Many people just know that Y Ty is a highland commune in northwest Vietnam, which is covered by clouds all year round with steep and zigzag roads. However, only those who do not hesitate to come to Y Ty will know how beautiful and majestic this place is.
Because it has a special beauty that nowhere else has, this place is an attractive destination for people who like backpacking to hunt clouds and exploring amazing landscapes.
Y Ty – A strange beauty of Northwest
Y Ty, one of the poorest communes in Lao Cai province’s Bat Xat district has become an attractive tourism destination in recent years due to its natural beauty. It is far 60km from Sapa city.
At a height of 2000 meters, this place is covered by clouds all year round. This place is known as a “misty land” has the most beautiful terraced rice fields and H’Mong’s architecture houses. Small houses of ethnic people with pyramidal roofs make it strange and special.
The road to Y Ty is the zigzag slopes, two sides of the road are the terraced fields which are more beautiful than the painting. There are many ethnic living in there such as: Mong, Dao, Giay, Ha Nhi … Travelling to Y Ty, travelers will be amazed with spectacular scenery with clouds, mountains, jungle, and rice fields. And zigzag roads and dangerous slopes are the attraction for travelers who want to conquer this beautiful place.
The ideal destination to hunt clouds
The words “hunting clouds” are too familiar when visitors travel to Sapa. And Y Ty becomes the ideal place to admire sea of clouds in Lao Cai. Y Ty is no longer a strange name because this place is like a heaven of clouds. Clouds cover the mountains, on the terraced fields, and beautiful roads. Along the way coming to this beautiful place, visitors can stop to looking at the clouds drifting on their heads, touch sea of clouds, and admire breathtaking views of mountains from above…
Because of its isolation from other places and located deep in the mountains and covered by the clouds all year, it is given a strange beauty that once arrived there, everyone is like lost in a different world.
Colorful terraced fields
It has become famous for its unique terraced fields made by the ethnic minority group. Traveling this beautiful place any season of the year, visitors also see the terraced fields have different charismatic beauty. From above, the scene of Y Ty can not be expressed in words. The colorful terraced fields which are made from people have a beauty of paradise.
In the season of the young rice plants, the villages of Y Ty are harmony in the green of young rice plants. The lively beauty makes this place become warmer ever.
The golden rice season covered the place in a brilliant yellow. Every step of golden terraced rice fields is a way to lead heaven. Beautiful fields that amazingly fit the valley curves and high mountain slopes create for Y Ty wonderful autumn…
The water pouring season is also the new rice season. It is always a vivid picture of the North West villages. The girls of ethnic group Mong, Dao, Ha Nhi …are busy to transplant rice, children play on the flooded fields. Life of Y Ty suddenly becomes more lively and landscapes are more wonderful.
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Magical beauty in pouring water season
Coming to Y Ty in pouring water season ( about from May to June), everyone will be surprised by the beautiful terraced fields. In the summer, when water flooded the fields, ethnic people started to make be shore and prepare for a new rice season. Each step of terraced fields has a different color which creates flexible curves. Y Ty is in pouring water season as a fanciful picture, which is a subject full of artistic inspiration.
Only two words can be described: Excellent!
Terraced fields beautifully make up the place in which tourists themselves can witness the transplanting of seedlings called “pouring water season” every May and seeing the whole area turn to green after. The higher visitors stand, the more spectacular scenery that they can shoot and contemplate.
Enjoying peach blossom, plum blossom
Traveling Y Ty to enjoy the cold in the highland, admire the peach blossom, plum blossom in the spring are great experiences. If visitors fall in love with the scenery of the mountains in Northwest, let’s travel Y Ty in order to enjoy this special beauty. Not only this place has paradise of clouds, the majesty of mountains, the beautiful terraced fields … This place is also very romantic and warm when spring comes.
In addition, coming to Y Ty, visitors also learn about the cultural life of ethnic groups. Especially, in June lunar, visitors will participate in many festivals of the Ha Nhi ethnic group: ” Kho Gia Gia” festival, ” Covering blanket” festival…
Being famous for the beauty of both nature and people, it is an ideal and untouched destination for cultural exploration and nature-friendly vacation.