Brilliant sunrise, Golden rice fields and Ravishing beauty of Bac Son Valley, Lang Son

Bac Son is not only famous historic sites but also known as a fertile valley with stunning scenery. Bac Son is a district of Lang Son province and it’s far from Hanoi about 160 kilometers in the north of Vietnam.  If you go around this town to see the valley It’s very difficut to admire all the beauty of this place. You must climb the Na Lay mountain to discover all the landscape of Bac Son valley. Na Lay is one of the highest mountains  in Bac Son valley.

The easiest way to reach Bac Son valley is by taking a road trip from Hanoi using Highway 3 to Thai Nguyen and turning to National Highway 1B. Rice fields here are not harvested at the same time, so the colors of rice fields are different, with shades of yellow and green. In late July, ripening rice fields cover Bac Son valley in the northern Lang Son province with yellow colors. It’s time for travelers and photographers to capture the beautiful moments of the year.

If you just go on the road across the town between the valleys, you will not know how beautiful surroundings are. Only when standing on a high mountain and watching panoramic valley, you truly overwhelmed by the colorful beauty of this place.

To up the Na Lay summit where you can enjoy panoramic Bac Son, you have to take a lot of effort, but when you look down to there, all the tiredness seem disappeared. You will feel very peaceful and relaxed when you watch the beauty of the fertile Bac Son valley in the early sunlight.

Bac Son flat terrain is favorable for irrigation, so rice is planted 2 seasons and it often harvested later than most other areas from half a month to a month. Rice is not grown in Bac Son at the same time so some fields are harvested sooner, some fields are harvested later, these all make to the colorful arrays. One interesting aspect is its mountains which are about 500-1200 meters high. These mountains together with the valley’s paddy fields create a great scenic landscape that you can only see after climbing 500 steps to reach the peak of the mountain.

This valley is famous for its lakes. If you head straight to the valley’s pathways leading you to the paddy fields, you’ll get a chance to see the beautiful river that runs crossing the rice fields.  Besides the valley itself, the Bac Son district’s village possesses a beauty of its own.

The district is inhabited by the Tay ethnic people and their traditional stilt houses. If you wish to see the entire view of the valley you need to reach the peak of Bac Son Mountains. It can be tiring to climb these mountains, but the effort is worth it, especially if you want to take that share-worthy panoramic shot of the Bac Son Valley. Bac Son Valley’s fertile soil lets the local farmers grow various crops in the area. Its main crop is rice which is planted only in two seasons, with each of its squared field cultivated and harvested in different times. Apart from rice, other crops like sweet potato and corn also grow in this valley, giving a boost to the agriculture of the region by 80 percent. This is the reason that agriculture is the prime occupation and source of income for the inhabitants.

This valley has become a source of interest for the tourists because of its enticing beauty. The easiest way to reach this valley is by taking a road trip from Hanoi using Highway 3 to Thai Nguyen and turning to National Highway 1B. There are many tourist organizations as well that can give you all the information that you might need.

Make sure that you visit this enchanting valley of beauty. Seeing such a beautiful place will make you realize that Mother Nature has so much to offer. Moreover, there is too much to explore in this beautiful world so don’t just sit and stare. Plan your trip to Bac Son Valley right away.

Valley is a place owned beautiful scenery belonging to Bac Son, Lang Son province. Recently, beautiful rice field in harvest of Bac Son has been introduced by famous website specializing tourism. Whenonearth with lots of praises, admirations with the beauty of this landscape. Known as a district belonging to Lang Son province, far from Ha Noi about 162 kilometers to the North. From Ha Noi along the Highway 3 to Thai Nguyen and following to the Highway 1B, tourists need to move closely to 82 kilometers to Bac Son.

Being as a mountainous district, people here are mostly Tay ethnic. Life in this region is always peaceful, people and the natural scene are extremely impressive. For the purpose of watching completely Bac Son Valley, visitors should climb on the top of mountain. If they are lucky to come Bac Son properly in crops, they surely would to be back to contemplate the scenery at the second time.

Surrounded by limestone mountains, Bac Son appeared in a puff of smoke fades with mesmerizing beauty, the mountains, the clouds and the green rice fields attracted travelers’ view. With flat terrain, Bac Son has many merits for irrigating which leads the people planted rice in two crops. Being planted in the different time, rice field also was harvested in turn which forms the colorful strip with the pieces of field. These opposition color pieces were deeply impressed by anyone contemplated them and horizontal – vertical canals make the picture of Bac Son more magnetic. If the travelers coming to Bac Son at the time when the rice is newly transplanted, the entire space will display a green color of the new rice, as Whenonearth similes – “The rarely green paradise on the earth”.

The amazing scenery of Bac Son is becoming the place that photographers and “phuot” travelers desires to explore at the moment. Please do not hesitate to contact Ethnic Voyages to arrange a authentic trip to Bac Son paradise green valley
 

See some more typical tours to Bac Son Valley:
+ Bac Son Ravishing Valley Discovery - 02 Days/01 Night
+ Private authentic tour to Bac Son Valley and Homestay - 03 Days/02 Nights