Duration: 01 day
Start: Hanoi / Finish: Hanoi
Destinations included: Hanoi – Ba Vi
Price from: 75$/person
When you would like to escape all the noises and crowd of big city and allow yourself to explore and live close to local people! Ba Vi is the best choice for you. Ba Vi is a Mountainous Area of Hanoi with only 2 hours driving to get. It’s great chance to enjoy a wonderful trip with a beautiful villages, warm welcome of Muong Ethnic village in West of Hanoi.
JOURNEY HIGHLIGHTS
Harvesting tea leaves on the over-30-years-old tea farm
Cooking class with local host
Visiting local workshops in the village
Cycling across the rice field and villages
Fishing & boating on the Da River
TOUR INCLUSIONS
Lunch as listed in the itinerary
- Expert English-speaking local guide
Tour activities as mentioned and air-conditioned transfers
- Sightseeing and permit fees during guided times
- Service charges and government VAT tax
TOUR MAP
ITINERARY BY DAY
08:00 – Start your trip to Ri village in Ba Vi. After 1.5 – 2 hours’ driving, you will arrive your Mr Duoc’s house with a welcome drink.
10:00 – Then visiting the 30-year-old tea plantation in Ri Village. This is a green and peaceful place that to enjoy beautiful scenery of the village. This Tea Plantation is play important for providing tea products for the whole north of Vietnam. You will have a chance to help local family to harvest tea leaves, you will know how to pick the best part of the tea tree to make the most wonderful beverage as Vietnam traditional tea.
Mr Duoc is a veteran in Vietnam War and the owner of a large tea farm. He also is an expert on handling the raw tea leaves and he will introduce you how to make a good green tea before selling.
You will have great time listening to the host’s stories and his life in Vietnam war, besides, enjoying great tea with green lentils or lotus seeds that made by his family.
11:00 – Driving about 20 minutes to visit another host family in Moc Village to give you a cooking class by Mrs. Chin – a host family. She will show you how to cook Vietnamese food, and you have great time to enjoy lunch with food you done.
14:00 – After lunch, you have time to walk (or bicycle) around the village to explore local culture and you will visit the local workshops. You will learn how to make tofu, unshell the rice and may be see the workshop of local hammerer who is working there for 70 years and makes and fixes all the farming tools in the village.
15:00 – You have a cycling tour for 1 hour will through beautiful rice fields and villages. You can find out daily life of local people and interact with them.
Then you will get on a small boat to join fishing on Da River with local fishing man to help you how to catch fishes.
Your afternoon will end with a boat trip down the Da River on which you can enjoy the breathtaking landscapes and explore the local life along the riverside.
This is great time say goodbye host family to drive back to Ha Noi center. End your tour at the hotel around 18:30
