ban den

Location: The Den Ban Ho commune, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province.
Features: Coming here, tourists will discover the wonders of nature, learn the unique culture of indigenous people and to live in a warm atmosphere, intimate and blending between man and nature .
Ban Ho is located from the center of Sapa town nearly 30 kilometers to the southwest. There are five ethnic groups: Hmong, Dao, Tay, Giay and Nung (the majority is the Tay) live together. But do not get the advantage near the tourist centers like the other villages in Ban Ho Sapa but has spectacular natural scenery, waterfalls, rapids tinged legendary cultural heritage and many other unique. The Lake is a destination for many tourists, especially foreign tourists.
As to Ban Ho, visitors will not surprised from a green color of sight of upland rice on terraced plots, surrounded by hills and it's mixed in the folds of ethnic located scattered along the banks of streams. Ban Ho village center you go, the meeting place of two streams and La Ve Muong Hoa.

According to legend, the couple have known each other for a night of love market in Sapa. The boy is in the Ban Tay orphan Amaranth small capital, while the girl is in Map Ta Van Giay people. They love each other dearly but the boys are too poor to marry wedding presents enough girls. They generally agreed to meet on the banks of Muong Hoa stream to the self. One day, a downpour, but the boys still remember you against the stream to meet her lover in the Nam Na (Last Ta Van today), they love themselves together forever without being struck down or disaster. Water Spirit suddenly rushing to pull the girl out of the hands stayed lover clicking the red roaring waters. Boys dance to panic but lost track of her lover. Heartache and grief immense water god, everyday guy on Hoang Lien Son mountain stream movies ice to fill. Rocky mountain stream between Muong Hoa definitely increasing according nostalgia and sadness of the boy. Muong Hoa stream is split in half wrapped around The Den, poured like guitar sound night's calling you guys since.
Unlike everyday Muong Hoa stream to bring water to dozens of villages - where it flows through, La Ve stream flows in the end you come from deep alpine forest. Maybe so, but it is also more beautiful and more mysterious and more.
The Lake area, in addition to two Muong Hoa stream and La Ve, there are a series of streams, the other operators, such as Jumping Fish, Seo Trung Ho ... are places charismatic passion, explore nature poetry traveler's dream. Seo Trung Ho Waterfall with a height of over a hundred meters, looked remotely like white silk halfway up the mountain crossing, travelers who want to see the visit.
Ban Ho is not for those who have no desire to discover. The stretch of road winding hills, winding and difficult is the challenge for visitors. But gone, visitors would surely be tempted by the diversity of nature here. Here, visitors can admire not only charming natural scenery, picturesque open space, the unique architecture of the wooden stilt houses are historically attached to the life of the nation but also to live in tourism environment friendly, warm and join in community activities.
Typical village of Ban Ho Ban Den. Cultural potential of Amaranth villagers expressed through singing, dances and traditional ceremonies. For Tay, down VND festival, love singing, dancing and stalls, dancing bat is the featured culture, really fascinated visitors. The traditional craft has been restored and tends to expand. Most notably floriculture, sericulture and weaving. The traditional brocade Amaranth Tay woman weaves a beautiful costumes decorated with a variety of products used in household and daily activities. Brocade not only create unique souvenirs but also for weaving, producing blankets, sheets, pillows to foreign tourist to visit and admire the ingenuity of the women in the uplands.
Nearly ten years ago, traveling home form (homestay) has been one of the things that makes the appeal of The Den. 29 most beautiful homes in the village to floor you come was selected to deploy this service and the most interesting thing is the people who flock to the once you come to be lodged in this growing, including the young people of Vietnam.
The Amaranth always tingle in tourist villages form. Taste of modern life are gradually spreading around here but night, the smell is pure village quiet mountain forests and magical depths.