Why should we travel to Moc Chau in this May?

1. Discovering the green hill tea
In May, Moc Chau looks like a colorful picture with endless green hills of tea. The time to collect tea in Moc Chau plateau is from the beginning of April until the end of June. Tea is grown ơn the S shaped form in Mộc Châu farm and the heart shape tea hill leads to Ngu Dong Ban On. Here, tourists can enjoy the dynamic and strong beauty of green hills of tea.
 
2.Collect Moc Chau plum
May is also the time of red plum and peaches. Tourists are always attracted by this in this time. You can see there are a lot of plum in the town farm and Tan Lap commune. The harvest of plum usually lasts from April until May, if the weather is warm, people can collect them from March. This will be an exciting trip as you can collect aromatic and yummy plum by yourself or eat on the farm.
Coming to Moc Chau at this time, visitors will be able to admire the lush plum hills lying along the road. Red plum clusters ripen as just wants to burst out of the fragile shell lying behind the green leaves like the cheek of Moc Chau girl always pink shyly. In fact, Moc Chau plateau (Son La) is considered the largest plum area of our country, most concentrated in Tan Lap commune and the Farm Town area. Depending on the weather conditions that plums will ripen at different times but usually, mid-May is the time plum ripening and also the busiest time of Moc Chau.
From the center of Moc Chau Farm, turn right into Tan Lap, go about 20km you will see the bustling business. Traders from all over country come to buy and transport plum to provinces in the lowland for consumption and there are also traders from China.
Plums in Moc Chau is not the same as it is in other provinces. Thanks to the favorable weather, climate and soil, Moc Chau plums are much more plump; Besides, Moc Chau plum has a pleasant aroma, crunchy, strong taste, a great harmony between natural sweet and sour.
 
 
3. Contemplate Dai Yem waterfall
Dai Yem waterfall is the ideal place for those who are a big fan of nature. Another name for it is Nàng waterfall (lady waterfall) or Ban Vat waterfall. You can see the elegant and winding of the waterfall from the far distance, it looks like this waterfall is cutting Moc Chau according to horizontal direction. May is the best time to visit here as you can see the flow of water falling from the 70m high down which is extremely gorgeous.
 
4. Visit pine forest in Áng village
This is the wonderful place for those who like the freedom as they can enjoy airy and open space. Coming to Ang village, you can watch traditional stilt houses with hundred years old and bushy green pine forest. Additionally, man-made lakes with clean blue water are super splendid which appears to a lot of visitors to come. Visiting the pine forest in Ang village, you will have the feeling that you are taking for a walk in the pine forest in Da Lat, that is the reason why people say that Moc Chau is Da Lat of the Northwest region in Vietnam. The road leads you into Ang village is the endless terraced fields, therefore if you go here in May, you will see Ang village in its yellow color of ripe rice fields on the spacious terraced fields.
Posted on: 04/12/2019

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