Buckwheat flower season

In November, as the first winter winds arrive, the Dong Van Karst Plateau enters its most beautiful flower season. From rock crevices, mountainsides, and deep valleys, the flowers weave a delicate yet resilient pink–purple carpet. Ahead of the 2025 Buckwheat Flower Festival themed “Land of Blooming Rocks,” an ever-new story unfolds - about vitality, about people, and about the harmony of earth and sky in bloom on the karst plateau.

Buckwheat flowers bloom at the foot of Lung Cu Flag Tower.

Their fragile yet proud petals unfold amid the early winter chill.

“Land of Blooming Rocks” carries a message of enduring vitality and the unyielding beauty that rises from the harsh grey stone.

Children play beside the flower fields, their laughter carried on the cold early-season wind.

Every November, from rock crevices, mountainsides, and valleys, the flowers form a thin yet persistent pink–purple carpet. The colors shift with the sunlight from pure white to soft pink, then deep violet at dusk.

The winding stone paths seem gentler and more poetic thanks to the blossoms.

During this season, every road across the karst plateau is lined with blooming flowers. Sunset over the flower valleys bathes the highland sky in shades of pink.

Many visitors linger on the flower hills to capture the moment of the “Land of Blooming Rocks.”

Tourists happily take photos to preserve their most beautiful memories.

Visitors stroll through the purple flower fields, their smiles blending with the highland sunlight.

The owner of a flower garden in Sung La Commune said that since late October, he and his family began sowing seeds on the hillside to prepare for the flower season and serve visitors. Each entry ticket for photo-taking costs just VND10,000 VND but enough to help the family earn extra income during the season.

Motorbikes ride in a line up the slopes along the buckwheat routes under the twilight sky.

Foreign tourist groups eagerly explore the flower-filled roads.

Khanh Linh