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Travel to Pu Luong comes close to nature
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Travel to Pu Luong comes close to nature
April 26, 2021
Pu Luong Nature Reserve is located in Ba Thuoc and Quan Hoa districts, in harmony with nature here. we provide you with useful information in Pu Luong, with our travel to Pu Luong
If you are lucky, you can have very nice moments when you come to Pu Luong
As a highland area surrounded by primeval forests, the climate in Pu Luong is quite pleasant even during the hot summer days. For a comfortable trip, you can consider and arrange to explore Pu Luong at times like
At the end of May, early June is the start of the new rice crop
September and October, Pu Luong enters the ripe rice season. All the terraced fields on the hillside will turn bright yellow, making Pu Luong a rich and dreamlike beauty dream.
Mid-summer is also a good time to go to Pu Luong (although the luck is that you can encounter storms in the North). Because Pu Luong is in lowland limestone mountains, there are many tropical forests and few people. The atmosphere and weather here between summer days are still quite cool.
On the journey to the majestic Pu Luong peak, there is a very pristine and rustic valley named Kho Muong. This is one of the most difficult and upland villages of Thanh Son commune, Ba Thuoc district. But it has great potential for natural conditions and cultural traditions for community-based tourism development.
Kho Muong is a valley deep in the core zone of Pu Luong Nature Reserve, less affected by human influences. So it retains its inherent wild and poetic features. This is the residence of 60 households of Thai ethnic group, with 230 people. Kho Muong village is located far away from other villages in the region. About 2km from the People's Committee of Thanh Son commune. But the road to the village is not easy. The bumpy road is a challenge for the "adventurers" who like to explore this place.
Bat Cave Cave is also as large and beautiful as the Quang Binh cave system. Kho Muong cave is one of the caves with attractive beauty in the population of caves discovered in Pu Luong Nature Reserve. Limestone stalactites were formed about 250 million years ago to make this cave. The cave is related to the underground river system with a length of about 2.5 km to the north and leads water from Kho Muong to Pon village in Lung Cao commune. The system of rivers and streams flowing in the cave is a known common feature of the Kart rocky areas. It creates the connection between the valley valleys by the connection of the currents.
Ban Don is mainly from the Thai ethnic group living with 285 people (80 households). Over the past 2 years, domestic and foreign tourists have come to Don village more and more. Ban Don has a peaceful space, wild and beautiful natural landscape. But also enjoys specialties of indigenous people, such as wild bamboo shoots, grass duck, wild boar, hill chickens, squash vegetables, chayote. su ... especially the sincerity and hospitality of the local people.
Son Ba Muoi is three upland villages in Lung Cao commune. This place is about 130 km northwest of the city center and is considered as a miniature Sapa by the temperate climate all year round. The average temperature in the year is from 1822 degrees C. Sometimes in winter with snow, the temperature in summer is also very low
Son - Ba - Muoi is also known as the Cao Son area, located on the top of the Pha H mountains, Pha Chien, running parallel to the majestic Pu Luong - Cuc Phuong mountain circuit. Cao Son is located in the core zone of Pu Luong Nature Reserve and is adjacent to Ngoc Son - Ngo Luong Nature Reserve in Hoa Binh.
Hieu village is a Thai village located on the banks of the Hieu stream, originating at the top of Pu Luong. The village consists of more than a hundred roofs scattered along the two sides of the stream. Every time there is a beautiful rapid, the roofs on stilts are thicker, creating a waterfall scene - the stilt house is as beautiful as a water-color painting. The whole section of the stream from the beginning of the village to the end of the village is only about a kilometer. But there are 5 waterfalls. All of them are beautiful and none are like any. Therefore, the people in the village call all these waterfalls together as Hieu waterfall and dearly call that stream with the name "Hao stream" rather than called Hieu stream as usual.
