About Pu Si Lung Peak
Pu Si Lung Peak is a mountain close to the Vietnam – China border, close to border marker 42 in Pa Ve Su – Muong Te commune (Lai Chau). Compared with Fansipan (3143m) and Pu Ta Leng (3049m), the altitude of Pu Si Lung ranks second (3083m).
However, Pu Si Leng is the most difficult mountain to conquer because the journey to the top is too long and is the highest peak on the border of the country. This is also the most pristine and charming peak among the high mountains of the Northwest. From the starting point of the Pa Ve Su border post to the top of Pu Si Lung, the climber has to cross 48km of forest road (both going and returning).
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| The majestic scene of Pu Si Lung peak: Photo: @phuottv |
Because of its geographical position and special role, to trek the road to Pu Si Lung peak, visitors need to ask for permission at the Border Guard Command of Lai Chau province, then the paper will be reported at the commune border station. Pa Ve Su. This station will have people guide visitors to the mountain.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Lai Chau is one of the places that owns towering mountains, one of the highest peaks in Vietnam, in addition, the landscape here is very diverse with shrubs and trees. With azalea flowers, orchids, … With the wild beauty of the jungle, many people fall in love and consider this as the driving force to be able to explore and conquer the top of Pu Si Lung.
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| White clouds cover the top of Pu Si Lung. Photo: @hachi8 |
During the journey of climbing passes, crossing forests, crossing streams to conquer Pu Si Lung peak, climbers have to go through many hardships among the mountains. It is so difficult, but when I set foot on the top of the mountain, I am extremely proud and happy because I have surpassed myself, asserting myself in the midst of immense nature.
During the journey to conquer the top of Pu Si Lung, visitors will admire the beautiful, poetic, and charming natural scenery of the reed hills, the hills of white flowers from the trunk to the top. Climbing flowers cover the whole forest, azaleas, maple forests, primeval forests with diverse vegetation, tree trunks are covered with a magical green color of moss. Besides, the sound of birds chirping, the sound of murmuring streams, the fresh air all make Pu Si Lung shimmering, fanciful, poetic beyond imagination.
Time to trek Pu Si Lung peak
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| Summer is always the best time to explore Pu Si Lung peak |
The best time to explore and conquer Pu Si Lung peak is from October to April next year.
Visitors should come to the top of Pu Si Lung in spring. Then the picture of nature will be brilliant with thousands of flowers. Trees sprout and bloom with flowers and leaves racing to bloom.
In addition, visitors can go trekking in the summer, the weather is cool and pleasant. This is also the time when wild flowers bloom, the scenery on the mountain is very beautiful. In the summer, visitors will avoid the sudden rain of the forest, the climbing route will also be easier and more convenient.
Instructions on how to move to the top of Pu Si Lung
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| Car to move Hanoi to Muong Te. |
To get to the top of Pu Si Lung – The roof of the Lai Chau border region, visitors have to move in 3 stages
Stage 1: Hanoi – Lai Chau
Lai Chau is about 400km from the center of Hanoi. A long distance, travel time will range from 7-8 hours. Visitors can choose to travel by motorbike, self-driving car or passenger car.
Motorbike: If traveling by motorbike, visitors can refer to the following route: Hanoi – National Highway 32 – Trung Ha Bridge – Phu Tho – Yen Bai – Road 279 – Lai Chau.
Self-driving cars: The itinerary will be easier: Hanoi – Hanoi – Lao Cai highway – down to Yen Bai section – turn to provincial road 279 – Lai Chau.
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| Luxury sleeper bus Hanoi – Lai Chau |
Bus: Visitors just need to go to My Dinh bus station to buy a sleeper bus ticket. Prices range from 300,000 VND to 350,000 VND/person/time. Visitors get on the bus and sleep for a while to arrive in Lai Chau. Some reputable sleeper bus companies, visitors can refer to are Hung Thanh, Hoang Anh, Hai Van…
Because the distance from the center of Hanoi to Lai Chau is quite far. Therefore, visitors should take a bus to Lai Chau to keep their strength for the trek to the top of Pu Si Lung. At the same time, try to arrange a schedule to go from the previous evening and early the next morning to be in Lai Chau.
Stage 2: Lai Chau – Muong Te
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| Visitors can completely choose motorbikes to move from Lai Chau town to Muong Te. Photo: @hachi8 |
Lai Chau town is 130km from Muong Te, so visitors can go by motorbike or catch a bus to the districts of Lai Chau bus station. However, the road is quite difficult and dangerous, many steep and winding sections. Mainly dirt road, rough gravel. Many sections can only go at a speed of 10-15km/h and it takes more than 3 hours to get there. Visitors should be careful or can contact a porter or someone familiar with the area here to facilitate the discovery journey!
