Visit Mai Chau - Explore Pu Luong - 04 Days

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Mai Chau - Mai Hich Village
Mai Chau - Mai Hich Village
Mai Chau
Pu Luong
Pu Luong
Pu Luong
Overview
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  • Start/End: Hanoi/Hanoi
  • Route: Mai Chau - Pu Luong
  • Duration: 04 Days
  • Theme: Authentic, Mountain & Minority, Nature & Discover
  • Tour type: Private tour
  • Tour guide in: English, Français, Español, Deutsch, Italiano
Highlight

Located in the North West of Vietnam, Mai Chau and Pu Luong have been well known as beautiful valleys with mountain ranges, rice terraces and minority groups. This tour is specially designed for you to immerse into the local cultures

  • Encounter with Muong, Thai minorities people
  • Trek on rural path in Pu Luong
  • Witness the rice terraces and nature reserve landscapes
Notes
  • Trekking shoes are recommended.
  • March to June is rice season.
  • 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. 
Itinerary
Day by day itinerary Expand all days
  • 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, chek 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
  • Discovering Eo Ken, Ban hang villages, Chieng Lau discovery

    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.

    Pick up by car then transfer to Pu Luong, check in your accommodation. After lunch Head to Chieng Lau, a picturesque area renowned for its lush rice fields and bamboo water wheels. Here, embark on a scenic walk, allowing you to engage with local residents and catch a glimpse of the bamboo water wheels used for irrigation.

    Come back to Pu Luong. Free and easy.

    Note: You may want to swim in summer when doing bamboo rafting
    Included:
    English speaking guide
    Meal: B, L, D
    Boat: Chieng Lau bamboo rafting
    Transportation
    02 bottles of mineral water (500 ml)/pax/day
    Pu Luong Home(Double Room (Shared bathroom))
    Ba Thuoc district, Thanh Hoa , Vietnam
  • Full day trek to the Kho Muong village of Thai people, following the trail to Uoi, Lan Ngoai villages

    Start a trekking day to discover the Pu Luong Nature preservation and its inhabitants. Transfer 5 km from your accommodation on 15C road on direction to Kho Muong village. Start to trek on the path to the most remote village in Pu Luong, located in the valley and surrounded by the beautiful lime stone mountains and rice terraces. Kho Muong is home to Thai ethnic group. Haveyour camera ready to capture the breathtaking scenery of rice terraces and encounter the locals en route.

    Lunch will be served in the homestay at Kho Muong Village. In the afternoon, continue following the trails in the forest and the manioc field to reach Uoi village, a beautiful village home to another Thai ethnic group who still preserve their thatched houses. Keep walking to Lan Ngoai Village before transferring back to your accommodation.

    Included:
    English speaking guide
    Meal: B, L, D
    Transportation
    02 bottles of mineral water (500 ml)/pax/day
    Pu Luong Home(Double Room (Shared bathroom))
    Ba Thuoc district, Thanh Hoa , Vietnam
  • Authentic medium hiking route: Leo – Mo – Chu – Danh, admiring the peaceful rural landscape

    8:00 AM: Enjoy breakfast before saying good-bye to the host, then walk down to the spectacular rice terrace valley. Hike through small paths and to reach four picturesque villages, Leo, Mo, Chu and Danh. Don't forget your camera to capture these unforgettable moments. During the hike, you will enjoy the changing landscapes of rice terraces, villages, wild fields, ponds, streams and mountains. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant.  

    Pick up by driver then transfer back to Hanoi. On the way, visit the sacred fish stream in Cam Luong. This place is well known for a special kind of fish that populate the stream. It's called a sacred fish for the many mysterious stories created around this special creature. Continue travelling to Hanoi, check in your hotel in the late afternoon.

    Included:
    English speaking guide
    Meal: B, L
    Transportation
    Entrance fees
    02 bottles of mineral water (500 ml)/pax/day
Inclusions
  • English speaking tour guide following itinerary
  • All entrance fees and tickets mention on itinerary
  • Selected Accommodations with daily breakfast
  • Boat: Chieng Lau bamboo rafting
  • Transportation
  • Meal: Breakfast: 03, Lunch: 04, Dinner: 03
  • 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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  • Adult in sharing Twin/double room$223
  • Adult in single room $256

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