2 days 1-night schedule to see canola flowers and explore Moc Chau green steppe for busy people

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2 days 1-night schedule to see canola flowers and explore Moc Chau green steppe for busy people

Who said busy office workers can’t go to Moc Chau?

Planning your own trip is not easy. Usually, it takes time for everyone to learn and then consider how they should go, and how to arrange them to be both comfortable and discover the most.

Sometimes, it is also because of this effort that many people, especially office workers, have to temporarily put aside the desire to travel far away, accepting to lie down at home for the weekend to go by boringly. Understanding this heart, again on the occasion of Moc Chau on the most beautiful days of the year, we have considered and outlined the most detailed and optimal travel schedule. Your job is just to pack up and visit the “green plateau” right away!

Transportation to Moc Chau

Moc Chau Plateau, in Moc Chau district, Son La province, nearly 200km northwest of Hanoi. Topographic features make this land possess a mild climate, cool all year round. The average temperature is only from 18 to 20 degrees Celsius – an ideal place for travel and relaxation. Not to mention, this place also owns simple and peaceful villages, tea hills, streams, and waterfalls…

From Hanoi to Moc Chau, the ideal means of transport is a car, because if you are not a professional “backpacker”, it is difficult for you to safely cross the bends.

Photo: @tran.tran_, @longduongmc, @xuanynguyen95

Some of the highest-scoring limousine companies:

Xuan Trang limousine 9 seats with pick up point at 35 Nguyen Tuan (Thanh Xuan). The destination is Moc Chau bus station, there is a shuttle bus to Moc Chau town, Truong Giang hotel, MAMA’s House, Le Chalet Du Lac – Moc Chau, Van Ho junction, Moc Chau farm town, House Hill, November Homestay, Moc Chau Eco Garden.

Nhat An limousine has 2 pickup points, the Royal City urban area and Mac Thai To office. This garage will drop off at town and transfer to the gate of Huong Sen hotel, November Homestay, MAMA’s House, Village Homestay.

With a ticket price of 250,000 VND/seat/way, these limousine operators will operate from 6 am to 9 pm, with a frequency of 1 hour/trip.

However, at peak times, seats are very quickly sold out, so if you are excited to go on a date, you can only contact the sleeper buses of Xuan Trang, Moc Chau Travel, Duc Quyen, and Chung Thu. Ticket prices will range from 180,000 – 200,000 VND/seat/way and there are many different pick-up destinations in Hanoi.

To Moc Chau, contact the homestay owner to rent a motorbike or rent a car, with a local driver leading the way.

Photo: Nguyen Chung

Where?

Accommodation service in Moc Chau is relatively developed, so it is quite easy to find accommodation that suits your budget and needs right on online service sites. If staying at a homestay or hotel, visitors should choose addresses located in Moc Chau town and also convenient to the bus route. We give a few names:

– Huong Sen Moc Chau Hotel, 2 Tran Huy Lieu, Moc Chau.

– House By Lake, lane 79 Tran Huy Lieu, Moc Chau.

– Vivu Cafe & Hometel, 136 Tran Huy Lieu, Moc Chau.

– Moc Chau House, No. 13, Lane 67 To Hieu Street, Moc Chau.

– Lacasa home&coffee Moc Chau, Tien Tien, Moc Chau.

Photo: To Thanh Hao, Huong Sen Moc Chau fanpage, Vivu Cafe Moc Chau – Local Tea & Coffee, Lacasa home&coffee Moc Chau.

Detailed schedule

Only 2 days and 1 night to explore Moc Chau, so visitors need to carefully consider the places to go to save the most time without regret. We will offer the following suggested schedule:

Day 1: Hanoi – Moc Chau – Fairy Waterfall

7:30 am: Depart from Hanoi.

12:30: Receive homestay and store your things, have lunch at the homestay, and rest for energy.

14h30: Go to Fairy Waterfall.

Nang Tien Waterfall is located in Chieng Khoa commune, Van Ho, Son La, nearly 30km from the center of Moc Chau town. This is waterfall located in the middle of the primeval forest, known as the most beautiful waterfall in Moc Chau.

The waterfall has 3 floors with the water estimated to be hundreds of meters high and each floor has its own beauty. From the parking spot, visitors only need to walk about 200m to meet the first romantic waterfall. Moreover, when we follow the small path upstream of the water to go deeper inside, the more we go, the more we feel the majesty of nature.

Also because the water flows strongly in this season, the bamboo rafting service near the waterfall cannot be operated for tourists.

16h00: Go to cafe to watch the sunset in Chieng Khoa, back to Moc Chau town.

17h30: Have dinner at a restaurant serving Northwest cuisine around the homestay.

Nang Tieng Waterfall – Chieng Khoa.Photo: @liinhie, @chuducgiangg, @thuynhung141.

Day 2: Na Ka Valley – Heart tea hill – Hanoi

7:00: Breakfast. Go to Na Ka valley.

Coming to Na Ka this season, there are no plum blossoms or ripe plums laden with branches, but there are suffocating white cabbage gardens, like a silk ribbon winding around the hillsides. This place is also about 5km from the heart of tea hill, so it is quite convenient to move.

9:00: Go to the heart of tea hill.

There are some people who have been to Cau Dat tea hill in Da Lat before, so they have no intention of coming here. However, it is not natural that the tea hills here are still so crowded with tourists. That’s because there is not one but a series of tea gardens close together, like a green lawn. If the area of the heart tea hill is crowded, please move to the hill on the opposite side.

Heart tea hill. Photo: @hae_ji.04126, @thhoaingg__, @yeye.yan21, Le Ng.

In addition, right on the way to the tea hill, there is a dairy farm, you can visit the cow’s milk production process and enjoy a cup of hot fresh milk.

Photo: @thuyy_changg__.

If you like to explore and your health allows, please refer to a more “hard” schedule, instead of just going to Na Ka valley and visiting the heart tea hill.

Or… Day 2: Primitive Village – Tau Cave – Moc Chau Town – Hanoi

7:00: Breakfast. Go to the primitive village.

Located in a small valley, in the original village, although it has begun to attract many visitors, it has not lost its wild, poetic beauty. However, the road to the original village has many difficult sections.

You must definitely start your trip early in the morning. Here, there is only a 3km long road but very steep, and many people have spent nearly 1 hour to cross.

Not to mention, there is absolutely no phone signal here, so if the front is a fork in the road, there are only 2 ways, one is to turn big, the other is to stop and pray for local people to pass by to ask for directions.

11:30: Return to Moc Chau town, have lunch, rest, prepare to check out.

Primitive village – Tau cave.Photo: @nnhien__, @duonghoang.207, @_pthao2210_, Nguyen Duc Huy.

Where can I check-in flowers?

Canola flower gardens are scattered along many roads of Moc Chau. Therefore, in the process of moving to the main places mentioned above, visitors will encounter a lot and can stop to check in. Some cabbage gardens are at their most beautiful, especially on the way to Tau cave, to Na Ka valley, in the town of Moc Chau Farm or on the way to Nang Tien waterfall.

Photo: @meotran215, @llehienn, @_hnb.104_.

What to eat in Moc Chau?

Although in the mountains, in Moc Chau, there are a lot of salmon. When walking around the center, it is not difficult to come across restaurants serving this dish – like a familiar thing here. Famous restaurants in town can be mentioned as Tuan Gu, and Thuong Hien, or for the most convenience, please book with the homestay owner in advance.

And also don’t forget to enjoy cow’s milk and sticky rice yogurt – two of the specialties of Moc Chau highland.