Lai Chau
Tây Bắc
The pass winding between green hills · Dương Nhân · Pexels License
A wild frontier region with O Quy Ho, one of the four great passes, the Sin Suoi Ho community tourism village and soaring peaks.
Lai Chau is a northwestern border province that still keeps its wild, magnificent character, with high mountain ranges and ethnic minority villages. Here lies O Quy Ho Pass — one of the four great passes — the green, clean and beautiful Hmong village of Sin Suoi Ho, and the peaks of Pu Ta Leng and Bach Moc Luong Tu that draw mountaineers. The cultures of the Thai, Hmong, Dao and Ha Nhi, with their markets and distinctive festivals, give this frontier land its own special appeal.
Best time to visit: September to April
Local specialties
- Lam nho
- Ash-roasted goby fish
- Purple sticky rice
- Sung Phai corn wine
Places (3)
O Quy Ho Pass
One of the four great passes of the northwest, a spectacular cloud-covered road linking Lai Chau and Sa Pa over the Hoang Lien Son range.
Sin Suoi Ho Village
A clean, beautiful Hmong village amid the mountains of Lai Chau, famous for community tourism, wild orchids and Heart Waterfall.
Pu Ta Leng
Vietnam's third-highest peak at 3,049m, famous for ancient rhododendron forest in bloom each March.