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Escaping the city to the forest during the ripe rice season in Nam Cang

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Located more than 30 km from Sa Pa town (Lao Cai), Nam Cang has not developed tourism, not many people know about it, so the scenery is still untouched. Most of the visitors here are domestic tourists and go on their own.

Nam Cang is a valley, also the last part in the southeast of Sapa district, so life here is somewhat closed and calm. Not as famous as early tourism communes and near the center of Sapa such as Lao Chai, Ta Van, Ta Phin, Nam Cang is still a new name for tourists. However, on the local tourism map, Nam Cang is starting to impress and retain tourists thanks to its beautiful nature and unique identity of 2 ethnic groups of Mong and Dao.


Photo: Nguyen Van Ngo


The weather in Nam Cang is currently quite cool, the temperature ranges from 20 to 25 degrees Celsius, which is convenient for tourists to experience. To get to Nam Cang, visitors can rent a motorbike from the center of Sapa town for about 100,000 - 200,000 VND a day to relax on the winding passes to enjoy the golden season. If staying overnight, the room price in the village ranges from 100,000 - 500,000 VND depending on the room type.


The majestic nature is one of the attractions for tourists to Nam Cang. On the trekking to explore the mountains and forests, following the route along the large stream, visitors have the opportunity to challenge themselves with a dangerous wooden suspension bridge. Walkers must be very careful every step when below the suspension bridge is a large stream flowing fast and steep, the spring water flows through giant rocks creating white foam. But the obstacles on the trekking route do not discourage visitors because the green mountain scenery is always covered.


Photo: Nguyen Van Ngo


Nam Cang village owns many beautiful terraced fields as beautiful as Muong Hoa valley and the end of August and the beginning of September is the most beautiful time for rice to ripen. Witnessing the moment of "changing clothes" of endless rice fields on the terraced hillsides is indeed admirable. This year, the rice terraces in Nam Cang ripen early, in early August have begun to scatter, signaling that the golden season in the highlands has begun.


The rice terraces of Nam Cang are not as vast as in Ta Van and Lao Chai, but narrow valleys interspersed with cat's ear stones but still create a peaceful and poetic picture. Wandering along the roads along the terraced fields, visitors encounter people's shacks or rice tents. 


Image: Nguyen Van Ngo


Visitors to Nam Cang should spend a day trekking, exploring large streams, enjoying the fresh, green air inside the dense forests and admiring the majestic scenery of the Northwest mountains and forests. Prepare yourself a pair of sturdy shoes, airy clothes and insect repellent spray to experience a day inside Hoang Lien Son National Park.


In Nam Cang this season, you can feel the cool and fresh weather changing seasons mixed with the smell of ripe rice on the terraced fields. The place where you have just woken up can listen to the sounds of mountains and hills, rustling grass. A place where all the beautiful scenery of nature is condensed within sight. Come and experience these wonderful things in Nam Cang.


Photo: VnE/Nguyen Van Ngo


According to VnE

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