Pool with Mu Cang Chai 🙁 Photo: Vu Thi Anh Thuan

Pool with Mu Cang Chai 🙁
Photo: Vu Thi Anh Thuan

Mu Cang Chai is a western highland district of Yen Bai province, 180km from Yen Bai city center, more than 300km northwest of Hanoi capital. This land is located at the foot of Hoang Lien Son mountain range, at an altitude of over 2,000m above sea level. To Mu Cang Chai, visitors can take Highway 32 in two directions. If from Hanoi, will go to Yen Bai, from Yen Bai to Muong Lo 70km, sleep here to drive early tomorrow morning from Muong Lo, late afternoon will arrive Mu Cang Chai. This section is nearly 100km long, but more than 80km is a steep pass that goes up continuously, as long as you climb to a height of 1,750m, the fog is cloudy and you are about to reach Mu Cang Chai town. In the middle of the pass, there is a flat land, stop here to enjoy Tu Le sticky rice, famous throughout the region. In the second direction, visitors go all the way to Noi Bai - Lao Cai highway, up Sa Pa and through O Quy Ho pass, then through Tan Uyen and Than Uyen of Lai Chau to Mu Cang Chai.

Coming to Mu Cang Chai even once, visitors also feel the richness of nature, the uniqueness of culture, the warmth of humanity. Although the road to Mu Cang Chai is far and difficult, it is very interesting. The scene changes constantly on the road, visitors have not had time to see all the Thai stilt houses in the vast Muong Lo field with thousands of white banyan flowers, but have come to the winding and meandering roads on the steep hillsides. stand. Geological movements have created high peaks for Mu Cang Chai such as: Pung Luong (2,985m), Phu Ba (2,512m), Mo De (2,100m)… Through Khau Pha pass (2,100m high), this is The highest peak of the "four great mountain passes" in the Northwest is covered in a sea of ​​floating clouds, the climate is cool all year round. Cao Pha Pass is also the 4th most beautiful place in the world for pilots to fly paragliding, for those who love thrills, adventure games to conquer the sky and enjoy the view. Explore the majestic natural beauty of heaven and earth from the air through the game of paragliding. From here, from one pass to another, from one mountain to another, visitors will clearly feel the change in altitude, on both sides of the road are ravishing terraced fields that make each of us feel stunned. overwhelmed.