Vietnam

Rustic Life Experience in Hanoi’s Countryside

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day tour

Tour Level: Relaxed / Easy

Tour Comfort: Budget

Tour Period:

10.5 hours       Hanoi

tour highlights

  • Meet the farm communities at the base of Ba Vi Mountain
  • Join with local farmers & learn about their lives
  • Admire the solemn view of the legendary Ba Vi Mountain
  • Enjoy watching sunset during the boat trip on Da River

tour details

Enjoy a day filled with interesting activities and memorable experience shared with the locals through  a short cycling tour through the peaceful countryside to the bank of Da River before taking a leisurely boat trip downstream enjoying the solemn view of Ba Vi Mountain.

Why choose this tour?

Escape from the city's hustles and bustles and delve deeper into the local life at the mystic land of Ba Vi, home to the legend of Tan Vien Mountain Genie, one of the four Immortals in the Vietnamese Pantheon.

tour description

Enjoy a day filled with interesting activities and memorable experience shared with the locals. You will be introduced to and may join local farmers in tea making process all through tea bud picking to drying, grading and tasting the newly produced green tea, then you will move on to another family, where you will join the host in preparing special dishes for your lunch. Under the ancient tree canopy, enjoy your delicious meal self-prepared from the home produced ingredients. After lunch, you will have a leisurely village walk with visit to families who produce tofu, conical hats and a rice husking mill. Next up, you will hope on a cycling tour through the peaceful countryside to the bank of Da River. Chances abound for beautiful shots of the countryside as you pass by beautiful lakes, corn and rice paddies. At the next family, you will be treated to a refreshing drink and a foot herb bath to unwind before taking a leisurely boat trip downstream enjoying the solemn view of Ba Vi Mountain, home to the Tan Vien Mountain Genie, and soak in the cool river breeze while watching the sunset.

includes

  • Transfers and tours with local English-speaking guide in private air-conditioned vehicles
  • All entrance fees as mentioned in the programme
  • Hands-on tea making experience
  • Cooking class
  • Lunch
  • Local bike with helmet
  • Boat fee
  • Drinking water and cold towels available on the vehicles
  • Service charges, Government taxes and 10% VAT

excludes

  • Surcharges for other language guides
  • Optional tours
  • Meals and services other than mentioned in the program
  • Personal travel insurance
  • Expenditures of a personal nature (drinks, phone calls, mini bar consumptions, laundry etc.)
  • Surcharges for Lunar New Year (TET) holiday
  • Tips for guide and driver (at your discretion)
Tour code: EXHHRFEB

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