Travel to Mu Cang Chai Thai Village to admire the wonderful scenery of the highland land. Coming here, visitors can not only enjoy the beauty of terraced fields but also explore their culture.
1. Introduction to Ban Thai
It is called Thai village because this is the area where Thai people live, with stilt houses and still retains the cultural beauty of the Thai people. A village located in the middle of a valley, with its back against the mountain, peaceful all year round.
Travel to Mu Cang Chai Thai Village (Photo: collected)
Located in Mu Cang Chai town , Ban Thai has been inhabited by highland ethnic people over the years with an ideal location leaning against the sacred mountains. Different from Ban Chao Ha, which has a relatively difficult access road, Ban Thai possesses poetic natural landscapes and stilt houses with spacious, airy areas and easy-to-access roads, so it is more popular with many people. chief.
The beauty of Ban Thai (Photo: collected )
2. When is Thai village most beautiful?
Which season is the most beautiful season in Thai Mu Cang Chai ? According to PYS Travel’s experience in Mu Cang Chai, the ideal time for you to visit Ban Thai is from September to October every year. This is also the time when Mu Cang Chai enters the golden season with terraced fields of ripe rice, painting a brilliant picture of nature across a corner of the sky.
Which season is beautiful in Thai village? (Photo: PYS Travel)
In addition, you can also go to Ban Thai from May to June. This is the time when the terraced fields in Ban Thai are covered with the green color of newly transplanted young rice. More specifically, around April is the time when the water season is full of impressions. At this time, the terraced fields are like a mirror reflecting shimmering under the blue sky, creating a scene that many people miss and hope to return to soon.
3. What is the appropriate way to move to Ban Thai?
Located in the center of Mu Cang Chai town, so you can move to Ban Thai easily. The roads leading to Ban Thai are also relatively more beautiful than other local villages. You can travel according to the following route: National Highway 32 – central bridge of Mu Cang Chai district (direction to Che Tao). From here, you turn left and go about 1km more to reach Ban Thai.
From Hanoi to Mu Cang Chai is about 300 km, visitors can travel here by means of transportation such as:
3.1. By passenger car
Traveling by public transportation, tourists often choose to travel by sleeper bus to get to Mu Cang Chai. Traveling by public transport allows you to easily rest in the car and also enjoy the scenery here.
Coming to Mu Cang Chai by bus (Photo: collected)
Passenger buses usually depart at 6:00 p.m. every day and 10:30 p.m. every day and the travel time takes about 6 hours. This trip gives you time to rest on the bus. Sleeper bus ticket prices only range from 250,000 – 300,000 VND/trip.
– If traveling from Hanoi, you can catch a bus at My Dinh bus station. Passenger buses to Mu Cang Chai mainly go through Nghia Lo town. A few will follow the Noi Bai – Lao Cai highway to “win” tourists from the province, but mainly follow Route 32.
– Travel by shuttle bus from resorts. But there is only one resort here, the unfinished Mu Cang Chai Resort. Therefore, if you want to stay at the resort, you should choose Le Champ Tu Le, then rent a car to go to Mu Cang Chai.
3.2. By personal vehicle
Traveling by personal vehicle, you can travel by self-driving car or motorbike, this is also one of the means that many young people enjoy, especially young people. backpacking sport. Traveling by this means you can also easily see the entire scenery of this place.
Traveling by personal vehicle (Photo: collected)
From Hanoi to get to this place, visitors have many different ways to travel
– Road number 1: you follow the Son Tay route and then go through the Trung Ha – Tam Nong area, then you go along the direction of the Red River and you will reach the Van Phu area in Yen Bai
– Route 2: you go in the direction of the area: you follow the route toward Thang Long bridge and then follow Highway 12 to continue to the Viet Tri – Toan Hung area and follow Highway 70 to to Yen Bai area. This is the shortest and easiest route
– The third route: starting from Thang Long bridge area to Phuc Yen – Vinh Yen Lap Thach – Son Duong. Continue following the route Tuyen Quang – Yen Bai.
4. Where to stay when coming to Thai Mu Cang Chai Village
To have a perfect trip, careful preparation and planning before going is extremely important. One of the things we need to keep in mind is where to rest after each day of travel.
Although East-Northwest tourism is chosen as much as beach tourism or resort tourism, the reason is partly because the number and type of residence in the East-Northwest is not as diverse as the region. This land is always attractive and holds people’s attention because of its sincerity, simplicity, wild natural beauty, as simple as the hearts of the people here.
4.1. Hotel
Most hotels and motels in Mu Cang Chai are fully equipped with basic amenities such as wifi, TV, refrigerator, and air conditioning, so you can feel secure when choosing the service. Some hotels you can choose for your trip to Mu Cang Chai in the ripe rice season:
– Thanh Cong Hotel: 19 rooms, including single rooms, double rooms and VIP rooms. Prices range from 300,000 – 550,000 VND.
– Duy Vu Hotel: 18 rooms. Price fluctuates around 650 thousand VND.
– Suoi Mo Guest House: 8 single rooms, 18 double rooms. 2 large dormitory rooms, accommodating about 40 people. Fees range from 550,000 to 600,000 VND.
4.2. Homestay
Motels are the most popular type of accommodation in Mu Cang Chai because of their affordable price, mid-range quality, and good service.
