All Things to See in Mai Chau, Vietnam

 Many people concern things to see in Mai Chau Vietnam. In fact, Mai Chau is famous for many reasons to attract domestic and foreign tourists to explore and experience. Visitors coming here will be impressed by the beautiful natural scenery, charming scenery, peaceful life and unique cultural features of the ethnic groups here. Traveling to Mai Chau, visitors will have many photos of a lifetime to show off to relatives and friends.

Hereunder, Vietnam Travel Guide recommends you the list of things to see in Mai Chau Vietnam!



Thung Khe Pass

Thung Khe Pass has an altitude of about 1,000m above sea level on National Highway 6, Hoa Binh province. This place is loved by many tourists and most of them stop because from the top of Thung Khe, you can see the entire valley at the foot of the beautiful pass. This is also listed as one of the most beautiful places to see the scenery in Hoa Binh province.

Not only that, visitors to Thung Khe Pass also enjoy a lot of delicious and rustic dishes sold by the locals on the roadside such as: Lam rice with sesame, boiled corn, boiled sugarcane,... These are all meticulously processed by people, delicious and "addicted".

Lac Village

Lac village is more than 700 years old, this is one of the oldest villages in Mai Chau Hoa Binh. In Ban Lac, mainly Black Thai people live from one generation to the next, with the main occupation of upland rice cultivation and brocade weaving. Lac village is favored by nature, so it has a peaceful but no less poetic atmosphere.

For those who love nature, want to relax away from the hustle and bustle of the city, this is the ideal place to relax and experience. Currently, Lac village is very invested in tourism development to serve the needs of tourists to visit and relax, and has invested in nearly 30 spacious homestays. Visitors coming here will be attracted by the stilt houses with ancient architecture, tall, spacious and clean with all necessary items to rest such as: Blankets, pillows, cushions... tidy.

Not only that, coming to Ban Lac, visitors can walk around the village and can take pictures of items such as scarves, Thai skirts, bows, crossbows, bamboo flutes, buffalo mules, and beautiful purses. coils, gongs, horns, etc. are displayed for sale in front of the house without fear of being noticed or complaining, even if you don't buy them. This is really a place that visitors should not miss when coming to Mai Chau.

Mai Chau flagpole

Passing through the cloud-covered Thung Khe pass, visitors will be amazed with the brilliant yellow sun overhead, from the Mai Chau Flagpole you can see the whole valley from above extremely majestic with white clouds. hovering over the mountainside in the distance.

Coming to Mai Chau Flagpole, visitors will feel like they are lost in an extremely attractive fairyland. Traveling to Mai Chau, do not miss this impressive Flagpole to get many great photos.

Pom Coong Village

Pom Coong is also a famous village in the Mai Chau travel itinerary that tourists should visit. In Pom Coong village, people often live in places with rivers and streams, build their houses with their backs to the mountains and hills, and in front of the house are often vast fields, which has brought an impressive highlight to the scenery of the village.

Visitors to Pom Coong village will certainly feel comfortable and satisfied because the space is very clean from clean water sources, water works to safe and clean toilets. Not only that, the waste here is classified, stored in bins and will be treated in the most reasonable way. Therefore, coming here, visitors will be able to breathe the fresh air, experience the dream-like life, relax and be most comfortable.


Van Village

Van village is located at the foot of Pu Van mountain, only about 1km from the center of Mai Chau town, where the Thai ethnic people live. People here live mainly by livestock, wet rice cultivation, traditional occupations such as weaving, knitting, etc.

Visitors here are captivated by the wild, rustic scenery and the idyllic and hospitable people here. Coming here, you will have interesting experiences and have the opportunity to participate in folk games that are being restored locally such as throwing arrows, shooting crossbows, "single hair", tug of war, "jingling loong". …

These games are held at the beginning of the year with unique ways of playing that have contributed to enriching the daily life of the people in the village and are also one of the attractive factors to attract tourists to the village. This is a destination that any visitor to Mai Chau is interested in visiting and experiencing.

