Hoa Binh with a pleasant climate, favorable geographical location and countless interesting and attractive things is a destination chosen by many people for vacations with family and friends.
Mu Waterfall
Mu Waterfall is about 130km from Hanoi, in Lac Son district, Hoa Binh. This place is likened to a fairy place, like a paradise in the middle of the world. The scenery here is extremely majestic with the cool white water pouring down the white rocks like silk strips among the wild mountains and forests.
The best time for you to explore Mu Waterfall is from May 5 to September every year. This is the summer time, Mu Waterfall is like a giant cool air conditioner with billowing cascades blowing away all the fatigue and sultry of the urban heat. The soul of visitors is also washed by the fresh water at the foot of the waterfall that has flowed down into a wide swimming pool.
Visitors can experience waterfall bathing, enjoy BBQ parties right by the stream with Hoa Binh specialties such as lam rice, mountain snails, mountain crab, grilled stream fish ... One more jug of wine that needs peace is nothing more.
The dry season at Mu Waterfall takes place from October to April 4 next year, this is the time when Mu Waterfall is misty. However, the mysterious wild mountains and forests here still attract feet who are eager to explore and experience. This is also the perfect time for visitors to explore Mu cave with its magnificent, fanciful, sparkling stalactite system like gold every time like natural masterpieces
Currently, there are no direct buses from Hanoi to Thac Mu, so the most suitable way to travel is by private vehicle such as motorbike or car. The road to Mu Waterfall town is surrounded by winding, rugged hills but extremely impressive scenery. The road is small but 16-seater cars can still be accessed, there are small bends that are a bit sharp when moving to note.
Recommended ticket price: 5,000vnd/person
Villages in Mai Chau
Among the attractions when traveling to Hoa Binh, it is definitely impossible to ignore the stop are the peaceful ancient villages overlooking the vast rice fields such as Lac village, Van village, Com Poong village, Muong Giang Mo village... Under those stilt roofs, Thai and Muong people in Mai Chau still retain the traditional beauty from thousands of ancestors. Visiting Mai Chau villages, visitors not only experience discovering the beauty in the lifestyle, customs and cuisine of the people here.
Lac village
Located in Chieng Chau Commune, Lac village is located in the heart of Mai Chau valley. This is one of the famous tourist villages of Thai people that still retains many unique community activities. Lac village is clean and neat with lovely tall stilt houses hidden under green trees. Hidden stalls of brocade, jewelry or handmade items made by Thai girls here. As a typical homestay destination of Hoa Binh province, coming to Ban Lac, you should definitely sleep at least one count on stilts to get the most enjoyable experience.
Muong Giang Mo village
Located in Binh Thanh commune, Cao Phong district, Muong Giang Mo village is one of the attractions when traveling to Hoa Binh recently. This place currently has more than 100 traditional stilt houses. This is one of the cultural living reserves of Muong Hoa Binh with pristine, simple but lively and attractive beauty. It is not only the house, the way of farming, daily activities to items such as rice mortars, water systems ... to the customs are all bold traditional colors. Exploring Muong Giang Mo village will definitely be an interesting trekking trip that you cannot miss.
Pom Village
Besides Lac village, Pom Cong village is also a destination attracting visitors near and far. The poetic village is located peacefully next to the vast field. Close along the hillside are neat little stilt houses. Coming to Pom Cong, in addition to cycling to stroll around the fields fragrant with the smell of new rice, spend the night on stilts and then open the door to welcome you is the sunrise from the rice field, so that at night is a Thai rice meal with 7-color sticky rice, wild meat dotted with macadamia, grilled stream fish...
White Rock Pass
White Stone Pass is also known as Thung Khe Pass, a famous pass located on the road connecting Mai Chau and Tan Lac. At an altitude of over 1000m, from White Stone Pass, visitors can cover the view throughout the beautiful Mai Chau valley.
Originally a limestone mountain, while the lagoon opened the way, the rocks from above fell to form a snow-white color. The name "White Stone" also began here.
The pass is famous for its unique beauty with white color all year round like snow. Every time the wind pushes the clouds to swoop down, it makes the scene become a fancy blur.
White Rock Pass is always in the top of the attractions when traveling to Hoa Binh not to be missed. This place attracts many backpackers because of the winding, winding terrain hugging the mountain slopes. The white color stands out like silk squeezed across the deep blue mountain, creating beautiful checkin photos for a lifetime.
At White Rock Pass, the morning is chilly, the noon is clear and warm with light sunshine, the afternoon is cool with a cloud mist until sunset covers. Giving visitors the feeling of experiencing all 4 seasons in just one extremely interesting day. However, with large traffic, many heavy trucks moving through, this is considered one of the beautiful but also extremely dangerous roads.
The best time of year for you to visit this place is around summer from May 5 to early July. If you are lucky at this time, you can also admire the image of Hoa Binh hydropower dam discharging extremely spectacular. You should avoid the time from 7-8 months when the rains and floods of the year, the amount of soil and rock collapses a lot and causes dangerous slippery.
Momentum North
Da Bac is about 90km from Hanoi, is a highland district of Hoa Binh located along Hoa Binh hydropower lake. With majestic natural landscape, cool climate, unique cultural and historical conditions. Therefore, in recent years, Da Bac is gradually becoming one of the attractions when traveling to Hoa Binh chosen by many tourists.
