Vietnam Trekking Map- Ha Noi Mai Chau Trekking ( 4 Days )

Mai Chau trekking tours: Travel through Thai villages Hang Kia Van Xo Poom Coong (4 days)

Mai Chau offers a wide selection of trekking tours ranging from easy day hike to multi-day challenging treks. The following 4-day trekking tour is only a sample trekking itinerary Lotussia Travel customizes for active, adventure travelers, small groups tours or family travel, those seeking a medium hike to the northern Vietnam. Begin your holidays with a car transfer from Hanoi through Hoa Binh and up to Mai Chau valley. You start you hiking adventure from Hang Kia village, inhabited by the H’mong, hiking through Van village, Xo village to Poom Coong villages which are inhabited by the Thai people. The 4-day hiking tour is provided with an English-speaking guide, local Thai guide, cook and trekking equipments. Your luggage is taken care by our support team. You only need to bring you small bag for the day hike. The accommodation and the food are simple, basic and this trekking tour is not recommended for those looking a luxury travel, vacations. Contact Lotussia Travel for more details.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Hanoi – Mai Chau – Hang Kia village.

We leave Hanoi heading west to Hoa Binh Province. We climb towards the Mai Chau valley another two hours away stopping to take in the spectacular scenery. Following lunch in Mai Chau town we drive to the White Thai village of Xa Linh where we start a 2-hour trek to the village of Hang Kia. Our hosts this evening will be the H’mong people. Whilst enjoying their hospitality we learn a little about their way of life. Tonight’s accommodation will be basic although mattresses, bedding and mosquito nets are provided.

Day 2: Hang Kia – Van village.

This morning we have a 4-5 hour trek to Van village is home of the White Thai people. The trek takes us through unforgettable scenery and provides us with an opportunity to witness the authentic rural life.
Arriving in Van village by mid to late afternoon there will be time to take a short walk around the village.
Our hosts for this evening will treat us to a fine meal and stories of life in Van village.

Day 3: Van village – Xo village.

We spend the morning strolling around the surrounding villages. We then return to Van for lunch. After lunch, stroll down to the river (if weather permit) before embarking on a 3hour walk to the village of Xo.

Dinner and overnight in Xo village.

Day 4: Xo village – Poong Coong village – Hanoi.

Bidding farewell to our hosts we have a five-hour trek from Xo to Poong Cong village. Lunch will be provided in a local stilt house.

After lunch, we will drive back to Hanoi.

Arrive Hanoi around late afternoon. Check-in hotel and overnight in Hanoi.

Lotussia Travel is a Hanoi based tour operator offering a wide selection of trekking tours in all over Vietnam. The above trekking tour is only a sample we list on this site for your reference. That can be flexible, customizable and subject to weather conditions and other circumstances. We have lots of other itineraries we don’t put all here since there are some dishonest individuals have copied, without our agreement our contents and pasted on their site for commercial purpose. If you need further information or have any suggestions or comments, please feel free to contact us at any time. We look forward to seeing you soon in Vietnam!

Halong bay – Tam Coc – trekking Mai chau tour 4 days – 3 nights

Halong bay – Tam Coc – trekking Mai chau tour 4 days – 3 nights

Mai Chau is a mountainous area of outstanding natural beauty, inhabited by a Thai and H’mong ethnic minority groups. This trip offers an easy trek combined with home stay in villages of Thai people. You will trek for two days through the scenic and peaceful villages and stay overnight in local homes where we have the chance to get to learn about culture of the Thai people. From the mountainous region of Mai Chau, we travel back to the nation’s capital, Hanoi.

Day 1: Hanoi – Ha Long (L, D)

We go by car/ bus to Halong bay in the morning, get on boat and start your cruising in Halong bay., a World Heritage site marvels of Vietnam: visit islets, natural cave of Sung sot and, if weather permits, enjoy a recognized by UNESCO in 1994. Be delighted by food on transfer to Ha Long bay. Arrive around 12h30 and board the junk for a memorable cruise through the board and spend your day admiring one of the natural swim in the clear waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. Dinner and overnight on the junk.

Day 2: Ha Long – Ninh Binh (B, L, D)

Breakfast at 7h00 on boat , then discover Man’s Head island, Tortoise island, Luon cave, Bai Tu Long bay, Ton island and Bai Tho mountain. Enjoy an early lunch on board at 11h00. End the cruise at 12h, then drive to Ninh binh.

 Day 3: Ninh Binh – Mai Chau (B, L, D)

In the morning, board a small sampan for a spectacular 2-hour cruise through numerous waterways and beautiful rural landscape of limestone cliffs and rice paddies to the stunning Tam Coc caves. Discover Bich Dong Pagoda. Transfer through the countryside to Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Vietnam during the 10th century. Visit Dinh Tien Hoang and Le Dai Hanh dynastic temple and then continue to Van Lam village for lunch in a local restaurant. Transfer to Maichau. Overnight in still house of Thai minority at Maichau.

Day 4: Mai Chau/Hoa Binh/Hanoi (B, L)

Visit Lat and Pomcoong villages and learn about the traditional life of the Thai people. Lunch in a stilt house at Mai Chau. Drive to Hoabinh for visiting Muong minority village . Back to Ha Noi.

 Not include: Drinks, insurance, personal expense

Iclude : Transportation, Tickets, Meals  and Tour-guide, accomodation

Note: It is private tour, so price depends on the number of people

More information:

Isolated Mai Chau is a 139km trip from Ha noi and 66km further on from Hoa Binh. Though it’s not far, the trip from Hoa Binh to here takes almost two hours by motorbike due to the mountainous terrain.

Mai Chau is in a valley just over the biggest hump, about 10km from the Song Da river and only 150 metres above sea level. The village presents an idyllic rural valley that could easily charm you into staying longer than intended. Nestled between two towering cliffs and surrounded by emerald green paddies, it is an enchanting sight as you wind down the cliff side.

In spring Mai Chau is a bright, almost parrot-green and by autumn this green transforms into golden hues as the rice approaches harvest. Taking the time to watch these transitions of colour seems like a perfectly useful way to spend your time while there.

Beware that whilst a beautiful time of year, Mai Chau can become unbearably hot in June / July with little respite from the heat as electricity doesn’t come on until the evening.

Those bemoaning the dearth of truly budget accommodation in Vietnam will be happy to learn that this is one place you can stay for a song. The star attraction here is a ‘homestay’ in a stilt house in one of the two ethnic White Thai villages, Ban Pom Coong and Ban Lac. While both are run by ethnic minority families who have lived on and worked the land for generations, this is hardly like trucking into a Karen village in  village in northern Thailand and  staying in the spare room of someone’s house.

The ‘bare bones’ accommodation is purpose-built to give tourists the ‘homestay’ experience, while the watchful eye of the government makes sure they have western toilets, ample bedding, and sometimes even satellite TVs in the common rooms.

Ban Lac is the more developed of the two villages, with more gift shops and a busier nightlife — what there is of it — but there’s little to differentiate the accommodation on offer. The lodgings are mostly traditional stilt houses with large communal rooms where you can sleep on a mat laid upon a squeaky, split bamboo floor, for just about the same cheap price everywhere. The sleeps are really a loss leader — they make the real money off the food you eat, and the curios and textiles you buy. Not to mention, the liquor you drink. A typical charge is 150,000 VND / person for dinner, breakfast, and a bed although some are a bit cheaper. You could save ‘small money’ by eating in town, but family-style Vietnamese cooking is generally far superior to restaurant fare, and you wouldn’t want to miss out on the nightly group meals.

Despite this tourist-driven set-up, and the regular influx of visitors, the villages remain a