Meal: light breakfast, lunch, dinner | Accommodation: Village stay at our traditional
house-on-stilts

7:30. Our Limousine will pick you up from the Opera house, we’ll leave the city behind and pass through a craggy, mountainous landscape to Mai Chau valley.

We arrive at Mai Chau around 10:45, where we will
be welcomed by our hosts and enter a world of new customs and traditions.

11:00. Check in at homestay, relaxing at our chilling area then we will enjoy a lunch of Mai Chau
specialties delicately prepared by your host family.

In the afternoon, we’ll hop on bicycles and start cycling. There are many beautiful cycling trails in Mai Chau valley which take you through quaint villages, rice and cropping fields. Along the way you can stop at any time to catch beautiful moments of nature or talk to a friendly villager.

4:00. Back at our homestay, there is enough time for you to chill out in the reading corner or to walk
around Na Phon village.

In the evening enjoy dinner prepared by your hosts with their amazing cuisine skills before going to bed
in a peaceful atmosphere of the village.

With ‘Village-stay’ experience, your overnight accommodation is provided by a local family in their
traditional house-on-stilts. There’s no private room and you’ll sleep on the floor in a large communal area.

The sleeping corner is set up with a single mattress (thin, but adequate), blankets (ditto), pillow and
mosquito net. The restroom is equipped with a toilet bowl, hot and cold water and a shower, a few steps
from the main house.

Meal: breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea | Accommodation: Not any

An exciting day to discover around Mai Chau valley. Our local guide will take you on the backroad to reach a hidden waterfall and hot spring stream.

Starting with an early breakfast at 6:30 then get on a motorbike behind our experienced rider to Thạt Nàng waterfall. Hiding behind the terraced paddy fields, That Nang Waterfall flows all year round. It is a source of water for the paddy fields and food for thought for far-away visitors.

Stop for a tea break here and swim. Or you can skip the swimming until we reach Phụ Mẫu hot spring the soak your body in this wild hot springs.

12:00. Lunch at our friend’s Thai family in Chieng Xuan village.

After lunch, we will head back to Mai Chau. On the way, stop at Hoà Bình lake, formed during the construction of Hoa Binh hydropower plant, the lake is called Halong bay on mountain thanks to its stunning views of the jade reservoir.

4:00. Arrive at Mai Chau and have tea before saying goodbye to your host, then head back to Hanoi and arrive at around 8:30.

End of the trip