Mai Chau - Hoa Binh 2 days 1 night

Overview

Mai Chau is located in Hoa Binh province, approximately 135 km from Hanoi and 60 km from Hoa Binh. From the top of Cun Mountain, one can admire the superb panorama of Mai Chau surrounded by a green valley and stilt houses. Many minorities, including the Thai ethnic group, live in Mai Chau. Mai Chau can be a base for some trekking tours to the villages around, this is with homestay overnight on the traditional houses of the H'Mong and the Thai.

Itinerary

Day 01 : Hanoi - Mai Chau ( L/D )

Departure at 7h00. The drive to Mai Chau takes 4 hours, enjoy the scenery along the way see the interesting churches, pagodas and villages .At noon arrive Thai's village. Have lunch on the stilt-house . Short walk around the Thai villages (5kms) to take picturesque Mai Chau valley and enjoy the relaxing surroundings of Lac village.

After an afternoon hike across a gorgeous valley passing through paddy fields and minority villages, you'll retire to Mai Chau for an evening of traditional dance ( Bamboo pole dance ) and wine

Dinner and sleep on traditional stilt house.

Day 02 : Mai Chau - Hanoi ( B/L)
Breakfast. Visit Lac village, have lunch. Back to Hanoi. Stopover in Hoa Binh for seeing biggest hydroelectricity plant. 18:00 arrive Hanoi. Finish tour

Option tour: On the way back Hanoi city, we visit Vanphuc, the most famous and oldest silk village of Vietnam for its unique and discerning beauty that is praised in many poems, songs, stories... In here you will see all the steps to create a completed products ,though primitive tools are getting replaced by machine, but most the works are made by hands, so that Vanphuc is considered the most famous traditional handicraft village in Vietnam. You can buy some silk products as good souvenirs for your self, family or friends...

Tour Cost  

• 25% surcharges applies for Christmas, New Year and Tet Holidays

Tour cost includes:

• Sleep on traditional stilt house
• Meals as specified in the itinerary
• Transportation
• English- speaking guide (other languages are available upon request).
• Sightseeing as specified including entrance fees.

Tour cost excludes:

• Optional tours
• Tips for tour guide, driver
• Travel insurance