Ham Rong Mountain is a mountain located in the majestic Hoang Lien Son range with the meaning of ‘dragon’s jaw’.
Ham Rong Mountain is located close to the center of Sa Pa town and has the lowest point in the South 1,450m, the highest point at 1,850m. Photo: Dao Nguyen Bui Thuy. 
Terrain with an average slope angle of about 30 degrees. Geomorphology is mainly exposed weathered casteur bedrock. Photo: Trung Duc. 
Red cherries on Ham Rong peak. Photo: Cao Minh. 
Around Ham Rong mountain, there are many different types of mountains, evergreen closed forests, with all kinds of green broad-leaved trees all year round and vines, dense bushes, mixed forests of broadleaf and coniferous trees… characterized by sparse forest, less dense, sometimes interspersed broadleaf grass. Higher than subtropical moist evergreen closed forest with sparse forest characteristics, few layers of coniferous flora develop. With the height of the mountain top, there are almost no trees left, only sporadic mountain bamboo (Dwarf Truc) and dusty wind blowing. Photo: Tuan_Nikon. 
The average temperature of Ham Rong mountain area is from 15 to 18 degrees Celsius, the average rainfall is 1,800 – 2,000mm, especially the climate is different with the appearance of frost and light snow. Photo: Dulichsapacungmytour. 
Ham Rong Mountain in Lao Cai province is a province with relatively rich and diverse potential for tourism development. Located in the tourist complex of Lao Cai province, Ham Rong mountain is considered as one of the places with great potential for tourism development and plays a very important role in the process of economic restructuring of the province. Photo: Vietravel. 
This is an indispensable tourist destination in the travel itinerary of tourists to Sapa. Photo: Dao Nguyen Bui Thuy. 
Coming to Ham Rong mountain, visitors not only enjoy the wild natural scenery of heaven and earth, but also enjoy the fresh and cool air of Sapa. Photo: Vietnamtourism. 
Visitors to Sa Pa cannot help but come to Ham Rong mountain to talk with rocks, with trees, with wild wind and clouds, to be immersed in the ecstatic scenery of creation, to live in a fairyland in the middle of the world. Photo: Dao Nguyen Bui Thuy. 
From a distance, Ham Rong Mountain looks like a giant dragon bending over, lying to the west of Hoang Lien Son range. The top part of the mountain is cleverly arranged by the “mother” of nature from the lifeless cliffs randomly, but creates a meaningful image. Photo: Thongtindulichsapa. 
The people here call the top of that mountain Dau Rong mountain because it looks like the head of a dragon baring its fangs towards the sky. Photo: Dao Nguyen Bui Thuy. 
There are many versions of the legend of Ham Rong mountain, but in general, these legends refer to the love, affection, and loyalty of dragons. Photo: Ngo Minh Truc.
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