Vietnam’s 12th highest possible mountain, the 2,881-meter Nam Kang Ho Tao in Thao A Town, Ho Mit Neighborhood, on the border in between Lai Chau and Lao Cai Provinces is thought about one of the most tough tops to dominate in Vietnam.
Nam Kang Ho Tao has actually been a preferred area to go to given that completion of 2019, when the commune road system was upgraded. According to Lo Van Binh, vice chairman of the Ho Mit Commune Individuals’s Board, the mountain is being made use of for tourist through climbing tours because of its diversified and also amazing all-natural landscape.
In the climbing period, numerous neighborhood citizens in Thao A Town work as porters to assist site visitors up the mountain. According to Binh, the local government has actually sent off citizens to surrounding villages in the district to discover tourist so they might put what they have actually found out to use in Thao An and Nam Kang Ho Tao neighborhoods.
” Nam Kang Ho Tao is a hard hiking course, with a tough and also complex surface that includes many cliffs, streams, as well as unsafe falls,” claimed Nguyen Ngoc Chung, a tour guide of an organization focusing on climbing trips that has actually scaled 15 of Vietnam’s highest possible peaks.
Chung claimed that a lot of mountain climbers can not reach the top of Nam Kang Ho Tao in a day and need to stay over night to remainder. This course is more difficult than other paths such as Putaleng and Ta Lien Son in Lai Chau.
The trip is difficult, however Nam Kang Ho Tao has its own elegance with a maple leaf forest as well as a bamboo forest, as well as many streams, waterfalls, as well as diverse plants.
One more function of this path is the old po mu trees (known as Fokienia hodginsii), which are thousands of years of ages, and the azaleas and also cardamom forests, where the trees are large.
In spite of its lovely natural landscape, Nam Kang Ho Tao has several possible dangers as a result of the variety of streams and also falls.
” The areas near the water source will mostly have hard rocks of all dimensions, from big to tiny, and will be unsafe due to algae as well as moss,” said Chung. “You might have a mishap if you are not careful. In the wet period, water coming down from the stream makes the water circulation more powerful.”
With hard trekking excursions like Nam Kang Ho Tao, one of the most vital thing is that travelers should opt for an experienced guide. There are no relaxing locations along the way, so you require to bring your very own blankets, tents, as well as outdoor camping devices. You can work with a porter to aid you deliver your travel luggage.
” Even mountain climbers consider this to be a hard travelling course, so it is tough for non-professional mountain climbers,” Chung added. “Lugging cumbersome things will make you lose strength faster, and also lose your equilibrium due to the incline, which may trigger an accident.”
Le Van Trong Anh, a 27-year-old resident of Hanoi, was excited by the stunning elegance of this hill. To catch the lush green scenes of this top, he traveled about 25 kilometers over three days and also 2 nights from Lai Chau to Nam Kang Ho Tao.
There are locations on the way to Nam Kang Ho where you have to make use of ropes or wood ladders to climb up. “I understand there is a shorter and simpler route to Nam Kang Ho Tao from Lao Cai, yet I selected Lai Chau because I wished to experience the challenges and also to find my limits,” he stated.
The most effective time to go travelling in Nam Kang Ho Tao is from September to April. This is the start of the most beautiful climbing up season since the climate is brilliant as well as clear. The forest is blanketed in eco-friendly, with a few maple trees transforming the color of their fallen leaves. March and also April are the blooming months for azaleas.
After April, when the stormy season starts, climbing excursions will certainly be suspended to minimize dangers for travelers.
