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Experience Suoi Thau Grassland: The Untamed Beauty of Ha Giang

08:16 - 30/10/2024

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Nestled in the majestic mountains of Ha Giang, Suoi Thau Grassland is a breathtaking destination that often slips under the radar of travelers. This little treasure is evidence of the cultural diversity and natural beauty Vietnam has to offer. Let MOTOGO Tours discover this amazing location.

Introduction to Suoi Thau Grassland in Ha Giang

Suoi Thau Grassland is renowned as the most beautiful prairie in Ha Giang Province. Often compared to the splendor of Europe, its breathtaking landscape has given it the loving moniker “the Swiss prairie in the heart of Ha Giang.” Travelers visiting Suoi Thau experience complete immersion in nature surrounded by rich grass, wide sky, and soft clouds.

Suoi Thau, tucked away at the brink of the Bac Ha Plateau, is roughly five kilometers from Coc Pai Town in Xin Man District. This location has grown in popularity among Ha Giang visitors recently, attracting numerous adventure seekers. Suoi Thau, which rises 1,200 meters above sea level, has an absolutely magnificent raw, rustic beauty.

Covering more than 90 hectares, Suoi Thau enthralls guests with its wide, wild terrain, full of artistic appeal. Here visitors may enjoy the tall sa moc trees rising straight into the heavens across the vast grassland or the vivid green and golden areas of rice and corn fields maintained by nearby ethnic groups.

Furthermore appealing are Suoi Thau’s people for their friendliness and warmth. The local people’s conventional cultural values abound in this location. Making use of its natural advantages, work is under progress to realize Suoi Thau’s tourist potential in order to draw guests from both national and foreign origins.

Direction Guide to Suoi Thau Grassland

Starting from Hanoi, visitors must first reach Ha Giang City then keep on Suoi Thau Grassland. Though there are several ways to get there, most people choose sleeper buses and motorbikes.

Sleeper Bus

For guests of Ha Giang, the sleeper bus is among the most often used kind of transportation. By bus, the approximately 600-kilometer trip from Hanoi to Ha Giang takes six to seven hours. Apart from its economy, this choice guarantees passenger comfort and safety.

From My Dinh to Ha Giang, several respectable bus companies run services including Bang Phan, Quang Nghi, Cau Me,… providing dependable and premium transportation. About 250,000 to 550,000 VND each person, a one-way ticket from My Dinh to Ha Giang guarantees a safe and timely arrival.

Arriving at the Ha Giang bus terminal, guests may hire a motorbike or taxi, or join Ha Giang Motorbike Tours to get to their next stops. About 150 kilometres west of Ha Giang City is Suoi Thau Grassland. Although the path may be small and meandering with steep hills, the breathtaking vistas along will undoubtedly thrill. Ha Giang Loop Tours is one of guided tours you can pick to improve your experience. They will give a whole picture of this place.

The Ha Giang travel guide says the path starts in Ha Giang City, then follows National Route 2 to the Tan Quang junction. After that, visitors will arrive in Quang Vinh Town in Hoang Su Phi and then continue for Coc Pai Town in Xin Man District. Following a protracted 6-kilometer mountain crossing from Coc Pai Town to Suoi Thau village, you find before you a large grassland spanning hundreds of hectares.

Ha Giang today offers many rental companies for motorbikes. Well adapted for the mountainous terrain, manual and semi-automatic bikes for rent are the two primary varieties. It’s reasonably priced since rental rates vary from 150,000 to 200,000 VND each bike every day.

Motorbike

Adventure seekers can ride their motorbikes from Hanoi to Ha Giang. Once there, your reliable steed allows you to see several tourist destinations. Riding a motorbike provides ease and lets you stop anywhere to record lifelong memories on the stunning but difficult mountain paths of Ha Giang. But the lengthy ride can be exhausting, so it’s important to be in good health and have strong riding ability to guarantee safety all along the way.