Mo Luong Cave

Mo Luong Cave is a famous tourist destination and ideal for those who are passionate about strange feelings and want to discover many mysteries. Mo Luong Cave is also known as Bo Luong by the White Thai people, about 2 km by road from Lac village and located in the Pu Kha mountain range system of Mai Chau town.

Mo Luong Cave used to be a meeting base for our army and people during the resistance war against the French. This cave consists of 4 main caves attracting visitors by the system of stalactites combined into many unique and beautiful shapes. Visitors can take advantage of taking many great pictures when coming to Mo Luong cave. In addition, the last cave in the journey to discover Mo Luong Cave, visitors can also admire an underground spring flowing into a beautiful nearby lake. All bring visitors a unique and interesting experience.

Go Lao Waterfall


Top thing to see on Mai Chau tour
- Go Lao waterfall, also known as Go Mu waterfall, is considered a beautiful waterfall located in Phuc San commune, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province. The road to Go Lao waterfall is quite arduous, but this place has a majestic and poetic natural scenery. Tourists have to go through a small winding road, there are small and folding sections, and there are quite bad sections that require the dexterity of the driver to run from Thung Khe slope (White Stone slope), down to the slopes of Ba Khan valley.  

The two sides of the road leading to the waterfall are extremely lively, eye-catching and beautiful. Visitors will be able to see the beautiful little houses of the Muong people at the foot of the mountain, the majestic and poetic Ba Khan lake and even the straight green bamboo forests.

Go Lao waterfall about 20m high is also an attractive tourist destination in Mai Chau that visitors should not miss. Visitors who come here in the high water season, the waterfall pours white streams, and sprays dust across the ravine will have interesting experiences when listening to the sound of rushing water and the sound of forest leaves calling on the way. When following the trail down to the foot of the waterfall, visitors will see one side of the soft waterfall flowing like a white silk spread on the mountainside and the other side is the immense and deep water of the hydroelectric lake.

Go Lao waterfall also has a very unique scenery with undulating rapids, clear lake surface, peaceful scenery that makes many tourists fall in love. Go Lao Waterfall in any season of the year will have its own beauty and the fresh water still winding in a white color amidst the immense green forest.

It can be said that Go Lao Waterfall is a place where the harmony between heaven and earth is created with the beautiful and peaceful scenery in the mountains. Many people here said that this waterfall is the result of the "love" of two streams, Thung Cang and Phieng Xa. This is a great check-in place for tourists as well as lovers of natural beauty that is both poetic and mysterious.

Chieu Cave

In the list of the most famous and interesting tourist attractions in Mai Chau, the name Hang Chieu cannot be missing. This is a place located on the top of the Pu Kha limestone mountain range. Every evening, the sunlight shines directly into the cave, the rays add to the splendor of the stalactites and help the cave look like a fairyland. That is also the reason that Mai Chau people gave the name Hang Chieu. This cave is quite large, the cave is quite flat and divided into two cool floors..

Visitors entering the cave will be attracted by the shimmering and fanciful stalactite forest. There are stalactites on all sides and from left to right, and from the ceiling arches, there are many unique and vivid shapes, racing to show off their splendid colors. Visitors come here feel like they are lost in a fairyland and do not forget to take many beautiful and impressive photos when coming to this place.

Pa Co Sunday Market

About 40km from Mai Chau town to the North, located between the centers of 3 communes: Hang Kia, Pa Co (Mai Chau) and Loong Luong (Moc Chau, Son La) Pa Co market – one of things to see in Mai Chau - is not only a place of exchange and trade for local people but also attract tourists.

Pa Co market only meets every Sunday but is always crowded and bustling like festivals and New Year's Day. On weekends, the H'Mong people in the highlands of Mai Chau are eager to go to the market when the fog is still thick throughout the forest and mountains. Upland fairs in general and Pa Co fairs in particular are not only traded in goods, but also are places where people in the highlands meet and interact with each other.

Visitors to this market will be able to shop for a variety of items such as pets, fabrics, brocades, agricultural tools, household appliances, electronics, music records, cosmetics, and agricultural products. ...Or watching local people exchange and chat is interesting enough. Visitors can come to Pa Co fair by motorbike or private car along Highway 6. Surely coming to this market, visitors will have memorable experiences. 

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