LAI CHAU-Colorful azalea flowers are blooming brightly on the top of Pu Ta Leng, creating a "fairy-tale-like" scene, attracting trekkers.
Pu Ta Leng peak, in the Hoang Lien Son range, is located in Tam Duong district, about 20 km from Lai Chau city. Pu Ta Leng is 3.049 m high, the third highest mountain peak discovered in Vietnam, after Fansipan (3.143 m, Lao Cai) and Pu Si Lung (3.083 m, Lai Chau), according to Lai Chau province's electronic information portal.
The road to Pu Ta Leng peak from Si Thau Chai village is where you can see the most blooming azalea forest. This route is more difficult than the route from Ho Thau village or Ta Leng village, but more beautiful.
In addition to the characteristics of a dense forest with many ancient trees and a low forest floor rich in bamboo and cardamom, this place also attracts mountain climbing enthusiasts when in March and April every year, colorful rhododendron trees appear on the upper floors. Tall forests are blooming.
Photographer Tran Thuong (Meo Gia), 42 years old, in Hanoi, is passionate about travel and exploration, conquering Pu Ta Leng peak in mid-March when azalea flowers are in their most brilliant season.
He said climbing to the top was not easy because of many steep terrain and 30km up and down distance, but the reward was completely worth it when "witnessing a beautiful fairy-tale scene".
Up to an altitude of about 2.900 m, visitors seem to be lost in a fairyland. Climbers call this the "Northwestern Azalea Capital" or "Pu Ta Leng Fairy Garden" because it gathers many tall, spreading trees and beautiful flowers.
Pu Ta Leng peak has about 30 different species of flowers, all kinds of red, pink, yellow, and white flowers blooming alternately. There are azalea trees that are hundreds of years old, with large, rough trunks, some growing on cliffs.
Rhododendron flowers are found in many Northwestern forests such as Yen Bai and Lao Cai, but Pu Ta Leng is one of the mountain peaks with the most flowers. In some areas, visitors will be able to watch flowers bloom and walk under the forest canopy with falling azalea petals.
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