Bac Son Valley is in Bac Son District, Lang Son Province, 160km north-east of Hanoi via Route 1B. The best time to visit Bac Son is when the rice fields turn into golden colors: 1-20July or 1-20Oct.

Bac Son Photo Tour Overview

There is no rice in the valley from November through February and Paradissa doesn't offer travel photography tours to Bac Son during this time. To ensure the photos of your dreams, you may want to include in your photography gears a wide lens (17-40mm or 18-55mm) and a telephoto zoom lens (70-200mm or 70-300mm).

{Inclusions
English-speaking tour guide;
Private transfer by car;
Lunch at a local restaurant;
Admission fees for the visits on itinerary;}
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Insurance of any types;
Others not mentioned as included above.}

Detailed itinerary

0700 A.M Depart from your hotel and follow the new highway to Thai Nguyen City. Once having passed the city, we turn into Route 1B which is small but in fair condition. The temperature here is normally cooler than in the Red River Delta. We will be traveling in between two high mountain ranges with different rice valleys all the way to Bac Son Town. On arrival, we climb to the top of Mount Na Lay to have a panoramic view of the valley. From the top, you will have stunning photos of the valley with multicolored rice patches.

In the early afternoon, we will be descending the mountain for lunch at a local restaurant or at a Tay family in the village. Then, more photography of the rice fields at a closer range and of the village life and houses on stilts.
In mid afternoon, we will wrap up our photography of Bac Son for the 3-hour road trip back to Hanoi. We arrive back at the city in the early evening.

Bac Son rice valley

Multicolored rice fields at Bac Son

Panoramic photo of Bac Son Valley

Bac Son at dusk

A farmer in the rice field at Bac Son