Si Thau Chai village in Lai Chau – a peaceful village in the cloud paradise

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Nature has favored Si Thau Chai village in Lai Chau is with very poetic landscapes. People love Si Thau Chai because of the rustic, simple, and attractive beauty of the Northwest. Let’s explore the exciting things in Si Thau Chai village below to have a complete trip.

Si Thau Chai village with majestic natural scenery

Si Thau Chai is a small village in Tam Duong town, Lai Chau province, which is the residence of the Dao people. Si Thau Chai village is located at an altitude of nearly 1400m above sea level. Standing from here, you can see far away, looking up at the sky with floating clouds, looking down is the peaceful town of Tam Duong.

Si Thau Chai is a small village in Tam Duong town, Lai Chau province. Photo: dulichtaybac

The climate in Si Thau Chai is quite pleasant, cool in summer, and chilly in winter. The whole scene here always gives people a feeling of comfort and lightness. Nature has favored this land with a remarkable beauty that cannot be found anywhere else, along with the hospitality and friendliness of the people here.

The climate in Si Thau Chai is quite pleasant, cool in summer, and chilly in winter. Photo: dulichtaybac

Si Thau Chai village – destination for adventurers

Sin Thau Chai is a relatively new destination that has not been invested much in tourism. However, many people still want to come here to experience exciting activities such as paragliding and mountain climbing. , ride through the winding passes, etc. Because of that, Si Thau Chai has accidentally become a destination not to be missed when traveling to Lai Chau!

Sin Thau Chai is a new destination. Photo: xigo

Although in Si Thau Chai, there are also routes for passenger cars to pass, if you are a person who wants to challenge, you can drive your motorbike here. The winding roads, curving hugging the cliffs, overlapping with the message, excited the backpackers. 

The roads are challenging and dangerous. Photo: dulichdiaphuong

In particular, there are adventure games that many tourists, such as paragliding, love to experience the beautiful Tam Duong valley below. Today, paragliding activities in Si Thau Chai village are relatively developed. There are also professional pilots from many paragliding clubs across the country who will guide you to fly safely.

Paragliding game to experience the beautiful Tam Duong valley below. Photo: zadn

Peace in the village

When entering the main village, the first impression is the peaceful space, fresh and clean landscape with many flowers blooming. Many fruit trees such as peaches, pears, plums are planted along the hills or in the houses.

The first impression for visitors when entering the village is the peaceful space, chill landscape. Photo: dulichdiaphuong

The road leading to the village is paved with clean stone, on both sides are solid and quite strange walls. In the village, the typical simple stilt houses of the Dao ethnic people are rustic but always impress visitors. 

The road leading to the village is paved with clean stone. Photo: dulichtaybac

In addition, coming to Si Thau Chai village, you can also admire the vast terraced fields, stretching like soft silks across the hillside. In particular, coming to Si Thau Chai in the spring, visitors can go to the forest to admire, check-in with plum flowers, brilliant peach flowers.

In addition, coming to Si Thau Chai village, you can also admire the vast terraced fields. Photo: checkintravel

Come to the village to transform into a local people

According to Lai Chau’s tourism experience, Si Thau Chai village, in addition to the majestic natural scenery, is also a place to keep many unique customs and cultural values. Coming to Si Thau Chai, you will be able to visit or stay in the traditional wooden houses of the Dao ethnic group, wear the costumes of the Dao ethnic group, and participate in traditional festivals.

Wear the costumes of the Dao ethnic group. Photo: vnecdn

Visitors will enjoy the delicious specialties of the high mountain people, such as Grilled fish, kitchen buffalo meat, grilled fig leaf roll meat. All will bring you memorable memories in the journey to discover Lai Chau.

Guests will enjoy delicious specialties. Photo: Wikimedia 

Not only that, coming to Si Thau Chai village, you also have the opportunity to save impressive images by Tac Tinh waterfall – which is associated with the legend of the beautiful love story of a highland couple. Tac Tinh, in the Dao language, means water from above to the ground. Throwing white foam erases a corner of the sky, creating an attractive blurred picture.

Tac Tinh Waterfall. Photo: Fantasea

Other attractions near Si Thau Chai village

Joining the tour in the North, in addition to Si Thau Chai village, you can also visit other attractive destinations in Lai Chau. Among them are Bach Moc Luong Tu, Mount Putaleng or O Quy Ho pass, etc.

Other tourist attractions in Lai Chau. Photo: travel mag

There is no need to argue about the grandeur of this nearly 50km long O Quy Ho pass, which deserves the title “The First Northwest Pass” given by tourists. The pass is the natural boundary between the two provinces of Lai Chau and Lao Cai, with most of the area located in Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province, the rest in the territory of Sapa town of Lao Cai province.

There is no need to argue about the grandeur of the O Quy Ho pass. Photo: kenhhomestay

Bach Moc Luong Tu is like “a cloud paradise in the Northwest.” With a height of 3,046m, this place is one of the four highest mountains in Vietnam. The terrain in the mountain range is quite dangerous and arduous, so it attracts many adventurers to explore.

Bach Moc Luong Tu is likened to “a cloud paradise in the Northwest.” Photo: swedentravelnet

Mount Putaleng has an altitude of 3,049m. This place has both majestic beauty and wild beauty that makes anyone who comes here fall in love. In particular, in Putaleng, ancient rhododendron trees are blooming brilliantly on the green background of mosses or terrain as if to enhance the natural scenery here.

Mount Putaleng has an altitude of 3,049m. Photo: danangaz

The above exciting things will answer the question “what is attractive in Si Thau Chai village?”. We hope it will be helpful in your trip to Lai Chau. We wish you a complete and meaningful journey.

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