every day, here is bustled with tourists who take photos or selfies.

The photo above describes two girls posing for female students on Huong River (Perfume River).

Ba Ba Lake

When you arrive at Ba Ba Lake, you have three options to explore Ba Ba Lake. Ba Ba Lake nestles in vast limestone mountain range with numerous crags and crevasses that bring to you an ideal environment for the variety of marine life. You will learn a hundred species of freshwater fish living in the lakes.

The option depends on your mood or convenience, the lake and its environment can be discovered with a boat ride, casual walk or a long trek in off-beaten path in beautiful nature.

A boat ride starting early in the morning opens up the possibilities of experiencing the mystical beauty of the lake, with the early rays of the sun piercing through the fog that still lingers over a calm, still lake.

Great stops on the boat ride through picturesque scenery include the Dau Dang Waterfall, Tien Pond (Fairy Pond), An Ma Shrine and Ba Goa Island (Widow Island).

Tra Vinh Province

Tra Vinh Province has not had its name on Vietnam's tourism map, but if you wanted to enjoy the peaceful and hospitality land with romantic city of Tra Vinh, hiding itself among the cool, ancient forest, making a difference that walking at noon in a rare urban, you don't fear the scotching sunshine.

Ba Om Pond is a famous scenic spot of Tra Vinh, which is considered as 'a green lung' that nature has bestowed this province, bringing the people the pride.

An article describes the strict observation of the traffic rule of the people. You hardly see riders pass the red light. Riders stop at the red light under hard rain.

Tra Vinh cuisine is a combination of three culinary cultures of Kinh, Kmer and Chinese.