Stay away from the noise and bustle of a modern city, after the tours around Hanoi, travelers can search for your new feeling of relaxation, natural harmony with heaven and earth in the highland regions that are far away from the big cities and the daily life in order to relax and also challenge yourself to strange places. About 300 km from Hanoi, Dong Van Stone Plateau is so attractive for visitors that it becomes enchanted. It is not only glamorous in the rugged and mysterious roads with the mist covered throughout the year but also in every tree and rock.
Discovering Dong Van Stone Plateau is an opportunity to test the courage of the travelers because of its high passes and abyss. However, in return, you will get days immersed with the majestic nature, living with poor people but still full of joy and happiness in life. You will also be interested in the sounds of Khene and flute. Maybe it will make you amazed and regret when leaving this place.
Located 132km from Ha Giang town, Dong Van Plateau is a rugged and majestic rocky mountain in the north pole of Vietnam with magnificent and impressive sceneries. From the city of Ha Giang, the beginning road to the Plateau is pretty smooth and flat. One side is houses and immense maize fields, the other one is winding murmuring streams and fascinated beauty. Until you see the hill in front of the line " Dong Van Stone Plateau Geopark " meaning you need to prepare spirit to face with difficulties. Dong Van Plateau is located at an average altitude of 1000 - 1600m above the sea level, on an area spanning 2.356km² of 4 districts of Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Dong Van and Meo Vac in Ha Giang province. This is one of the distinctive limestone areas of Vietnam which contains the typical imprint on the development history of the earth's crust. Dong Van, which has 80% of the limestone, is formed from the environmental conditions and different stages of development over hundreds of millions of years.
To Dong Van, visitors will encounter a space covered by fog, some sections of the road are round up, the others are winding parts. Moreover, some parts are in the zigzag shape or like an arrow bend abruptly; when one side is the high mountains, one side is the abyss and difficult to see in front. Going on this street, visitors will experience all kinds of emotions when floating on clouds or suddenly being dropped down to the deep and virtual valley.
The more you travel, the more rocks you will see, an endless stone plateau. The majestic scenery gradually comes in sight. One side is the rocky mountains which are piled like books, the other side is rock fields with hundreds of black seals. Sa Phin, Sang Tung villages have mountains with the shape as pyramids. Up to Khau Vai, Meo Vac, visitors will notice rocks that seem to bloom in multifaceted appearances. In that rocky plateau, you will realize the roofs in the rocks and colorful uniforms drying on a rock. Under the sunshine, people diligently climb to the high hills. This small life is like being swallowed by great natural wonders, but no, it lives in harmony with stones.
Exploring Plateau, take advantage of every opportunity to bear in mind all beautiful places. Therefore, when leaving Ha Giang, tourists will not regret and miss that place - the beginning pole of the country. In harsh nature, there are honest people who have protected the northern part of the country for thousands of years. The interesting and new experience of visiting this place will be an unforgettable memory in the mind of every people visiting here.
