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An attractive destination on the journey to discover the ripe rice season in Mu Cang Chai

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To get to Mu Cang Chai about 300km from Hanoi is a spectacular pass journey. On the road flanked by mountain forests and beautiful terraced fields in the brilliant golden season, you will pass by many wonderful places.

Tram Tuo Hot Mineral Spring: Hot water from natural underground circuits is very good for health, especially for people with osteoarthritis pain. This place is also a homestay, so guests who want to stay overnight need to book in advance. Not far from the hot mineral bathing area, there are bathing spots of local people without charge like in Coi village, Hoc village ...


Hot water from natural underground circuits is very good for health, especially for people with osteoarthritis pain. This place is also a homestay, so guests who want to stay overnight need to book in advance. Not far from the hot mineral bathing area, there are bathing spots of local people without charge like in Coi village, Hoc village ...



Khau Pha Pass is the place where the annual paragliding activity takes place called the Golden Season Flying Festival. From here, pilots and tourists both skydive to experience thrills and can enjoy the panoramic view of the valley during the ripe rice season. If you are interested, you should book a tour in advance to get a skydiving spot.


Lìm Mong Valley, Lìm Thai is home to Thai villages located in the valley just below Khau Pha pass - one of the four great passes of Vietnam.


Cross the poetic suspension bridge to the small thread-like paths that slope back up the mountain. Arriving in Lìm Mong in September, 10 visitors will be able to walk in the middle of the golden season with two sides of the road are ripe rice fields full of grain.


Visitors can drive among the golden ripe fields, watch the peaceful village in the harvest, meet from young children to the elderly or have fun by the cool streams.



Rice terraces covering more than 2,200 hectares of land in Mu Cang Chai. Of which, 500 hectares are recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as national heritage sites in the three villages of La Pan Tan, Che Cu Nha and Cricket Xu Phong.


Tu Le Commune, Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, 3 km from Khau Ha pass, is famous for its typical glutinous rice variety. When rice begins to ripen yellow on the terraced fields, Thai people in Tu Le are busy preparing new batches of nuggets to sell everywhere. Each kilogram of nuggets costs 120,000 VND.

You can stay in Tu Le for a night or run directly from Tu Le to Mu Cang Chai town. Community guesthouses, homestays and homestays in Mu Cang Chai rent 100,000 - 400,000 VND per person per night. If dinner in Mu Cang Chai, visitors can go to the market, enjoy Thai ethnic food and have more eateries to choose from.



Raspberry Hill is the symbolic image of Mu Cang Chai golden season for many years. The hill is located in La Pan Tan, more than 8 km from the town center, the road is difficult, so stop and park the car and then rent a motorbike taxi from local people to take it to the place. In addition, near the hill, there is a buckwheat flower garden and ethnic dress rental service for visitors to take photos. At Big Raspberry Hill, if you go to the photo shack, it costs an additional 5,000 VND per person. Going into the rice field adds 10,000 dong per person.


Horseshoe Hill in Sang Nhu, more than 2 km from Mu Cang Chai town, there are picturesque semicircular terraced fields. Every ripe rice season, this place attracts a large number of photographers to hunt. Tickets to each of the above points are VND 20,000 per adult, VND 10,000 per child. The price of motorbike taxi to the place ranges from 60,000 - 100,000 VND per person in two ways.




Bamboo Forest of Na Groin Tua: The 60-year-old bamboo forest is located 20 km from the center of Mu Cang Chai town. This is also the place to provide specialty bamboo shoots for the region. The road here on a very muddy rainy day, steep slopes. Visitors often have to walk or hire locals to drive motorbikes to the attraction due to the narrow, steep and slippery dirt roads that cannot be traveled by car.



According to VnE

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