Experience the beautiful highlands of Mai Chau without grappling with public transport on this door-to-door guided tour. Mai Chau is a rural area in Northwestern Vietnam only a three-hour drive from the bustling Vietnamese capital Hanoi. It is the perfect escape for nature lovers who like to visit ethnic minority villages, experience the traditional culture of ethnic groups, and marvel at gorgeous rice fields surrounded by green mountains. One of the best things to do in Mai Chau is simply cycle around the valley and take in the gorgeous scenery. The valleys are dotted with stunning rice fields and small pathways leading to nearby villages.
We will pick up guests at hotels in Hanoi Old Quarter Area, our guide will come and meet you at your lobby of your hotel/place for Mai Chau 2 days 1 night tour.
Between 7h00 AM to 7h30 AM: We will pick up guests at hotels in Hanoi Old Quarter Area. Please ready at your hotel lobby, our guide will come and check your name at receptionist for tour to Mai Chau. It takes about 4 hours drive to Mai Chau included short break on the way.
Stop along the way to visit the Muong tribe and then at Thung Khe Pass for a spectacular view of Mai Chau Valley especially you will feel interested when visiting the temporary local market where selling products of the Muong ethnic people at the top of the pass. Thung Khe Pass is beautiful, but also very dangerous due to steep cliffs, rocks on the slopes and the many curves. It is also called White Rock Pass, because limestone slid down when the mountain pass was constructed, so that one part of the mountain pass is now completely white.
Arrive at Mai Chau and have lunch (vegetarian available) at local homestay. Mai Chau is a mountainous area of outstanding natural beauty, inhabited by a Thai and H’mong ethnic minority groups. After lunch, guests will do bicycle ride with your tour guide, see farmers working in fields, locals weaving scarves and visit surrounding peaceful villages. Then free time for cycling, walking, shopping around local area. You will have a chance to enjoy traditional dishes prepared in the style of the native Thai for dinner meal and watch the Thai’s traditional Dance show.
Start the day with a simple breakfast at homestay then take a short bike ride (about 2km) through the surrounding countryside, before setting off on a trek (about 6 km) through rice terraced paddies in Na Meo, Xam Pa villages and down winding lanes to visit the Cum and Sam Khoe villages. Immerse yourself in the vibrant local culture and scenery. Check out and have lunch at restaurant then free time for shopping or relaxing.
Guests say good bye homestay and local village then get on bus/van back to Hanoi City. After 4 hours driving by pass Mai Chau again, we will arrive at Hanoi and drop off guests at hotel in Old Quarter between 18h45 PM to 19h15 PM. Tour ends.
If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
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