Hieu waterfall is located in Lang Hieu in Co Lung commune, Ba Thuoc district, located in the core zone of Pu Luong nature reserve. This is a favorite destination for travelers and foreign tourists who love to explore for several years now. The 25 km long road from Canh Nang town to Hieu village is very beautiful because the two sides are terraced fields, two sides of the stream. Enter the village from the wooden suspension bridge. The water flowing out from the Hao Hao waterfall has a lot of limestones, creating a special clear blue water stream. But also forming the freezing between the foundation and the banks of the stream. Sometimes it rains heavily, the white water clears the limestone powder. It is this strange property that makes the trees and objects encountered in the stream petrify.
The origin of the Hieu stream is from a cave in the majestic rocky mountain range of Pu Luong - Cuc Phuong limestone habitat. Which is an important global model of Karst ecosystem, which is the only lowland area. The most remaining forest is the limestone mountain habitat in the North of Vietnam. According to the people in the area, the stream flows all year round.
The length of the waterfall is about 800 m. If viewed from the top, the water flows halfway up the mountain. It splits into 2 branches, flows in 2 different directions, and merges at the end of the stream.
Just outside the foot of the waterfall, there is a natural "swimming pool". After returning from the waterfall, tourists should come here to bathe. The water level here is just over 1 m, the bottom is sand. So those who love adventure can freely jump.
This place has formed a tourist destination with a system of stilt houses for tourists to relax. Lying on stilts with a few pillows, tourists can admire the mountains and forests, enjoy wonderful relaxing moments.
Thac Muon waterfall is located at an altitude of 500 meters above sea level, starting from the rocky ravines on the top of the mountain. Want to have a height of more than 300 meters, flowing into a valley of a few hectares wide. then falling down the mountainside to form cascade many consecutive floors of cascades like a ladder. Crawling through 43 different levels of the large, small, high, and low waterfall with only rocks, water, and trees covered, the stream flows into Dai Lan River to merge into the majestic Ma Giang stream.
Thac Muon Waterfall is about more than 20km from Pho Doan, you can search for this place on Google Maps. But remember to clearly state the Waterfall Thac Muon Dien Quang Ba Thuoc to distinguish it from another waterfall of the same name and the same district.
Doan Street is the name of the market from the French colonial period in Lung Niem commune, Ba Thuoc district, Thanh Hoa province. This is a place for goods trading and meeting of Kinh, Muong, Thai ethnic minorities of the surrounding communes with people in Tan Lac, Lac Son districts ... Hoa Binh province.
What makes tourists attractive when playing the market is the culture of buying, selling, and exchanging goods with equal value. Sometimes, they do not trade with money, for example, a chicken can exchange two dozen eggs for a bunch of vegetables that both sides are comfortable and happy. Just "like the belly" is to buy now, rarely see the price, ask for a challenge.
This is one of the mountain peaks that people trekking in Vietnam often choose to conquer. The peak is 1700m high and takes about 6-8 hours in good weather to reach the summit. You can set up camp on the top to eat and rest overnight. The next day you can go down the mountain.
Eating in Pu Luong is quite simple, most of the delicious dishes in Pu Luong you will enjoy at the homestay where you stay. Pu Luong cuisine will bring clear features of Thai cuisine with grilled dishes, dishes, with spices bearing many flavors of the mountains.
Grass pig or armpit pig is the specialty livestock of the Muong people. The meat is divided into pieces, the bones are cooked with wild bananas. The bacon is just sliced, marinated onions, fish sauce, and then wrapped with pomelo leaves outside, sandwiched in a bamboo stick to grill over charcoal. Grapefruit leaves blended into the meat, under the heat of coal, the flesh hunted gold, giving off a fragrant aroma. Cooked pork, thinly sliced on a green banana leaf. When eating, dab with roasted salt and grilled guava seeds
The chickens are naturally raised, so the chicken in Pu Luong will be very fragrant and sweet. Besides, along with the traditional Thai seasoning of spices. Grilled chicken will leave an impression on anyone coming to Pu Luong.
The attraction of this duck breed is small bones, firm meat, lean. The ducks here are raised in the streams and streams, foraging naturally in the water source
