Time: 3 days 2 nights / Transport:Car / Departure: Every Friday
DAY 1: HANOI - TAU STATION - NGHIA LO (EAT - / LUNCH / DINNER)
06:15-06:30: Car and tour guide pick you up at Hanoi Opera House to begin the journey to Mu Cang Chai.
06:50: At the end of the highway, the car will stop for the group to rest and have breakfast freely (if needed). After that, you continue to board the bus to Mu Cang Chai. On the way, you will stop to rest and take pictures with the Thanh Son tea hills in Thanh Son (Phu Tho).
11:30: Arrive in Son Thinh town for lunch. After lunch, the group continued to board the car to Tram Tau. On the way, you sit in the car and watch Muong Lo fields stretching along both sides of the road.
14:00: Arrive at Tram Tau, your tour guide will take you to Tram Tau Hot Springs Ecotourism Area. Here, you are at your own expense for mineral bathing in 4 hot mineral pools at different temperatures to suit all your needs.
16:00: The group gathers on the bus to check in and rest.
18:30: Gather for dinner at the restaurant. Free evening to relax. Spend the night at the hotel.
DAY 2: NGHIA LO - MU CANG CHAI (BREAKFAST / LUNCH / DINNER)
06:30: Check out, have breakfast at the restaurant. After breakfast, you board the car to go to Mu Cang Chai.
09:00: Take souvenir photos with the district symbol of Mu Cang Chai right at the foot of Khau Pha pass. Continue conquering Khau Pha pass - one of the four great passes of the North.
10:00: Stop at the top of Khau Pha pass with an altitude of about 2100m. Here, you will also have the opportunity to watch professional skydiving athletes called "flying in the golden season" every September.
11:30: Have lunch then check in to hotel and rest.
14:00: Car takes you to Ba Nha Bridge area, take free photos with shoe-shaped terraced fields. Then you can rent a motorbike taxi on your own, driven by local Hmong people. Overcoming steep, small and winding roads, you will come to the beautiful Mam Xoi terraced fields, the most typical symbol that makes Mu Cang Chai terraced fields famous.
Afternoon: For the remaining time of the afternoon, you can rent a motorbike or sit on the back of a motorbike taxi to freely explore the following suggested places (please note, before going, you need to get advice from tour guide to choose the appropriate destination because time is limited):
Visit a Thai village and take pictures at the Water Wheel system
Visit bamboo forest.
18:30: Check in to hotel, have dinner. In the evening, you are free to play. Spend the night at the hotel.
DAY 3: MU CANG CHAI - TU LE - HANOI (BREAKFAST / LUNCH / - )
06:30: You gather to have breakfast under the guidance of your tour guide. You can rent a motorbike or sit on the back of a motorbike taxi at your own expense to freely explore the suggested places as follows (Please note, before going, you need to listen to the tour guide's advice to choose a suitable destination because of the time. limited time):
Mu Cang Chai Market, a gathering place for trading daily-life goods and local products.
Horseshoe-shaped terraces...
09:00: The car continues to take you back to Hanoi. On the way, we will stop to take photos at beautiful scenic spots that we had not had time to take photos of the previous days.
11:00: Stop at Tu Le, the tour guide will take you to visit and buy things, especially Tu Le green rice at the Tu Le market area. Take a photo with the symbol of Mu Cang Chai district.
12:00: Have lunch at Nghia Lo. After lunch, you continue to get on the bus to Hanoi. In case there are guests returning to Noi Bai airport. The car will move towards Ba Khe Junction - Lao Cai - Noi Bai - Hanoi Highway.
17:30: Arrive at Noi Bai airport
18:30-19:00: Arrive at Hanoi Opera House. End of tour programs. See you again!
Tour price includes:
- Cars (7-16-29-35-45 seats depending on number of passengers) air-conditioned
- Accommodation according to your choice when registering for the tour:
- 01 night hotel (hot and cold water, air conditioning), sleeping 2 guests/room (odd to sleep 3)
- Sleep in a clean dormitory on stilts (use a shared toilet)
- 03 main meals, cost 120,000 VND/meal; 01 breakfast at 30,000 VND/meal
- The tour guide serves the group according to the schedule
- Drinking water served in the car on the day of departure and return, 01 bottle/person/day
Not included:
- VAT invoice (if you get an invoice, you need to notify it immediately when booking the tour and pay an additional 10% VAT)
- Drinks during meals, in hotels and other personal expenses
- Motorbike taxi fare to conquer the Western Pole (1 motorbike taxi): 500,000 VND/person
- Other services and costs not mentioned in the program
- Tips for driver and tour guide:
- In case tourists are satisfied with the service of the driver and tour guide, they can freely tip the driver and tour guide. This tip amount is completely optional but is usually a minimum of 50,000 VND/person/day.
- Tip regulations for foreign guests: 3 USD/guest/day
Please note:
- Guests on tour must bring legal identification documents (ID card/ID card/Passport). Children under 14 years of age must bring a birth certificate at least. Children aged 14 and over are required to have an ID card or passport.
- You should bring medicine for stomachache due to diarrhea and medicine for common colds and fever
- If you are a vegetarian, please bring more vegetarian food to ensure your taste
- If you do not use any services on the tour, they will not be refunded
- The tour guide has the right to re-arrange the order of sightseeing spots to suit the conditions of each specific departure date but still ensure all the sights in the program.
- This is a mountainous tour, usually traveling in a small vehicle, so we recommend that you do not bring bulky or oversized luggage and do not bring much luggage. Should bring a backpack instead of carrying hard suitcases.
Customer Responsibilities:
- Customers are solely responsible for their health and chronic diseases (cardiovascular, blood pressure, diabetes, osteoarthritis, etc.), congenital diseases, underlying diseases, HIV AIDS, mental and neurological disorders, pregnant women... are diseases not covered by insurance. When necessary, you must write a commitment about your illness when participating in the tour. The tour organizer is not responsible for cases where you do not declare your illness, declare dishonestly as well as cases outside the scope of travel insurance on the tour.
- Customers must take care of their own property in all cases and in all places during the trip. The tour organizer is not responsible for the loss of money, valuables, airline tickets, and customer's private property during the trip.