Shimmering Bac Ha during plum blossom season

If you have the opportunity to visit Bac Ha district - Lao Cai these days, you will surely be overwhelmed and amazed by the natural scenery in this place. Bac Ha – the land known as "white plateau" with beautiful plum blossoms every spring. There are markets with rich culture of highlands, with Chay river, bumpy rock falls and rocky mountains built into a mysterious fascinating cave

The whole Bac Ha district currently has more than 1,600 hectares of fruit trees, of which Tam Hoa plums and local plums have over 1,000 hectares, which are grown in the center of the town and some communes in the commercial district. To visit Bac Ha plum blossom season, you must visit Ban Pho, Ta Chai, Na Hoi, Lau Thi Ngai, ... where the flowers bloom the most. The whole village seems to be covered by the pristine beauty of this simple but exquisite Tam Hoa plum

Observe white plum blossoms from far distance

The most suitable time within the day to photograph plum blossoms is in the morning or early afternoon. You should not go too early because dense fog will obscure your vision, while going late in the afternoon the sun will set very quickly, it is difficult to take beautiful pictures. Perhaps nothing is more wonderful than seeing the plum blossoms from high position. The villages here seem to be wearing a beautiful silk strip by endless stretch of white plum blossoms. Flowers bloom all over the valley, flowers are dyed white on the hillside, flowers blooming on even cliffs, the scene makes many tourists fall in love, don’t want to leave. Plum blossoms usually bloom in thick clusters, flowers do not grow scatterly, but often bloom fully in a valley. Pure petals embrace the golden pistil.

Coming to Bac Ha tourism, in addition to have opportunity to be immersed in magical scenery of the plum blossoms, visitors can also immerse themselves in the spring-welcoming atmosphere of ethnic minorities living here. Spring atmosphere is bustling, excited on every face, every smile of the children. The H’mong's colorful spring dresses light up the whole Bac Ha plateau, keeping footsteps of distant visitors forever.

Poetic scenery in plum blossom season.

Well-known as a "white plateau", the plum blossom season in Bac Ha has become one of the unique tourist spots to enjoy flowers, as well as attracting a lot of young people to look for, so that they can take super shimmering pictures for themselves next to this beautiful flower every spring.

Plum blossoms are not only beautiful, but also signals a good harvest for the people of Bac Ha, they are Tam Hoa plums with a rich taste that no other region has.

Minh Phuong

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