Ban Chieu, Muong Hai commune, Phu Yen district, Son La where there is a clear spring flowing through the stones in the middle of the forest, the blue lake bed, the low shores of the stilt houses of the Muong people in the blue afternoon... That is the simple and rustic beauty of this place.
Suoi Chieu Lake, Chieu village, in Muong Hai commune, Phu Yen district, Son La province, with a lake surface area of 51 hectares, has a capacity of 4,130,000m3 of water. Suoi Chieu irrigation lake has the effect of watering the rice fields of the communes below the basin and especially the Muong Toc field, one of the four famous fields of Northwest tourism.
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In addition to the task of providing irrigation water and domestic water for the downstream area, the Chieu stream irrigation reservoir also has a lot of potential to develop eco-tourism by boat on the lake bed, develop local cage fish farming. Along with that, there is also a natural source of hot mineral springs in the area, which is a favorable condition for people to develop hot mineral bath services, associated with food services.
Move
From the center of Phu Yen town to Suoi Chieu about 10km, the hilly road has passes, but it is not difficult to walk. Everyone remember to bring food there because there is nothing for sale, there are only a few shacks along the stream bank for everyone to rest.
Eating
There are no restaurants and eateries here to serve tourists, so people can prepare ready-to-eat food, chicken, pork skewers are grilled there, firewood and bamboo are quite abundant in the forest, in the town there are rows of sticky rice nuggets (sticky rice taken from young nuggets) are quite fragrant and flexible, wrapped in banana leaves, bought ready-to-bring in very conveniently, fruits and cakes, beer brought in there to marinate the stream very cool, very interesting for those who want to experience at Suoi Chieu
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Hidden among the mountains that coincide with the message, the Chieu village still retains its wild appearance. Standing on the mountainside with our eyes turned to all sides, we felt a blue color covering us. The clear blue water blends with the mountains, hills, and deep forests. Chieu village with scattered populations is located on both sides of the lake. This is the largest village in Muong Tai commune with the majority of residents being Muong people.
The undulating stilt houses of the Muong people appear from the edge of the water up to the middle of the mountain. The Muong people in Chieu village by the lake still retain their unique cultural features and traditional customs.
You rent an iron boat to explore the lake bed, the price ranges from 150k-200k, can seat 15-20 people, the time lasts 60-90 minutes, sitting on the boat you are free to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the lake.
Coming to Phu Yen - Son La quite a lot of tourist attractions, if you want to stop here, you can schedule a day trip such as pine hills, Chieu stream, A Phu cave... & visit the villages of ethnic groups living near the town, here are multi-ethnic, from Muong, Thai, Mong, Tay...
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Photo: Lao Dong Newspaper