Pu Luong must do
- Stay off the beaten track and hike the unspoiled beauty of Pu Luong Nature Reserve from village to village.
- Experience a night at a homestay of the Thai people. Drink the local rice wine and dance one of their traditional dances with your host.
- Biking around the nature reserve
- Trekking
- Raffling
- See waterfall and water wheel
Pu Luong must see
Pu Luong, Vietnam Must See – Pu Luong Nature Reserve map.
Kho Muong village
On the journey to the majestic Pu Luong peak. There is a very pristine and rustic valley called Kho Muong. This is one of the most difficult and highland villages of Thanh Son commune, Ba Thuoc district. But it’s great potential for natural conditions and cultural traditions to develop community tourism.
Kho Muong is a valley located deep in the core zone of Pu Luong nature reserve. It’s less affected by human impact, so it retains its inherent wild and poetic features. This is home to 60 Thai households, with 230 people. Kho Muong village is separated from other villages in the region, about 2km from Thanh Son Commune People’s Committee. But the road to the village is not easy. The bumpy road is a challenge for many people who like to explore here.
Looking down from above, Kho Muong appeared with a beautiful beauty. Epecially the houses on stilts are located close to the foot of the mountain in the fields of rice, corn and cassava. Surrounding the village is a vast green color of mountains and forests.
Thanks to what nature has favored, people know how to invest in building spacious houses to welcome tourists to visit. Coming to Kho Muong, visitors can admire the natural scenery, experience, learn the culture and customs of the Thai ethnic people, immerse in the rustic life, enjoy the traditional dishes of mountains and forests. Such as Com lam, banana flower mannequin, bitter soup, corn wine…
Pu Luong Must See – Kho Muong tribal village view.
Kho Muong cave
Kho Muong Cave is one of the caves with attractive beauty in the population of caves discovered in Pu Luong Nature Reserve. The limestone stalactites formed about 250 million years ago. The cave has a connection with the underground river system with a length of about 2.5 km. The river and stream system that flows in the cave is a common feature of the Kart rocky areas, which creates a connection between the valley by the flow of the streams.
Kho Muong Cave is also home to many bats. There are 4 species of bats reside in this cave at different times of the year. Going deeper into the cave, visitors will be able to see and admire stone blocks and stalactites with strange shapes. Such as human figures, trees, beast… full of different colors, blurry, all appear very vivid and unique. Entering a deep corner in the cave also has a very wide open field that looks like a natural volleyball court. This is one of the most highlights of the bat cave.
Pu Luong See – Kho Muong Cave.
Don Village
Don Village, the home of Thai ethnic people with population of 285 people (80 households). About 2 years ago, domestic and foreign tourists came to Don village more and more. Ban Don has peaceful space, beautiful natural landscape. But also enjoy the specialties of indigenous people. Such as: bamboo shoots, grass ducks, wild pigs, hill chickens,… especially the scenery and hospitality of the local people.
Pu Luong Must See – Don Tribal Village.
Son Ba Muoi village
Son Ba Muoi is 3 upland villages of Lung Cao commune. It is about 130 km northwest of the city center and is considered a miniature Sa Pa due to the year-round temperate climate, the average temperature in the year is from 18 – 22 degrees Celsius, sometimes the winter has snow, Summer night temperatures si also very low.
Son Ba Muoi is also known as Cao Son. It’s located on the top of Pha He, Pha Chien mountain ranges, running parallel to the majestic Pu Luong – Cuc Phuong mountain circuit. Cao Son belongs to the core zone of Pu Luong Nature Reserve and is adjacent to Ngoc Son – Ngo Luong Nature Reserve of Hoa Binh.
In particular, Son Ba Muoi is quite isolated from the outside, so far. There are many traditions of ancient Thai people, the stilt houses still retain the traditional mark, clearly showing the peculiarities not affected by those. Modern architecture from outside doped.
Pu Luong Must See – Son Ba Muoi tribal village.
Hieu Village
Ban Hieu is a Thai village located on the bank of the Hieu stream. It’s originating from the Pu Luong peak. The village consists of more than a hundred rooftops scattered along both sides of the stream. Every time there is a beautiful waterfall, the floor roofs are thicker, creating a waterfall scene – a beautiful house on stilts. Both streams from the beginning of the village to the end of the village are only about kilometers. But there are 5 waterfalls, every waterfall is beautiful. Therefore, the people in the village called all the waterfalls as the Hiêu waterfall and loved to call that stream with the name “Hiêu stream”.
Pu Luong, Vietnam Must See – Hieu tribal village waterfall.
Doan Town Market
Doan street is the name of the market from the French colonial period in Lung Niep commune, Ba Thuoc district, Thanh Hoa province. This is the place to trade goods and meet the people of Kinh, Muong and Thai ethnic groups in the communes around the region with people in Tan Lac and Lac Son districts … Hoa Binh province.
What makes the attraction for tourists when visit the market is the culture of buying and selling goods with equal value. Sometimes, they do not trade in money, for example a chicken can exchange for two dozen eggs with a bunch of vegetables that both sides feel comfortable and happy. Just “a belly” is buying right away, rarely seeing the price, demanding.
Tom Village
Pu Luong, Vietnam Must See – Water Wheel in Tom Village.
