Hoa Binh Tourism

Hoa Binh is situated in the North West of Viet Nam. It is about 75 km from the capital city of Hanoi. Hoa Binh has great potential of tourism that is endowed with many famous landscapes and scenic beauties with gigantic chains of mountains stretching to the horizon, fanciful grottoes, tortuous and rocky stream and impressive waterfalls that look like a fairly land on earth. Visit Hoa Binh, you can go to Hoa Binh reservoir, Muong minority hamlet

Hoa Binh Reservoir
Have you ever heard the name "Ha Long bay in mountain?" This is Hoa Binh reservoir. This is the biggest man made reservoir in Viet Nam that not only supplies water for the Hydro-electric power plant in Hoa Binh but also an attractive tourist destination...With the length of 230 km, the surface area is 230 km2 between Numerous Mountains and forests around cloud-covered and hundred islands spread just like Ha Long bay. Apart from that, there are many villages of ethnic minorities such as Muong Thai, Dzao ... along two river sides still preserve traditional life styles.

Tourist may stay over night on board to admire romantic moon-nights and enjoy locally typical food or relax you in houses on stilts to listen to folk songs, to dink pine wine or to take part in traditional dances of local inhabitants.

Muong minority hamlet
Situated in Binh Thanh commune, at the foot of the Mo Mountain and 12 km away from Hoa Binh town. Giang Mo village has got 100 houses in their original form with daily activities, hand-made water conducting system, water rice mortars, bows and Cross-bows, farming and traditional festivals and practices of Muong ethnic group. You can visit any families you wish to, where you will be warmly welcomed. You can also watch folk arts and culture, buy souvenirs made by Muong people themselves. Even more interesting is listening to the host's fluting, playing their traditional musical instruments next to the most fragrant "can wine" jar (pine wine). The most distinguished is its peaceful and dreamlike atmosphere, which will bring you to a safe and casting world; 1 km far from Muong village is Red Dzao - A tourist destination that has usually been reached by visitors for many years.

Kim Boi hot mineral spring
Kim Boi Spa is 30 km away from Hoa Binh town. Crossing the zigzagging Cun slope, visitors will have the opportunity to view the panorama of Hoa Binh town from top and freely admire the picturesque and charming mountainous landscape during the journey. Kim Boi Spa is built on a mineral water spring that streams out from the ground with a temperature of 34 degree centigrade containing many essential minerals for heath. Here, visitors can bath or swim in private or public swimming pools.

Mai Chau Valley
Over 100 km from Hanoi along high way number 6, after only 3 hours driving you will arrive in Mai Chau on the height of 1000m from water level. From the Thung Nhuoi Pass, Mai Chau appears at your own Sight such a beautiful picture with numerous mountains and hills, zigzag trails, Villages, lakes, gardens, and rice fields changing colors in different seasons. Would you like to be close to the nature? Trekking ways will lead you through jungles, rice fields, green lakes or a variety of farms of local inhabitants.

If you wish to harmonize into daily activities of Thai people, you are cordially invited to Lac Village, Van village; Nhot Village ... warm houses with hospitable owners will bring you to a fanciful world in North West of Viet Nam. Night camp fire will make you joyful, special wine will make you drunk and nice songs will bring you sweet dreams. Have you ever attended a traditional market? To satisfy your curiosity, take a tour to Pa Co market. The market time is the festival of minorities, all products made by Thai and H'Mong people will be best souvenirs to your relatives and friends. And from Mai Chau it will be easy for visitors to reach Son La and Bien Bien Phu battle field and discover ethnic minorities full of mysteries.

Hoa Binh culture
Hoa Binh culture is a culture of many ethnic groups, with over 60% Muong people. Muong culture and those of other ethnic groups have been incorporated and formed distinctive features of Hoa Binh Culture. Ethnic colors of Hoa Binh culture include brass drum, Cong Chieng, Ecpics, culture of feeding, housing and dressing and other cultural diversification. Especially in Hoa Binh spring festival, there go Cong guid and Chieng guid to wish everyone Happy New Year. In folk cultural activities, distinguished by De Dat and De Nuoc epic that describes and explains the original of universe, human and all beings with spiritual and legendary conceptions. Many Thai villages in Mai Chau have attracted and astonished visitors by its natural beauty and original life style of Thai people. Meanwhile, H'Mong ethnic group is residing on high mountain tops. Their clothes are designed in unusual patterns. It is practice of H'Mong men to "catch" Wife - a very interesting custom and consent to enhance the value of local girls. In giving birth to any baby, Dao people usually organize for offerings to pray for its growth in mutual love and compassion. Jump Tet is another original culture of Dao people; it is held in several families but regarded as common Tet of local inhabitants. They all eat, drink and dance cheerfully in 3 consecutive days. Coming on this occasion, visitors will find hard to refuse the enthusiastic invitation of the host, only when you have fully eaten and drunk do they let you to leave.