As a valley in Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, Tu Le tourist area is one of the favorite stops of many tourists who love natural beauty.
1. Some details about Tu Le
Tu Le is a name that is not unfamiliar to those who love to travel and like to explore the Northwest tourist routes. As a stopover on the journey to Mu Cang Chai, Tu Le always captivates many tourists with the wild beauty of the mountains and forests. Especially when stopping overnight at Tu Le Mu Cang Chai tourist area, you can admire the beautiful scenery when on bright moon days the whole area is immersed in magical moonlight, creating a majestic and poetic scene.
Tu Le Mu Cang Chai is breathtakingly beautiful – Photo: Collected
Early in the morning, visitors can wake up early to watch the dawn begin to appear behind the bamboo fences. The sun rises from the hillside and spreads golden sunlight down into the valley. The morning sunlight gradually melts the cold. of the night, of the fog, it will melt away all the worries and concerns in your soul, to create a feeling of peace and love for life.
2. Means of travel to Tu Le
Motorbike
If you travel by motorbike, just go straight along Highway 32 through Son Tay, cross Trung Ha bridge to Thanh Son (Phu Tho), then Thu Cuc, Nghia Lo and then Tu Le. The total distance is about 300km and the road is quite dangerous and quite deserted, so you need to carefully prepare car repair items, reserve gasoline, and ensure health and traffic safety. You should depart from Hanoi early in the morning, ensure a safe distance and speed, and on the way you can rest and do many stops, then in the afternoon we will arrive in Tu Le.
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Coach
If you choose a bus from Hanoi in the evening from 7:30 p.m. to My Dinh or Giap Bat bus station, take the bus to Mu Cang Chai. You will sleep on the bus at night, so it is best to take the sleeper bus to be more comfortable and less tired, about 2 hours. At 3:00 a.m., you will arrive at Mu Cang Chai Town, ticket price from 250,000 VND/trip .
In addition, most of the bus companies running the Hanoi – Lai Chau route departing from My Dinh bus station go through Tu Le (Van Chan district) and Mu Cang Chai town, so you have quite a few choices about bus routes. car brand as well as car quality. When you arrive, you can choose to rent a motorbike to wander around the Tu Le area, Mu Cang Chai town and some neighboring communes to take photos and admire the rice fields. Always contact the hotel or motel where you stay for convenience.
Private car
In addition, you can go by private car like the motorbike route for those who have a little more money.
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You will take a bus to the city. Yen Bai then rent a motorbike to Mu Cang Chai.
3. Which season is best to travel to Tu Le?
The best time to visit Tu Le Yen Bai is during the golden season, starting from mid-September and October every year. At this time, Tu Le has just entered the ripe rice season, so everywhere on the terraced fields are wearing beautiful, brilliant yellow clothes.
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The joy of the people in each golden grain of rice
Besides, you can also come here during the flood season around May and June if you want to explore Tu Le earlier.
Artistic masterpieces from the hard-working hands of local people – Photo: Collected
4. Tu Le tourist area has stunning beauty
Ripe rice season
Mu Cang Chai rice harvest season is around September and October , Tu Le rice fields in Mu Cang Chai shine a bright yellow color. The ripe golden rice rustles like mountain waves. The scent from the fields is sweet. Coming to Tu Le in the ripe rice season, standing on the top of Hai Ba Hau slope, visitors can see the panoramic view of Tu Le fields. Tu Le field has an enchanting beauty. Bright yellow fields surround peaceful houses embraced by mountains and forest trees.
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Gentle muse
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Tu Le also possesses magical natural beauty given to her by heaven and earth. Early in the morning, you can wander around this land to watch the sunrise, radiating pure, warm rays of sunlight that blend into the mist and then quickly disappear. In that moment of transition, the real and fake scenery here will surely make you feel uncertain, bewildered and speechless, forever standing and staring.
Tu Le in the bright morning – Photo: Collected
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Even on bright afternoons with golden sunlight, Tu Le also makes many people passionate. At that time, the whole valley was sparkling bright, the sky was still blue, the clouds were still floating, creating a strangely poetic and peaceful space.
Peaceful living space of the Mong people
Bathing custom
Specially blessed by nature, Tu Le Mu Cang Chai also owns a year-round hot spring that is famous near and far. Even there is no shortage of international visitors who are not afraid of difficulties and distances, but also come here to immerse themselves in the Chao hot spring located in the center of the commune. In the past, when tourism was not yet developed, the image of Tu Le was also worn by Thai girls bathing naked by the stream, a simple but not vulgar beauty that made tourists flutter and remember forever.
Bathing – one of the most unique customs of Thai people. Photo: Collected
Coming to Tu Le, you cannot help but discover the delicious Mu Cang Chai cuisine famous throughout the Northwest region . First to mention is Tu Le green rice dish.
Com is made from precious rice varieties, has a dark green color, soft grains and a mild bitter aftertaste typical of the Tu Le region. Most families in Tu Le commune make green rice, but the most famous place is in Na Long village, about 60 km from Mu Cang Chai town.
Tu Le sticky rice – Photo: Collected
Coming to Tu Le, you cannot help but enjoy the famous sticky rice. Tu Le sticky rice eaten with black pork sandwiched with grilled forest trees or charred roasted meat has become a favorite dish of many tourists who have been lucky enough to stop by this place. Wet and dry green rice are also very popular because of the special fragrant, sweet, and sticky taste that only Tu Le has.
Black pork is marinated with Mac Khen seeds, then clamped with forest trees and grilled – Photo: Collected
Right from the three-storey slope where the region’s boundaries begin, towering over the sky and clouds beside precarious cliffs, the mountains and forests are wild and full of mysterious arrogance. Beautiful from the fields lying alone on the rocky mountainside, the small wooden houses on the cliffs are hidden and glimpsed in the sky. Standing on Khau Pha pass, after the rain, clouds flying at the foot of the fields give Tu Le an enchanting beauty.
It is not difficult to understand that located at the gateway to Mu Cang Chai, Tu Le along with La Pan Tan and De Xu Phinh during the golden season, the terraced fields of Yen Bai province attract so many tourists. But unlike other places, Tu Le field in Mu Cang Chai feels much closer and is not located precariously on hills or deep in the valley. It’s also a terraced field but comfortable and located along the highway. Tu Le’s beauty is as if you could raise your hand to touch it, lift your nose to smell it and you could inhale the plump sticky scent into your chest. To not miss the wonderful scenery of Tu Le, you can refer to the Tu Le travel experience that MYTOUR.ASIA shares.
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