Ha Giang Tourism

Those who adore Ha Giang would be missing out if they have never been here to celebrate Tet. It’s not the kind of Tet celebration where you go to each location for a few minutes and then leave. It is a journey in which the two of you will live like the locals for every moment to appreciate the beauty and diversity of the highland Tet.

In the Northeast, the last days of the year are quietly slipping away. The first signs of season change began to appear in Ha Giang, heralding the end of winter. To celebrate the impending spring, the entire rocky plateau is changing its attire. On the hillside, plum blooms, peach blossoms, and white apricot blossoms cover the picturesque pathways. Not only does the scenery change, but the speed of life picks up in anticipation of the forthcoming New Year and festive season. The market was bustling with people selling all kinds of food and things, and it was even more crowded than before.

Beautiful white peach color on the rocky plateau

Couples cannot completely appreciate Ha Giang’s striking beauty unless they embark on a tour to discover this lofty land. “Tet in the Highlands” will be more than a holiday; it will be an opportunity for you and your partner to have two distinct experiences on the same trip: welcome the spring in Ha Giang and welcome another spring with P’apiu’s signature.

Let us discover the must-do experiences on the exceptional journey “Tet highland” with P’apiu Resort!

1. Dong Van’s Colors New Year 

P’apiu chose Dong Van as the starting point for the tour not only because of its magical beauty in the spring, but also because it combines many of Ha Giang’s traditional beauty.

Many people figuratively claim that in the spring, you must go to Dong Van to witness the “blossoming stones.” Also, with dazzling plum blossoms, apricot flowers, and forest peaches, no one would have guessed that the seemingly barren rocky plateau would provide such poetic and passionate beauty. The vibrant colors of the flowers, along with the golden of the sun and the gray of the old structures, form a striking image.

Painting of the Highlands in vibrant colors

Dong Van is also home to 17 different ethnic groups, each with its lifestyles and cultural values. As a result, Tet customs have a diverse range of characteristics. And two of you will undoubtedly be unable to overlook this location to completely appreciate the “Tet flavor, Tet color, and Tet flavor” on the highlands.

2. Brightly welcome spring in Tay village 

The most popular activity among tourists on P’apiu’s “Tet highland” journey is experiencing Tet in the village. This is an opportunity for couples from the southern provinces, in particular, to feel the atmosphere of Tet in the highlands more clearly than ever before, rather than only hearing about it through the media.

Tay women in traditional costumes welcome New Year

Adults and children in Tay village joyfully decorate their homes, visit Tet markets, and prepare new food and clothing in the final days of the year. Families exchange occupations with pigs from the 23rd to the 30th of December to have meat hanging in the house to celebrate Tet. Pork for Chung Cake, sausages, and a variety of other traditional meals. The village was alive with laughter for a week, demonstrating the community’s and hamlet’s mutuality and cohesiveness.

Families prepare a tray of rice to give to their ancestors when the preparations are completed on the 30th, then stay awake until the cock crows on New Year’s Eve. The Tay think that whoever awakens before the chicken will be intelligent, fast, and capable of calculating enough to eat. Every house brings a pipe to acquire new water for making tea on New Year’s Eve and places it on the altar to welcome ancestors to pray for good fortune in the coming year.

Visiting the village on this occasion, you will be welcomed as a valued guest, enjoy the traditional rice tray and celebrate Tet with the host family. After eating breakfast on the first day, everyone in the family wears new clothes to wish their relatives and neighbors New Year. Tay youths are excited to travel to spring, participating in activities such as birding nests, throwing arrows, slamming, shooting crossbows, and tug of war…

3. Experience making traditional Chung Cake with the P’apiu’s butlers 

If Tet in the village brings many surprises, helping the two of you understand more about cultural values, Tet in P’apiu evokes many emotions.

Spring in P’apiu

It was wonderful to be able to prepare Chung Cake with the P’apiu butler for the first time. This is a Ha Giang specialty that conjures up images of hardworking highland ladies carrying their slings to the fields every day.

After breakfast, the couples were invited to help prepare the ingredients and were shown how to wrap the cake and boil it to make the most beautiful and delicious cake possible. What could be more satisfying than a plate of sticky rice with amaranth sweetness, sweet green beans, and greasy pork?

Experience making traditional Chung cake with the butler P’apiu

4. Learn about the culture of the Highlands.

Festivals and New Year’s events in Ha Giang are incomplete without folk games. You’ve probably never had the opportunity to fire arrows, hit Yen, or pray for clouds… right on the grounds of a luxury resort. P’apiu also aspires to present to you the most unique and comprehensive “Tet in the Highlands.”

Visitors participate in playing folk games in P’apiu

The Tay people, in particular, excitedly organize the Long Tong celebration on the full moon day of January to send the villagers’ hopes for a new year with favorable wind and rain, as well as a happy and wealthy life. The butlers in P’apiu are all Tay ethnic people who will be your most loyal guides as you engage in the festival’s various exciting activities.

5. Enjoy high-class resort service

After a long journey of discovering landmarks and participating in many experiences, now is the time for couples to relax and enjoy the luxury resort service in P’apiu.

* Afternoon tea atop Yolo Mountain.

You may see the fantastic and wonderful beauty of the Northern highlands and woods, the smooth terraced fields, the glittering Phia Dau waterfall, and feel the air from Yolo Mount. This is also the time for the two of you to take it easy so that your bodies and minds can reflect on all of the wonderful memories you’ve made on this particular trip.

A moment of silence on the top of Yolo Mount

* A unique foot massage service

Don’t forget to treat yourself and your loved one to some soothing tranquility at P’apiu with a foot massage. Nothing beats unwinding with a specific massage therapy created by P’apiu after a long day of traveling to the highlands. With each movement, all stress dissipates, the senses are aroused, the energy source is “completely charged,” and balance is regained in preparation for the following adventure.

Relaxing foot massage after a long day of experience

* Sunset bathing in a Jacuzzi

Immerse yourself in a hot tub filled with herbal-scented water prepared by attentive butlers. Relax your body and let the enchanting beauty of the highland sunset soothe your soul. It’s a priceless moment that everyone should have at least once in their lives.

Jacuzzi bath at The Mellow

Additionally, for those who wake up early, take a trip down to the garden to select tea for morning tea, or go down to the brocade trail to see the entire resort space as beautiful as a picture with wild peaches blooming in white. and breathe in the fresh mountain air… For you and your significant other, “Tet in the Highlands” with P’apiu will undoubtedly be the most unforgettable and special journey of your lives!