The border commune of Y Ty, in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, is well-known as an ideal place to enjoy the dazzling beauty of terraced paddy fields and clouds as it is located on a rocky mountain with an altitude of more than 2,000m, leaning against Nhiu Co San mountain.
The border commune of Y Ty, in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, is well-known as an ideal place to enjoy the dazzling beauty of terraced paddy fields and clouds as it is located on a rocky mountain with an altitude of more than 2,000m, leaning against Nhiu Co San mountain.
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| Located in the heart of the spectacular Nhui Co San mountain range, Y Ty commune is situated at an altitude of over 2,000 metres above sea level in Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province. The place is praised as the best terraced rice fields not only in Vietnam but also in the world. |
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| Between late August and early September is the harvest time. It is also the time when the rice fields change colour into yellow. The whole field is covered with the honey-yellow color of the ripen rice and extending to the infinity. |
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| Travelling to rice terraces in this time, visitors are definitely appealed by the stunning beauty of silky yellow rice carpet; in each situation, the terrace looks differently like a golden ladder to the paradise or a honey flow to the low land. |
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| Rice terraces valley in A Lu is a sight not to miss when visitors come to Y Ty. |
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| Y Ty's pallette is made up of yellow paddies, the green jungle, white clouds and the cozy brown of the ethnic minorities’ clay houses. |
(Source: VNN)