Da Bac possesses a mountainous terrain, rivers and streams intertwined with many beautiful caves, islands on Hoa Binh Lake, diverse natural forest ecosystems and indigenous cultures of Tay, Muong and Dao people extremely vivid.
With cool climate, you can visit Da Bac all year round. In particular, the most suitable time is in summer (May 5 to 8). This is the annual hot spot in the North, Da Bac is the perfect sun shelter destination. At the same time, this is also an ideal time to participate in fun activities such as kayaking or swimming on Hoa Binh Lake.
However, this is also the time of annual rainstorms, so when traveling to Da Bac at this time, you should consider the weather carefully to avoid encountering rains and floods.
Coming to Da Bac, besides exploring the hydropower lake, you can visit Muong and Dao villages such as Ke hamlet (Hien Luong), Sung hamlet (Cao Son), Bia Da hamlet, Mó Hém hamlet (Tien Phong) ... to learn about the lives of the Muong people and the indigenous Dao people.
Up in Dabac, you can stay at homestays in Tien Phong, Hien Luong at an affordable cost or camp right near Hoa Binh Lake to feel the cool lake breeze.
Most homestays in Da Bac now have bicycles available for visitors to borrow to cycle around the lake bed or around the village. Many homestays also prepare for visitors to kayak to explore the beauty of the lake bed. Coming to Dabac, you will definitely not be able to ignore the cuisine here with Da River fish, jogging chicken, grilled pig and the typical wild vegetables of the Muong people.
Hoa Binh Hydropower Lake is one of the attractions when traveling to Hoa Binh attracting tourists when visiting Dabei. Photo: @haicuong286
Thung Nai Lake
As beautiful as a charming water painting, Thung Nai Lake has a blend of clouds, mountains, rivers that can make anyone fall in love at first sight. Only about 110km from the capital, this place has become one of the attractions when traveling to Hoa Binh, is a great hot retreat for visitors.
Thung Nai Lake belongs to Thung Nai Commune, Cao Phong District. As a commune of the Da River lakebed, this place was formerly the land of Muong Hang, one of the famous rich living places of the Muong people.
The most beautiful time of year to visit Thung Nai is from May 5 to May 8. This is the peak hot time in summer but the air in Thung Nai is extremely fresh and cool. Coming to Thung Nai at this time not only avoids the heat of the city, immerses yourself in fresh and cool nature, but also can participate in many recreational activities on the lake such as boating to watch the bed of Da River lake, fishing, swimming in cool water. The most interesting is to enjoy delicious dishes from Da River fish specialties such as lentil fish, black carp, bamboo shoots, miniature fish ... right on the boat.
If you come to Thung Nai in the dry season, you can visit Thac Bo cave and Thac Bo temple. This is a sacred temple in Da Bac district, Hoa Binh is always crowded with pilgrims. This is also where local people incense smoke to pray for their trips back up the Da River to be smooth.
Coming to Thung Nai in the dry season, you can also visit Thac Boi cave with the world of stalactites of all shapes extremely beautiful.
Currently, near Thung Nai there are many guesthouses and homestays with moderate costs, convenient for visitors to stop such as Coconut tree guesthouse, Windmill guesthouse....
Thung Nai Lake – the "muse" of the peaceful and picturesque Muong Hang country. Photo: @thu_anan94
Lung Van
One of the attractions when traveling to Hoa Binh not to be missed is Lung Van – which is known as the "roof" of the Muong Bi people in Hoa Binh – a peaceful place for Lung Van also known as Thung May – the land of clouds covering the way loved by many enthusiasts. Lung Van belongs to Tan Lac district, Hoa Binh.
Located at an altitude of over 1200m above the sea, Lung Van is like a wonderland surrounded by Buffalo Mountain, Yes Mountain, Tien Mountain. Not only outstanding with cool climate, majestic and poetic nature, this place also preserves many typical cultural and architectural features of the Muong ethnic group attracting a large number of tourists.
You can visit Lung Van at any time of the year. Because Lung Van is beautiful every season. In spring, heaven and earth put on a new green and clear mantle. In summer, Lung Van is cool with clouds floating down in the afternoon to fascinate any cloud hunter. In autumn, Lung Van is beautiful with rice terraced fields.
Currently, coming to Lung Van is extremely convenient, you can travel by private vehicle or go in a large group, you can rent a car from Hoa Binh city to actively move.
Coming to Lung Van, in addition to cloud hunting, Lung Van market is also a unique cultural experience that should not be missed every 3rd morning. The market sells everything from costumes, food to indigenous agricultural products. In addition, the delicacies not to be missed when visiting Lung Van must be mentioned as: buffalo meat cooked with convex leaves, pickled pork, lam rice....
The rooftops of the Muong Bi people loom in the afternoon mist at Lung Van. Photo: vov
Conclusion
Above are the attractions when traveling to Hoa Binh that are attracting tourists in recent years. With beautiful nature, pleasant climate, attractive cuisine and the appearance of more and more community tourist attractions in Thai villages, the Muong people in Hoa Binh will definitely make this place more and more a favorite destination.
If you still have any information about the above tourist attractions, do not hesitate to contact Migo immediately for advice and support, and have a memorable journey to Hoa Binh!