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The 4-day tour discovering Yen Bai is customized for individuals, small
groups and couples. Begin your overland tour with a car transfer from Hanoi to
Nghia Lo, Yen Bai province where you have a short walk before checking into a
local stilt house for overnight. The road trip continues as you travel through
Suoi Giang and Thac Ba before you take another road to travel back to Hanoi. The
trip includes such highlights as visit less traveled villages in north west
Vietnam, terraced rice fields in Nghia Lo, boat trip in Thac Ba reservoir,
homestay...
Day 1: Hanoi to Yen Bai (L,D)
Pick up from your hotel in Hanoi for departure to Yen Bai ( 4 hour drive ).
Check into your hotel before heading for lunch in Yen Bai town. After lunch,
transfer to Thac Ba Lake - one of Vietnam's three man-made lakes with more than
1,300 islands and islets: romantic and magnificent scenery. Cruising on Thac Ba
Lake to visit Thac Ba hydro-electric plant ' the first in Vietnam ; visit Thuy
Tien cave listening to the story of the nine beautiful fairies, the moving love
story of a young couple. Continue to sail to Ngoi Tu cultural village ' home of
the Dao, Tay and Cao Lan ethnic groups. Meet local people at the village and
exchange culture with the Dao, Tay and Cao Lan ethnic groups. Back to your hotel
in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight in Yen Bai.
Day 2: Yen Bai - Suoi Giang - Nghia Lo - Ancient Thai People village (B,L,D)
Pick up at your hotel and go straight to the Suoi Giang ecological zone -
looking at the Tuyet tea trees - 30m high and 1m in diameter - which are 300
years old, drinking a cup of tea with some H'mong ethnic people. Go down and
continue to visit Nghia Lo town. Lunch, visit Nghia Lo historical site marking
the resistance of the Yen Bai people against French aggression, and ancient Thai
people's village to discover their daily life. Dinner with the Muong Lo food
specialties while enjoying their folk songs and Xoe dance. Overnight with local
family in their stilt house.
Day 3: Thai villlage - Muong Lo market - Ban Hoe hot spring - Yen Bai (B,L,D)
Breakfast, farewell villagers and head back to Nghia Lo town to visit Muong Lo
market, and free time for shopping and relaxing in the Ban Hoe natural hot
spring. Have lunch before returning to Yen Bai to visit the manufacture of the
Gem-store paintings; watch the artists making the beautiful paintings with gems.
Dinner and overnight in Yen Bai.
Day 4: Yen Bai to Hanoi (B,L)
Spend the morning free at your leisure, take your time for a trip to Yen Bai
market and catch a sight of local ethnic people selling and buying, enjoy a bowl
of traditional Thang Co before jumping on our car and depart back to Hanoi, we arrive in Hanoi about 16.00
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