Mu Cang Chai
A highland district in Yen Bai, known for rice terraces stretching across whole hillsides.
Set above 1,000 m at the foot of the Hoang Lien Son range, Mu Cang Chai is known for terraces cut into the slopes by Hmong families over generations. They are at their best when the fields are flooded around May and June, and again when the rice ripens in September and October.
- Coordinates
- 21.8500, 104.1000
- Places
- 4
Places
Attractions
Che Cu Nha Village
A Hmong village on the hillside, where hemp weaving and indigo dyeing are still practised.
Nature
Khau Pha Pass
One of the north-west's four great passes, some 30 km through forest and terraced fields.
Mam Xoi Hill
The round hill among the La Pan Tan terraces, and the image most associated with Mu Cang Chai.
La Pan Tan Rice Terraces
A nationally listed landscape of terraced fields, at their best when the rice ripens.
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