What season is Ha Giang beautiful?
As a high mountainous province, the climate in Ha Giang is markedly cold compared to the adjacent lowlands and midlands. The average annual temperature is about 21-23 degrees Celsius. The highlight of the climate is high humidity during the year, abundant and prolonged rain.
You can travel to Ha Giang in any season of the year. People often come to Ha Giang in the autumn when rice ripens yellow. The most beautiful time is October, 11 and 12, when buckwheat flowers or cabbage fields are in full bloom. And in spring, apricot blossoms, plum blossoms bloom white in the forest, making you feel like you are floating in the clouds.
On May 5, the fields glittered with pouring water. In 6 and 7 months, many people miss Ha Giang because of sudden summer rains. But thanks to this dampness, the mountains and forests here are dressed in a green color that captivates people.
Move
Getting to Ha Giang from the northern provinces is very easy because there are many direct garages. In contrast to visitors who are far away in the South or Central region, it is recommended to start the journey from Hanoi. From Hanoi, almost every hour there are buses departing from My Dinh, Luong Yen, Yen Nghia, Gia Lam bus stations.
Guests can choose from a sleeper car or a high-quality limousine, depending on their budget. However, you should travel by night bus to save time and keep strength for a long journey of discovery. The ticket price from Hanoi to Ha Giang and vice versa ranges from 200,000 - 300,000 VND per time.
When coming to Ha Giang City, you can rent a self-sufficient motorbike excursion for 150,000 - 300,000 VND per car during the day. On the contrary, if you do not have enough time and health, or the group has elderly people and small children, you should rent a 7-16 seater service car.
Beautiful hotels and homestays
Families and couples who want to stay at a high-class and separate resort can come to P'apiu in Yen Dinh commune, Bac Me district. Here, visitors are immersed in the colors of the highlands by the longest brocade road in Vietnam, staying in villas and villas with H'Mong house design. The price of a night stay is about 10,000,000 VND.
For visitors who love novelty, H'Mong Village with its quarts design is a suggestion. The resort is located on the hills in Trang Kim, Quan Ba, facing the Mien River and the majestic mountains in the distance. Guests can choose to stay in a community room, priced at VND 400,000 per night or in a bungalow for VND 2,400,000 per night.
With the option of being close to the community, lower cost, visitors can stay at homestays , including Hoang Su Phi Lodge and Kinh Homestay, next to the terraced fields in Nam Hong village; Ho Tender Eco Village Ho Contract commune with a resort with leaf roofing walls.
In addition, you can stay in Chung Pua - Auberge de MeoVac (Meo Vac) with a local dirt house or Dust homestay is a stilt house in Dong Van. In Dong Van, there is also a Hoang Prince ancient house priced at VND 100,000 per person; Meo Vac Golden Bee costs only 230,000 VND per night. In Lo Lo Chai village near the flagpole of Lung Cu, there is a homestay Lo Lo Ancient House.
Where to play Ha Giang
Because tourist destinations in Ha Giang are far apart, you should choose a journey of at least 3 days and 2 nights to have enough time to "ride horses to see flowers". A 3-day-4-night itinerary is suggested by many travelers, or more abundantly than 5 days.
From the city, the first point is the milestone Km 0, then move to Quan Ba about 40 km. There is a sky gate that is a famous check-in point, but if you go in winter, there is a possibility of clouds. If the sky is clear, you can take pictures, watch the fields below.
From here, you can see Nam Dam lake, in Nam Dam village, which is a homestay village of the famous Dao people in Quan Ba. In addition to the heavenly gate, you can also visit the Fairy Twin Mountains not far away. Note, when going to Can Billion bridge there are 2 turns, the uphill path will save you 20 km, but it is also more difficult and requires hard steering. Let's calculate the time to come to Yen Minh and have lunch there.
