(HBO) – Taking selfies besides fruit-laden orange trees, harvesting red and succulent Canh and yellow-flesh oranges, and enjoying sweet and juicy fruits are alluring experiences that tourists can have when visiting orange orchards in Cao Phong district from November every year.
Ripe oranges cover the two sides of the road from Hoa Binh
city to Cao Phong with bright yellow. Endless orange gardens can be seen right
in the centre of the district. Roads to this orange farming area has been
upgraded and expanded, thus facilitating transport and tourism activities.
The owner of the Thuy Nga orange orchard in Area 4 of Cao
Phong town, Cao Phong district, instructs visitors how to choose high-quality
fruits.
Many cars have come to this
area on recent days, bringing tourists to seemingly limitless orange farms on
gently sloping hills.
Fruit-laden orange trees are the first thing to
see when arriving at the Thuy Nga orchard in Area 4 of Cao Phong town. Nearly 10
sets of tables and chairs were placed in the yard so that visitors can rest,
enjoy tea and taste local oranges.
Visitors to the farm vary. Some delegations
whose business trips traversing Hoa Binh came to the garden to buy oranges.
Many groups of elderly also dropped by to have a tour of this place.
Over the last couple of years, some travel
companies have added orange farms to tours of Hoa Binh province aside from
familiar destinations like Giang Mo and Lac villages and Hoa Binh Lake.
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The provincial Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism on December 24 organised a conference to report on the results of collecting, researching, restoring, and preserving "Bi doi”, a musical instrument of the airophonic family and a traditional instrument of the Muong ethnic people in Da Bac district.
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