3 Day Visit to Mu Cang Chai

 

 

What do you plan in a visit to Mu Cang Chai?

 

In addition to watching the rice terraces in ripe rice season, you bathe in hot mineral springs in Tram Tau, enjoy Tu Le nuggets, paraglide on Khau Pha Pass ...

Following is a 3-day visit to Mu Cang Chai:

Day 1: Hanoi - Tram Tau hot spring

Traveling 220 km from Hanoi to Tram Tau takes 5 hours, to ride a motorbike or  drive a car, you should go early to get to the place near noon then take a rest, eat and drink. 

 

Day 2: Khau Pha - Lung Mong Valley, Lap Thai
- Tu Le - Mu Cang Chai

Khau Pha Pass is the place where paragliding takes place every year, called the Bay Festival on the golden season. From here, you experience the thrills while enjoying the panoramic view of the Lung Mong valley during the ripe rice season. If you love, you should book a tour in advance to have a parachute jump.

Day 3: Mam Xoi Hill - Mong Ngua Hill - Hanoi

Only about 60 km from Tu Le to the center of Mu Cang Chai town, you enjoy many beautiful terraced fields. However, the most remarkable is still La Pan Tan, Che Cu Nha, Sang Nhu ...

Mam Xoi Hill is a symbolic image of the golden season of Mu Cang Chai for many years. The hill is located in La Pan Tan, more than 8 km from the town center, the road is in bad condition, you should stop and park the car and rent a motorbike taxi from the local people to take place. In addition, near the hill, there is a triangular flower garden and ethnic dress rental service for tourists to take pictures
 

The 7th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival

 The 7th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai Festival is the opening event for the series of events in the campaign "Hello Ho Chi Minh City - Hello Ho Chi Minh City" deployed by the tourism industry in Ho Chi Minh City to stimulate tourism demand. after a long delay due to the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Instead of being held in March each year, this year's Ao Dai Festival took place in October due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. This is an activity to honor the traditional ao dai, as a meeting place for those who love the ao dai.

Through many stages of development, ao dai has continued to evolve continuously but always retains its traditional beauty of Vietnamese women.

Preserving and promoting the traditional beauty of ao dai is one of the important tasks in contributing to building an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity, while gradually spreading the beauty. Ao Dai is becoming the mainstream fashion trend of the majority of Vietnamese people ".

Ao Dai Festival will continue to become an endless inspiration in art and literature and a popular costume of Ho Chi Minh City people and international tourists when coming to Vietnam.

Colors of Happiness of the Opening Ceremony of Ao Dai

 

 

 

Ao Dai Collection "Colors of Happiness" by fashion designer Lien Huong has drawn the attention from Ao dai enthusiasts and professionals at the night of the 7th Ho Chi Minh City Ao Dai with a theme 'I love Vietnamese Ao Dai,'

 

The Covid-19 delayed this festival.

 

As one of the leading Ao Dai designers, honored for her effort to integrate Vietnamese culture into with dedicate language of local fashion, designer Lien Huong has always brought new breathe to contemporary trend for women. 

Rice Field viewed from above

 

 

If you visit the top of Sam Mountain at noon, at the end of the summer, on the streets of Hong Ngu, Dong Thap down Tinh Bien, An Giang, you will enjoy this view.

Heart-shaped House

 

Mr Da and Ms Thuy built a heart-shaped house on a river 25 years ago. Their happiness is a peaceful and poetic life. They can't imagine their house create a heart-shaped form when viewed from above and become popular all over the world. 

The photo by Alex Cao won Highly Recommended Award in the World Drone Competition, that describes a man leading a herd of buffaloes across his heart-shaped house, leaving muddy traits at the bottom of the river.

Thuy lived in Tinh Khue Commune and Da lived in Tinh Hoa Commune (formerly in Son Tinh District, now emerged to Quang Ngai City). They were only a few kilometers apart. She quitted the school at the 9th grade to sell chickens, helping her family. She is a smart, beautiful girl. 

During a wedding party of her friend, she met Da, sitting at the same table and opposite to her. Wearing red velvet pants and a white shirt with long hair is a fashion style at that time. She cheered with Da. From then, Da had fallen in love with her quietly. 

Every time, they went out together, Da always wore a long sleeve shirt and put his hands into his trouser pockets. Thuy had not paid attention to it. Later, one of her friend said that one of his hands was amputated since childhood. 

Thuy had many boy friends, but they could not end up with a wedding party. Some came from a silver-spoon family while her family was poor. There was no match. Others were not serious about the marriage. Finally, she thought about Da, who could bring to her a true love. Their happy ending love story ended up with a wedding. 

Na Hang Lake, Tuyen Quang City

 

 

 

If you want to see the peaceful early morning in Na Hang Lake, 110 km from the heart of Tuyen Quang Province, let's go to a hill near the lake Na Hang, you will capture a peaceful and scenery landscape like the photo above, 

 

The iconic beauty of Na Hang lake is the mountain Coc Vai Pha, that nested in the lake. Coc in this expression means a pile to tie a buffalo. Na Hang is also known as a natural ecological area with a unique beauty of nature. 

 

The photo above depicts a peaceful early morning on Na Hang Lake in Lam Binh and Na Hang Districts, about 110 km from the center of Tuyen Quang City. Na Hang is the confluence between the two rivers Gam and Nang. Around the lake are majestic mountains and a lonely boat sailing along two sides of the lake.

 

Rice Field Season in Moc Chau

 

 

 

Rice field season in Moc Chau is time for photo hunters to snatch shots of breathe-taking scenery of nature. Impressive rice fields in Moc Chau in September and October is an example. 

