Compared to other community-based tourism destinations on Hoa Binh Lake Tourist Area, Mo village, Binh Thanh commune (Cao Phong) was formed earlier. Until now, the village still retains its unique beauty, is an attractive community tourism site for tourists, and an ideal stopping place for those who want to temporarily escape from the bustling and noisy city.

Located peacefully at the foot of Mo Mountain, 12 km from Hoa Binh city up Tay Tien road, this place converges all the elements of an attractive destination, including rich traditional cultural identity, beautiful landscape, convenient transportation. In the peaceful space of the valley are stilt houses looming on the hillside. In front of the village are successive terraced fields that change color according to the seasons. Behind the village is a field with a flowing stream surrounding it, in the distance are forests and long stretches of mountains. Also because of the beauty that can be seen as far as the eye can see, visitors love and are impressed with Mo village right when they first come.

Facilities conditions at homestays in Mo village,

Binh Thanh commune (Cao Phong) attentively serves tourists

Having just had a two-day, one-night experience at Mo village, Mr. Tran Anh Tuan (Hanoi tourist) shared: Our group has 16 people, a group of brothers and friends with common interests in traveling together. As soon as the car entered the parking lot, we were able to observe the peaceful beauty of Muong village in front of us and were attracted by the traditional turtle-style stilt house architecture. It's even more interesting to walk on the small road into the village, visit the green rice fields, and the cool clear stream. We also had the opportunity to learn about the daily life, customs and habits of the people, and feel happy and extremely comfortable when breathing fresh air and receiving her openness and friendliness. child.

Also in the Mo village community tourism experience program, visitors can learn how people weave traditional brocade products by hand, practice rice milling, pounding rice with automatical water system, and knitting household items; Enjoy typical dishes of Muong cuisine, such as: sticky rice, spring rolls with grapefruit leaves, hill chicken, pork served on banana leaves, steamed fish in banana leaves, pickled vegetables, wild banana flower salad, etc. Besides, these the fascinating story about the ancient Muong land, the folk songs of the boys and girls mixed with the melancholy sound of the flute both help visitors discover more the quintessence of national culture and have more fun as well as relieve stress and sadness.

Ms. Bui Thi Chieu, one of the households welcoming guests to stay in the village, said: Mo village has more than 100 households, all of whom are Muong people, mainly living by farming. The ancient stilt houses are the highlight, creating a special attraction for the village. Stilt houses are also associated with customs, traditions, and daily life of the people. Here, people still keep many ancient production tools made from bamboo, wood such as cloth looms, bows, crossbows, etc. helping to increase the experience and visitors can participate in all activities with local people. 

Having developed this type of community tourism for quite a long time, Mo village still retains many tourists thanks to preserving and promoting the unique value of stilt houses and Muong cultural activities. Staying in the village, tourists live amid the vast natural landscape, wild beauty, and explore indigenous culture. Tourists can also easily extend the experience journey, combining exploring more nearby destinations, such as the Cu Chinh Lan Heroic Victory Monument, Muong Cultural Space Museum, and moving to Thung Nai port to visit, sightseeing at cultural and spiritual tourist destinations on the poetic and majestic Hoa Binh lake region.

                                                                             Bui Minh

                                                                                 (Hoa Binh Newspaper)