Moc Chau is an ideal place to travel when spring comes.
Plum garden in Tan Lap area
If you like the tranquility, lightness to leisurely admire the flowers, relax enjoy the clean space of the mountains and forests, try to go to the plum garden in Tan Lap area once. The plum orchard is located near Chiang Hac commune (the road to Hang Tau), although the road is bumpy but not too difficult to walk. Or you can go in the direction from the farm town into Tan Lap. The travel distance here is only about 12km.
Plum Valley is just as the name suggests – a valley of plum blossoms filled with sky.
The best time to photograph plum blossoms in this valley is from 2:30pm until the sun goes out. At this time, the sun began to shine, the golden sun illuminated the whole valley, making the large plum trees seem to become sparkling and clear.
Plum blossoms in the afternoon sun.
Plum Valley
Pan Branch is a place that is so famous for those who love Moc Chau, this is also the village with the most pristine plum orchards. Pan Branch Valley is only about 16km from the city center, located on the route to Heart tea hill, Plum Na Ka valley, so it is very convenient if you combine to visit all three places in one day. There is a small village of the Hmong people, if you come here correctly, you will meet very cute children and take pictures with them.
The children in the Branch Village.
Plum valley near Pa Phách (behind Moc Chau Town People's Committee)
Running to the People's Committee of Moc Chau town (about 5km from the center), you will see a small road on the right hand side of the committee administrative area leading directly to the hill where there are both large plum and plum blossom gardens. Looking up from the committee, you can see flowers blooming in a white patch of hill.
You can see a whole large arch of flowers.
And if you do not meet the plum blossom season in time, do not miss this place because this place also hides a large plum garden with ancient plum trees with thick canopy, lined up evenly leading to the wooden house deep in the hill. It is difficult for you to leave this place because walking a circle on the hill is full of plum blossoms. Features of the flower gardens here are old plum stumps, rough black stems, snow-white flowers reaching out to form beautiful flower arches. Below is a carpet of purple wildflowers mixed with white limbs creating a thick carpet of flowers. Looking up at the sky is a pure white plum blossom area, looking at the side is a carpet of soft and gentle wildflowers.
Old plum blossom garden.
Most plum orchards in Moc Chau are owned by people, usually the entrance fee to the garden costs about 20,000 VND per person and unlimited time. The places I just introduced above are free, you can consider or ask people in advance if there is a fee service.
Plum orchard in Khe Lum
This is a plum garden that few people know, but for me it is a nice place to see the flowers. Khe Lom is one of the oldest ancient plum orchards in Moc Chau. The shaggy black trunks winded strange shapes and covered with time-tinged moss. The branches from the base to 2/3 of the trunk are quite few, most are concentrated above with wide open crowns.
Plum orchard in Khe Lom.
The wooden house in the plum garden of Khe Lom.
Thai Hung Flower Hill
It would be remiss if you have not come to Thai Hung to see the flowers. About two years ago, Thai Hung began to be known and visited by many people. In Thai Hung quite a few besides plum blossoms, this is also a beautiful place to see plum blossoms. The plum forest in Thai Hung is mostly large ancient apricot roots, so the flower canopy is beautifully rounded.
Thai Hung is gorgeous with plum blossoms and canola blossoms in white bloom.
Taixing is as beautiful as a fairytale.
The field of cabbage flowers is near Taixing.
Near the downhill Taixing, you can wander among the white cabbage valley of your local friend below. The cabbage garden here is grown for canola oil pressing, not for tourism purposes. The people here are also very pleasant and happy to let in the garden for free, as long as you are careful not to step on the flowers. You can send some fees or bring some sweets to the children of the garden owner.
In the past, the road to this hill was quite bad, but since mid-2020, people here have built concrete roads to facilitate transportation for both gardeners and visitors. When you come to the beginning of the road to Thai Hung, you will meet the aunts and uncles living here to set up a small toll booth, the fee for 1 person is 20,000 VND. This expense, according to me, will be contributed to the general fund of the village in this area alone and the aunts and uncles will use this money to improve roads and convenience for visitors to travel when visiting. So have fun and if you can, buy the aunts and uncles here some bottles of water and snacks. Thai Hung flower hill area is very large and many winding ramps, if you are afraid to walk, you can rent a motorbike taxi to drive to the middle of the hill to see the flowers.
In addition, to have the most ideal trip to explore plum orchards, you also note a few more things such as:
You can rent motorbikes to travel between tourist destinations. Note to choose reputable car rental places because the road between Moc Chau locations is quite bad, it will be very inconvenient for you if the car is damaged along the road or you are a female driver.
Moc Chau weather is very special, one day can have 4 seasons. The nights here will always be colder, similar to autumn. So remember to bring warm clothes when going to Moc Chau plum garden.
The plum gardens in Moc Chau are usually located on high hills, bad roads or steep slopes, so choose sneakers to move around and maybe bring a nice pair of shoes to the photo spot.
The time of blooming of flowers is from mid-December to mid-January. However, at different times, there will be different blooming flower gardens. To make sure you get to the best time, in addition to referring to reviews on travel groups, you can also find local tourguides to know exactly when and where the flowers bloom. Contacting a local tourguide also saves you time and effort to have more time to watch the flowers bloom more.
Above are some outstanding places to see plum blossoms and plum blossoms in Moc Chau. In addition to watching plum blossoms, you can also combine a waterfall schedule, watching the sunset to enjoy the most comfortable trip!