Mau Son Lang Son tourism attracts tourists by its beauty, which is likened to the “sleeping princess” of the Northeast region of Vietnam. If you are also planning to go here, but do not know when to go, what to do, what to eat, please refer to the complete Mau Son Lang Son travel experience below!
Mau Son Mountain: The roof of northeastern Vietnam
- Mau Son Lang Son is a massive mountain range stretching across 3 communes in the Northeast region of Vietnam: Cong Son, Mau Son of Cao Loc district, and Mau Son commune of Loc Binh district.
- About 30km east of Lang Son city center.
- The total area of the mountain range exceeds 10,000 hectares.
- Including 80 large and small mountains with different heights (800 – 1,000m).
- The highest peak is Cong Son mountain (Phia Po), with an altitude of about 1,500m above sea level.
With such terrain features, Mau Son mountain is known as the roof of northeastern Vietnam. Not only attractive by the majestic wild natural scenery, this place also makes visitors curious by the extremely diverse and rich ecosystem. Currently, Mau Son has about 5,000ha of dense forest, in which there are many precious trees and many rare animals living.
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Top attractions on Mau Son mountain
Mau Son Mountain borders China. There are intriguing tourist destinations here, suitable for exploring the unique culture and life of local people. Tourist destinations in Mau Son are not too far from each other, so visitors can travel in a day.
Long Dau Stream – Beautiful scenery of Mau Son Lang Son
What is there to do in Mau Son? Mau Son tourism has Long Dau Stream, one of the scenic spots with the gentle and peaceful beauty of Lang Son province. Long Dau Stream is about 10km long, flowing in two areas of Mau Son commune and Yen Khoi commune, Loc Binh district. This is a stream originating from Mau Son mountain range with an altitude of over 1,000m, flowing in the North-South direction. The stream bed is narrow and steep, creating many majestic waterfalls and rapids.
Dao ethnic village with rich cultural identity
Mau Son Lang Son tourist area is a place to preserve the pure and diverse cultural values of the Dao, Tay, and Nung ethnic groups. In which, the Dao ethnic group accounts for 98% of the population in the area. When traveling to Mau Son, remember to visit Khuoi Cap village, a long-standing residence of the Dao ethnic group, to immerse yourself in the unique customs, habits, and culture that have been preserved intact until now.
Mau Son ancient spiritual land
The ancient spiritual land is a tourist destination in Lang Son, a place to worship the Mau Son mountain god of the ancient Tay people. The road to get here is just a trail, so it will take a lot of time to travel. The ancient spiritual land is located on the steep mountainside of Mau Son range, Lap Pia village, Mau Son commune. The sacred mountain is a place that attracts archaeological researchers, pilgrims and tourists to visit and learn about spiritual and cultural values.
Phat Chi Mountain
Phat Chi Mountain is one of the three highest and largest mountains among the natural stones in the southwest of Mau Son. The mountain is a sacred place for the worship of gods, with many mysterious stories passed down by the Dao people, transferred in poems, written in books, and used in ceremonies for their clans and ancestors.
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When is the best time to visit Mau Son mountain?
The climate in Mau Son mountain is divided into two distinct seasons: winter and summer. Winter lasts from November to March of the following year, with an average temperature of about 7 – 13 degrees Celsius. Summer lasts from April to October, with heavy rain, with an average temperature of 16 – 17 degrees Celsius.
- April – May: This is the time when local people are plowing the land and planting rice on terraced fields. Summer tourism in Mau Son is the right time for activities such as bathing in streams and waterfalls, camping in the forest, or taking virtual photos with beautiful hydrangeas.
- July – August: At this time, the terraced fields of Mau Son are dyed a golden color of heavy ripe rice, creating an extremely unique and impressive natural picture.
- September – October: During the period from September to October every year, Mau Son’s weather is extremely pleasant, always cool, and very suitable for relaxation and travel with friends and family.
- December – January: If you are curious to see the mountain scenery on icy, snowy days, then travel to Mau Son in winter! Around January, the temperature in Mau Son drops to minus levels, so frost often appears. Such frost is an interesting natural phenomenon in Vietnam that receives much attention from tourists from all over the world.
The best time to visit Mau Son Mountain depends on the preferences of the visitors. If you like cold air, you can visit Mau Son Mountain in winter. But if you want to enjoy the natural scenery, summer is suitable. Each season brings its own beauty to Mau Son Mountain.
Local cuisine and specialties to try
When discussing the specialties of Mau Son, we must highlight dishes such as roasted suckling pig with mac mat, salmon, grilled six-spurred chicken, and fragrant frog. These dishes are both delicious and nutritious and especially suitable to enjoy in the typical cold weather of Mau Son mountains and forests.
Roast Suckling Pig with Mac Mat Leaves (Lon quay mac mat)
Roasted suckling pig with mac mat leaves is a special dish that is elaborately prepared and has a very unique flavor of Lang Son. The suckling pig is roasted whole for about 2–3 hours, with beautiful brown skin, firm, sweet pork, and the characteristic rich flavor of MacMat.
Mau Son Salmon
The climate and water resources in Mau Son Lang Son tourist area are very suitable for raising salmon or sturgeon. The quality of salmon here is not inferior to any type of salmon consumed in Vietnam. Mau Son salmon has high nutritional content, fresh, delicious fish meat, beautiful color, is an attractive dish that tourists should try when coming to Mau Son.
Mau Son mountain frog
Mau Son frog is a rare species of frog that lives in the mountainous forest of this mountain. Mau Son mountain frog or “Tong Keng” can be prepared in many different ways, but the most special is fried fragrant frog. Fried fragrant frog occupies the most important position on the drinking table in Mau Son, because this cuisine is the “king” of Mau Son cuisine.
Honey-grilled chicken
Honey-grilled chicken is not a strange dish, but grilled chicken in Mau Son tourist area, Lang Son is more attractive because the ingredient used is the six-spurred chicken breed. The six-spurred chicken is raised by local people to roam freely, so the meat is firmer and more fragrant than the chicken breeds in the lowlands. After being marinated, the chickens will be grilled whole on a charcoal stove, with a little wild honey added to make the outer skin beautiful, rich, and fragrant.
Mau Son wine
Mau Son wine is as clear as spring water, rich in flavor, not too spicy but mild, with the characteristic flavor of leaves and roots of medicinal plants in the mountains of Lang Son. Mau Son wine is distilled by the Dao ethnic people living on Mau Son peak using traditional methods passed down from generation to generation, so anyone who has tasted it once will never forget it.
Travel tips for visiting Mau Son mountain
With mountainous terrain that is difficult to travel, you should limit your visit to Mau Son on stormy days. If you go to the Mau Son tourist area to see the snow, you should go early because there are often traffic jams here. The road to Mau Son is sometimes quite slippery. If you are not a good driver, ask your friends to take you or rent a car.
Through the above article, Lily’s Travel has shared with you some information about the landscape and experience of visiting the majestic and beautiful Mau Son tourist area of Lang Son. If you are excited about this destination, then do not hesitate to schedule your trip right away, Lily’s Travel always has countless incentives to help you hunt for air tickets at good prices. Please contact Lily’s Travel to book tickets or get more advice. In addition, we also provide tours to famous locations such as Ha Long, Phu Quoc, Sapa… with many attractive schedules, suitable for many types of tourists.
