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Dong Lam steppe ‘changes new clothes’ in floating season, beautiful like a fairy
About 120km from Hanoi, Dong Lam (Huu Lung, Lang Son) is an ideal place for a gentle picnic on weekends.
Panoramic view of Dong Lam steppe in the floating season, which is likened to Ha Long on land
The Dong Lam plateau is known as a new place on the tourist map of North Vietnam. This place possesses poetic and charming beauty with green grass, and a clear lake, surrounded by majestic rocky cliffs.
Dong Lam belongs to Huu Lien commune, Huu Lung district, Lang Son province. With an area of about 100 hectares, this place was once likened to the Mongolia or Vietnam.
Dong Lam is not too far from Hanoi, only about 120km to the north. Visitors can ride motorbikes along National Highway 1A or take a car in the direction of the Hanoi – Lang Son highway. The road to Huu Lien is quite beautiful, and flat, depending on the vehicle or motorbike, it will take visitors about 2-3 hours to get to Huu Lien commune. From the center of Huu Lien commune, it takes about 3km to reach the Dong Lam steppe.
Anh Hung Vi (born in 1993), a local photographer, shared that there are two most beautiful seasons in Dong Lam, which are the floating season and the dry season. Dong Lam is only flooded after days of continuous heavy rain and a lot of water from upstream.
Usually, this phenomenon will start in March, the showers pour down causing the water level in the steppe to gradually rise, changing day by day. The low grass is gradually flooded until the whole steppe is flooded with water, leaving only a few high grass fields and large trees halfway submerged, creating a completely new Dong Lam.
Normally, the flood season in Dong Lam is from July to September, and the dry season is from January to March
The floating season in Dong Lam is not long, depending on the weather conditions, the water goes up or down quickly or slowly, maybe only a few days, maybe 2-to 3 weeks, the Dong Lam steppe will run out of water. Therefore, in order to be able to admire the poetic beauty of the steppe during the floating season, visitors must take advantage of time and contact local people to capture information.
The water here is blue, and clear, you can see the vegetation below
Dong Lam, when the water rises, looks very majestic, the large mounds suddenly turn into a small island, below is blue water, and above is a system of limestone mountains. At this time, visitors can go rafting around the valley to see the beauty of Dong Lam.
Đến đây du khách có thể hít thở bầu không khí trong lành, tận hưởng sự bình yên
Cattle are grazing freely
In the dry season, Dong Lam is back to a true steppe covered with verdant green lawns with large herds of horses and buffaloes grazing.
Visitors coming here to experience often organize camping to grill food, take pictures, ride horses, play games such as soccer, kite flying…, or simply walk around a savannah to explore. look at the vast grass to open your eyes and breathe in the fresh air.
This is a suitable place for tourists to have fun, enjoy the scenery, and organize outdoor activities
Coming here, visitors feel like they are in harmony with nature
Besides, when visiting Dong Lam, visitors can combine sightseeing and photography with the conjugal tree next to the dam bank with blue, clear water, seeing both schools of fish and vegetation below. , or experience kayaking on Nong Used Lake with blue water all year round.
The spousal tree by the blue wharf, here visitors can take pictures, fish, rest, and immerse themselves in nature.
Because the trunk of the tree is divided into two branches, but still tightly intertwined, the locals have given it the name “wife tree”. This is also a favorite place of tourists when visiting Huu Lien green steppe
Locally, there are also beautiful seasonal flower and fruit gardens. Plum flowers in Dong Lam usually bloom from the end of January to the end of February. At this time, the whole steppe is immersed in pure and poetic white.
Lang Son cuisine is also a cultural feature worth experiencing.
The specialties you should try when coming to Dong Lam are Lang Son roast pork, Lang Son roast duck, grilled chicken with honey, grilled spring rolls, pork ribs, black Chung cake, pumpkin cake, black jelly…
Dong Lam is in the very beautiful water season. This event will not take long, so visitors can arrange a time to experience the floating season of Dong Lam steppe right now.
Dong Lam steppe ‘changes new clothes’ in floating season, beautiful like a fairy
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