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Beautiful scenery of Pu Luong – Ba Thuoc – Source: https://bathuoc.thanhhoa.gov.vn/
Pu Luong Nature Reserve was established in 1999, with an area of 17,662 hectares, including 13,320 hectares of strictly protected areas and 4,343 hectares of ecological restoration areas. Pu Luong is the name of the Thai ethnic group, meaning the highest mountain peak in the region. Pu Luong is considered a nature reserve with scientific, socio-economic and eco-tourism values. Along with Pu Hu, forests in the Pu Luong area play an important role in protecting the headwaters of the Ma River in Thanh Hoa province.
About 130 km northwest of Thanh Hoa city, about 210 km from Hanoi, in the territory of Quan Hoa and Ba Thuoc districts, Thanh Hoa province. Pu Luong includes land belonging to 5 communes of Quan Hoa district: Phu Le, Phu Xuan, Thanh Xuan, Hoi Xuan, Phu Nghiem and 5 communes of Ba Thuoc district: Thanh Son, Thanh Lam, Co Lung, Lung Cao and Ban Cong commune. The primeval forest in Pu Luong nature reserve is a seasonal tropical evergreen closed forest, with a rich flora and fauna, diverse in quantity and species with 598 species of animals belonging to 130 families of vertebrates, including 51 rare species (including 26 species of mammals, 5 species of bats, 6 species of birds, 5 species of freshwater fish, 6 species of reptiles) … with a total of 84 species of mammals (including 24 species of bats), 162 species of birds, 55 species of fish, 28 species of reptiles and 13 species of frogs. The insect fauna in Pu Luong has at least 158 species of butterflies, 96 species of terrestrial mollusks, of which 12 species of mollusks may be endemic to the area. This reserve is home to clouded leopards, red-shanked doucs, Asian black bears, mountain goats, and white-shanked doucs. The karst rock system of the limestone mountain ecosystem also preserves many beautiful caves (Kho Muong Bat Cave).
Pu Luong, Thanh Hoa is a famous tourist and exploration destination in the backpacking, self-sufficient travel, and cheap mountain resorts, but most visitors here are deeply impressed with the scenery and wild beauty of Pu Luong, especially the terraced rice fields and primeval forests. In particular, Pu Luong is also close to famous tourist destinations such as Lac Village (Mai Chau), Fish God Stream (Cam Luong, Cam Thuy, Thanh Hoa), Cuc Phuong Forest (Ninh Binh), Ho Dynasty Citadel Cultural Heritage (Thanh Hoa), … so it has created a closed, fun and experiential tour for tourists. With many beautiful, wild landscapes, hidden in the mist like hanging gardens in different locations such as: Son Ba Muoi point (Lung Cao commune), Pu Luong peak, Kho Muong, Lang Don with Pu Luong Retreat resort, Uoi village, Tien Moi village, Hieu waterfall area, Co Lung commune, … has been attracting hundreds of thousands of domestic and international visitors who love trekking (a form of tourism to explore by walking), backpacking to visit, experience and relax.
The best time to visit Pu Luong is when the new rice crop begins from late May to early June, the fields and terraced fields will be covered in a lush green coat, extremely beautiful and peaceful. In particular, although it is summer, because it is located in a low-lying limestone mountainous area, there are many tropical forests and few residents, so the air and weather here are quite cool and pleasant, or visitors can come to Pu Luong in September and October, these two months are the time when Pu Luong enters the ripe rice season, all the terraced fields on the hillside will turn bright yellow, making Pu Luong have a rich and dreamy beauty. This time is also the time when this “paradise in the middle of the forest” attracts the most tourists to Pu Luong to see the ripe rice.
Source: Department of Natural Resources and Environment