Four major tourist attractions in the winter in the North of Vietnam

If the domestic tourists from the Southern Vietnam have a chance to come out of the Northern Vietnam at this time, people should visit the following locations to fully feel the cold of winter.

The town of Sapa in Lao Cai

At any given time, the Sapa town is very beautiful and romantic. The beauty is associated with features of the high peace interspersed in the clouds and the fog disappear all fatigue and anxiety. That is why here and for a long time, it has been viewed as "a resort paradise".

Located in a high position in comparison with the sea level, Sapa is cold all time. But It is especially coldest in the winter with negative temperature a few degrees. With this cold weather, some visitors do not choose this place ought to be at this time. However, the difference from those people, there are some other people think the opposite, they will be watching the ice on the grass in the early morning. Besides, there are few tourists come here in this season, so you will feel the life here with its inherent rhythm.

Tam Dao Town

If on the other seasons of the year, Tam Dao charm heart with the beauty of the three majestic mountains and pristine; they are hidden or appeared in clouds in the morning or afternoon. However, in the winter, its beauty becomes more poetic with the fanciful clouds are as standing in the visitor’s footsteps.



If you come here at this time, you are not afraid to do a little conquest of the mountain to feel an experience of the fun for climbing without sweating; or you can take the photos the fog and clouds. A small note for your climbing as: You should not have over a large number of coats, gloves, hats... Because it is only a few minutes later, all heated objects that it will become a burden on your itinerary.

Yen Tu Mountain

The Yen Tu mountain sacred mountain has marked strong in the heart of the fascinating myths and legends. It is a place to keep many historical sites known as "the land of Buddhism in Vietnam."

There are two ways you can conquer the mountain; you can slowly climb up thousands of stone steps with mountainous roads within 6 hours (about 6000m); the second is for you to choose with walking and using the cable system to hook up the "gate of heaven" (2 times). Every way, you have a different interesting and experience. However, most of them are in common; it after your success about conquering the mountain happens, and the next few days, you will have the leg pain.

If you come here in the winter, in addition to a sense of the beauty of the mountains are at the time hidden in the clouds. And you are attracted by the beautiful landscape and the cold weather of the forest on the mountain path.

Mai Chau

The Mai Chau plateau is beautiful in the winter with the ice glittering streets, colorful wildflower ties, the graze cows on the vast steppe. The cold winter here in the smile, eyes shining, arms and lively spread dances.

Besides, this plateau is also a series of other travel services for your experience such as exploring the Hoa Binh hydropower, conquer the bat cave... If you have time, you do not forget to visit Thung Nai, explore the Da Bac cave, soak in hot springs in Kim Boi.

The Cho cave - Archaeological monuments in the Hoa Binh province

The Cho cave belongs to Hui hamlet, in Cao Ram village, Luong Son district, Hoa Binh province. It is far from the central of Hoa Binh city about 42km based on the northeast way, from Hanoi capital about 40km.

According to Hmong language, it means "snail cave"; because inside the cave, there are many snails are on the floor of the cave.

In the past, local people were used to whoreson's dung in the cave to create the gunpowder, so it is also known as Mai Da Diem. In some books on "Cultures of Hoa Binh" published in the 80s of the twentieth century, scientists have used the name Mai point of to refer to as the information in the book: Culture of Peace Vietnamese in the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology, published in 1989 in Hanoi. Up to the present, all people call it the same as “Cho cave”.

The Cho cave is located the southwest way of the Sang mountains; the store turned toward the southwest is a high stone roof, airy, cool. Store field higher than 6.5 m; Top has two doors separated by a large rock with a circumference of about 27m. The main door is 11m in width; the side door’s width is 5.5 m; and an average elevation is 10 meters. If you go to inside about 15m, the square is narrower. The width of the largest grotto, there is room up to 14m; two doors were turned southwest so it has cool wind in summer and avoids the cold North wind in winter.

The Cho cave is concaved in the middle; it is merged much. The reason is the local people went in the cave to dug background and take to fertilize the farm land; and by excavation’s surveillance, excavations made. At 1 meter deep in the cave, these are the pits by the Peace Museum staff with the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology dig surveillance 11/1998.

Before the entrance of the cave is a 100-hectare valley not far from the cave (about 1km); bobbing of a low range of hills. There is a small stream that runs through here. The trees in a valley are always lush. With status of the geography, topography and natural as possible, cave is an ideal place of residence of the population and the Culture of Peace youth.

Cho cave has been interested in Ms. M.Colani, a French archaeological woman found from 9 to December 13, 1926 (unpublished document). During excavation, she obtained in 1143 exhibits of all kinds. Currently, there are 59 artifacts stored at the Museum of Vietnamese History.

To add more the resources for study of the stone age, in 1984, the Museum of Ha Son Binh was in combination with the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology Research continued to investigate. They have collected many types such as: animal bones, stone tools, cutting tools, disk tools...

On 20-March-1998, Hoa Binh Museum in conjunction with the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology continued survey, research the Cho cave. Join the union, there is a contribution of a history professor name Mr. Tran Quoc Vuong. Survey team, studied caves and rocky area in front of the store. They have collected 40 stone tools scattered in the crop garden plots around it. Taking 59 artifacts are stored at the Museum of Vietnamese History, the total numbers of artifacts in the ruins were nearly 100 artifacts.

In November 1998, the scientific cooperation program about Cao Ram area, Luong Son district, Hoa Binh Museum again with the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology combined to investigate the entire survey area in Cao Ram land and training for murder. Area dug 4m2, 1.2 m deep. According to preliminary reports, the artifacts collected a relatively large volume. They include 1,230 artifacts; 31 pieces of, material stone 110, 117 labor tools, 36 fragments tools, bone with 18 (chisels, knives, cutting-edge tools).

According to research by scientists in the survey and excavation, the results confirmed stick: Monuments cave for long inhabited by prehistoric inhabitants of the Peace. At the same time, it is also a cultural vestige dating back around 10,000 years ago, during the period of transition to the "stone medium term" in our country.

The Cho cave is the important archaeological ruin, high-value research and visit on a history of popular culture: "Hoa Binh Culture ". In addition, while visiting the Cho cave, visitors can look at the historical, cultural and other scenic spots in Cao Ram village as Man Nguyen cave and the Khu Thuong or Nui Sang cave.