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Jul 15, 2023
By Ms. Minh Thu
In the past few years, Pu Luong Thanh Hoa has become a hot keyword on Vietnam travel review sites. With its rustic and idyllic beauty, Pu Luong attracts both domestic and international tourists. With an area of more than 17,600 hectares with diverse flora and fauna and wild and idyllic natural landscape, Pu Luong attracts a large number of tourists or photographers from all over the world who flock here to visit and leave works of art. The article that Vietnam Escape Tours provides below will help you understand more about this interesting place.
Kho Muong village - Bat Cave
Kho Muong village is the habitat of the White Thai people, where the highlight is the Bat Cave over 2.5 km wide, inside there are many nooks, crannies, stalactites, and dangling bats. People who are discovery lovers can not miss this is an ideal place to visit.
A majestic scene of Bat Cave
Son - Ba - Muoi Villages
Son - Ba - Muoi villages with zigzag slopes are suitable for people who love to travel uphill. This place is inhabited by the ancient Thai people along with the majestic Pu Luong - Cuc Phuong mountain circuit. The air is cold and cool, this place is considered as a miniature Sapa. The stilt houses still exist due to peculiarities unaffected by that modern building. The ancient Thai people had many traditions, which are still practiced today.
Don village - Con Nuoc
Don village has an idyllic, rustic scene with many small streams of water. Coming to this place, visitors will be able to integrate into the simple life with activities such as learning to weave and enjoying the specialties here.
The tranquil ambiance of Don Village
Ban Hieu - Thac Hieu
The Thai village of Ban Hieu is located on the Hieu stream's bank. It comes from the mountain of Pu Luong. Along both sides of the stream, there are more than a hundred rooftops that make up the village. With fresh waterfalls, this is the place where visitors can wade, take pictures or contemplate the natural scenery here.
Pu Luong Peak
A destination for trekkers or mountain climbers, Pu Luong peak is 1,700m above sea level with majestic natural beauty. To conquer this mountain takes 6-8 hours, but the result is worth it when you see the panorama of Pu Luong from above, admire the scenery and take pictures.
Pho Don market
The last place you can visit is the ethnic market here. Coming here, in addition to sightseeing, you can also enjoy the food or choose the local products as gifts when you come home.
Colorful and lively Pho Don Market
Grilled local pig
The local pig is a specialty of the Muong people. To keep the sweetness of the meat, the pig must be washed before the organs are removed, then the meat is not washed with water. The meat is cut into pieces, and steamed on a wood stove, the bones are cooked with wild banana leaves. The bacon is sliced only, marinated with onions and fish sauce, then wrapped with grapefruit leaves outside, clamped on a bamboo stick grilled over hot coals. Grapefruit leaves are intertwined with the meat, under the heat of coal, the meat is golden, giving off a fragrant aroma. Cooked pork is thinly sliced on fresh green banana leaves. When eating, dip with roasted salt and toasted doi seeds.
Grilled local pig
Hill chicken
Chickens are naturally raised by the people, run wild and eat rice, so the chicken in Pu Luong will be very fragrant and sweet. Chicken of this type is boiled and eaten while it is still hot, dipped with spices of the local people, it is delicious. In addition, along with the way of marinating traditional Thai spices, grilled chicken will leave an impression on any visitor to Pu Luong.
Roast hill chicken
Ancient Duck
This kind of duck is prized for its lean, solid meat and little bones. Ducks here are raised on streams, naturally in the water flowing from the rocky mountains, so the meat has a delicious taste that is famous near and far.
Grilled fish
The fish is washed and then marinated separately according to the recipe of the local people, usually with available ingredients such as: mac Khen, wild herbs, chili, lemongrass... After marinating, use a fresh bamboo stick to clamp it and heat it. Grilled on hot ash coals until the fish turns yellow and the aroma arises.
Delicious grilled fish
Sweet bamboo shoots
These kinds of bamboo shoots grow a lot in the forest near the Vietnam-Laos border area. In late winter and early spring as well as the hunting season, shoots begin to emerge from the ground. There are many ways to prepare bamboo shoots, which are quite simple and easy to do. People wash the bamboo shoots, grill them on embers, then burn the hard leaves and peel them off. This dish can be enjoyed immediately or boiled or grilled one more time. Grilled or boiled bamboo shoots must be dipped with diagonal gazing to match the Thai style. The taste of bamboo shoots is sweet, light, crispy, but cool on the tip of the tongue, intertwined with a passionate aroma.
To go to Pu Luong, you have many ways to come, if you are in Ho Chi Minh or Da Nang, book a flight to Hanoi, then from Hanoi we depart to Pu Luong by
Coach
This is a safe option for you, the price is about 120,000 VND / trip. You can depart from Giap Bat, Nuoc Ngam or My Dinh bus stations on the route Hanoi - Ba Thuoc - Thanh Hoa
The bus will take you to Canh Nang town (Ba Thuoc, Thanh Hoa), then you can take a taxi or motorbike taxi to go to Pu Luong.
Self-driving cars
Arriving at Hanoi airport, you can rent a car if traveling with family or friends. However, to rent a car requires the driver to have a driver's license and make a deposit in cash or motorbike.
Motorbike
If you are in Hanoi, you can ride a motorbike from Hanoi to Thanh Hoa. You take the National Highway 6 route to Hoa Binh, then choose one of the two turns, which is through Lung Van valley or through Ban Lac, continuing to Mai Chau and then to Pu Luong.
To Pu Luong, there are ways to move here, which are motorbikes and walking. If traveling by motorbike from Hanoi to Thanh Hoa is easy, if you take a bus or motorbike taxi to come, you can rent a motorbike here, the price is about 150,000 VND.
In addition, during the trip you have to walk or trek to move, so remember to bring hiking or sports shoes.
Traveling to Pu Luong in May to June and around September to October is the most suitable and most beautiful.
In May to June, at this time, Pu Luong is in the rice season, so you will witness the terraced fields with a cheerful green color and the ripe rice season will fall in September to October, at this time the rice will have seeds. Gold nurtures a poetic and romantic region. At the same time, the two periods above have a cool, dry climate suitable for picnic activities and other tourism.
The magnificent beauty of Pu Luong Thanh Hoa
Prepare proof of identity, complete personal belongings
Remember to bring a speaker to play music or a deck of werewolf cards if you go with many people because there is nothing to play here at night.
If you are tired of the hustle and bustle in the city, try to slow down by immersing yourself in the natural scenery and traditional but unique dishes at Pu Luong Thanh Hoa. You are sure to have wonderful moments with your loved ones here.
