Tips for traveling to Pu Luong in Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam

Pu Luong is a quite new place for traveling; however, to any riders, who have a chance to riding Vietnam motorbike tours to Pu Luong, they are all impressed with the scenery, untouched beauty, especially the terraced rice fields and primary forests. Besides, Pu Luong is also near many famous tourist places such as Lac village in Mai Chau, Ca Than spring (in Cam Luong, Cam Thuy, Thanh Hoa), Cuc Phuong national park (Ninh Binh), Citadel of the Ho Dynasty (Thanh Hoa),…So, tourists will have many fantastic experiences when take time to combine a lot of famous places in only one trip.

Some tips for traveling to Pu Luong in harvest season:
There are 2 best times for riding Vietnam motorcycle tours to Pu Luong:
- At the end of May and in the early of June: This is the time Pu Luong starting a new crop; therefore, all the terraced rice fields will be covered with the green color which look so beautiful and peaceful. Although in summer, but the weather in Pu Luong is very cool and comfortable, very suitable for a Vietnam motorbike tour.

-       In September and October: It is the harvest time in Pu Luong, all terraced rice fields on the hill sides will turn to yellow. And it is also the peak season in Pu Luong.

Best way to travel in Pu Luong
The best way to travel in Pu Luong is by motorbikes because most of the roads in Pu Luong are pass roads and red earth roads.

If you do Vietnam motorbike tours from Hanoi, the green road leading to Pu Luong is the National road No.15c. If you depart from Hanoi or some provinces in North of Vietnam, you should ride to Lac village in Mai Chau, and then head to Co Luong, Dong Dieng, finally, turn into the road No.15c along the Ma river to Pu Luong Natural reserve.

If you start your Vietnam motorcycle trip from Thanh Hoa and provinces in the Middle and the South of Vietnam, you should ride up to the Northwest, along the Ho Chi Minh trail, and turn to Cam Thuy, ride straight to Canh Nang town, turn to the road 15c, ride more 10km to reach Pu Luong.

Because Pu Luong is a Natural reserve and important primary rainforest in Vietnam, so just few companies organize tours to Pu Luong; therefore, Pu Luong has no hotels, only home-stay and small rest houses.

To have a nice home-stay during your motorbike tour in North Vietnam, you can choose to overnight in Kho Muong village, Nua village, Kit 1 village. The price per person is only 50,000vnd/night, cheaper than the other areas.

Best places to visit:
– Conquering Pu Luong peak: Pu Luong peak is 1,700m above the sea level. It is quite hard to conquer it bit it is really fantastic experience for anyone who loves adventure. Once you climb up to the peak, you will see very nice scenery around you. It is so amazing.

– Trekking across Pu Luong: Starting from Kho Muong village, you will trek through 4 villages: Pon, Thanh Cong, Cao Hoong, Kit to discover the life, culture, customs and habits of the local. Or trek along the trail Kho Muong – Uoi – Pho Doan to reach Quan villge to see the peaceful, and rustic life here.

– Ban Hieu waterfall, terraced rice fields, primary forest, Pu Luong Natural Reserve are the best places to visit in your Vietnam motorcycle travel to Pu Luong.

– Pho Don market: The market opens on Thursday and Sunday. It is the places where you can buy see more about the local life, to buy souvenir, and to enjoy special dishes of the land.

You can spend 1 day or 2 day Vietnam motorbike trip to Pu Luong if you do not have much time but still want to have an Off-road tour to the countryside in Vietnam.