Coming to Cao Bang, moving west to Nguyen Binh district, visitors are impressed by the immense green Thanh Cong bamboo forest with thousands of tall bamboo trees, reaching up to the immense sky.
Thanh Cong Bamboo Forest is about 40 km from Nguyen Binh town, where the climate is fresh and cool all year round and is famous for its idyllic scenery that is likened to coming out of Japanese anime movies or Chinese swordplay movies. Recently, the immense green bamboo forest has become a new tourist destination, attracting visitors to explore and experience when coming to Cao Bang.
Thanh Cong Bamboo Forest is located in Ban Phuong hamlet, Thanh Cong commune, Nguyen Binh district, Cao Bang province with a cool green space and thousands of tall bamboo trees. This place is about 40 km from Nguyen Binh town and about 100 km from Cao Bang city center.
With an area of about 30 hectares, the scenery here is likened by tourists to the setting of anime and real-life swordplay movies, both majestic and romantic, mixed with mystery and magic.
The straight bamboo patches on the hillsides or in the valleys, next to the yin-yang tiled roofs of the local people here have left a deep impression on visitors because of their rusticity, wildness and peaceful space, tinged with magic. The deeper you go inside, the more densely packed and neat the thousands of bamboo trees appear on both sides of the path, adding to the lyrical and poetic beauty. The fresh air mixed with the natural scent of the lush green bamboo leaves and sturdy tree roots makes visitors' minds more relaxed.
The freshness and coolness of the mountainous region appears through each path passing through the bamboo roots.
The total area is 30 hectares, of which bamboo accounts for 20 hectares and rattan (bamboo family) accounts for 10 hectares. Local people said that it takes many years for the bamboo to mature and reach the standard height. After that, they will proceed to prune, harvest and plant additional seedlings.
Bamboo grown here belongs to the bamboo family, tall, hard and durable, producing many household items as well as serving construction for people. Bamboo in Nguyen Binh was previously mainly exploited to produce products to bring economic value. Today, when tourism develops, Thanh Cong bamboo forest has become an attractive destination attracting a large number of tourists to visit and experience.
Not too magnificent, Thanh Cong bamboo forest in Cao Bang wins the hearts of tourists by its rusticity, wildness and rare peaceful, green space.
The bamboo grown here belongs to the bamboo family, with tall, hard and durable stems.
The sun shines its rays down through the cool green bamboo forest.
People in the Thanh Cong bamboo forest management team shared with Travellive: "Nguyen Binh district is increasingly attracting more tourists to visit thanks to the bamboo forest. People here are reminded not to exploit indiscriminately to preserve the forest landscape to always be green and develop. Currently, each of us is assigned to be on duty 2 days a week, including weekdays, to guide and grasp the number of tourists visiting each day."
To develop the potential of bamboo landscape tourism, in 2021, Nguyen Binh district will implement a breakthrough program to build a sightseeing spot and experience bamboo gardens in the Phja Oac - Phja Den area. At present, Nguyen Binh district is gradually completing: facilities, walking paths in the bamboo garden, reception house, viewing huts, photo spots, signs, billboards... to welcome and serve tourists.
Anyone who loves swordplay movies wishes to see the bamboo forest in the movie once.
Coming to the bamboo forest, visitors can feel the freshness and coolness of the mountainous nature. On days with nice weather, the sparkling sunlight through the thin leaves adds to the brilliant and impressive scenery. The bamboo forest has many new shooting angles that attract those who love to travel and take photos. On sunny days, the sky is high and dry, which is the best time to admire the bamboo forest as well as capture beautiful moments. The rays of sunlight shining through the canopy to the ground add to the magical atmosphere of the bamboo forest.
Tourists who come to visit Nguyen Binh bamboo forest cannot help but exclaim, the beauty of this place is compared to the famous Arashiyama bamboo forest in Japan in terms of landscape as well as wildness. For those who love swordplay movies, have ever wished to have the opportunity to check-in, to see the bamboo forest scene in the movie, Thanh Cong bamboo forest, Cao Bang is the ideal destination.
Located at an altitude of more than 1,000 m above sea level, rows of interwoven bamboo sway in the wind, the sound of leaves touching each other rustling, the chirping of forest birds makes people's souls become lighter and more relaxed than ever. Not only attached to people in daily life and production, bamboo now also develops tourism potential, contributing to promoting the image of Nguyen Binh, Cao Bang closer to tourists.
The immense green native bamboo forest is a new tourist destination for visitors to explore and experience when coming to Nguyen Binh, Cao Bang.
