Bac Giang Holiday Weather today
Date/time of update: December 22, 2024, 5:19 am, Timezone: GMT+7
Overcast Clouds
Temperature: 22.15°C
Temperature feels like: 21.23°C
Minimum Temperature: 22.15°C
Maximum Temperature: 22.15°C
Atmospheric pressure: 1019hPa
Humidity:31%
Visibility: 10000m
Wind speed: 1.06m/sec
Wind Direction: 145 degrees
Cloudiness: 92%
Sunrise: 2024-12-21 11:28:41
Sunset: 2024-12-22 10:18:50
Dong Cao is a little prairie of over 600m above sea level in Thach Son Commune, Son Dong District, Bac Giang Province. The prairie is 140km from Hanoi and 20km from the center of Son Dong District.
Morning clouds at Dong Cao
Travel Guide to Dong Cao, Bac Giang Overview
Dong Cao attracts a good number of young travelers and photographers at weekend, especially during the summer months. The temperatures at Dong Cao are cool all year round and the surrounding nature offers plenty of photo opportunities. From the prairie you can have commanding views of the mountains and forests in the vicinity. At dawn and at dusk when the lighting conditions are changing and the fog starts moving, the scene becomes magical. If you happen to travel to Dong Cao be prepared with some drinks or coffee and get your camera ready for these beautiful moments.
Rocks on the mountain slope
Dong Cao becomes a tourist attraction spontaneously and there has been no official administration of tourism for the area just yet. There are no tourist facilities at Dong Cao as of writing. For overnight accommodation, visitors normally stay in camps that they bring along. Some would choose to stay in local ethnic Dao families. For those who go camping, there are no toilets and no bathrooms in the prairie; you'd have to walk for over 15 minutes to a family for nature's call!
Walk into the clouds
Security
There have been no reported problems to visitors at Dong Cao regarding security or authority just yet. The tourists in the area are mostly Vietnamese by far. But for foreigners it may be different due to that you can not stay overnight everywhere in Vietnam. You are supposed to register with local authority for security reasons. And because it is so new that even local officials would not have any ideas about how to handle it when you show up!
Dawn at Dong Cao
How to get there
To get to Dong Cao, follow Route 1 to Bac Giang City and turn right into Route 31 which travels through Luc Nam, Luc Ngan and Son Dong Districts. Once you have passed An Chau Township for 10km, then turn left into a village road which leads to Ban Ga Village. This is where you leave your vehicle and start the hike for 2-3 hours to Dong Cao.
A magical morning on the prairie
The hike from Ban Ga to Dong Cao goes up all the way and the path could be extremely slippery when it is wet. There are impressive views of the villages from the high path. Be sure you have plenty of drinking water before taking on this trip as it is not readily available on the way.
Paradissa offers 2-day photo tours to Dong Cao from Hanoi. We also offer 3-5 day advenure tours which include Dong Cao, the Khe Ro Forest and Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve, Yen Tu Mountain and Halong Bay.
