DAI YEM Waterfall - Moc Chau [TRAVEL GUIDE] ☀️

7 min readJun 3, 2020

Dai Yem Waterfall - attractive place near the town of Moc Chau (Son La province).

Moc Chau in Son La province is not to much visited by foreign tourists. This area is mainly visited by Vietnamese tourists from various places. Even so, it offers a number of very interesting and beautiful places from the tea plantations to fruit farms, mountains or ethnic villages. For me personally, this area is very interesting, but you have to travel by motorbike (if you do not have your private transport).

One of the most frequented sites near the town of Moc Chau - Dai Yem Waterfall (Thác Dải Yếm), waterfall is located about 10 km from the town centre of Moc Chau. It is easily accessible for almost all travelers. Dai Yem Waterfall in Moc Chau is already a big tourist spot and if you are already in Moc Chau, you should not miss this nice place.

Dai Yem Waterfall was not such a tourist attraction as it is now. The place is adapted for commercial tourism and so it is very attractive for many tourists and travelers. Before entering the complex there is a paid parking lot (ticket costs approx. 10 000 VND) for cars / motorbikes. The entrance fee to the area of Dai Yem Waterfall is approximately 100 000 VND/pp (about 5 USD, it can change in the future). Refreshment prices are low, it is standard for Vietnam.

On the place you can buy some tourist souvenirs or refresh/snack yourself with some local food. Tourists are coming there and will be coming in the future, newly there is also installed a 5D-effect glass bridge next to the waterfall, which attracts many tourists. (you can watch this video of the bridge).

Dai Yem waterfall is located about 200 km from Hanoi, but to get there from Hanoi just because of this place probably does not make sense. Therefore, it is good to combine a visit to northern Vietnam from the city of Moc Chau and from the town you can travel on a motorcycle / scooter, bicycle or catch a taxi from the town. Even a weaker scooter is enough, if you go only in this place, so you will not go to any mountain areas, the place is easily accessible by road. Dai Yem Waterfall is located just off the main road QL43, use your navigation in your smartphone.

You can search and book bus tickets from Hanoi to Moc Chau on Baolau or 12go.asia

It is not know if there are any local public buses between the town of Moc Chau and the Dai Yem Waterfall, but I would certainly not rely on the bus connection, travel on a motorbike and explore this area on your own, it is very easy. If you have more time, I highly recommend to travel on motorbike. There are buses / minivans from Hanoi Moc Chau. You can also come to Moc Chau from Son La or Mai Chau by bus (but you have to find out the schedule, but the buses run between cities).

You can visit the Dai Yem Waterfall in Moc Chau all year round. The monsoon / summer season is also recommended (May - September, unless there are any heavy rains and floods), since at this time the waterfall has the highest flow. But not at a time when there would be any floods, if you can - skip the rainy/foggy days and watch the weather before you go on motorbike to the Dai Yem Waterfall.

It can not be ruled out that outside the monsoon season (October - April, May) the flow may be significantly smaller and thus less water, but even if you are already there in October-December and the weather will be good, go and do not worry. These photos in this article are from October and the weather at Dai Yem Waterfall was perfect to visit and the water quite a bit. Moc Chau area in Son La province has a better climate than lowland areas of northern Vietnam.

Moc Chau in Son La province offers many accommodation facilities for tourists. There are various homestays, bungalows, guest houses (Nha Nghi) and in the town also classic hotels. Prices for accommodation in Moc Chau start as elsewhere in Vietnam, prices are low, homestay from about 6–8 USD for shared bed (separate room on homestay from 10 USD), bungalow-cottages from about 10–25 USD, quality hotels can be more expensive. I recommend to stay in Moc Chau town or nearby village.

(Accommodation in Moc Chau you can book easily online)

There is no train connection and there are no flights between Moc Chau and Hanoi, so you have to take a bus/minivan . Take advantage of the comfortable van of Xuan Trang Limousine or Thanh Chung sleeper bus from Hanoi, bus ticket costs about 8–11 USD/pp. Travel by sleeper tourist bus or modern minivan/limousine from Hanoi to Moc Chau town takes about 4–5 hours.

You can search and book bus tickets from Hanoi to Moc Chau on Baolau or 12go.asia

More information about this travel route + Bus Schedule > How to go to Moc Chau from Hanoi?

From the town of Moc Chau to Dai Yem Waterfall, you can easily get by motorbike or scooter, bicycle or private taxi from the town. There is a good road.

Entrance fee to the Dai Yem Waterfall is about 5 USD/pp, parking costs about 10 000 VND/pp (prices may change in the future).

The height of the Dai Yem Waterfall is about 50 m, width is about 70 m. The waterfall has 3 floors, opened for tourists.

Dai Yem Waterfall is located about 10 km from the town of Moc Chau (Muong Sang commune). It is located right by the QL43 road in the valley. The area is located between the hills and if you go further in exploring the area and the surrounding area, the terrain will slowly rise, take a motorbike.

You can go there at any time and month. Monsoon season is recommended due to higher flow (May - September), but it is not 100% rule. If there is a risk of flooding or heavy rain in the area - choose another day, the same is true for many other places in northern Vietnam.

Waterfall itself. There is also a big 5d-effects glass bridge next to the Dai Yem Waterfall, which attracts many tourists, there are also some fruit trees planted on site.