The overview of Mai Chau Pu Luong Trekking Tour 3 days
This 3 day Mai Chau Pu Luong Trekking Tour offers you an interesting journey to off-beaten-path areas with impressively natural landscapes in Mai Chau valley and Pu Luong Nature Reserve.Great hideaway from the city's noise of traffic & population to natural area of forests, mountains, valleys and waterfalls with friendly local ethnics.The trip of walking, trekking & biking will surely bring you unique experiences.
The view of Pom Coong village in Mai Chau valley
Brief Itinerary of Mai Chau-Pu Luong Trekking Tour 3 days/ 2 nights
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Day 1 : Hanoi transfer to Mai Chau, biking trip to explore green Mai Chau valley.Homestay overnight in Mai Chau (L,D)
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Day 2 : Mai Chau trekking tour to remote Don & Hieu villages in Pu Luong nature reserve.Homestay overnight in Hieu village (B,L,D)
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Day 3: Pu Luong trekking tour to Kho Muong village, transfer back to Hanoi. (B,L)
Special experiences of 3 day Mai Chau Pu Luong Trekking Tour
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Relax and contemplate natural landscapes of forests, mountains, valleys and waterfalls in the off-beaten-path areas of Mai Chau and Pu Luong nature reserve.
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Interesting cultural exchanges with local ethnics in Mai Chau & Pu Luong Nature Reserve
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Enjoy authentic local foods in local villages
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Nice activities of biking, walking and trekking to and homestaying in remote villages of these regions
More photos of Mai Chau-Pu Luong Trekking Tour routes
Biking in Mai Chau
Talk with local in Mai Hich village
Nature of waterwheel in Pu Luong reserve
Pristine nature in Pu Luong
Interact with locals (being a local)
The detailed itinerary of Mai Chau-Pu Luong Trekking 3 days
Day 1: Hanoi - Mai Chau tour & homestay in Mai Chau ( L,D)
In the morning leave Hanoi to the west, we stop at Ha Dong Town to visit Van Phuc traditional silk, which is famous for silk weaving in the North of Vietnam, have an opportunity to see how local people here making silk by tradition and simple way.
Pass through lush rice field scenery, mountain curving road, the spectacular valley scenery, Mai Chau offers us a vast view of green valley - the home of ethnic groups of Thai, Muong, Black H'Mong, Tay & Viet. We will spend time exploring Mai Chau's peaceful villages of Poom Coong and Lac where most of Thai group live.We have a lunch in local home where will overnight in.In the afternoon, we do a 2 hour biking trip to surrounding areas to get great sense of local cultures, viewing their house styles, farming activities.What a beautiful scenery of rural villages where you can see animals like buffaloes, pigs, cats, goats…freely around. The rest of the day, you will have free time walking around and enjoy the moment of sunset on the village.At night, after dinner, you have free time to relax or take part in an interesting tradditonal show of songs & dances ( optional) happily performed by young locals.Watching the show, you can partly understand the local people's lifestyle, customs & cultures.You can have a cultural exchange by singing, dancing with bamboo poles and drinking famous local pipe wine with them.Overnight on the homestay.
Mai Chau valley with its mountain views
Day 2: Mai Chau tour to Don & Hieu villages in Pu Luong nature reserve. Homestay in Hieu village ( B, L, D)
Awake early to enjoy the fresh air of the countryside, observe the morning life at a mountain village with lively sounds of pigs, chickens & cows.After breakfast, we do 1,5 hour drive to Don village in Pu Luong nature reserve.We will spend whole morning trekking along Don hamlet, then down to the beautiful valley of terraced rice fields & waterfall.Up to the hillside with wonderful captivation of surrounding villages and vast valley.Our driver will pick you up on the other side of mountain, then drive to Doan town.After a picnic lunch, we will have more trek of 6 kms along the dirt trails with peaceful view of waterwheels, streams & villages.Then we reach the area of Hieu waterfalls running day & night, where we will trek up to remote Hieu village - located on the high mountain slope,opens its immense view to multi-layered terraced fields, river & forest & waterfalls.We do a homestay with a friendly local host in Hieu village.Have time visiting their village, cooking with them, then enjoy authentic local foods.Spend a quiet night in Hieu hamlet.
The view of waterwheel in Pu Luong nature reserve
Day 3: Pu Luong Nature Trekking tour to Kho Muong village – Hanoi ( B/L )
After breakfast with locals, you will say good-bye to the poetic Hieu Hamlet. We will try an experience of local "Xe Om" (riding on motorbike) from the village to the meeting point for car transfer to Pho Doan Market, taking the chance to capture the hustle of the Northwest upland fair and then start 3 hour hiking trip on the off-the-beaten path passing through the beautiful valley to reach Kho Muong village where you are welcomed by the hospitable and friendly Muong family and invited with some local specialties for a late lunch.
Take a short rest before leaving Kho Muong village to catch our car for a return to Hanoi in the afternoon.Our trip finishes before 19h30 at your hotel in Hanoi
