Hoian Cycling, Farming, Cooking
Duration: 1 Day
Price from: $45
Mai Chau is located 140 km south - west of Hanoi in the Northern province of Hoa Binh which is bordered by Son La in the West, Phu Tho and Ha Tay in the North, Ha Nam and Ninh Binh in the East, and Thanh Hoa in the South. Mai Chau is home to different ethnic minority groups such as the White Thai, H'mong, Zao, Muong, Tay, Hoa and Viet. The Mai Chau hill tribes are warm and welcoming, and famous for their handicrafts - in particular for their skills in embroidering clothes. Mai Chau offers a most splendid vista of the valley which is surrounded by lush greens and stilt houses inhabited mainly by the White Thai ethnic group. The Sunday market brings a lot of people into town where traditional Thai dishes are made and revel in traditional dances.
Day 1: Hanoi - Mai Chau Valley (-/L/D)
Mai Chau is located in Hoa Binh province, approximately 140 km from Hanoi and 60 km from Hoa Binh. Many minorities, including the Thai ethnic group, live in Mai Chau. Stilt houses border both sides of the roads as you approach Mai Chau. The houses are quite large with palm leaf roofs and polished bamboo-slat floors. The kitchen is located in the center of the house; the cooking as well as the making of the colorful tho cam, the material used by Thai minority to make their clothes, takes place in the kitchen.The windows are large and decorated with patterns. Each house also has a pond to breed fish.
The home stay is with a local guest family. You will sleep within the same room (White Thai village) or a separated room (H’mong village) in the local houses. Everything within the villages is very basic, and running 
water is not an option. After an introduction to the village, a traditional meal will be prepared. The people in the White Thai villages are very open and sociable, the women are very beautiful, and you will be threaten like you are family. They work on the farm or on the rice fields nearby the village. This is the beauty of the area, seeing the traditional way of life within a beauty of nature.
Day 2: Mai Chau Valley - Hanoi (B/L/-)
After breakfast, you will enjoy a short trek and return to Hanoi. Lunch at local restaurant in Hoa Binh town. Then drive back to your hotel in Hanoi. Tour ends.
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Wonderful journey to immerge into the nature scenery, daily life and tradition of Thai ethic minority in Mai Chau.
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