Located in Huu Lung district, Lang Son province, Huu Lien is a destination that is “welcomed” by young people because of its beautiful pristine scenery and just over 100km from Hanoi.
Discover the peaceful and beautiful Huu Lien
Huu Lien Commune has just been recognized by the People’s Committee of Lang Son province as a community tourism village, creating the basis for forming products and attracting tourists. Diverse landscape, with special-use forests, lakes, caves, rocky mountains … and historical and cultural values that help Huu Lien promise to become an attractive and unique community-based eco-tourism destination. unique.
Wandering on the grassland of Dong Lam
One of the most attractive destinations in Huu Lien is Dong Lam steppe. This is a vast land surrounded by mountains, with winding rivers and lush green lawns. Coming here, visitors seem to get rid of all troubles in life to mingle with the beautiful and majestic nature.
During the dry season, the river in Dong Lam runs out of water. In the rainy season, after the rains, the steppe becomes more beautiful than ever, when the water rises, forming small, winding rivers. The water here has a clear emerald green color, creating a charming landscape.
The space at Dong Lam steppe is spacious and spacious, along with the cool autumn weather, visitors often choose this place to organize outdoor activities, eat, play … Tents and other Colorful kite projection is also indispensable for Huu Lien travel. This area is perfect for both adults and children to fly a kite together; For family groups, these are definitely memorable memories.
The features of the Dong Lam steppe are also freely grazed herds. The vast steppe and the herds of horses have become a special attraction for tourists, attracting photographers here to hunt. To protect the plant ecosystem of the Dong Lam steppe, the authorities have a regulation that cars are not allowed here. So when you travel, you will have to park your car outside to walk or rent a motorbike taxi to carry in, a distance of about 1km.
At the end of the steppe, there is a small lake, visitors can raft around the lake to see the surrounding scenery and feel the beauty of nature. When rafting to take guests to visit, local people often share some interesting stories about the life and culture of the people here. A boatman who is over 70 years old talks to me: “I’ve been rafting here for 40 years. Previously, there were very few tourists here, only occasionally, so I also worked as a forest worker, making food every day ”.
Spending 2 weekends to explore Huu Lien, Ms. Nguyen Phuong Dung (Ha Dong, Hanoi) said: “I like to come here the immense steppe, the blue lake, food and new experiences. This destination is not too far from Hanoi, the road is easy to go, our team has all ages and children but everyone feels happy and there is almost no sign of urbanization in our group. Here, the people are gentle, friendly and hospitable. The feeling of early morning at the homestay hearing the chicken crowing, going out to breathe fresh air in the scenery of the stilt house, early kitchen smoke makes me very excited.
Explore the village and learn about culture and cuisine
Walking around Huu Lien tourist commune, prominent among the rice fields are the spacious and airy stilt houses lying halfway between the clouds and mountains of the old forest. The commune has a total area of more than 6,000 hectares, a population of more than 3,000 people, including mainly Kinh, Tay, Nung, Dao and Mong ethnic groups.
The landscape here is even more beautiful in the ripe rice season. Visitors can see the image of the villagers harvesting in the field, smell the fragrant rice mixed with the smoke of burned straw. Tourist activities here are still very new, with a number of services such as dining, entertainment, campfires, medicinal baths, foot baths, horse riding experiences or hiring guides and forest guides.
Not far from the Dong Lam steppe is Nong Dung Lake – where visitors can rent a kayak and float along the clear blue water. In the middle of September – early October every year is also the pink season. On the way to Nong Dung Lake, there is a rose garden on the left-hand side, if you go at the right time, you can easily pick roses and buy them from the garden.
After experiencing and admiring the beautiful scenery, do not forget to return to your homestay to enjoy local culinary specialties such as grilled chicken, grilled pork with honey leaves, grilled fish, boiled mountain snails, garlic-fried giant vegetables with batches, leaves lemongrass sticky rice, black sticky rice, pumpkin cake and black banh chung. If you want visitors can also order food to organize in the steppe or by the lake, the homestay will prepare and bring it to the place.
In addition, Huu Lien has many other attractions, depending on the season and weather conditions. If you leave the commune center about 10km, visitors can visit the triangular flower field, Khe Dau waterfall, Xoong Pong cave … Huu Lien is also a place to preserve intact customs and traditional cultural features. system, intangible heritages such as Go Chua festival, pá xoan singing, silk house singing, then singing or ancient chèo performance. In the future, Huu Lien will definitely be an attractive destination for tourists because of its wild, beautiful nature and intact indigenous culture./.
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