TEA ISLAND – THANH CHUONG DISTRICT

About 50km from Vinh city (Nghe An) in the northwest direction, Thanh Chuong tea hill in Thanh An commune, Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province has a total area of more than 420ha, also known as "tea island" because  its uniqueness is not confused with anywhere else.

Thanh Chuong tea hill has a total area of more than 420ha, including many small islands surrounding Cau Cau dam. Each tea island has an area of ​​about 1 hectare cultivated in the shape of winding terraces, looking down from above looks like fingerprints for the unique uniqueness of this land. Perhaps Thanh Chuong tea hill is also one of the few of tea hills that tourists want to visit they must use a boat. Sitting on a small boat, weaving through each green oasis, visitors will feel the unique beauty of the tea hill, enjoy the extremely fresh and pleasant atmosphere with the faint scent of tea, especially in the early morning, when it is still dew and the scenery here has not been awakened.

Stopping by the small huts on the tea island, visitors can enjoy a crispy piece of Cu Do candy, sip a sip of green tea with a sweet taste lingering on the tip of the tongue. In addition, visitors can also stop to rest at a floating restaurant or visit a local house to enjoy famous local specialties such as Thanh Chuong salad of salted bits of jackfruit, Mat fish in Giang river, Chua market bamboo shoots, and La Mac sweet potatoes, hill-chicken soup...

Unlike many tea hills, which are often seasonal, Thanh Chuong tea hill is green and beautiful all year round. Therefore, visitors can visit Thanh Chuong tea hill at any season of the year to feel the peaceful and clear beauty, admire the green and poetic scenery of the tea islands. The special thing of Thanh Chuong Nghe An tea hill is that tea is grown on small oases, surrounded by Cau Cau dam. View from top to bottom, this place looks like snails emerging from the water surface. With an extremely unique natural scenery, both majestic and poetic, Thanh Chuong Nghe An tea island is an attractive tourist attraction, attracting a lot of tourists to visit and explore.

To travel to Thanh Chuong tea hill from Hanoi or Saigon, you can fly to Vinh airport. From here, you continue to travel by bus, taxi or rent a motorbike to move to the tea hill. For young people who like to experience and choose to travel to Thanh Chuong tea hill by motorbike from Hanoi, you can go under the following route:

Starting from the center of Hanoi, drive in the direction of Phap Van to the highway. When coming to the section of Gie Bridge, turn left onto the road to Van Dinh, go straight through Te Tieu for about 7 km to Cho Ben, then continue to follow the Ho Chi Minh trail, through the territory of Thanh An commune.

Perhaps there is rarely another tea hill in Vietnam that when visiting, visitors will have to go by boat like Thanh Chuong tea hill. Each motorboat here can carry up to 4 people, with rental rates from only 100,000 VND to 150,000 VND for the whole session. There are dozens of different tea oases, each with an area of more than 1ha. Sitting on a small boat, weaving through each green oasis, you will feel the unique beauty of Thanh Chuong tea hill, enjoy the extremely fresh and pleasant atmosphere. The faint scent of tea in the space makes your soul extremely refreshing. In particular, on each oasis, there is a small hut. Inside, people have set up tables and chairs, including kettles to mix water so that people who come to Thanh Chuong tea hill can sit and rest and enjoy the scenery.