 

 

Terraced Rice Field in Sunset

 

Terraced Rice Field

Perhaps at the end of the day is the best time to see the terraced rice field when sunlight shines on the terraced rice field full of golden rice. Mu Cang Chai is the leading destination in 2020 according to CNBC.

Colorful landscape from above

 

 

 

At the beginning of October, the rice field is ripe and golden the Quay Son River. This is one of the photo collection of photographer Cao Ky Nhan. The collection depicts the scenery from the north to the south of Vietnam, especially life style and rhythm of rural regions. 

Moc Chau

 

If you travel to Moc Chau, you should get up at 4:30 am, ride a motorbike to Hang Kia, Pa Co. This place is 40 km from the center of Moc Chau. Then you would enjoy the sunshine in time from 5am to 6am. 

If you don't want to get up early, you have homestay near here. In the early morning, you can enjoy a sea of clouds in a sky.

Ru Cha - Hue Tourist Destination

 

Ru Cha

If you travel to Thua Thien - Hue in early September, you would see patches of green leaves turn yellow in a thick mangrove forest like the photo above.  

 

Ru Cha seems to be an impressive seasonal transition picture, expanding 5 hectare, and provide an opportunity for young people who love ecotourism. When leaves turn yellow, they will fall off quickly, particularly in heavy rains or strong winds. Therefore, visitors should take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy the scenery.  

Sa Pa - Lao Cai

 

 

Sa Pa

Where do you plan to go from mid August to early September? The terraced fields in Sapa is a must in your plan, if you want to see gradually turning golden rice fields that have captured the attention of professional photographers across the country. 

You don't worry about the accommodation here because homestay, long-built hotels, and lots of tourist service are at your disposal. 

To travel to Sapa, you have many options such as rental of a motorbike, self-driving car or booking a bus.

 

Homestay Ha Giang

 

 

 If you want to travel to Ha Giang Province, September and October are time for this. You can't miss the scenery of golden rice fields that have attracted thousands of photographers and selfie enthusiasts. For accommodation, you stay in one of the above homestay. There are some natural springs and waterfalls where you swim in turquoise water under sun shining to relax yourself from the hustle and bustle of the city. 

 

Mam Xoi Hill

 

 

Mam Xoi Hill

 Only about 60km from Tu Le to the center of Mu Cang Chai Town, there exists many terraced fields. Mam Xoi hill is one of these examples. The hill which nestles in La Pan Tan, 8km from the town center, has attracted thousands of visitors and many professional photographers as it is a symbolic image of golden rice season in Mu Cang Chai.

The road is difficult for transportation, you should rent a motorbike of local people to explore the hill. There is a triangle follower garden and ethnic dress rental service near the hill where you rent to take photos here.

 

Golden Rice Season in Autumn Sun

Phong Nam Valley

If you visit Phong Nam Valley in September and October, you would admire the beauty of nature, endless expanding golden rice fields. The photo above depicts a scene of golden rice fields mixed with harvested ones which is a familiar sight to attract the attention of professional photographers.

 

Tam Coc Hill

  

Tam Coc Hill

Tam Coc scenery has attracted visitors with many rice fields, villages, rivers, lakes and majestic mountains. Some hills are bell-shaped ones in the Tam Coc Rocky mountain complex. 

To admire Tam Coc rice fields, you have to go to climb to Hang Mua Cave, an eco-tourism destination combining mountain climbing. 

 

The Harvest of Grass

The harvest of grass in Tien Giang Province in the Southern Vietnam has attracted professional photographers with the serenity of the countryside. This photo above is captured by a flycam between August. 

The grass previously grows naturally in the Mekong Delta. It has the hard low stem. 8 - 10 mm tubular, lying horizontally in mud. 

In the harvest season in August, people use the sickle the root in each clump. Cut grass is divided into short and long types and tied into circular bundles of about 2-3 kg.

 

Na Hang Lake

 

 

 

If you stand on a hill near the lake Na Hang, you will capture a peaceful and scenery landscape like the photo above, 

 

The iconic beauty of Na Hang lake is the mountain Coc Vai Pha, that nested in the lake. Coc in this expression means a pile to tie a buffalo. Na Hang is also known as a natural ecological area with a unique beauty of nature. 

 

The photo above depicts a peaceful early morning on Na Hang Lake in Lam Binh and Na Hang Districts, about 110 km from the center of Tuyen Quang City. Na Hang is the confluence between the two rivers Gam and Nang. Around the lake are majestic mountains and a lonely boat sailing along two sides of the lake.  

 

Hoang Su Phi

 

 

September is time for you to visit Hoang Su Phi, Ha Giang Province, Vietnam. It is time to explore majestic mountains and perennial terrace fields.

 

Hoang Su Phi, that nestles in the west of Ha Giang, Northern Vietnam. Here is some tips to go there. Departing from Hanoi, you go in the direction of the airport of Noi Bai - Phuc Yen - Vinh Phuc and drive straight up to Tuyen Quang. From Hanoi to Tuyen Quang, you take the national highway. After five-hour travel, you stop for a lunch at Ham Yen, Tuyen Quang. It is recommended that the Crocodile Restaurant is your stop for a lunch. After a break, you keep on moving in the direction of Tan Quang and Bac Quang, 60km from Hoang Su Phi. 

From Tan Quang T-junction to Hoang Su Phi Town, it takes two hours and a half to go along many winding roads, one side is endless mountains, the other beautiful views of terrace fields. Some places, roads are bad, some places roads are good. However, it is well worth for it as you admire the two sides of roads.

 

 

 

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.