At Ban Thai in Mu Cang Chai town you can refer to some rooms such as:
– Hai Nguyen Guesthouse
– Quang Minh Guesthouse
– Thuy Tien Guesthouse
– Khanh Linh Guesthouse
– Thanh Cong Guesthouse
4.3. Guest house
The plus points of this type of homestay residence include: discovering the lives of local people, affordable prices…
Some homestays in Mu Cang Chai can be mentioned as:
– Tu Nguyet: Is a stilt house located in Ban Thai. Prices range from 120,000 VND – 250,000 VND/person.
– Sanh Nhon: Is an accommodation complex including 2 community sleeping floors, 13 self-contained bedrooms. Prices range from 120,000 VND – 250,000 VND/person.
5. Interesting experiences in Ban Thai
5.1. Come to Ban Thai and experience a day of ethnic people
Not only does it attract people with its majestic natural landscape, peaceful scenery and airy, fresh atmosphere all year round, Ban Thai still has countless traditional stilt houses with typical cultural beauty. persisted through many generations.
The Thai village is so beautiful (Photo: PYS Travel)
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If you have the opportunity to come to Ban Thai, you will have the opportunity to fully explore the simple and simple lifestyle of the highland people. You will have the opportunity to spend the night in stilt houses with three compartments and two wings, and enjoy specialties with rich traditional flavors, such as Yen Bai kitchen buffalo meat. In addition, exchanges and campfires are regularly organized here, which are also extremely interesting and attractive.
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5.2. Bathing in medicinal leaves at Ban Thai
Not only does it bring people memorable experiences with simple, intimate activities rich in traditional ethnic colors, in Ban Thai there is still the traditional herbal bathing activity of ethnic people. Thai too.
Bathing in medicinal herbs at Ban Thai (Illustration)
The price for each herbal bath ranges around 30,000 VND/person with folk remedies prepared by the people themselves. Everyone compliments that after bathing, everyone feels much more refreshed and healthier.
Thai village possesses poetic natural scenery and rich cultural features of the Northwest highlands and has always been a favorite destination of many people. If you have the opportunity to go to the highlands of Yen Bai, you must definitely visit Ban Thai once to have interesting and unforgettable experiences.
The simple lifestyle of the people (Photo: PYS Travel)
6. Tourist destinations near Thai Mu Cang Chai Village
6.1. La Pan Tan
La Pan Tan is a commune in Mu Cang Chai, about 15km northeast of town. The north borders Che Cu Nha commune and Cao Pha commune, the east borders Cao Pha commune, the south borders Pung Luong, the west borders De Xu Phinh commune and Che Cu Nha commune. This is the place that is known to have the most terraced fields in Mu Cang Chai with up to 700 hectares. With a cool highland climate, the average annual temperature is about 19 degrees Celsius.
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Usually, traveling to La Pan Tan in the fall, from the end of September to the end of October, is the most beautiful, when the rice is ripe and bright yellow covering the fields in the raspberry hills. At this time the weather is extremely pleasant, both clear and blue, the sky is high, the atmosphere is chilly and very airy.
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According to the experience of many people, the most beautiful time is to admire the terraced fields on La Pan Tan raspberry hill at sunrise. Imagine a majestic scene, the thin rays of morning sunlight passing through the illusory mist stretching across the vast sea of golden rice. Everything blends with the air of the mountains and forests, the sound of birds singing, so that waking up one morning we feel like we are lost in some fairyland.
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6.2. Che Cu Nha
Che Cu Nha is a commune of Mu Cang Chai district, about 14km from the town. When arriving in Mu Cang Chai, visitors can ask for directions to Che Cu Nha. The road to this commune is quite steep and difficult to walk, not very suitable for first-time visitors. If you are a lover of golden terraced fields under the autumn sun and love adventure and adventurous slopes, Che Cu Nha is a destination with many interesting experiences.
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If you want to explore the terraced fields of Che Cu Nha commune, the two most ideal times you can consider are during the flood season and the golden rice season in Yen Bai. The water season here is usually around May to June. At this time, all the fields are filled with water, creating a beauty that is both poetic and charming.
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Che Cu Nha commune’s terraced fields are one of the extremely famous attractions in Mu Cang Chai, Yen Bai. Every time the rice season comes, people invite each other to come here to admire the enchanting scenery adorned with terraced fields.
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6.3. Cricket Xu Phinh
Along with the terraced fields of Che Cu Nha and La Pan Tan communes, the terraced fields of De Xu Phinh commune are also one of the three most beautiful fields in Mu Cang Chai district, about 25km from Mu Cang Chai town. With an extremely large area, terraced fields in De Xu Phinh commune make many people surprised by their simple, rustic and strangely charming beauty.
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Like other fields in Yen Bai, De Xu Phinh commune’s terraced fields are most beautiful during the flooding season or the ripening rice season. Depending on your free time and interests, you can consider exploring this place at one of these two times. Specifically, Yen Bai’s water season will be around May and June. Meanwhile, the golden season will arrive across the fields between September and October.
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One of the best things that you should not miss when coming here is standing from the terraced fields of De Xu Phinh commune to admire the beautiful sunrise and sunset views. There is nothing more wonderful than watching the moment of transition between heaven and earth amidst the majestic beauty of the Northwest mountains and forests.
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Coming to Mu Cang Chai Thai Village , visitors will discover many interesting things about the natural scenery, terraced fields in the flood season and unique features of highland culture with simple and honest people. Dedicated and attentive to tourists from all over. Explore Mu Cang Chai Thai Village in the most special way, because this place will be one of the interesting experiences for those who are passionate about natural scenery. With many beautiful scenes like those in Thai paintings, Mu Cang Chai village, Yen Bai province is increasingly attracting photographers and tourists both at home and abroad.