Discover the charming ancient Ban flower forest in the middle of Nam Cam land in March

Bauhinia flowers in Nam Cum village - Photo: TU HA

Nam Cum village (Muong Ang district, Dien Bien) is home to the Mong ethnic group. There are more than 1,200 ancient Bauhinia trees here. Every March, the village is lit up with the pure white Bauhinia color in the mountainous villages.

This is one of the most beautiful Ban forests in Dien Bien. The Ban trees here are tall, growing around the village, below are the small houses of the local people.

Overwhelmed by the scenery of the blooming season of Ban flowers in Nam Cum

Every March, the white color of the Bauhinia flowers bloom behind the roofs, attracting tourists to check-in - Photo: TU HA

Nam Cum has more than 60 households, all of them Mong ethnic people. The households here live on steep mountain slopes. Each house is divided into branches and layers like a fish bone, attached to the main road running straight up to the top of the mountain.

Because of the unique distribution of residential areas here, patches of ancient white bauhinia trees are only as tall as a person, creating beautiful check-in spots.

For the people of the Northwest, the pure white flowers symbolize loyalty and love.

Ban flowers are closely associated with the cultural and spiritual life and are a typical symbol of the people of Dien Bien. However, when exploring the ancient ban forest, people born and raised in Dien Bien are also overwhelmed by the scenery of Nam Cum village in the blooming season.

March is the ideal time to explore the ancient Nam Cum forest - Photo: TU HA

Mr. Quach The Tan (Dien Bien Phu City, Dien Bien) said that because he loves taking photos, he always seeks out beautiful lands in the mountains and forests of the Northwest.

"The Ban flowers are very familiar to me. Even though this is the second time I've come to Nam Cum, the feeling is still like the first time. The wild Ban flowers here have a completely different "quality", both strange and familiar.

The ban forest here has roots and branches that are so old that a person can hug them. The black trunks have become rough over the years. Each patch of pure white ban tree blooms on each bare canopy like a bonsai. To me, each ban tree here is like a beautiful work of art from nature," Mr. Tan confided.

Ban flower festival in March in Dien Bien

Ban flowers are closely associated with the lives of the Mong ethnic people here - Photo: TU HA

According to the locals, the Ban season usually lasts more than a month (March to April). The time when the Ban flowers are in full bloom is also the time to hold the Ban flower festival.

In the past, few people knew about the ancient Ban forest, so not many people came to visit and explore the village. Recently, the Ban forest has gradually become more known to more people. The number of people coming to enjoy it is increasing day by day.

Recently, along with inventorying, preserving and promoting the value of ancient ban forests, taking advantage of available advantages to develop tourism.

Nam Cum village is one of the places that Muong Ang district is interested in and investing in developing community tourism. Building and promoting the image of the people and the beauty of Ban flowers in Nam Cum village makes tourists know and explore more.

With a not too far distance, convenient roads, majestic natural scenery, in March, the Nam Cum ancient ban forest blooms white, promising to be an attractive destination not to be missed by tourists from all over the world on their journey to explore and experience the land and people of the Northwest.