(HBO) – Ke hamlet in Hien Luong commune, Da Bac district, the northern mountainous province of HoaBinh, is an ideal destination in Hoa Binh lake area for visitors who wish to explore nature and culture.
Tourists
can reach Ke hamlet, which is located along Hoa Binh lake with 80 Muong
households, via waterways and roads. It takes about 15 minutes to walk from the
centre of Da Bac town to Hien Luong commune. Tourists can also depart from Bich
Ha Port in Hoa Binh city and travel around Hoa Binh lake for an hour before
reaching Ke hamlet.
Visitors
will cross a grass cover along the lake on the way to Ke hamlet, Hien Luong
commune (Da Bac district) by water.
Two
families in Ke hamlet, including HuuThao’s and Sanh Thuan’s, offer home-stay
services. Three more households will provide the service soon. The local
landscape, culture and people have attracted visitors near and far, as
reflected through the increasing number of holiday-makers. Apart from
international tourists and local students, Ke hamlet also welcomes families.
Visitors will have a chance to explore mountains, imposing forests and vast
lakes in Ke hamlet, and live with locals.
Home-stay
service suppliers and locals will guide tourists on how to discover Ke hamlet.
Holiday makers should base on their vacation length to
arrange the activities they want to do on their own ways when staying in the
locality. They can row, swim in lakes or streams, ride bikes and walk in the
jungle, or join locals in harvesting rice, fishing, hunting and weaving. They
can also go with locals into the jungle to dig bamboo shoots, which can be
boiled, roasted or used to make soup. Fishing and taking a view of the lake
during moonlit nights is the enjoyable experience. The lake is rich in shrimp
and fish, from African carp to carp, chub, pike, and even trionychid turtle.
Tourists can catch crabs and fish
while bathing in Ke Spring. Other local specialties are chicken, grilled and
steamed fish and buffalo meat with "lom” leaves.
Those who like adventure tourism can
climb Bieu Mount to explore culture of the Dao Da Bac minority group in Sung
hamlet, Cao Son commune. When the night falls, holiday-makers gather around the
campfire, enjoying Ruou Can (wine drunk out of a jar through pipes) and Ruou
Hoang (wine made of forest plant leaves) and dancing.
Rowing the boat to enjoy the beauty
of mountains and houses along the river will give tourists peaceful feelings.
But holiday-makers should wear life jackets to ensure safety.
After a day of exploring, visitors
will take a rest in clean and neat stilt houses looking over the lake and
surrounded by orchards. /.
Le
Chung
In the first 9 months of 2024, Hoa Binh province continues to implement the expanded tourism development cooperation program plan of 8 Northwest provinces with Ho Chi Minh City; deploying digital transformation content in tourism and developing a smart tourism province. Hoa Binh province received about 3.6 million views, an increase of 7.9% over the same period. In which, international visitors are about 380 visitors, domestic visitors are estimated at 3 million 220 visitors.
Spanning thousands of hectares and winding gracefully along mountain slopes, hillsides, and riverbanks, the terraced rice fields of Lac Son District present a stunning and captivating beauty. This region, renowned for its remarkable terraced landscapes, is also the centre of Hoa Binh Culture known for numerous archaeological sites.
The life of Mong people in Hang Kia and Pa Co communes of Mai Chau district has improved much thanks to tourism development.
The man-made Hoa Binh Lake, with a water surface area of approximately 9,000 hectares and a capacity of 9.45 billion cubic meters, stretches over 200 kilometers from Hoa Binh to Son La provinces. With the goal of developing into a national tourism area, the Hoa Binh Lake tourism area is expected to not only become the largest tourism centre in the province but also one of the 12 key tourist destinations in the northern midland and mountainous region of Vietnam.
Da Bia hamlet, now Duc Phong, in Tien Phong commune, Da Bac district, was once almost isolated from the outside as the only way to the hamlet was to get a boat ride across the Hoa Binh reservoir. However, as its tourism potential has been unleashed, the hamlet has established itself as one of the most attractive destinations on the tourism map. It has even received the ASEAN Community-Based Tourism Awards in 2019.
In the first 9 months of 2024, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province welcomed over 684 thousand visitors to visit and relax. In which, over 516 thousand domestic visitors and more than 168 thousand international visitors. Total revenue from tourism is estimated at over 821 billion VND.
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