Mu Cang Chai Authentic Adventure 2D1N

This morning, at around 7:30, our private driver and tour guide will pick you up in Hanoi, and then we drive to Mu Cang Chai for 6,5 hours. You will enjoy the serene countryside along our driving northwest to Yen Bai province. At around noon, lunch is served at a local restaurant on the way. You will arrive in Mu Cang Chai and check in at your Lodge at around 14:30.

This afternoon, we start hiking from Hang Co Vua - a small H'mong village to enjoy terrace fields and conquer the pine forest. When you go on a small road in the forest, you will have the opportunity to look at the forest orchid flowers, hear the birds singing and the occasional squirrel in the trees. After 2 hours of walking, you will encounter villages where the Hua Khat ethnic minority lives in extreme simplicity and lots of wilderness. Indigenous people could not communicate with us because of the language barrier, but they are friendly and welcoming when we visit their homes. Leaving the village of the Hmong people you will be completely surprised to see the valley of terraced fields, which is the mark of human impact on nature in a harmonious way. We can imagine the space carved by the hands of the artists.

You continue to go to Cai Dong – La Khat village and enjoy the picturesque scenery of Mu Cang Chai. The beautiful scene and simple life of the Hmong people are the highlights of your day. Back to the lodge and rest time before your dinner with regional specialties. Over-night in Mu Cang Chai.

Tour guide: English speaking guide & local guide

Meals included: Lunch, Dinner

After your breakfast, you will drive to Sang Village where the H’mong people are living. Then you walk for 2 hours on the trail. It is also the border between the two provinces of Yen Bai and Son La. Standing on the trail, you watch the spectacular terraced fields in Ngoc Chien valley. The beautiful scenery here is considered an ideal destination for photographers and painters. Standing down from above, you will be startled and wonder if it’s is this work of God. Continue in the pine forest and down the valley, you will discover the life of the Thai minority. The stilts are located along the stream as the symbol of the Thai people from ancient times. You will have lunch here. Then you have time to go through the small streets in the village to interact with the local people.

Check-out your lodge and get on our private driver to back Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi in the evening. End of our services.

Tour guide: English speaking guide & local guide

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, you depart from the lodge after breakfast to visit La Pan Tan terraced fields – a national heritage.

We will take a short drive about 12km to reach the point of walking. All the beautiful things of Mu Cang Chai are waiting for you at the top. After one hour's climb, we go through the Hmong people where you will meet innocent children, hardworking women who all will welcome you with a friendly smile. In this village, you can visit the traditional home of the indigenous people and learn the customs as well as their daily life. You continue on the trail until you see the whole terraced fields. This beautiful place had CNN traveler magazine rated as the theater of golden rice.

At around noontime, you will back to the lodge for lunch. Check-out and get on our private transfer back to Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi in the evening. End of our services.

Tour guide: English speaking guide

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch.