The Moc Chau Plateau is 199km from Hanoi along National Highway 6. This plateau is about 1,000m above sea level and around 80km long and 25km wide. Located slightly under half way between Mai Chau and Son La, Moc Chau is little more than a fairly stretched out, glorified truck stop. The road which enters town from one side does as almost every other visitor to the town tends to and exits the other side shortly afterwards.
The area of the grass-field accounts for more than 14,000ha and is suitable for animal husbandry, tea planting and other agriculture. Moc Chau tea factory was set up here to produce black tea for export and for domestic consumption.
Thousands of pure-bred and crossbred cows from the Netherlands are raised on the Moc Chau state-run farm, established in 1958. They provide fresh milk to Hanoi and to other provinces for producing tinned milk, yoghurt and other milk products.
Moc Chau Plateau is an attractive place for visitors with its cool temperature in the summer and an average temperature of 20oC (68oF).
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• Son La province, Moc Chau district, area of Tan Lap, Ban Doi village
HIGHLIGHTS
• Ride the old French colonial road no. 6
• Taste the culture and the art of tea
• Remote and wondrous ethnic villages
• Fantastic, rugged mountainous scenery
Day 1: Hanoi – Moc Chau
Meals: lunch and dinner | Accommodation: homestay
7.00: Departure from your Hotel. We head west, and arrive for lunch in a beautiful valley filled with rice paddies and surrounded by limestone mountains of the Thai and Muong minority peoples.
After lunch we enter the Moc Chau plateau and stop at Hua Tat. From there we start a beautiful and leisurely mountainside ride along the old colonial road 6. It is a 25-kilometer ride to Moc Chau town, and the journey is at your own pace, usually taking about 3 hours.
We arrive in a large and beautiful Thai village lying at the bottom of a limestone mountain. Time for a shower and some rest before dinner. Overnight in the stilt house of our gracious hosts.
Day 2: Moc Chau Biking
Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner | Accommodation: homestay
After breakfast, we discover the secrets of making the excellent local Olong tea. We then take a ride on a quiet road, up and down along plum orchards, trading 'hellos' with locals along the way. We stop after a few kilometers to walk down to a beautiful valley inhabited by H'mong people. Your awesome guide will set up a picnic lunch here before we get back on our bikes. We keep riding for few kilometers more before veering left on one of the most beautiful roads of the area. The ride ends at our homestay where we can shower and rest before dinner and a good night's sleep.
Day 3: Moc Chau - Hanoi
Meals: breakfast and lunch | Accommodation: N/A
In the morning, we take a walk through the village bordered by rice and tea fields. If time allows, we may also walk to the tea factory of our host on the edge of the village to learn about the processing of the precious leaves. We then leave the area and start on our way back to Hanoi with a stop for lunch at a local restaurant between Moc Chau and Mai Chau. We typically arrive back in Hanoi around 5.30pm. Tour ends at your Hotel.
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