Around ten days ago, a large number of tourists descended on Mu Cang Chai (Yen Bai) to celebrate the arrival of the rice season.
The scenery of Mu Cang Chai impresses female tourists (Photo: Riri Phuong Trinh).
Phuong Trinh (24 years old, Ho Chi Minh City) has just returned from a 9-day-8-night trip with friends to conquer the Northwest provinces, with Mu Cang Chai being the most anticipated and impressive destination (Yen Bai).
"Mu Cang Chai is stunningly beautiful and serene. My group consists of friends who are passionate about travel and prefer to travel independently rather than on tours so that they can freely experience their favorite destinations and immerse themselves in local activities and culture "Phuong Trinh stated.
Many tourists enjoy Mu Cang Chai's self-sufficient travel (Photo: Riri Phuong Trinh).
Many tourists have flocked to Mu Cang Chai (Yen Bai) in the last ten days to celebrate the arrival of the rice season. Many young tourists prefer to travel independently rather than on tours or in groups, particularly those coming from the north, such as Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh...
The most common itinerary is 2 days 1 night or 3 days 2 nights for 1.5 - 2 million VND/person.
Tourists frequently visit Mu Cang Chai for two days and one night or three days and two nights (Photo: Quynh Trang).
According to a number of travel agencies, northern mountainous tour products, particularly the mu Cang Chai golden season tour, continue to attract visitors. Many units exceeded their goals and quickly increased the number of tours available to meet the needs of visitors.
"We served approximately 3,000 visitors to the northern mountainous tours during the 2/9 holiday period."
Despite the fact that we evaluated the golden season tour's appeal, this is still a rather surprising number. "With the Mu Cang Chai tour, we need to open more tours on a regular basis to meet the needs of our customers," said Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh Hien, Deputy Director of PYS Travel.
Vietravel has also received over 6,500 visitors who have registered to book northern mountainous tours.
According to Mr. Bui Thanh Tu, Marketing Director of BestPrice Travel Company, tourists from the North frequently visit Mu Cang Chai for three days and two nights.
This type of visitor frequently books car combos - hotels or hotels. Meanwhile, visitors from the south tend to prefer package tours. "Southern customers can combine Mu Cang Chai tours with visits to Hanoi, Ha Long, and Ninh Binh," Tu explained.
According to research, the cost of a Mu Cang Chai tour package (from Hanoi) is between 1.6 and 2 million VND/person/2D1D and between 2.7 and 3 million VND/person/3D2. For visitors from the south, the Mu Cang Chai tour package costs around 5 million VND/person/3D2D. Many discount programs are also implemented by travel agencies when customers buy tour products in groups, book early...
Mu Cang Chai still has a limited number of accommodation establishments and tourism services. If you book late on the weekend of 9-10 months, it is difficult for visitors to find a suitable room. As a result, many people prefer package tours for the best service.
Furthermore, package tours are ideal for office visitors with limited time. Ms. Pham Ha (Hoang Mai, Hanoi) and her colleagues recently returned from Mu Cang Chai. To save time and have the best schedule and service, the group opts for a 2-day-1-night tour, which costs about 1.5 million VND per person.
The route to Mu Cang Chai's famous check-in points, such as Png Luong commune bamboo forest, Raspberry Hill (La Pán Tẩn commune), and Horseshoe hill... is quite difficult. As a result, visitors are frequently required to ride a motorbike taxi of locals from the gathering point to the most beautiful point, which costs between 80,000 and 100,000 VND per person.
"There was congestion in the motorbike taxi park area at Horseshoe Hill in the afternoon of August 18," Ha said.
Mu Cang Chai Timetable: 2 days, 1 night
During the night, visitors from Hanoi can take a Limousine. The average travel time is 6 hours (starting at 10 pm).
On day one, visitors can rent a car and drive themselves to Tu Le to see how nuggets are made, then to the tourist culture of Búng Sổm, Lìm Mông village to see ripe rice and learn about the lives of local ethnic people. These two versions have a lot of unexplored territories. After that, you can go to Khau San Pass to see the golden ripe rice valley and go paragliding.
Visitors are drawn to the paragliding experience (Photo: Hien Mai).
Day two takes visitors to Raspberry Hill, Mu Cang Chai town, and Horseshoe Hill.
Visitors should book their accommodations 5-10 days in advance (Photo: Hien Mai).
Visitors should dress in bright colors to stand out in the middle of nature, and bring comfortable, easy-to-move shoes/sandals.
The white costumes will look great in the setting of the ripe rice season at Mu Cang Chai (Photo: Riri Phuong Trinh).
Note
Nguyen Thi Quynh Trang (Hanoi, 2001) shared: "Currently, transportation to Mu Cang Chai is very convenient, and visitors can easily refer to the schedule from bloggers, so many young people, including myself, prefer to travel independently. Mu Cang Chai's services are not diverse, but they are reasonably priced, with no price tag status ".
However, in Quynh Trang's experience, self-sufficient visitors to Mu Cang Chai should keep the following points in mind:
- Research coach houses thoroughly to avoid units with poor service that have received a lot of negative feedback. Currently, many tourists reflect the situation of overcrowded sleeper buses on the Hanoi-Mu Cang Chai route.
- The weather in Mu Cang Chai on September - 10 is quite complicated, and sunny - rain is erratic, so visitors should bring more windbreakers and raincoats. The weather forecast is not always accurate in relation to the actual local situation.
- Avoid going on weekends to avoid overcrowding.
- Visitors will require a solid steering wheel to navigate difficult roads to the check-in location.
Source: Toàn Vũ