Luc Ngan is a mountainous district located in the northeast of Bac Giang province, about 40 km from Bac Giang city. Mentioning Luc Ngan is mentioning one of the largest fruit growing areas in the Northern Delta. Among them, the most prominent is lychee, a fruit that has become a famous brand of this land full of sun and wind.
Lychee was planted in Luc Ngan in the late 80s of the last century. Thanks to the diligence and hard work, the people here have turned these arid hills into vast lychee hills, bringing prosperity and abundance. Although lychee originally originated from Thanh Ha (Hai Duong), when transplanted to Luc Ngan, it suited the soil and continued to flower and bear fruit, bringing a sweet and fragrant fruit.
Lychee season is in full swing
June comes, when the cuckoo calls its flock, it is also the time to signal that the lychee season is approaching. Luc Ngan in June becomes unusually crowded and bustling. At this time, standing anywhere on Luc Ngan and looking far away, you can see the image of clusters of red lychees layer by layer surrounding the hills and villages.
This is the busiest season of the year for Luc Ngan people when everyone is focused on harvesting lychees. Lychees in the main season must be picked at 2am so that people can pack them in baskets and bring them to the market at 5:30am.
Each motorbike carried hundreds of kilograms of fabric to the market. The joy of a good harvest after a year of hard work shone on their sweaty faces.
Every lychee harvest season, all the roads in Luc Ngan are covered with a new coat of red, blazing like fire in the summer sun. National Highway 279, the section that cuts through Tan Son and Cam Son communes (Luc Ngan, Bac Giang), is the "bloodline" road during the lychee trading season.
The traffic jams caused by lychees can last for kilometers, creating a vibrant red road. Motorbikes lined up one after another carrying tons of lychees to the purchasing markets, spreading the heat of the biggest lychee harvest season in the country.
The suspension bridge brings "red" buses into Chu town.
Chu town is bustling with people and vehicles...
When lychee season comes, you just need to go to the market and spend a few tens of thousands of dong to enjoy the freshest lychees. However, for those who love to travel, harvesting lychees with farmers and enjoying the fruit you just picked is an experience not to be missed!
And a trip to explore the vast forests and the rippling lakes in the middle of a land of sweet fruit will be the perfect choice for these hot, sultry summer days.
Journey to Luc Ngan in lychee ripening season
Bac Giang has 4 main national highways running through it, including National Highway 1A, National Highway 31, National Highway 27 and National Highway 279. If you travel by motorbike from Hanoi, you can travel to Bac Giang along the old National Highway 1A through Bac Ninh, then depending on your schedule, you will change to appropriate directions. If you use a car, you can take the Hanoi - Bac Giang expressway to shorten the schedule.
In addition, bus routes to Bac Giang from Hanoi usually depart from Gia Lam bus station. You can go here to find buses to the districts or use the adjacent bus routes between Hanoi to reach Bac Giang city center. Or in another special way, you can go to Bac Giang by train with 2 train routes running through Bac Giang: Hanoi - Dong Dang and Yen Vien - Ha Long, if you want you can send your motorbike on the train. In Bac Giang, you can take public transport such as buses or rent a motorbike in the city.
To plan a trip to Luc Ngan in the lychee season, you can combine a visit to Cam Son Lake. Thanks to its unique terrain, Cam Son Lake is considered the Ha Long Bay on land of the North. The undulating, overlapping mountain ranges, the deep green forests create an extremely impressive landscape like a poetic landscape painting. Because of this mysterious beauty, this place is the inspiration for musician Pho Duc Phuong to compose the famous song "Lake on the Mountain". Besides, you can also visit other tourist destinations in Bac Giang such as: Khe Ro primeval forest, Suoi Mo waterfall, Tay Yen Tu...
Traveling to Bac Giang, especially during the Luc Ngan lychee season, you will not only feel the quiet, peaceful space with the vast, beautiful nature but also the hustle and bustle, prosperity, and warmth of the lychee markets. So, if you still don't have any plans for this summer vacation, why not try coming here to have the opportunity to explore the "spectacular" scenery of the fiery red colors of the lychee season?