Stage 3: Muong Te – Pa Ve Su border guard post
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The distance between Muong Te and Pa Ve Su is 27km. The road is even more difficult to navigate. Tourists should try their best, move here at dusk to be allowed by the border guards to sleep for 1 night. That way, you will be healthy enough to start climbing the next morning.
The journey to conquer the “Roof of the Border”
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| Photo @thanhtrungtnn |
From the starting point of the Pa Ve Su border post to the top of Pu Si Lung, it takes at least 3 nights and 4 days for climbers to cross 100km of forest road (both going and returning).
During the journey to climb the pass, cross the forest, cross the stream to conquer the top of Pu Si Lung, visitors have to go through many hardships. The journey along large streams with many fierce rocks and simple bridges made of tree trunks broken from the flood season, visitors have to take off their shoes to wade across. The rocky rapids, slippery, cold make everyone’s feet numb and must be very careful if you do not want to get wet.
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| The first resting stream on the journey to conquer the top of Pu Si Lung |
Sin Chai A village is the place where the La Hu people live. This is also the first stop of the journey to conquer Pu Si Lung peak.
Visitors will admire the blooming forest flowers. The journey through the forest, crossing the stream is extremely arduous. This road is a place to test the strength and perseverance of travelers who love to travel
Crossing Nam Xu Luong stream always leaves an interesting feeling. This stream flows all year round and is very aggressive when the rainy season comes. .
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| The stove flickered. Photo: @hachi8 |
At night in the valley, surrounded by wild mountains and forests, beside the flickering fire, the murmuring stream and the silver light of the moon and stars on the top will give visitors interesting experiences.
Especially crossing the 3-hour slope is a fire test for anyone. At the top of the 3-hour slope, there is a hut of the “forest man” couple, Golden And Wait.
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Beautiful mountain scenery, fresh air with misty clouds is magical. Sometimes, visitors will think they are lost when entering the hills of white wildflowers from stem to flower. Footsteps step on carpets of dry leaves or pretty flowers. Looking up was a bright rose-red sky.
The road is very long, going up and down, but climbing forever and finally reaching the destination. Visitors will scream with joy when they see the landmark standing there, standing tall on the reinforced concrete floor. It’s great that visitors have crossed to reach the end of the Northwest sky. It is a journey of search and discovery.
What awaits visitors at the top of Pu Si Lung
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The way to climb to the top will have to go through many difficult obstacles. For Trekking enthusiasts, everyone has more than once wanted to conquer Pu Si Lung peak, but the number of people who failed is not small.
The unspoiled nature at the top of Pu Si Lung creates challenges beyond human limits. However, it also brings beautiful scenes that make us yearn to admire.
Landmark 42
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| Milestone 42 – a destination of the Pu Si Lung trekking tour. |
This is the purpose that the Trekking groups want to conquer the top of Pu Si Lung. The landmark is located at an altitude of 2800m. The milestone is made of granite weighing more than 100 kg, just thinking about the distance and the height to overcome has seen how much human effort is to build the landmark.
Passing passages play with
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The road to the top of Pu Si Lung is difficult but also full of dreams. The yellow dirt roads, the width is less than 2m, some sections are less than 1m. One side leaning on the mountain, the other side is a deep abyss, just a minute of negligence or carelessness, visitors will be in immediate danger. All of the above are considered “specialties” only when traveling in the Northwest.
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However, the roads that hug the mountain, winding without any shape inadvertently create a beautiful landscape picture. Visitors walking on the winding mountain road in the afternoon will make people’s heart flutter.
Primeval forests
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| Enjoy the cool air and beautiful scenery at the great peaks of Pu Si Lung |
Pu Si Lung Peak is protected and preserved by the people here. The forest for them is really gold and silver. Old forests are kept intact, without any impact. The ancient tree stumps have formed for thousands of years, reaching their tops high, shading the sun.
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The vegetation here is clearly stratified from low-rise shrubs, vines, mistletoe to tall trees. Beautiful scenery in the forest in the season of orchids, Do Quyen flowers, and charming forest banana flowers.
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| The most beautiful orchids at the top of Pu Si Lung |
The forest at the top of Pu Si Lung is very famous for orchids such as Hoang Thao U Loi, Hoang Thao Drumstick, Hoang Thao Nghe Tam, Gia Hac, Hac Vy … especially Hoang Thao Ken, which is extremely rare and unique. unique only here.
Three Voices Slope
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| The most difficult road to conquer is probably Ba Tieng slope |
The name is true to the nature of Doc Ba Tieng. It’s just a slope, but it took 3 hours to get over it. The cliffs are upturned, climbers have to crawl, grab the protruding cliffs, stretch all the muscles of the body to cling firmly.
