Yen Chau Son La

Yen Chau Son La offers some of best Vietnam off the beaten track holidays and soft adventure journeys in Vietnam. Yen Chau is a mountainous district of Son La province in the northwest Vietnam. The district covers an area of 843 square kilometres. Yen Chau district contains 1 township and 14 communes including Yen Chau, Chieng

Yen Chau Son La offers some of best Vietnam off the beaten track holidays and soft adventure journeys in Vietnam. Yen Chau is a mountainous district of Son La province in the northwest Vietnam. The district covers an area of 843 square kilometres.

Yen Chau district contains 1 township and 14 communes including Yen Chau, Chieng Dong, Chieng Ha, Chieng Khoi, Chieng On, Chieng Pan, Chieng Sang, Chieng Tuong, Long Phieng, Muong Lum, Phieng Khoai, Sap Vat, Tu Nang, Vieng Lan, and Yen Son.

Getting to Yen Chau Son La

The best way to get to Yen Chau district is to take the short internal flight from Hanoi to Na San airport, Son La province. From there, you can either hire a car or take a motor-taxi to be brought to Yen Chau.

If you travel in a small group, hiring a car from Hanoi may be a better choice. The car journey takes about 4 hours on road. It offers you the chance to discover the northwest region of Vietnam.

There are public buses from Hanoi to Yen Chau Son La. Both day buses and night buses are available at My Dinh bus station. Buses are usually full at weekend.

Yen Chau Weather

Yen Chau features a tropical monsoon climate, which is characterized by torrential rains in the summer (from May to September) and cold and dry in winter (from November to January). Like many other travel places in the northern Vietnam, Yen Chau also suffers from the influence of the dry and hot wind from Laos in summer which makes the weather intolerable sometimes.

Yen Chau’s climate is divided into two distinct seasons. Winter lasts from October to March of the next year, and summer from April to September. The annual average temperature is 21.4oC.

Yen Chau Travel Activities

Trekking is the best way to discover the mountainous district of Yen Chau Vietnam. Hiking offers the chance to explore Yen Chau tropical forest, luxuriant mountains, remote hill tribe villages, terraced paddy fields. Whether it is a single day hike or multi day treks we have something to suit everybody. Maybe you just want to trek through remote hill tribe villages around Yen Chau or maybe you really want to get away from the crowds we can customize an trekking itinerary for you.

Cycling is another great way to discover Yen Chau and its surrounding areas. The less-traveled district of Yen Chau has sealed, paved cycle routes, single dirt tracks, mountain trails offering fantastic bike rides for enthusiastic road cyclists and mountain bikers. We have a range of road cycling tours and mountain bike tours around Yen Chau Son La and the north west region of Vietnam, providing options for both those who want some mountain challenges and those who prefer long flat rides.

Son La Packages

Check out our best Son La packages we design for small group tours, family holidays in Yen Chau, Son La, northwest Vietnam. Options include Son La hiking tours, trekking homestay, Son La road trips, cycling holidays, caving, bicycle tours, community travel. Joining these all-inclusive packages you will discover the province of Son La as well as other non-touristy places in the northern highlands of Vietnam

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