November, winter comes, fog covers everywhere. The white color of fog, of drizzle blends with the pure white color of canola flowers blooming all over the valleys and hills. Moc Chau appears like an immense, endless “white plateau”.
Moc Chau White Plateau. Photo: Nguyen Chi Nam
Canola flowers bloom in Moc Chau from October to December, usually peaking in the first 2-3 weeks of November. After that, people gradually harvest to collect old canola seeds to sell to oil presses. Canola flowers are planted from the foot of one mountain to the foot of another, from one village to another valley. The whole land of Moc Chau in the early winter days seems to be immersed in a dreamy, hazy haze.
Photo: Nguyen Chi Nam
Thung Cuong village is the place where canola flowers bloom the earliest. From the end of October, the road to the village is covered in white. Ba Phach village canola flowers bloom later, this is also the place known as the "canola flower paradise" in Moc Chau with flower fields stretching far and wide. If it weren't for the bumpy, rocky dirt road and the small houses under the shade of green trees, Ba Phach village would probably look like an endless maze with no exit in sight.
Thung Cuong Village
Thung Cuong Village
Road to Ba Phach village
Foggy mornings on the road to the village
If you want to enjoy a flowery sky of your own, there is no place more suitable than Ban Bua. Wandering alone on a motorbike to a deserted village, drinking a cup of warm tea in the early winter cold, you will suddenly feel your heart sink. That moment seems like you are alone in the quiet and pristine, the mountains are far away and the flowers are very close...
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In addition, Ang village is also a popular place to see white mustard flowers. Going deep into the pine forest, you will see flower fields planted by locals to welcome tourists. However, this is a paid photo spot, about 10,000 to 20,000 VND per turn.
Some small notes for tourists coming to Moc Chau in November
- November in Moc Chau is very cold, with fog and drizzle. Visitors should bring a thin raincoat, windbreaker and sneakers.
- You should go see the flowers at noon, when the fog has cleared and the temperature is higher, the lighting conditions are also more suitable for taking photos.
- Do not pick, break, or damage people's flowers. Because most flowers are used to get seeds to sell.
