10-05-2019 bởi Pham Tsuki

Visiting Xuan Son National Park – Phu Tho

A hot summer is coming and you have not found any destinations for travelling on short weekends, have you? Xuan Son National Park in Phu Tho shall be the best choice!

Xuan
Son National Park is located in the last mountain of the majestic Hoang Lien
Son mountain range. It is going to become an ideal destination for you to both
enjoy the charming scenery and discover the unique culture.


1. Location and route to Xuan Son National Park

About 130km from Hanoi
and only 80km from Viet Tri city, Xuan Son National Park is located in Xuan Son
commune, Tan Son district, Phu Tho province. With an area of ​​up to 15,000 hectares,
it ranks 12th among the 15 largest national parks in Vietnam. The main terrain
of this national park is pristine limestone mountains.





Starting from Hanoi,
if traveling by motorbike, you follow this route: Thang Long Avenue -
Crossroads of provincial road 419 - Thang Long Avenue - Road 419 - Highway 32 -
Road 32 Lac Tri - Phung Khac Khoan - Road 32 - Trung Ha Bridge (Da River) to
Dao Xa Road - Road 316 Thanh Son - Highway 32 - Road 32 Dich Qua - Van Luong Commune
- Minh Dai Commune - Xuan Son National Park.

If you go by bus, you
can take a bus to Tan Son - Phu Tho at My Dinh bus station with the fare of
about 50,000 VND/person. From Tan Son bus station, you will call for a taxi
or motorbike taxi to reach Xuan Son National Park.

2. Where to rest when coming to Xuan Son National Park?



Coming to Xuan Son
National Park, you can ask local people for homestay service that give you a
chance to learn about the culture of Muong people. Xuan Son and Xuan Lam Homestay
would be an ideal choice. At Xuan Son homestay, the room rate is 250,000 VND/night
with 1 twin bed, 1 single bed. If traveling in large groups, you should rent an
8 person room for 400,000 VND/night and an additional 50,000 VND/person, with this
room, you can stay up to 12 people. Room for group of 20 is 800,000 VND/night.

3. Explore Xuan Son National Park


Road to Xuan Son National Park - Phu Tho

Coming to Xuan Son
National Park, you shall have chance to enjoy a poetic and lyrical landscape.
You should visit in the morning because the weather is quite cool at this time
and on sunny days. A day in the national park is full of four seasons, cool
like spring in the early morning, sunny like summer at noon, and warm like
autumn in the afternoon and cold like winter in the evening.



Xuan Son National Park
has many unique natural landscapes with a garden complex with 3 mountain peaks
higher than 1000m above the sea level: Voi Mountain, Ten Mountain and Can
Mountain. It also has a system of hundreds of caves and rivers such as Thang
stream and Lap stream. From these rivers and streams, waterfalls of more than
50m high have been created, covering the rock holes and mysterious caves.
Coming here, you shall get surprised many times by the diverse beauty of
nature.


Lyrical landscape in Xuan Son National Park

The system of caves
stretching nearly ten kilometers will surprise you with Lang, Lun, Na, Tho Than
caves. Tickets to enter here are 10,000 - 20,000 VND/person. There are caves
that are covered by rocks, there are caves full of gravel, other caves are full
of water or clay. The diversity of cave structure creates a unique feature of
the terrain that makes you remember forever.

Immerse yourself in
the cool water of small streams or conquer Chin Tang waterfall, Ngoc waterfall
to admire the majestic beauty of pristine forest and also an unforgettable
experience on the journey to discover Xuan Son National Park. – Phu Tho. From
the moment you step into Xuan Son National Park, you will feel the fresh air of
the mountain and forest.


Star sky at night of Xuan Son National Park



With the topography of
limestone mountain and tropical forests, the ecosystem in Xuan Son National
Park is extremely rich. You can find rare animals and plants that are being
preserved here. The national park is a watershed protection area of ​​the Bua
river, which provides water for people living around. With these advantages,
Xuan Son National Park is developing in ecotourism and preserving culture and
history.


Outstanding
Trang Nguyen flowers in Xuan Son National Park

4.
Explore the unique ethnic culture





After enjoying the natural scenery at Xuan Son
National Park, you can visit the surrounding villages such as Coc, Ban Lang, Du
... village, here you learn about culture and simple life of local people as
wel as unique customs and practice, Xoe and Dam Duong dances. Together with local
people, you shall participate in a lot of interesting activities such as knitting utensils, brocade weaving, picking leaves of
medicinal herbs and alcohol fermenting or fishing. Do not forget to discover special foods in Xuan Son
National Park with wild boar meat, wild bamboo shoot ... Before leaving Xuan Son National Park, do not forget to take a walk around the market to
buy local products such as herbal plants, medicinal plants, brocades ...


A corner of Xuan Son National Park



The pristine natural scenery with a cool stream
in the vast forest makes you feel extremely comfortable, forgetting all the
troubles in your daily life. With its rich biodiversity and landscapes, Xuan
Son National Park is becoming an ideal ecotourism destination if you want to
rest on short weekends.