Vietnam Northwest Adventure Tour To Mai Chau, Sapa, Dien Bie

On arrival at Noi Bai International Airport, you will be welcomed by your guide and driver who will bring you to your hotel in Hanoi City to rest up for the tour ahead. Hanoi is over 1000 years old and is currently the capital of Vietnam, as well the commercial, political, and cultural heart of the country. O/N in Ha Noi. 

7:45 – 8:15 The tour guide will come and pick you in the hotel lobby, then transferred you to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum to explore the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho’s final resting-place. Keep moving to Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house which is located to one side of the Mausoleum, and having a look at the One Pillar Pagoda, which was founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049 – the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi. Say goodbye to Ho Chi Minh complex, the tour guide will lead you to visit the Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda at West Lake (One of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam). Then visit Bat Trang ceramic village (applied on Mon, Wed & Fri). 12:00 Lunch at local restaurant (Vegetarians can be catered for if a prior notice is given at booking time). 13:30 After lunch, you will keep continuing the tour with visiting the Ethnology Museum (apply on Sun, Tue, Thu & Sat) or the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam – as known as the Vietnam’s first university. The tour will be enclosed by visiting the beauty of Hoan Kiem Lake with Ngoc Son temple and strolling in the small alley streets of the Old Quarter where you can have a chance for shopping and for being a traffic challenge when you cross the road. 15h30 – 16h00 Ends one day Hanoi city tour.

In the morning, we travel overland from Hanoi to Duong Lam village, a purely agricultural village of the Northern Red River Delta where many hundred-year-old houses are still well preserved. It will be your unique experience as you walk along tiny ancient alleys; visit a Communal House in Mong Phu hamlet – the only hamlet whose original village entrance gate remains intact. You’ll also leisurely bike around the village while interacting with the locals in their ancient houses. After that, we continue to visit Mia Pagoda, which was built in the 15th century where you’ll admire 287 statues of all sizes. Then visit Ngo Quyen temple and Phung Hung temple, places dedicated to two national heroes Ngo Quyen and Phung Hung. Lastly, we will go back a local family to enjoy your special lunch with Vietnamese foods in an ancient house. At around 14:00, we will keep heading to Mai Chau, the beautiful gateway to the mountainous area of northern Vietnam. The scenic drive offers an excellent opportunity to observe rural Vietnam up-close. The valley of Mai Chau is inhabited by a community of the Thai minority group while the upper lands of Mai Chau are inhabited by the H’mong minority group. On arrival at Mai Hich village, take a short break. Unlike the other well-known tourist destinations, Mai Hich is the newly discovered village, a harmonial combination between human being and the nature. Dinner tonight will be hosted by a family followed by a local traditional dance show. O/N at house on stilts in Mai Hich remote village.