Located at the foot of Mount Tan Vien (Ba Vi, Hanoi) – Khoang Xanh – Suoi Tien emerges as an eco-tourism attraction not only because of its legendary story of Son Tinh – Thuy Tinh, but also its overhelming beauty.
Khoang Xanh legend
Tourists visiting Khoang Xanh are not only surprised by the harmony of nature and well invested works, but also charmed with the legend of romantic love between a beautiful fairy and a prince.
Legend has it that once upon a time, a fairy came to earth, walked around and got lost in this beautiful neglected place. A myriad of flowers blooming amid the bird songs and the warbling stream absorbed her and made her forget the time.
Until the dusk, she hastened back to the heaven and left her green coat on earth. Just at that moment, a prince hunting here caught it. He was ecstatic at the scent of the forest and fragrance from her coat, dreaming of white clouds. The fairy turned round, catching the prince’s tender eyes. She couldn’t help her loving heart; she came back, making love with him. When the sun set, the halo of love shone in her heart but heaven’s strict rules made her come back. The prince clung to her, not wanting to leave. In the magical sound of dawn, she was so graceful with him on the green coat, singing the heaven and earth’s lullabies, lulling him into peaceful sleep. When he woke up, she had gone, leaving the green coat with her vague perfume. Since then, the coat wove itself into the dreamy Khoang Xanh valley which has been green for thousands of years.
Beside the legend’s beauty, Khoang Xanh – Suoi Tien lies in the valleys near Ba Vi Mountain, 400 metres above sea level. The place is covered by endless mountains and forests with Fairy stream at the foot of legend Tan Vien Mountain. At the upper reaches are graceful waterfalls such as Mo, Hoa, Tran, and Mam Xoi waterfalls cascading day and night from the mountain, which makes a melodious sound like fanciful nature’s attraction. The natural design style blends well with the wild, neglected look of mountainous area.
Waking up the fairy
Coming to Khoang Xanh – Suoi Tien, tourists are confronted with dreamy untouched beauty like a fairy sleeping peacefully. Valuing such quiescent scenery, while the city is lacking many entertainment places and resorts, Mr Pham Quang Loi and associates decided to bravely invest into Khoang Xanh. With Khoang Xanh’s legend and natural beauty, Khoang Xanh Tourism Joint Stock Company has promoted its investment with the outlook of preserving its original features to bring tourists back to nature, and diversify tourism products to serve tourists’ needs for entertainment.
Khoang Xanh – Suoi Tien has formed three entertainment zones. Zone 1 with hundreds of hectares allows tourists to go sightseeing, visit, play around waterfalls, enjoy streams and natural forests. Here the pure water of the romantic and mysterious Fairy Stream forms pretty waterfalls and makes magical sounds.
Zone 2 is a water park, with wave pools and modern sprinkler systems, as well as many games such as water slides, pleasure-boats, and a fairy garden for children. The water park is one of the attraction’s accents and also the managers’ breakthrough in turning a neglected stream into wave pool and lake for pleasure boating. Visitors can both swim in lakes and enjoy lightning fast water slides. Dinosaur valley is dedicated to children, restoring dinosaurs and raising animals such as crocodiles, monkeys, and peacocks. The young tourists will be able to discover the animal world in a winding terrain which brings joy. Especially, Khoang Xanh – Suoi Tien has invested billions of VND to build a maze for those with passion for adventure, and the desire to explore mysterious worlds.
Zone 3 is the hot springs centre, favoured by domestic and foreign visitors. The unique feature of this zone is the natural mineral water, drilled from the depth of 215 meters at temperature of 45 degrees Celsius, which is very good for people’s health. Exploiting this resource, the company has invested in a hot mineral pool which is 1,000 sq. metres with strange caves to make tourists feel like they are in a fairy cave, relaxing after stressful working days. Especially, instead of going to Nha Trang for mud baths, tourists can enjoy this service right in Hanoi, with 30 pools of inorganic mud bath at 38 degree Celsius throughout the year. With this service, tourists can be relaxed by hot jacuzzi bath, thermal bath and rain shower which improve health, help beautify skin and ease arthritis and bone pain. To diversify tourism products for entertainment and health, apart from stream bath and mud bath, at the beginning of the year the company opened the VIP spa zone with 16 massage, acupuncture and rehabilitation rooms, which are favoured by tourists.
Khoang Xanh Tourism Company also pays attention to investing in a system of halls and canteens to serve seminars and meetings. The accommodation system with 160 rooms (ranked 2 stars) is built on the mountainside close to nature, two large halls with capacity of 200 – 300 people, and a canteen serving up to 1,000 people, which are convenient for conferences and seminars. Therefore, many big conferences have been held here. To serve the tourists, the company also focuses on training serving staff, cooking and choosing local specialties such as tau bay, cang cua vegetable, and hill chicken to make new and attractive dishes for tourists.
With the legendary beauty of Khoang Xanh, contributed by human effort and care, especially enthusiasm and love for nature, and the desire to bring tourists relaxing and comfortable holidays, Khoang Xanh Tourism Joint Stock Company’s Management Board believes that Khoang Xanh – Suoi Tien will be the perfect destination in each tourist’s journey.