1 The ideal time to hunt wild sunflowers
Ba Vi is a land favored by nature with perfect characteristics for tourism development. Here, every Tet season and spring, hundreds of flowers bloom. Especially around October – November, you will see wild sunflowers starting to bloom along the 12.5 km long road from peak 100 to the top of Ba Vi mountain. By the end of November, the yellow color of this flower will cover the entire 400-meter peak.
Wild sunflowers are small flowers with a characteristic yellow color, often growing in large bushes so when they bloom, they will be very brilliant.
2Experience in hunting wildflowers in Ba Vi: How to move?
To get to Ba Vi National Park to hunt wildflowers, visitors have to go more than 60km from the city center. Therefore, Vietnamtravelio suggests you the following ways to travel by bus or personal vehicle:
If traveling by bus, from the city center, tourists take bus route 20B (at Cau Giay – Son Tay bus station), or route 77 (at Yen Nghia – Son Tay bus station), or route 71 (at Yen Nghia – Son Tay bus station). My Dinh – Son Tay bus station). From Son Tay bus station, you take bus number 110 following the bus station – Ba Vi national park – Da Chong route.
The road leading to Ba Vi National Park is quite easy to follow, however the road is a bit narrow, suitable for motorbikes and small vehicles, both sides of the road are filled with the yellow color of wild sunflowers.
If traveling by personal vehicle, you should choose to start from Cau Giay section, then follow Highway 32 for about 37km to reach Son Tay bus station. Next, turn left 3.5km to Vien 105 intersection, go straight another 9km to Tan Linh intersection, turn left another 3.5km to reach Hinh Sao intersection, move forward and you will see the ticket station to enter the garden gate. Ba Vi Country.
The hills in Ba Vi National Park are covered with yellow wild sunflowers, like a rice field glowing brightly in the sunlight
According to Vietnamtravelio’s experience of hunting wildflowers in Ba Vi, you should choose to travel by motorbike to be able to fully admire the scenery here, clearly see the wildflowers blooming on both sides of the road. However, remember to bring all documents, fill your gas tank before the journey and strictly follow traffic laws to avoid unexpected incidents…
3 Ticket price to enter Ba Vi National Park
To enter the national park grounds, visitors need to stop at the station to buy tickets. Ticket levels apply according to age and subjects as follows:
Adult ticket price: 60,000 VND/person
Student ticket price: 20,000 VND/person
Student ticket price: 10,000 VND/person
Priority ticket price for the elderly and disabled: 30,000 VND/person
The roads are green and filled with trees in the national park
If you ride a motorbike, you can refer to parking right at the foot of the mountain or go about 400 meters further, halfway up the mountain there is also a reputable parking spot. This will help shorten the journey and help visitors feel less tired.
Parking ticket for cars with less than 10 seats: 20,000 VND/car
Ticket price for parking more than 10 seats: 25,000 VND/car
Motorbike parking ticket price: 3,000 VND/motorbike
Bicycle parking ticket price: 2,000 VND/bike
Note: The above ticket prices are for reference only.
4Experience hunting Ba Vi wildflowers and interesting experiences
4.1 Watch wild sunflowers bloom
After entering the national park, go about 4km further and you will see wild sunflowers blooming brilliantly. Although wild sunflowers are not as large as sunflowers, they grow in bushes so when they bloom, they create an extremely brilliant yellow carpet.
From above, the entire Ba Vi National Park appears like a brilliant watercolor painting
Wild sunflowers are most beautiful in the morning, when the winter sun has just risen and dew still lingers on the leaves and petals. Visitors can follow the directions to the wild sunflower hill. This is the area where wild sunflowers bloom and attract the most tourists, with the most wonderful photography angles.
The flowers shimmer in the morning sunlight
Because the travel distance from Hanoi to Ba Vi is up to 50km to the West with a travel time of about 2 hours, your trip to see Ba Vi wildflowers can last for 2 days and 1 night or go Return within the same day. In Ba Vi, there are many interesting things waiting for you to explore and experience.
Many tourist groups choose this place as a tourist destination every time wild sunflowers bloom
4.2 Experience camping and staying to hunt wildflowers in Ba Vi
If you want to stop overnight in Ba Vi National Park, you can prepare a tent, personal belongings and bring prepared food. In addition, you can also choose to rent a stilt house, motel or resort around the Ba Vi National Park area to stay. Room prices range from affordable to luxurious, with a wide variety available to serve.
Overnight camping is one of the very popular activities in Ba Vi National Park
5Experience hunting Ba Vi wildflowers, what to eat?
In addition to the beautiful scenery, there are many Ba Vi specialties such as hill chicken, goat meat, catfish, Da river fish, bamboo-tube rice… Most of the dishes here have a rustic, rustic flavor. Prepared with standard Hanoi flavors mixed with a very special bit of Northwest mountains and forests.
Food is brought by tourists to hold parties on Ba Vi Mountain
In addition, you can also prepare food in advance to organize picnic meals with your friends and relatives among thousands of leaves. Just rent a mat in the pine hill area, surrounded by thousands of blooming wild sunflowers, and you can fully enjoy the fragrance here.
6Some notes when exploring wildflower blooming season
Experience hunting wildflowers in Ba Vi shows that this road has many dangerous slopes and turns. Therefore, if you travel by motorbike, you must be very careful, you should arrive at noon, avoid early morning or evening, because dense fog will obscure your vision.
Simple but cozy parties are organized by young people in Ba Vi
Wild sunflowers bloom most for about 2 weeks from late October to early November, so don’t miss the golden time to fully conquer the brilliant yellow color of this place. And during your journey, remember to dress warmly because the higher you go, the lower the temperature will be, making it very easy to catch a cold.
The blooming wildflower season will be the perfect background for sparkling, beautiful photos
From the Ba Vi national park area, you can consider some trips to the cactus greenhouse, pine hill, Do church to fully explore Hanoi in general and Ba Vi in particular. Vietnamtravelio wishes you a memorable trip with beautiful memories. Let us know how you feel when directly experiencing the poetic wild sunflower season of Ba Vi.
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