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Marvel at the Dao village next to Ha Long Bay, suitable for a family tour experience
Ky Thuong will be the ideal destination for those who want to travel to Quang Ninh this winter!
Referring to Quang Ninh, everyone can read about tourist attractions such as Ha Long Bay, Tuan Chau, or the most famous recently, Binh Lieu. However, the blue sea and white sand will be more beautiful in the summer, the borderland challenges those who like adventure. If you want to find a fresh place, more convenient to travel to experience the winter break with your family or group of friends, consider coming to Ky Thuong.
Ky Thuong is a mountainous commune, formerly belonging to Hoanh Bo district but now merged into Ho Chi Minh City. Ha Long, Quang Ninh province, about 50km northeast of the city center. Because it is located between two high mountains, this place is quite separate from the bustling life outside.
Photo: Nguyen Quan
In recent years, Ky Thuong has been developing tourism, but towards the model of community tourism, combining experiences. Thanks to that, it not only helps to keep the fresh air and the pristine and majestic beauty, but also contributes to improving the lives of the Dao ethnic people living here.
How to move?
To get to Ky Thuong, you will have to go through quite steep, winding and zigzag mountains. However, the plus point is that the concrete road is beautiful, and wide enough, as long as there is a “driver” with a firm handle on the steering wheel, it is okay to go by car or motorbike.
Photo: Am Vap Farm
If the departure point is TP. From Ho Chi Minh City, visitors can choose to fly to Noi Bai (Hanoi) or Van Don (Quang Ninh). From Hanoi or neighboring provinces and cities, if you want to go to Ky Thuong, you can choose to go by bus, private car or motorbike.
If you want to travel by motorbike, people often move in the direction through National Highway 17 – Highway 18 with the route TP. Bac Ninh – Dong Trieu – Uong Bi – Ha Long. By car, the fastest way is to take the 5B Hanoi – Hai Phong highway and turn at the Hai Phong – Ha Long intersection.
Photo: Nguyen Quan
At My Dinh or Nuoc Ngam bus stations, there are buses running the route Hanoi – Quang Ninh continuously during the day. Some reputable bus operators such as: Kumho Viet Thanh, Ka Long, Trung Thanh Limousine, Ha Long Travel Limousine…
Sometimes, tourists also choose to take the train from Hanoi station to Hai Phong, then rent a car to move in the direction of National Highway 10 or Dinh Vu intersection to Ha Long.
From Ha Long city, please move in the direction of DT 236, there will be directions to move to the top of Ky Thuong.
Where to stay?
Although tourism has been exploited, the accommodation service in Ky Thuong has not been replicated. Often, backpackers will ask to experience daily life like a native Dao ethnic minority.
There are also people who choose to stay at hotels around Ha Long city center and go back to Ky Thuong in the day. But for convenience, visitors should move to Khe Luong village, Ky Thuong commune and rest at Am Vap Farm. However, you should contact in advance to book a room because this place is not large in scale, with 2 houses on stilts, estimated at the same time to serve about 40 tourists with resort needs.
Photo: Am Vap Farm
Photo: Am Vap Farm
Experience in Ky Thuong
Downhill, hunting clouds
As mentioned from the beginning, Ky Thuong is located in the highest place in the city. Ha Long. So, even in the process of moving, visitors can not only enjoy the mountains but also see the sea view from the Bai Chay bridge. The bends, passes or each patch of forest and stream here are as enchanting as the Northwest mountains of Vietnam. Therefore, if the weather “pleases people”, you can also meet the sea of clouds floating, dreaming after the fog dissipates, but the probability of hunting clouds here is not high.
Photo: @Santa Maria, @flin_meiizi, @kim_bo.tong
If you love adventure, you can also conquer the “roof” of Ky Thuong which is Thien Son peak, 1096m above sea level. Or similar peaks like Dong Tra, Deo Kinh, Khe Ru and Am Vap…
Explore the jungle
Ky Thuong is one of five communes that belong to Dong Son National Nature Reserve. This national park is known to be the habitat of more than 1000 species of plants and animals, in particular, there are many rare and endangered woody and herbaceous plants.
Particularly in the village of Khe Luong, Ky Thuong, visitors can walk and explore the green primeval bamboo forest by themselves. Not to mention, right under the feet there are many types of mushrooms that grow naturally. Parents should hire a local guide to learn together with their children about the origin of the herbs that nature bestows on the mountains and forests of Vietnam.
Photo: Am Vap Farm
Camp by the stream or on the mountain top
Not far from the bamboo forest is Am Vap Farm Ky Thuong tourist area. Officially opened from April 30 to May 1 this year, this resort model combined with community tourism has become an attractive place for guests who love to experience.
In the tourist area of about 300m2, only a small part was newly built to serve accommodation and restaurants, the rest, almost the landscape remains the same as the original. Because of that, you can sign up to borrow tables, chairs and buy food to camp with your family and enjoy in the middle of the stream. The dishes are simple, but while chatting with relatives and listening to the murmuring water, the soul will become more relaxed and happy.
Photo: An Vap Farm, @flin_meiizi
Or some families choose to set up a tent to enjoy the view right on the top of the mountain.Photo: An Vap Farm, @nghha.tran
Rowing SUP
If the “parents” are interested in rowing SUP or bathing in the stream, the children love the activity of catching snails.
Photo: Am Vap Farm
Live like a local
If you come to Ky Thuong on special occasions such as Graduation, Ban Vuong worship or Long New Year, visitors will be guided and participated by the local Dao ethnic people from preparation to the organization. On weekends, they will maintain activities such as soaking tobacco leaves, embroidery, campfire, stall dancing and singing and dancing.
Photo: Am Vap Farm
Cycling around the village
In addition, parents should rent bicycles, pass their children to breathe the fresh air of the mountains, visit every corner of the old houses of the Dao people. In particular, there are also beautiful terraced fields for you to admire without having to jostle each other on the bus to Ha Giang or Y Ty.
Photo: Am Vap Farm, Ban Kien
Local delicacies
The typical foods of mountainous areas such as hill chickens, stream snails, slot fish, Ban pig, upland taro, upland vegetables and sticky rice cooked with medicinal plants… are cultivated and exploited by the local people themselves. and processing seafood, serving the customers.
If you come to the forest bee pupae season, around August – September of the lunar calendar, visitors can also “try their luck” to pick up and enjoy rare products of the Ky Thuong mountainous area.
Photo: Am Vap Farm
Take-away specialties
You can buy upland taro, salt filling and Hoanh Bo forest honey to bring back as a gift..
The experience in Ky Thuong promises to bring you and your family unforgettable moments. However, in addition to being a resort, this place is also part of the national protected forest area, so visitors need to pay attention to “watch out for firewood” and maintain general hygiene.
Marvel at the Dao village next to Ha Long Bay, suitable for a family tour experience
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