Looking at the high cliffs without seeing the top, the rocks are fighting, the moss is slippery, few people still have the courage to overcome.
The poetic Nam Si Luong stream
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| Crossing Nam Si Luong stream |
It is said to be a stream, but the amount of water is as much as a river. The spring water here is cool and clear. The beautiful scenery here is poetic, peaceful and clear to the heart.
The stream not only provides water for domestic use and irrigation for the people here, but also a source of water for the operation of the Nam Si Luong hydropower plant. It is also thanks to this stream that people’s lives are illuminated by electricity every night, children are closer to the word.
Burning grass mountain
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| Roads covered with burning grass |
The grassy patches of forest that burn in the dry season are probably the easiest part to go. Mainly trails, few obstacles. A whole mountainside is dyed yellow-brown of the grass. In the afternoon, the sun shines at the end of the day on the meadow, making the scene suddenly beautiful, lonely and sad.
The sea of clouds on the top of Pu Si Lung
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Who said Pu Si Lung peak does not have beautiful clouds? At an altitude of more than 3000m, if you go in the right cloud hunting season, you will be able to see the wonderful sea of clouds. The road from Muong Nhe to Pa Ve Su border post will pass through a mountain pass on one side and an abyss on the other. The days when the clouds are low, walking on the pass, the clouds are right under your feet, floating, white and smooth.
In the morning at an altitude of 2000 – 3000m, the sea of clouds appears frequently. Amidst the mountains and forests, the sea of clouds appearing is the most beautiful moment at the top of Pu Si Lung.
Trekking Pu Si Lung need to prepare what?
According to the experience of conquering Pu Si Lung peak, before joining this climbing journey, visitors need to prepare:
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| Pa Ve Su Border Guard Station |
Apply for a passport: Pu Si Lung Peak belongs to the area near the border, so security is quite tight. Therefore, before trekking Pu Si Lung mountain, visitors need to obtain a passport. To get a passport, the first thing visitors need to do is prepare a full identity card. Or a temporary residence permit issued by the police of the commune, ward or town where you live. Or a letter of introduction from the working unit.
Then bring all those papers to Lai Chau Border Guard Command on Hoang Van Thai Street, Lai Chau City during office hours to get permits. Remember to clearly state information related to the trip such as purpose, content, means, time, scope of activities, list of participants in the trip… After being granted the permit, Visitors must report at the border station of Pa Ve Su commune. Thanks to that, visitors will be assigned a guide by the border station during the journey.
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| You must be in good physical condition before going trekking |
To have a successful journey, visitors should prepare a good health. Visitors should train their legs, muscles, and thighs to adapt to constant muscle tension to conquer the “Roof of the Border”.
In the process of practicing, it will increase movement, change in temperature, change in air pressure. interesting experience.
Preparing for overnight camping: Ropes; Knife for cutting, knife for making; Ignition ware; Tent; Sleeping bags, thermal pads
The most basic applications that tourists must always have in their backpacks are clothes, soft-soled sports shoes, high friction, and waterproof, the better. Remember to bring a light windbreaker, raincoat, hat (helmet), insect repellent, waterproof backpack, so there are many compartments to divide things neatly.
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| Necessary items for trekking |
Clothing: climbing pants, preferably long pants, soft material, loose and comfortable; a jacket to cover the sun and dew during the journey, preferably a light windbreaker that will help you stay comfortable when climbing; short t-shirt and long-sleeve shirt, can keep warm, avoid getting cold at high altitude; shorts or pajamas for a stopover overnight.
Remember to bring some chocolate glue, some ginger candies or gum to quickly recharge and warm up the body.
Equipment: Visitors should also bring: phone, camera and power bank (remember to fully charge before climbing).
Medicine: Mosquito repellent; Cold medicines; Headache medicine; Massage oils; You can bring earplugs if you have trouble sleeping.
Notes when conquering the top of Pu Si Leng mountain
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| See the sea of clouds at the top of Pu Si Lung |
Without a pass, visitors will not be able to climb the mountain.
Do not go “underground” because this is an uncivilized act and contrary to the provisions of the law. Besides, if unlucky tourists are in danger, it will be very difficult and long to get support. Because this is an important geopolitical and military region, no one will know in advance that unexpected situations may occur.
Visitors should learn very carefully, make sure the correct information about this mountain. Study the schedule carefully.
Exploring the top of Pu Si Lung – a long journey but the result will never disappoint visitors. So, don’t hesitate to overcome this challenge to reap the sweet fruits! Hopefully, the experience of conquering Pu Si Lung peak in the above article will help visitors have an enjoyable and successful trip.
Source: Collected internet.