Best Time to Visit Suoi Thau Grassland

Every season turns Suoi Thau Grassland into a quite remarkable scene. Visitors can so savor its splendor at any time of year. Cherry blossoms bursting in vivid pink greet the new year, and in spring the atmosphere is energetic and happy as the local people welcome it. The brilliant pink cherry trees create a lovely backdrop throughout Suoi Thau during this period. Delightful white ban and plum blossoms, scattered among the blossoming cherries, delight all those who see them.

The grassland is a rich green as summer arrives; rice and corn farms abound on the hillsides, offering a cool break from the heat. As rice terraces prepare for harvest in fall, the grassland gains a golden tone. Every guest of the golden rice fields experiences familiarity, kindness, and peace. The delicious aroma of ripe rice permeating the surroundings accentuates the refreshment even more.

The huge buckwheat flower fields start to bloom in winter. Suoi Thau gains a distinctive hue from the little pink-purple blossoms softly swinging in the breeze. Visitors can also appreciate fields of flowering yellow mustard flowers toward the end of winter, so boosting the beauty of the grassland.

What to Explore at Suoi Thau Grassland?

The great expanse of grassland Suoi Thau is prized since it allows the beauty of nature to combine under a large blue sky with peaceful appeal and grandiels. Visitors also can explore the rich cultural legacy of the nearby ethnic groups.

Majestic and Poetic Beauty

Although Ha Giang’s many twisting mountain passes must be negotiated on the path to Suoi Thau, arriving there surprises one pleasantly. Rising up from the sea of clouds are the jagged cliffs of Pa Vay Su and the settlements of Thu Ta, Ta Nhiu, and Coc Re. Especially on bright days, guests might even see bits of Lao Cai and Bac Ha.

Entering Suoi Thau, everyone will be mesmerized by the vivid and charming surroundings. The huge grassland, with its rich green meadows and areas of high sa moc trees, produces an amazing, alive tapestry of nature.

Usually growing basic crops like rice, corn, and medicinal herbs, Suoi Thau residents also tend to Apart from that, the location boasts mild river meandering across the grassland and productive orchards. Locals plant famous Ha Giang flowers, such buckwheat and mustard, which provide vivid colors to the scene and supply food during harvest season.

Many photographers have been motivated to come and release their imagination by the wide landscape, full of vegetation and blossoms. Early risers can see the mountains covered in a sea of clouds and catch the first warm morning sun ray. Suoi Thau’s amazing twilight vistas enthralls many people at dusk.

Discovering the Simple Life of Local People

From the top of Suoi Thau, guests may view traditional clay homes next to the friendly, industrious local people wearing vibrant H’Mong clothing. As they work daily in the fields, the residents represent diligence. This is only the start of an interesting journey that will help visitors to better appreciate the country and its people.

Suoi Thau is filled with the friendly sounds of Mông ladies calling one another to the fields beside the happy tweeting of birds ringing throughout the trees in the morning. From the young men of the hamlet, you can also hear the sounds of metalworking and wood carving; children laughing and chatting while playing together or distributing goodies.

The H’Mong ethnic people kindly and sincerely welcome visitors to Suoi Thau. They might treat you to legendary Ha Giang dishes and provide you lodging. Gathering over a warm dinner, sharing drinks, and swapping stories, they welcome guests as family and help everyone to feel at home.

Admiring the Blooming Buckwheat Fields

There are amazing stretches of buckwheat blossoms in Suoi Thau. Early October, when the buckwheat starts to bloom, the small white blossoms softly in the breeze. The scene is even more stunning by mid-November when one sees the buckwheat fields in full bloom. The petals turn light pink at this point, showing out brilliantly against the vast green grassland.

Each person’s entrance to the buckwheat flower garden runs 20,000 VND. Visitors can pick the ideal angles for their pictures, freely enjoy the blossoms, and strike poses. Still, since the residents eat these flowers, it is not allowed to pick or pluck them while on tour. The flower fields also include lovely wooden seesaws and swings, which let guests have an original experience.

Suoi Thau Grassland is more than just a beautiful destination; it’s a place where nature and culture coexist harmoniously. Suoi Thau guarantees an enchanting experience whether your trip is through the fields, interacting with nearby villages, or just appreciating the scenery. Why then wait? Prepare your bags and find Ha Giang’s hidden jewel!

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