About Choui Fong Tea Plantation
Choui Fong Tea Plantation is a large tea estate in Pa Sang Subdistrict, Mae Chan District, Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand. Established by Choui Fong Tea Company, it covers extensive terraced hills planted primarily with oolong, green and black tea. The plantation is notable for its scenic stepped fields, modern tea production facilities, and hilltop cafe and restaurant overlooking the landscape. It is a well-known agrotourism destination near Chiang Rai city.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect expansive terraced tea fields covering rolling hills with neatly lined tea bushes and viewpoints over the plantation. The site includes a hilltop cafe, restaurant and tea shop serving teas and cakes, a shop selling packaged teas, and paved paths and steps through the fields for walking and photography. The setting is open and agricultural with mountain views, seating areas, and areas to observe tea cultivation and processing.
Key highlights
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Expansive terraced oolong tea fields on rolling hills
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Hilltop cafe and restaurant with panoramic plantation views
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Tea tasting and tea shop with oolong, green and black teas
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Photogenic viewpoints and walking paths through the plantation
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Modern tea production and processing area
History of Choui Fong Tea Plantation
Developed by Choui Fong Tea Company, founded in 1977, as part of the expansion of tea cultivation in northern Thailand. The plantation contributed to the growth of Chiang Rai as a major oolong tea producing region using cultivars and processing methods introduced for highland tea production.
Culture & Context
Represents northern Thailand's highland tea culture and agrotourism, showcasing oolong tea cultivation and processing that has become an important local agricultural product and visitor experience in Chiang Rai Province.
Route
| By air | Via Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai International Airport, then road transfer to Mae Chan |
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