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Seize this unique opportunity to visit the northeastern rural district of Mu
Cang Chai in Vietnam, world famous for its countless green rice terraces. Make
sure you fully charge your camera batteries as this is the perfect region for
taking exceptional pictures. Meet and interact with local villagers and learn
about their culture and daily life in this idyllic environment.
Day 1: Ha Noi – Nghia Lo (L, D)
Departing Ha Noi northwest towards Nghia Lo town on 32 highway, this journey
passes through stunning mountainous landscape, featuring with fertile hilly area
covered with green tea plantations, the mountains get higher and higher.
Along the way you can see thick forests cover high mountains. Spending about 4
hours walking through a narrow and long valley, we meet three tribal setting
their villages in different ways which reveal their traditional customs and
living style: The Thai occupy the low land almost at bottom of valleys, near
river or streams from which they build up water wheels for transfer water to
rice paddies on which they farm wet rice intensively. The H’mong settle at the
highest elevation, grow corn and dry rice on the burn-over land and the Zao live
in the middle practice both methods of farming and it is easily to realize that
they learn a lot of farming technique from the Thai.
Arriving in Nghia Lo, a pretty mountainous town, we spend the remaining hours of
the day wandering the town including the market area, we will check into the
hotel. Dinner and overnight in Nghia Lo.
Day 2: Nghia Lo – Tu Le – Mu Cang Chai (B,L,D)
After breakfast, we transfer from Nghia Lo to Tu Le. The road ride today takes
only 2 hours so we have a lot of time exploring the area for real mountainous
life of the local ethnic minority people. Fancy a four hour trekking along a
trail which connect villages to villages, meeting different tribal people such
as White Thai, Black Zao, Red H’mong…who seem very surprise, staring at you for
the first moment and turn out very friendly and inviting you to their homes in
which you will be hosted with tea or home made wine.Next to Mu Cang Chai, we
enjoy another home staying in a large Thai village, which offers fantastic hours
for your culture discovery.On arrival Mu Cang Chai town, wewill check into the
guesthouse. Dinner and overnight in Mu Cang Chai.
Day 3: Mu Cang Chai – Ha Noi (B,L)
Wake up early enjoythe clean air of Northeast mountainous landscape. After
breakfast,check out we will return to Hanoi.
On the way, we stop at Kim Noi Hill to take photograph and see the full views of
Mu Cang Chai Town, next we will trek abit to “Mam Xoi” on the season of grain or
Sky Miror on the falling water to photograph & enjoy beautiful landscape.
Continue to Nghia Lo Town to relax and have lunch here . Arrival in Hanoi our
guide say good bye to you, see you again in another journeys.
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