Wild sunflowers are most beautiful in the morning, when the winter sun has just risen and dew still lingers on the leaves and petals.
Wild sunflowers are most beautiful in the morning, when the winter sun has just risen and dew still lingers on the leaves and petals.
The period from late October to November is the winter period, which is also the time when wild sunflowers, a typical flower of Ba Vi, begin to bloom. By mid-November, the flowers are at their freshest and most beautiful.
That's why in recent days, many young people flock to Ba Vi National Park (Hanoi) to take photos and admire wild sunflowers. The crowded and congested scene is no different from a big festival.
It is known that wild sunflowers have many other names such as chrysanthemum, mountain sunflower, wild sunflower, wild sunflower... it is an easy-to-grow, fast-growing plant. Since the 20s of the last century, when building a church and 9 villas on Ba Vi, the French brought wild sunflower varieties to plant. In 2015, realizing the love of tourists for this flower, Ba Vi National Park planted more wild sunflowers to develop into a tourism product.
Wild sunflowers often grow in bushes, so when the flowers bloom, they create a brilliant yellow carpet. (Photo: Son Tung)
At this time, when going to Ba Vi to hunt for flowers, visitors can see blooming flowers along the roadside. However, if you want to see the scenery where the most beautiful flowers are, you have to go deep inside Ba Vi National Park about 4km. (Photo: Hong Nhung)
Ba Vi National Park is only about 40km from the center of Hanoi, visitors can choose to travel by motorbike to conveniently stop and take photos if they see beautiful flowers along the road.
At this time, when going to Ba Vi to hunt for flowers, visitors can see blooming flowers along the roadside. However, if you want to see the scenery where the most beautiful flowers are, you have to go deep inside Ba Vi National Park about 4km. Although wild sunflowers are not as large as sunflowers, they grow in bushes so when they bloom, they create an extremely brilliant yellow carpet.
Although wild sunflowers are not as large as sunflowers, they grow in bushes so when they bloom, they create an extremely brilliant yellow carpet. (Photo by Son Tung)
Photo: Hong Nhung
The road to Ba Vi National Park has many dangerous slopes and turns. Therefore, if traveling by motorbike, be careful. You should go at noon, avoid early morning or late afternoon, because dense fog will obscure visibility significantly.
In addition, coming to Ba Vi National Park at this time, visitors can combine camping and visiting places such as a collapsed church, pine forest, cactus garden...
Photo: Son Tung
Wild sunflower has many other names such as chrysanthemum, mountain sunflower, wild sunflower, wild sunflower... it is an easy-to-grow, fast-growing plant. (Photo: Son Tung)
If you want to stop overnight in Ba Vi National Park, you can prepare a tent, personal belongings and bring prepared food. You can also choose to rent a stilt house, motel or resort around the Ba Vi National Park area to stay.
In addition to "hunting for wild sunflowers" and admiring the beautiful scenery, Ba Vi also has many delicious specialties such as: hill chicken, goat meat, catfish, Da river fish, bamboo-tube rice... Most of the dishes here are delicious. It has a rustic, rustic flavor, prepared with Hanoi flavors mixed with a very special bit of Northwest mountains and forests.
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: 21/11/2023
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