Mu Cang Chai Vietnam

Mu Cang Chai in Yen Bai Province is home to the most spectacular rice terraces in Vietnam. The best times to visit the rice terraces are when they are flooded with water during the rice planting season in late May-early June, and when the rice turns into golden yellow colors in September and early October. Mu Cang Chai is 300km northwest of Hanoi. Let’s find out how to travel to Mu Cang Chai from Hanoi and the means of transportation available between these two destinations.

Mu Cang Chai is located to the northwestern corner of Yen Bai Province, in the far Northwest of Vietnam. The land is famous for amazing rice terraces on high mountains slopes most of which are on 1,000m above sea level.

It had been autumn in North Vietnam for a while and I had been pinned down by piles of work. It was about the end of September that I could escape from the office for a few days. Northern Vietnam had enjoyed an autumn among the most beautiful in my life. A spell of winter monsoon earlier than usual had made the temperatures much more pleasant. Everyday it was breezy and pleasant sunshine. It was a perfect combination for an escape holiday from Hanoi.

Mu Cang Chai in Yen Bai Vietnam is famed for the majestic rice terraces. Carefully planning a tour to Vietnam and Mu Cang Chai for photography, you may like to know how is the weather and climate in Mu Cang Chai during the rice season. Are there a lot of rains and floods in Mu Cang Chai in the time the rice turns into golden colors? Are the rice terraces all flooded and is it not possible to take impressive photographs of them in their best colors?

Autumn in northern Vietnam arrives with brisk morning, gentle breezes all day and refreshingly chilly afternoon and evening. Sunlight is just pleasantly warm enough to make the yellowish color of the landscape more memorable. Autumn is when you want to lie in bed forever awakening to each fresh morning…