Mai Chau valley with the majestic nature,
amazing scenery, rich velvety green, and poetic beauty of the highlander
becomes a wonderland, a wonderful natural painting. Tourists coming to Mai Chau will be lured into the greatness of wealthy
farms, races on spring, green tours, and a "majestic world". In Mai
Chau valley, there are many beautiful landscapes, including Mo Luong Cave. The cave is famous for mysterious
stalactites captivating visitors. The stalactites have created flowers and
streams like a masterpiece. Located in the Pu Kha Mountain Range in Mai Chau town, Hoa Binh, about 2km walking from Lac
Village, Mo Luong Cave is one of ideal attractions in
Mai Chau for tourists who love to explore and find a strange feeling in
Mai Chau town.
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| Mai Chau valley |
Mo Luong Cave in Mai Chau also has a different name
- Bo Luong (Bó Luông) called by White Thai ethnic people. Mo Luong Cave is also
known as Hang Bo Doi (Solider Cave). Bo Luong means a big water source.
According to a legend, on every Tet holiday (Vietnamese Lunar New Year), Thai
ethnic people go to deep streams in the region to catch fish. One time, there
was a woman who caught an egg three times. After each time seeing that egg, finally,
she decided to bring that egg home. Then, the egg turned into a snake. Since
the appearance of this snake, the water level in rice fields raised. Wherever
the snake was taken, the water level raised, creating favorable conditions for
locals to expand lands and cultivate into fertile fields. To express gratitude
to the snake, locals brought it to Mo Luong Cave,
and then the snake turned into a dragon there. Annually, on the full moon of
the seventh lunar month, there are swarms of fish appearing from the cave. Local
people believe that the fish swarms are brought by the snake to return the
favor to the locals.
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| Mai Chau |
Mo Luong Cave - Mai Chau has four smaller caves
with the depth of about 500m. The first grotto retains 60m long, 16m wide, with
20m high of the ceiling dome. The cave's ground is paved by concrete. During
Resistance War Against America, the cave used to be an arsenal. The grotto is
structured as a large living room with numerous spectacular stalactites on both
sides of domed ceiling, which looks like decorative ceiling lights and colorful
paintings. The second cave is 10m higher the first one. Entering the cave,
visitors will have a feeling of getting lost in a different place. It is the
wonderland of stalactites. There are many breathtaking Buddha-shaped
stalactites on 2 sides of the wall or colorful ones like sparkling clouds. The
background is the convergence of shiny stretching stalactites like a silver
ornamented carpet. Going through the second cave will lead to the third one.
This is a large cave with an area of 400 square meters, and cooler than other
caves. In a serene space, stalactites from the dome of cave fall like huge
teeth. The last cave has a height of 25m, a length of 15m, and a width of 12m.
In the fourth part, there are many stalactites, stone pillars with unique
shapes. At the end of Mo Luong Cave, there is an underground stream running to Mo Luong Lake in front of the mountain.
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| Mo Luong Cave |
In Mai Chau tours, visitors can stay at stilt houses of Thai ethnic people. It is an
interesting experience to explore more about cultural identity of locals. Other
famous Mai Chau attractions are Lac Village, Pom
Coong Village, Van Village, Mo Luong Cave, Chieu Cave, Pieng Kem Cave, and
archaeological excavations as Lang Cave and Khau Phuc Cave.
Source: AloTrip Travel
