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Mu Cang Chai is a must-visit place especially when its rice crop is ripening. This northwest highland town is known for its picturesque landscapes, ...

It stretches 1.2 kilometers between Van Chan and Mu Cang Chai districts, and enables visitors to view all of Tu Le valley and the surrounding mountains. Tourists can also take a bus from Hanoi to Nghia Lo town, and then a taxi to continue to Tram Tau District. It is around 300 kilometers from Hanoi to Mu Cang Chai. The only road to get here is Highway 32. Stilt houses and homestays are the most popular accommodation in Mu Cang Chai apart from budget hotels. There is an additional fee of VND5,000 (21 cents) per person if you visit the shack (??) and VND10,000 if you go to a rice field to take photos. Travelers cannot drive to the due to the narrow and slick road, and have to either walk there or hire locals to drive them there on motorbikes. There is a 60-year-old bamboo forest 20 kilometers from Mu Cang Chai town. At the end of December is the season for wild peaches to bloom. The motorbike-taxi fare is VND 60,000-100,000 ($2.56-4.26) for a roundtrip. Mu Cang Chai is beautiful all year round, but it is stunning during the planting and harvesting seasons (winter-spring). Visitors to Lim Mong in the harvest season in September-November will see themselves surrounded by golden rice fields on both sides of the road.