Trekking tour to
Ho Village draws discovery lovers
It takes
about seven hours to walk to the Ho Village; therefore,
tourists have to set off in the early morning.
The village, whose centre is Ban Den hamlet, is
a meeting point of Muong Hoa and La Ve Springs.
It has become an attractive destination for tourists,
particularly foreigners.
Unlike the Muong
Hoa Spring that brings water to tens of villages
where it crosses, the La Ve Spring flows directly
to the Ho Village from the high mountain. Perhaps,
due to the reason, the La Ve Spring looks more
beautiful, secret and transparent than the Muong
Hoa.
It is tremendous
to swim in the very cool stream flowing out of
the rock mountain in the middle of the vast green
colour of forests. Not only the La Ve Spring,
has the nature given the Ho Village a series of
waterfalls such as Ca Nhay (Fish Jumping) and
Seo Trung Ho. The Seo Trung Ho Waterfall, over
100m high, looks like a white silk strip crossing
halfway down the mountain.
Travelling to
the Ho Village is not appropriate for those without
ambitions of discovery or strong legs because
it is really challenging to overcome kilometres
of mountain and hill paths.
Ho villagers
mainly belong to the Tay ethnic minority group,
whose lifestyles are quite similar to the Kinh
(Viet) people. However, they live in stilted houses.
The homestay tours
have been attractions of the Ho Village. About
30 large and pretty stilt houses in the Ban Den
hamlet are used to serve tourists. It costs a
tourist only a dollar and a half to stay overnight
in the stilt house.
Tourists have
a chance to enjoy ethnic speciality dishes, fire
dances and alcohol made of sticky rice or maize
and will be waken up by wild birds to start a
new discovery.