Moc
Chau is a town that located in Son La Province. This is one of the most famous
places for the backpacking trips in the plateau in the Northwest of Vietnam. Fascinate
backpackers by the great pictures from the plentiful nature with the endless
mustard green flowers; Moc Chau is considered the ideal destination of the
North of the country that many tourists love to come one time in their life.
How to get in
Moc
Chau is located far from Ha Noi Capital more than 180km. From Ha Noi, you can
take a bus or coach to transfer to Moc Chau with its duration more than 4
hours. There is some useful information for your booking ticket to Moc Chau as
below:
The bus Ha Noi –
Son La – Moc Chau: My Dinh Bus station; 20 Pham Hung Str., My Dinh, Tu Liem
District, Ha Noi
Bac Son Coach: My
Dinh Bus Station; 20 Pham Hung Str., Tu Liem District; Tel: 0978 674 999
Hung Thanh Coach:
My Dinh Bus Station, 20 Pham Hung Str., Tu Liem District; Tel: 0974 888 555
Hai Nam Coach: My
Dinh Bus Station, 20 Pham Hung Str., Tu Liem Districh; Tel: 0915 599 449
Hoa Phat Coach: My
Dinh Bus Station, 20 Pham Hung Str., Tu Liem District; Tel: 0985 695 509
Hai Van Coach: My
Sinh Bus Station, 20 Pham Hung Str., Tu Liem District; Tel: 04 3722 3588
There
are some backpackers who love to come to Moc Chau by motorbike to enjoy the perfect
pictures along the road. However, if you do not know clearly or have no a good
companion to go together, you are not advised to transfer to Moc Chau by
motorbike.
Go around
To
visit Moc Chau, you can take a taxi or some cars to go around. To hire a car,
you can contact Lien Thao with the mobile number 0973 562 809 or Than Gai with
the mobile number 0168 7447 292. Or for
you can ask the local people to hire a motorbike or motor-taxi to visit the
town.
The
first thing that all tourists love to experience in Moc Chau is to visit the
endless mustard green flowers in the season of blooming. The mustard green flower
gardens are located in Pa Phach Village, Ang Village, and Coc Village. The next
destination for visiting is the green tea gardens that is located far from the
center of the town about 5km. There are some other destinations such as
minority villages, Dai Yem Waterfall, Bat Cave, the pine hill and Dong Sang
Lake, the plum flower gardens that are located in Pa Kha and Long Luong
Villages, the peach flower gardens that are located in Phieng Canh Village, Pha
Luong Mountain and Bang spring.
The weather
It
is considered that there are four seasons in Moc Chau like other places in the
plateau in the North of the country. The average temperature in this town is
more than 20C degree; you can visit the town all round year.
However,
the time to travel in Moc Chau is from November to May because the town has its
best nature in this period. The type of local flowers in each time will attract
all tourists who come to visit this land.
Food and drink
There
are many delicious dishes for you to taste in Moc Chau and also the specialties
that you should not miss a chance to enjoy.
For
food: The food in Moc Chau firstly is mentioned with smoked buffalo meat, rock
snails from Bang spring, fishes from the local springs, local fried veal meat.
And then there are some local dishes that have their good flavor like local taro
soup, salmon dishes, mustard green dishes, buffalo skin salad, white Ban flower
salad. If you love to have some specialties to bring home, you may choose the
things like Moc Chau tea, local plums, bitter bamboo shoots, mustard greens, persimmons,
love cakes, taros, salmons, milk candies, strawberries, wild vegetables, local
apples, etc. And you can buy these things in the local market or ask the local
people for details before going shopping.
There
are some addresses for food in Moc Chau you may concern:
Huong Nui
Restaurant: is located in the center of Moc Chau; serve local dishes
Tuan Anh Restaurant:
Highway No 6, Moc Chau Town; serve local dishes
Dung Tuoi Restaurant:
Highway No 6, Moc Chau Town; serve local dishes
Green Moc Chau
Restaurant: Highway No 6, Moc Chau Town; serve local dishes
Thao Nguyen
Restaurant: Highway No 6, Moc Chau Town; serve local dishes
Quang Thang
Restaurant: Highway No 6, Moc Chau Town; serve local dishes
For
drink: in Moc Chau, the popular drinks that are mentioned firstly tea and milk
because this land considered one of the homelands of them in the North of the
country. Beside there are some famous drinks in Moc Chau for you to taste like
corn liquid, plum liquid and milk. You can enjoy in the local restaurants.
Staying
Moc
Chau is the ideal place for backpackers so you can find here many homestays,
hostels, motels and hotels. There are some addresses that may useful for you:
Truong Giang Hotel:
2*, Hoang Quoc Viet Str., Moc Chau Town
Xuan Cuong: 1*, 03 Vu Xuan Thieu Str., Moc Chau Town
Huong Sen Hotel:
3*, Moc Chau Town
Sao Xanh Hotel:
2*, Km82, Moc Chau Town
Cong Doan Moc Chau:
2*, Moc Chau Town
Vy Anh: 1*, Ang
Village, Dong Sang Commune, Moc Chau Town
Moc Chau Eco: 1*,
Moc Chau Town
Green Moc Chau:
2*, 88 Hoang Quoc Viet Str., Moc Chau Town
Hoa Ban: 1*, Ang Village, Moc Chau Town
Sao Mai: 1*, Moc
Chau Town
Thao Nguyen: 3*,
Thao Nguyen Str., Phieng Luong, Moc Chau Town
Shopping
For
your shopping in Moc Chau, you can come to local market or some local kiosks locate
along the roads. Here you can find all local specialties. And you can ask the
local people who are ready to help you to the gardens, farms that supply the
local products.
Culture,
Holiday and people
Moc
Chau is one of the lands that are rich of the culture and local festivals. The
town attracts the tourists by the kind and friendly local people and the ethnic
groups’ plentiful culture as well. There are some famous festivals here like Plateau
Moc Chau Love Market happened from August 31st to September 2nd
, Xip Xi Festival of Thai ethnic group that happened on July 14th each
year (Lunar year), Hoa Ban Festival (or White Ban Flower Festival or Sen Ban or
Sen Muong Festival) happened on February 5th each year (Lunar year),
Het Cha Festival ( to end the Ban Flower season) happened from 23rd
to 26th March each year (Lunar year), Tet holiday of Mong people that
is starts from December of the lunar year and other festivals.
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