Sa Pa enters autumn, the weather is cool, even on the sacred Fansipan peak, the weather makes visitors have to wear warm clothes. In the cool autumn weather, a sea of flowers is weaving a yellow-orange painting on the roof of Indochina.
This flower symbolizing a prosperous harvest, good luck, fullness and completeness in life is also the inspiration for Sun World Fansipan Legend tourist area to organize a Single Rice Flower Festival, with a series of interesting activities and experiences, attracting thousands of visitors, especially on weekends.
The road to the roof of Indochina is filled with the color of wild flowers
Coming to Fansipan at this time, tourists are very excited when their journey of discovery is covered with the brilliant orange-red color of the carpets of single-flowered rice flowers planted in terraces, spreading across the mountain slopes from an altitude of 3000m up to the top.
August is a beautiful time for tourists to hunt clouds and sightsee.
From any angle, the orange-red color of the flowers stands out, amidst the clouds and deep green Fansipan mountains. The sea of flowers touches even the driest souls when standing amidst the vast sky and earth.
Northwest art performances create a vibrant atmosphere for Fansipan
In that space filled with orange and yellow, the 2024 Don Thoc Flower Festival is even more exciting and attractive, with a series of cultural activities and folk games bearing the unique Northwestern cultural imprint. The sea of Don Thoc flowers becomes the perfect backdrop for the flower flute dances of the H'Mong people or the joyful drum performances of the Red Dao people.
Traditional folk games of the Northwest region are held along all the roads to the top of Fansipan.
In particular, visitors were very excited to participate in the highland folk games within the framework of the festival. Right in front of Bich Van Thien Tu yard, hundreds of people, both children and adults, were having fun with the bamboo dance.
Enthusiastic tourists and ethnic people pounding rice cakes at the festival
Joining the highlanders in pounding rice cakes, blowing five-color sticky rice... tourists seem to experience the life of the people of the Northwest, simple but peaceful and joyful.
Photo of tourists happily enjoying banh giay and five-color sticky rice in the cool air of Fansipan peak
The sticky rice cakes are pounded, green beans are added, shaped into a round shape, offered to Bich Van Thien Tu, and then shared for everyone to enjoy. The fragrant, colorful sticky rice packages are wrapped in green banana leaves, given to visitors to enjoy together, in satisfaction and happiness.
Visitors can make and enjoy delicious dishes by themselves.
Mr. Duc Trung, a tourist from Thai Nguyen , shared: "I will definitely remember the feeling of pounding rice cakes at an altitude of 3,143m. I got to chat with ethnic people and eat cakes while looking at the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. In this chilly weather, there is truly nothing more wonderful."
Hoai Anh, a tourist from Hanoi, said she went to Fansipan with her friends to enjoy the summer vacation before the new school year: "Our trip was really impressive. From Hanoi to Sa Pa, it only took It took a few hours, the weather was pleasant, and I was lucky enough to catch a sea of clouds. The view from the top of Fansipan in the sea of clouds and the sea of flowers was so beautiful that no words could describe it. I think everyone should come to Fansipan once in their life to witness this beauty of the country for themselves."
Welcome the sunrise on the roof of Indochina
Fascinated by mountains and flowers, happy like a child when immersing in the Northwest folk games, enjoying the small but very attractive achievements of your own making, the 2024 Single Rice Flower Festival on Fansipan Peak is a particularly attractive August experience for those who still want to extend their summer vacation in the Northwest paradise.
During the festival, Sun World Fansipan Legend tourist area also applies a 50% discount on cable car tickets for visitors from 9 Northwestern provinces. Accordingly, people from Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc, Hoa Binh, Son La, Dien Bien and Tuyen Quang provinces can buy cable car tickets to the top of Fansipan at an extremely economical price, only 450,000 VND/ticket. Visitors only need to present identification documents proving permanent residence in the above provinces to enjoy the discount.
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