At the end of autumn, all over Mu Cang Chai valley is fragrant with the scent of new rice, radiant faces and excitement fill the faces of people participating in the harvest festival. This is truly the most beautiful season on the high mountains of Mu Cang Chai.
Don’t miss the 10 tourist destinations in Mu Cang Chai that MYTOUR.ASIA introduces below!
In late September and early October, people from all over the country flock to Mu Cang Chai tourist area to admire the wonderful scenery of the highland land. Mu Cang Chai tourist attractions with terraced fields in the ripe rice season are like golden carpets weaving the wild, peaceful scenery of this land.
The terraced fields are a masterpiece of the people in Mu Cang Chai (Photo source PYS Travel)
Mu Cang Chai, a highland district of Yen Bai province, about 300km from Hanoi, is not only a harvest festival for indigenous people living at an altitude of 2,000m above sea level, but also always attracts tourists from everywhere with its painting. Beautiful natural paintings painted on 2,200 hectares of magnificent terraced fields dyed with the bright yellow of ripe rice, interspersed with the green of grass, trees, wildflowers…
The morning rays of sunlight penetrate the clouds, illuminating the dawn, giving golden rice flowers (Photo source PYS Travel)
1. Khau Pha Pass
Referring to the beautiful scenery in Mu Cang Chai, we must mention Khau Pha pass with one of the most winding and steep passes in Vietnam. Khau Pha Pass has its starting point as the intersection of Highway 32 and Highway 279, continuously connecting Chau Pass in front of it and Vach Kim Pass behind on Highway 32. From Yen Bai city, follow Highway 32 for about 5 minutes. After an hour, passing through Tu Le commune, Khau Pha pass in Mu Cang Chai district appears in the middle of a plateau surrounded by overlapping mountains. The winding mountain passes between old forests still have pristine features and the terraced fields of the H’Mong and Thai ethnic groups.
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Khau Pha Pass road has up to two thirds of gravel road, bumpy and gravel, only the section passing through Tu Le has been made a little more beautiful. Throughout the length of the pass, there are dozens of sharp turns. On cloudy days, the pass is especially dangerous for drivers because the pass has no barriers or any warning signs. The pass road has deteriorated a lot because it is not repaired regularly, and is easily susceptible to landslides and subsidence because it is located in a red basalt soil area, a weak soil system. In addition, there is a constant danger of lurking rocks from high mountains that can fall at any time. There are few large trucks traveling on this road because the steepness of the pass makes the travel time too long.
On Khau Pha pass (Photo source PYS Travel)
2. Tu Le commune
One of the beautiful places in Mu Cang Chai is Tu Le commune located in the valley of Van Chan district, Yen Bai province. Tu Le is one of the favorite stops of many tourists who love natural beauty. Traveling to Tu Le in the middle of autumn, the rice is ripe and golden like mountain waves. The bustling harvest season, the smell of new rice drifting in the wind on the roof of the house… Tu Le can be compared to an extremely beautiful mountain girl.
Tu Le Valley is ravishingly beautiful (Photo source PYS Travel)
Not only attracting tourists by the terraced fields of Mu Cang Chai in September , Tu Le also attracts paparazzi as the Thai people here still retain the traditional lifestyle of “bathing” by the stream.
Tu Le also attracts paparazzi when capturing shots imbued with the highland vibe (Photo source PYS Travel)
3. Lim Mong village
The next Mu Cang Chai tourist destination that PYS Travel wants to suggest to you is Ban Lim Mong in Cao Pa commune, Mu Cang Chai district – Yen Bai. Lim Mong has been hidden in the clouds for many generations, causing people on the move to often whisper about the four great dangerous places in the Northwest because of the difficulty of the road and also because it is also the… end of the world, and Lim Mong is one of the most dangerous places in the Northwest. Among them, full of attraction and challenge.
Simple moments on winding golden strips (Photo source: Cao Anh Tuan)
4. La Pan Tan commune
Famous for its beautiful terraced fields like the fingerprints of heaven, La Pan Tan is undoubtedly one of the three must-visit tourist destinations when going to Mu Cang Chai. This is a terraced field – a creative artistic architectural work of the Mong people living on this land that has been ranked a National Scenic Monument by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism since the end of 2007.
Terraced fields – a creative artistic architectural work of the Mong people living in La Pan Tan commune (Photo source: Cao Anh Tuan)
5. Three Nha Bridge
Ba Nha Bridge is also one of the attractive tourist attractions not to be missed when traveling to Mu Cang Chai . About 10km from the district center, the Ba Nha bridge area is a stopover that always attracts young people who come here to hunt for photos. You can stop here to take photos of “raspberries”, follow the uphill dirt road next to the bridge to take beautiful photos.
Bridge to Ba Nha Hill (Photo source: Cao Anh Tuan)
6. Che Cu Nha
Che Cu Nha is one of the places not to be missed when mentioning Mu Cang Chai and traveling to Mu Cang Chai. This is a commune of Mu Cang Chai district, located about 7km from the district center towards Hanoi. The road to this commune is quite steep and difficult to go, not very suitable for first-time visitors.
The high peaks glow golden during the rice season (Ph