Home-stay and Farming Tour

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Duration : 3 to 5 days
Starting Price : 248USD/Person

Tour Description

Type of tour : Private tour

Duration : 3 days 2 night

Transfer : Shuttle van ( Private car upon request)

Location : Mai Chau, Vietnam

 

Highlights

  • Gardening with the local villagers eg, watering plants, planting vegetables, hoeing the soil with local farmers
  • Cycling around peaceful countryside of Vietnam
  • Herding water buffalo
  • Traditional music performance and enjoying “Ruou Can” with host family
  • Plenty of photo opportunities

Overview

Mai Chau is a truly tranquil and peaceful setting guaranteed to help you relax, slow down and connect with nature. The community gently embraces you and brings you into their fold.

An explosion for all your senses beautiful scenery, fabulous exotic food, peaceful silence in the fields to sounds of laughter, dogs chickens, cows in the village, gorgeous aromas waft from the kitchen and there are the crisp fresh odors in the fields and after the rain.

This is one of the unique places in the world where you can come to recharge your soul

The home-stay and farming tour provides you with a close-up and intimate introduction to both the local farming and local life. Your accommodation will be in a local home with a family from Lac village who will be your hosts with warm hospitality.

During the tour you will experience cycling leisurely through local villages, watching Thai traditional dance in the stilt house, gardening with the local villagers eg, watering plants, planting vegetables, hoeing the soil with local farmers and herding water buffalo. A highlight of the tour is to go fishing near the village to catch fish for dinner.

The fresh and clean rural surroundings also have many interesting places to visit eg. The 1000 Step Cave where you will enjoy the magnificent view of the district.

 

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Hanoi – Mai Chau, Cycling (L,D)

Day 2: Farming in Mai Chau (B,L,D)

Day 3 : Mai Chau – Hanoi (B,L)

Suggested itinerary

Day 1: Hanoi – Mai Chau, Cycling (L,D)

08h00: Pick up from your hotel and head west towards Hoa Binh. ( Refreshment stop on the way)
10h00: Leave Hoa Binh for Mai Chau Valley, about 2hrs away.
12h00: Arrive in Mai Chau and have lunch in a family house in the local village.
14h00: Bicycle around the surrounding villages of White Thai Ethnic people. On the way, we can visit Thai Museum to learn more about their lives and culture of the local people with your guide.
18h00: We will be introduced to traditional Vietnamese cuisine by helping to prepare the evening meal with the host family, learning about traditional food and ingredients including “ruou can” (traditional alcohol) and sharing the meal your new family.
Sleeping arrangements are unique to this tour. Accommodation in the village is in a large communal room in a stilt house, which is the most interesting part of the trip. Stilt houses are unique to Mai Chau and you cannot find this experience on any other tour.

Day 2 : Farming in Mai Chau (B,L,D)

Morning : You will start your day by experiencing working with local farmers in their vegetable gardens. You will learn aspects of gardening such preparing the soil and planting vegetables.  You will also learn how the land is prepared, fertilized and how the vegetables are cultivated as well as discovering how they are used in Vietnamese food. Other activities will include: raking, sowing, and watering etc…

Afternoon : In the afternoon we will enjoy fishing nearby the local family house. We will show you how to prepare the bait and pick the right location. We will also have an opportunity to work with the farmer to herd the water buffalo to a different location for feeding.

You can also have some free time to explore at your leisure or relax in the family home.

Overnight in local family home-stay.

Day 3: Mai Chau – Hanoi (B,L)

7h30: Breakfast in the village then walk to Mai Chau market, then climb to 1000 StepCave. 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 by van
    • Bicycle and Fishing equipment
    • English speaking tour guide
    • Meals as indicated in the itinerary (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
    • Homestay
    • Traditional dance & Can wine

    Excluded

    Private car/van (upon request)

  • Drinks
  • Tips and Gratuities
  • Personal expenses
  • Other services not mentioned

Attractions Visited in This Tour

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