Ky Son Village Moon Garden Homestay: Stilt House

Moon Garden Homestay is a small resort located in outskirt of Hanoi – Ky Son Village, Xuan Son commune, Son Tay district, Hanoi, Vietnam. It takes about one and a half hour moving by shuttle bus from center of Hanoi to this peaceful area. Visiting Moon Garden homestay, tourist will have chance to discover beauty of nature and local culture.

Like a miniature village, Moon Garden homestay has the traditional ancient houses, house on stilt, a Moon Garden hall, a large garden, a pond and a lake. Ancient houses are named with the lovely name Mango house, Pomelo house Frangipani house and Guava. The houses are designed in traditional architecture style with 3 parts of living room and two bedrooms except Guava house - the private house with only one bedroom and bathroom. Moon Garden homestay has only one house on stilt. House on stilt is traditional architecture style of ethic groups in Vietnam.

Coming to Moon Garden homestay, it is a wonderful chance for tourist to enjoy many activities that give them a deeply touch to authentic Vietnam. After nearly two hours coming to Moon Garden, tourist will be welcomed by a cup of green tea to refresh themselves. Cooking class is a very interesting activity after the break time. Cooking class here teachs to cook traditional dishes of Vietnam as spring roll – was voted as one of the ten best dishes in the world by CNN travel - or leaf wrapped beef roll - one of very delicious dishes that was mentioned by many famous travel bloggers. After learning, they will be conferred a certificate of learning cooking class in Moon Garden homestay.

Biking is an highlight of the tour to Moon Garden homestay. Tourist will ride bike through the village, pass through the small paths to see the green field, visit the temple and pagoda, come to kinder garden to see the local children and melt your souls into peaceful nature. Tourist even have chance to working on the farm as a true farmer: grass cutting, harvesting, picking cucumber, fishing and so on.

After some activities, hand spa and steam bath with fragrant herbs like lemon grass, pomelo leaves, holy basil leaves are served to help the guest relax after a full of activities day. In the morning, the guest will join to Yijinjing – a traditional exercise is a very good for health, in the late afternoon is Buddha worship ceremony.

If staying longer, Tourist will have chance to visit Thuy Thuy An village – a center of habitation for handicapped children and Ba Vi National park with rich of diverse tropical and subtropical species of flora and fauna.

Moon Garden homestay is not only a peaceful and les-touristic destination, it also a ideal destination for tourist who want to discover the traditional architecture and culture of Vietnam.