Fishing and Farming Life in Mai Chau

Tour Description
Highlights
- Learn how to use local traditional fishing techniques using round and cast nets
- Coming to a organic vegetable field, watering and planting vegetable, hoeing a soil with local farmer
- Preparing meals with local family
- Experience raft rowing on the stream (Only available in March, April, May, June)
Type of tour : Private tour
Duration : 3 days 2 night
Transfer : Shuttle van ( Private car upon request)
Location : Mai Chau, Vietnam
Overview
This tour is specially designed for people who like home/farm stays with a particular focus on traditional farming and fishing life of the ‘White Thai’ ethnic families of the region.
Mai Chau is a 139km trip from Hanoi through mountainous terrain, in a valley about 10km from the Song DaRiver and only 150 meters above sea level. The village of Ban Lac is in an idyllic and charming, rural valley which is nestled between two towering cliffs surrounded by emerald green paddies and is an enchanting sight as you wind down the cliff side.
The ‘homestays’ in a stilt house are run by families who have lived on and worked the land for generations. Enjoy hands-on experiences with your guide such as traditional net fishing, rowing on a traditional raft in the river and working in fields with the local farmers. You will be able to live amongst the locals and participate in their daily routines surrounded by breathtaking scenery in a peaceful setting.
Brief Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi – Mai Chau, Cycling (L,D)
Day 2: Farming & Fishing in Mai Chau (B,L,D)
Day 3 : Mai Chau – Hanoi (B,L)
Suggested itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi – Mai Chau, Cycling (L,D)
8.00 am: Pick up from your hotel and head west towards Hoa Binh. Stop for refreshments.
10.00 am: Leave Hoa Binh for Mai Chau Valley, approximately 2hrs.
12.00 pm: Arrive in Mai Chau. Lunch in a family house in the local village.
2.00 pm: Cycling expedition around the surrounding villages of White Thai Ethnic people with your guide. Visit the ThaiCulturalMuseum on the way.
6.00 pm : Prepare and cook the evening meal with your host family, learning about family-style Vietnamese ingredients and cooking techniques and participating in the nightly group meals.
8.30 pm: Be entertained by Thai traditional dance in a stilt house, enjoying a taste of traditional alcohol (ruou can) with the community.
Sleeping tonight in a traditional stilt house, unique to Mai Chau.
Day 2 : Farming and Fishing in Mai Chau (B,L,D)
Morning : You will start your day by experiencing a day of working with local farmers in a vegetable garden. We will take a short walk around the garden and learn how to prepare the soil and plant some vegetables. Here we will be introduced how to do cultivation of the vegetables as well as discovering the use of vegetables in Vietnamese food. We will take a trip around the vegetable garden and join the farmers in preparing the land and fertilizing it with seed in the garden. Other activities will include: raking, sowing, and watering etc…
Afternoon : You walk to the stream and listen to the tour guide introduce and explain about the process of using the net. You learn and try your hand at local traditional fishing techniques using round and cast nets. You also have a chance to scoop fish out of water. it ’s absolutely amazing to experience raft rowing on the stream.
We enjoy fishing nearby local family house. We will show you how to prepare the baits and pick up the right location . More over, you can herd of water buffalo and abreath of fresh air around the village. You are at leisure. Overnight in local family homestay.
Day 3: Mai Chau – Hanoi (B,L)
7h30: Breakfast in the village then walk to Mai Chau market then climb to 1000 Step Cave. The cave is breathtaking and so is the view of the area from the entrance of the cave.
12h00: Have lunch in the village before getting on the bus back to Hanoi.
17h00: Back to your hotel. Overnight in Hanoi
Included
- Roundtrip transportation
- Bicycle and raft on the stream
- English speaking tour guide
- Plenty of photo opportunities
- Meals as indicated in the itinerary (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
- Homestay
- Traditional dance & Can wine
Excluded
- Drinks
- Tips and Gratuities
- Personal expenses
- Other services not mentioned
- Private car/van (upon request)
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