Luc Yen is a district in Yen Bai province, where many cultural values imbued with national identity are preserved. Not only that, this land is also known as “the land of pearls”, because it possesses many precious stones that bring economic value and income to the people. Let’s travel with Ximgo to Luc Yen, Yen Bai to experience what is unique about this land!
1. Introduction of Luc Yen tourist area, Yen Bai
Luc Yen, Yen Bai is a district in the Northwest mountainous region of Vietnam. Here, there are rolling hills, majestic mountains, rising between heaven and earth like arms embracing nature here. Not only that, the features of the Northwest mountains also include terraced fields, murmuring streams, or the sound of rushing waterfalls creating a harmony between heaven and earth.
Luc Yen is about 80km from Yen Bai city center, 250km northwest of Hanoi capital. Due to the favor of nature, in the land of Luc Yen, there are many precious stones with high economic value such as Ruby and sapphire. Because of this, when mentioning Luc Yen, people think of a “gemland” of the northern mountainous region.
With the skillful hands of the people of the pearl earth, they have turned a primitive stone into extremely splendid jewelry and become more valuable. They, who yesterday had their hands covered with dirt, have now become a professional jewelry maker. These works of art are not only circulated in their homeland but also exported to many countries around the world.
In this pearl land, there are also many historical sites associated with Buddha Emperor Tran Nhan Tong such as Dai Cai temple, Fairy stream, Thap Hac Y pagoda, São pagoda cave, waterfall stream, cave,… All All of these create a beautiful Luc Yen in the eyes of international tourists.
2. Guide to move to Luc Yen, Yen Bai
Starting from Hanoi, you can choose to travel by train, from Hanoi station to Yen Bai station.
In addition, there are also many buses that run from Hanoi to Yen Bai. You can catch the bus at My Dinh wharf:
Hai Huu bus
- Tel: 0912451745/0912220140
- Ticket price: 120k/way/person
Hung Hung passenger car
- Tel: 0912061210/0912785262
- Ticket price: 130k/way/ticket
Du Tuyet bus
- Tel: 1900 1986/1900 1986
- Ticket price: 180k/way/ticket
If you are an adventurer, you can choose to move to Luc Yen by motorbike. Average travel time is 4-5 hours. The route to travel is as follows: Starting from Hanoi > Thang Long Bridge > Lao Cai Expressway > Son Duong > Tuyen Quang > Ha Giang > Yen Bai > Luc Yen.
3. What’s interesting about Luc Yen and Yen Bai tourism?
Discharge Waterfall
- Address: Lam Thuong Commune, Luc Yen, Yen Bai
- Get directions to Xa Tran waterfall
This is a tourist destination that still retains the wild and original features. The waterfall meanders from above, carrying water down the stream to create an extremely poetic scene, like being lost in a fairy world. Surrounding the waterfall is surrounded by dense old forest, coming here you will not only hear the rushing sound of water flowing violently from the top of the waterfall, if you listen carefully you will enjoy the concert from the mountain. forest, birds chirping, rustling wind, murmuring streams,… This is truly the taste of life, peace and quiet.
Sen Duong Cave
- Address: Lieu Do commune, Luc Yen district, Yen Bai province
- Get directions to Cam Duong cave
Cam Duong is considered the most beautiful cave in Yen Bai, ranked in the group of 10 most beautiful caves in Vietnam. Cam Duong cave exudes a wild and exotic look, almost this place has not been affected by human hands, so the scenery here is still quite intact.
Fully enjoy the most exquisite things from the grocery store, with an extremely skillful arrangement with many strangely shaped and cleverly arranged stone blocks that make viewers feel overwhelmed. The cave has a very large volume, can accommodate up to thousands of people, the cave door is 12m high and 25m wide.
The deeper you go, the more you will discover many other small caves, with stalactites of all sizes, beautiful shapes, not only aesthetic but they also show many unique geological values. It is these things that have made many tourists curious and wish that one day they can explore Cam Duong.
Lantern Cave
- Get directions to the Lantern Cave
This is the main source of water supply for Ngoc Bich stream. The cave is called Lantern because there are many huge stalactites in the cave, growing from the ceiling down to the floor of the cave, looking like a giant hanging lamp.
Squid Cave
- Get directions to Muc Cave
The length of the cave is up to 1km, the cave has an entrance to the outside. So if you stand in the cave, you will feel each draft extremely refreshing. Like the lantern cave, the name ink cave is also derived from the stalactites in the cave shaped like an old ink pen. In addition, in Muc cave, there are many milky white stalactites, with the reflection of light, these rocks appear shimmering and brilliant.
Above is some information about Luc Yen tourist area, Yen Bai. Hope these sharing will be helpful for readers.
Source: Collected internet.