Mai Chau Authentic Adventure - 03 Days

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Overview

Start/End: Hanoi/Hanoi
Route: Mai Chau
Duration: 03 Days
Theme: Authentic, Active, Mountain & Minority
Tour type: Private tour
Tour guide in: English, Français, Español, Deutsch, Italiano

Highlight

Escape from Hanoi and visit Mai Chau, a beautiful valley in the Northwest of Vietnam. Meet ethnic people and experience their variety of cultures; enjoy the majestic mountain scenery and rural countryside.

Ethnic group of Muong, Thai, H'mong
Mountain scenery
Less touristic
Villages path trekking

Notes

For more interactions with local people and a more authentic experience, we invite you to stay at a homestay with only basic equipment: clean mattress, pillow, mosquito net, blankets, outside WC and hot water shower. Hotel service is also available, please contact us for more info.
Private traditional music and dancing show by local people is available with extra cost $35/group
Trekking shoes are recommended

Itinerary

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Day 1Sun, Dec 22, 2024
Hanoi - Mai Chau 165km - 4h
Muong & Thai people’s culture, alluring landscapes in Mai Hich, Xam Khoe, Buoc villages
8:00 AM: Meet tour guide and driver then depart to Mai Chau. On the way, visit a Muong village. Continue to Thung Khe pass where you can view magnificent panoramic views of the valley before arriving in Mai Chau town. Mai Chau is a beautiful valley located 145 km away from Hanoi. It is great place with harmonious landscapes, green mountain ranges, rice terraces and White Thai ethnic villages.
Arrival in Mai Hich village, check in your accommodation and enjoy lunch. In the afternoon explore Mai Hich by walking along the trails and concrete roads. You will be seduced by the gorgeous landscapes as the villages, rice fields, mountains and streams are in perfect harmony with one another. Do not miss the opportunity to communicate with the friendly local people who are always willing to welcome you into their house to enjoy a cup of tea.
Continue trekking, passing the rice field and small communities to Xam Khoe, a Thai villages that is still not touristic. Enjoy the harmony of nature's beauty and rich human culture. At the end, get a pick up by driver then transfer back to your accommodation.
Note: Private traditional music and dancing show by local people is available with extra cost of $35/group. Please ask our guide to reserve if you are interested in.
Included:
English speaking guide
Meal: L, D
Transportation
02 bottles of mineral water (500 ml)/pax/day
Mai Hich Homestay (Sharing homestay)
Mai Hich commune, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh , Vietnam
Day 2Mon, Dec 23, 2024
Mai Chau 40km - 1h
Trek from Pa Co, Hang Kia to Cun Pheo, Blue H'mong homeland
8:00 AM: Depart from Mai Chau to Pa Co. It is possible to visit a local market on Sundays. Pa Co is located 35 km from Mai Chau, close to the Moc Chau plateau. This is a homeland of the Hmong ethnic people living in the hills. Start trekking from Pa Co to the Hang Kia commune through the green Hmong villages. This ethnic group previously cultivated poppies. However, nowadays they cultivate maize, manioc, and groundnuts. Discover the local life in the Hmong village and visit a family, school and dispensary while surrounded by plum hills, primitive forests, and rice terraces.
Enjoy a picnic lunch then trek down the slopes to reach Cun Pheo Valley in the afternoon. Meet our driver and transfer to your accommodation.
Note: Trekking shoes, camera, hat and sun cream are recommended
Included:
English speaking guide
Meal: B, L, D
Transportation
02 bottles of mineral water (500 ml)/pax/day
Mai Hich Homestay (Sharing homestay)
Mai Hich commune, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh , Vietnam
Day 3Tue, Dec 24, 2024
Mai Chau - Hanoi 165km - 5h
Discovering Eo Ken, Ban Hang villages, Muong people’s culture
8:00 AM: Depart from Mai Hich directly to Eo Ken, 30km away, where the Muong ethnics live. Walk down the slope and enjoy the spectacular view of Pu Luong Nature reserve, rice field terraces and mountains. Visit a Muong ethnic family in Eo Kenvillage and discover their authentic life. Continue walking through this beautiful landscape and cross a stream to reach HangVillage.
Get pick up by driver then transfer to Mai Chau for lunch before travel back to Hanoi. Arrival in hotel in the late affternoon.
Note: Flexible distance of trek
Included:
English speaking guide
Meal: B, L
Transportation
02 bottles of mineral water (500 ml)/pax/day

Inclusions

English speaking tour guide following itinerary
Selected Accommodations with daily breakfast
Transportation
Meal: Breakfast: 02, Lunch: 03, Dinner: 02
Service charges and Taxes

Exclusions

International flight from/to your country
Travel insurance
Personal expenses
Tipping and Gratuities
Other not mentioned in the program

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