Tour itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi – Mai Chau – Pu Luong Nature Reserve (L/D)
Morning activities:
8.00 am: Depart from your Hanoi hotel to Mai Chau. Daydream as we drive a safe route with spectacular views around every bend. Upon arrival at Poom Coom village in Mai Chau. Where will take a short walk to visit the ethnic Thai people? Then lunch will be served at a local home.
Afternoon activities:
13.00 pm: Take a quick ride (15 minutes) Where we start our trek from 2 to 3-hours walk through beautiful hillside villages, magnificent rice paddies, seeing handcrafted bamboo water wheels. The highlight on this walk is experiencing the beauty of Pu Luong Nature Reserve, the everyday life and culture of the white Thai people. Become a part of local life when we are welcomed as honored guests at a traditional Thai home on stilts. Here in Hang village we will have a traditional dinner and stay the night.
Day 2: Hike To Eo Ken & Kho Muong Villages (B/L/D)
Morning activities:
Here, daily life starts early. It will be interesting for you to get up, take part in your host family’s activities in the morning, take an opportunity to stroll around Hang village before having breakfast served by Thai people. Start our trek at 8.00 am. Today we will be walking for approximately 5 to 6 hours. The first hiking is hard with some steep climbs and yet more stream crossings, the next is really glorious with beautiful views of the valley, rice terraces, rich rainforest…
Afternoon activities:
Picnic lunch on the way at Eo Ken village. Arrival in Kho Muong- the setting of the village is perhaps the most beautiful in Vietnam. Nestled between steep karst mountains and rice terraces in the afternoon. Spend our second night in a typical Thai eco – stilt house in Kho Muong.
Day 3: Trek To Nua And Hin Villages (B/L/D)
Morning activities:
Having breakfast, then start for a harder full day of hiking. Continue on through the valley. There are some steep climbs and yet more stream crossings. Trek to an incredible cave, only recently discovered and now protected by the Forest Rangers. The trekking becomes more remote yet one is never far from a villager tending fields, passing steep limestone mountain, rain forest inside the Pu Luong Nature Reserve to Nua village. After a rough trek, what is more, refreshing than a cool stream,... This will surely bring you a new experience,... Stream bathing! Then a picnic lunch will be served here.
Afternoon activities:
Relax from the heat of the day before continuing on to Hin – the village of Thai people in the afternoon. We will be welcomed as honored guests. Have dinner with local people at their traditional house. Free time for you to talk and learn about their traditional customs and culture. Also, prepare a picnic lunch for the next day.
Day 4: Hike To Son Village (B/L/D)
Morning activities:
Leave Hin village after having breakfast at Thai people, we will start for a full day trek to Son village. Climbing up hardly, we will get in deeper inside the Pu Luong Nature Reserve with wild and rich tropical forest, having picnic lunch on the way.
Afternoon activities:
Continuing our trek passing through Ba beautiful village to Son village. When the “sunset” – if it does not rain. Take a break and stretch your legs on the house on stilt of Thai people or strolling around this village and get in contact with hospitable friendly local people here. Dinner and overnight in Son village.
Day 5: Trek To Ton Village Then Van To Hanoi (B/L)
Morning activities:
Breakfast is prepared by guide then we start our trek at 8.00 am to Ton village. Today we will have a nice and easier trek, just a bit up and down through rice paddies, jungle fever… After 2.5 hours we get to Ton village. The driver will pick us up and transfer to Muong Khen town for lunch.
Afternoon activities:
After lunch at Muong Ken town. We keep driving back to Hanoi. But the last visit is Hoa Binh Hydropower station. The biggest power station in Vietnam. Arrive and end in Hanoi in the afternoon. It's time to say goodbye to the tour guide and driver. Hope you have a wonderful time in Pu Luong Nature Reserve with Happy Travel.
Inclusion
– Private door-to-door pick-up & see-off services
– All private transfer and transportation
– Homestay as stated in the program
– Permit
– Experienced English speaking tour guide
– Meals as stated in the itinerary (B: Breakfast; L: Lunch; D: Dinner)
– All sightseeing tickets
Exclusion
– International flight in & out Vietnam
– Hotel in Hanoi
– Individual expenses
– Drinks and meals not mentioned in the program
– Tips are welcomed
– Insurance
What to bring
– Passport, change of clothes, sunglasses & hat, toiletries, sun-block, insect repellent, flashlights, good shoes, personal first aid kit & medicines, small VND notes for buying drinks.
– If you feel the need then sleeping bags, cable lock for your bags is recommended.