MUONG LONG TRAVEL HANDBOOK

Muong Long, a highland commune in Ky Son district, Nghe An province, is becoming an attractive destination with its pristine beauty, cool climate, and unique cultural identity of the Hmong ethnic people. If you are planning to explore this “Sapa of Nghe An,” let’s explore the detailed Muong Long travel guide below

1️⃣. Distance:

• ✔From Vinh City to Muong Long: 260 km

2️⃣. Transportation:

• ✔Private car
• ✔Tourist contract car (7, 16, 29 seats)
• ✔Public bus

3️⃣. Dining:

• ✔In Muong Long, specialties include upland sticky rice, local clean vegetables, black chicken, pork, beef, precious medicinal herbs: Puxailaileng ginseng, North Yunnan notoginseng, monk fruit, red fleeceflower root, etc. All are delicious and clean.

4️⃣. Accommodation:

• Muong Long has homestays of the Hmong people. Room rate is 100,000 VND/person/night. And Muong Long Eco Garden is also one of the resorts with many excellent beautiful views.
• Currently homestays are able to serve guests: Vu Tong Po, Lau Y Zenh, Mo Zenh.

5️⃣. Sightseeing:

• ✔The route from Muong Xen town to Muong Long is already an extremely interesting sightseeing and experience journey with mountains, forests, clouds, wind, and beautiful cloud hunting roads.

• ✔Main points:

  • Check-in Muong Long Heaven Gate
  • Check-in Muong Long Dragon Waterfall “note summer”
  • Check-in plum garden: Ho Chong Po’s house garden; Ho Chia Va, Xong Tong Xu (Muong Long) 2); Gia Xia Phong
  • Check in My Ly Bat Cave
  • Check in Yen Hoa Ancient Tower “20km”
  • Tea Hill of Pha Sac village.

• ✔Experiences to participate in:

  • Participate in the Muong Long market session on the 14th, 15th – 29th, 30th of each month
  • Participate in experience activities with the Hmong people such as making cakes, weaving a few,…
  • Cultural exchange with ethnic minorities.

• Note: group tours need to contact Vinh Guru to be organized.

6️⃣. Time to visit:

• Summer
  • Unlike other places in the Central region in the hot summer with sweltering Lao winds, Muong Long is like Sapa or Da Lat of Nghe An, with a cool climate all year round, with summer temperatures not exceeding 25 degrees C, and cool evenings. Especially there is Dragon Waterfall to be able to cool off.
• Winter, Spring
  • The end of the year is the best time to hunt clouds and see cherry blossoms and plum blossoms blooming brilliantly throughout the mountains and forests, no less beautiful than the scenery in the Northwest. In some years when the climate is cold, Muong Long has also had snowfall. Therefore, visitors can visit Muong Long all year round.

Hopefully the above information will help you have a full and memorable Muong Lang trip