From Yen Minh, Dong Van temple is a route with many beautiful scenes and tourist attractions known by many people. It is Shen Ma Doc or 9 Khoanh Pass, the symbolic check-in point of Ha Giang. Here, you are more likely to meet foreign friends, landscape photographers, and especially flowery Mong babies
Fox Street - an ancient village that has not been commercialized, so it still retains many traditional features of the ancient Mongols. Or the Pao House, the setting of many Vietnamese films, is also a place to visit. Currently, the Pao house is both a homestead and a tourist destination. The above points are 10 km apart, please visit and pay attention to the time to reach Dong Van in time for dark.
Take some time in the morning to go to the Dong Văb flea market, a regional feature that is nowhere to be found. The market is busy with many items, from common things of the Kinh people such as electronics, vegetables, clothes ... to ethnic specialties such as linen, brocade, buckwheat cake, thang co ... If you're shopping for gifts, be sure to choose easy-to-carry items like spices or linen.
In addition to the session market, in Dong Van you can also visit the Cat King Palace. The campus of the relic area is nearly 3 hectares located in the valley of Sà Phin commune. The Cat King Palace was built in the early 20th century, imitating Chinese architecture (Manchu Qing Dynasty) with intricate curves, strokes, and carvings. Entrance ticket is 20,000 VND one time.
If you do not go to the flea market or King Cat palace, you can depart from 6:30 from Dong Van to Lung Cu to visit the flagpole right in the morning. This distance is 25 km long, must go through many bad sections with crushed stones, steep crabs, potholes ,... Travel time is about 1 and a half hours. Arriving at the place, visitors hike to the flagpole and look at the mountains and forests where the country headquarters. If relaxed, the North Pole café is also an option for a break.
The motorbike road going down to Nho Que river marina is very steep, some places are under construction, so people need hard steering wheels. If you are not confident, you can rent a local motorbike taxi service for VND 150,000 in two ways.
The road is difficult to travel, many bumpy sections, but the beauty of the turquoise river will partly dispel the fatigue of visitors. Weaving all the way around the winding road hugging the cliff, you will come to the marina. The price of a boat ride on the Nho Que River is 100,000 VND per person, the journey is about 40 minutes. The boat usually stops in front of Tu San Alley, where there is the best view for guests to take pictures.
The pass is surrounded by sky, clouds and mountains, so visitors can leisurely enjoy the scenery and take photos. At the foot of the pass, you visit the Museum of Happy Road, learn about the difficult construction history of National Highway 4C, from Ha Giang city to Dong Van, Meo Vac.
Ha Giang specialties
Coming to Ha Giang land, do not miss the egg rolls with a thin layer of wet dough, inside is the red yolk of the egg.
Another dish to try is the pipe porridge cooked with yellow flower glutinous rice mixed with tedious rice, the larva root is carefully simmered with rich spring leg broth and herbs. Pipe porridge is not only a simple dish, but also a delicious tonic.
Banh hung gù is a specialty of Ha Giang, wrapped by hand, the crust is blue or black depending on the type of rice. The cake is green, the rice is mixed with the neighbor, the black cake uses brown rice. The filling has both lean and fatty meat. The cakes are wrapped daily by some families in Ha Giang city, but must be ordered in advance because the quantity is limited. Each cake costs from 17,000 VND.
Thang dat in Dong Van looks like a ship drift cake in Hanoi, made from glutinous rice flour, can be vegetarian or wrapped in bean filling.
Thang try is not an edible dish but a specialty of the Northwest with the aroma of cardamom, nuts, lemongrass root with the greasy taste of meat.
Buckwheat triangle cake is a typical cake of the Hmong people in the rocky highlands. The process of making cakes in many stages, harvested barley seeds are dried and ground until smooth, then mixed with flour with water and molded into flat round cake pieces, put into molds and then steamed. When eating remove to bake or fry. The cake is fragrant, slightly sweet, slightly greasy.
Bac Me lam rice gradually becomes a typical specialty of the Tay ethnic group. When enjoyed, lam rice has a complex aroma mixed with banana leaves and grilled tubes, eaten with sesame salt or served with grilled spring fish will be interesting.
According to VnE