Hoàn Kiếm Trip Overview
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ HIGHLIGHT ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
✔️ Enjoy views over endless rice terraces, peaceful contryside
✔️ Accompany with local guide
✔️ Opportunity to enjoy fresh air
About 130km away from Hanoi, Mai Chau is a beautiful green valley where surrounded by spectacular mountainous landscape. Join Mai Chau classic 2 days 1 night tour, you will be surprised by peaceful and fresh air of Vietnam North West countryside. You can Cycling through the rice fields and take photos the stilt house, enjoy delicious traditional flavor and dancing show with rice wine.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Hoàn Kiếm, Vietnam
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> Nature & Wildlife
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What to Expect When Visiting Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ HIGHLIGHT ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
✔️ Enjoy views over endless rice terraces, peaceful contryside
✔️ Accompany with local guide
✔️ Opportunity to enjoy fresh air
About 130km away from Hanoi, Mai Chau is a beautiful green valley where surrounded by spectacular mountainous landscape. Join Mai Chau classic 2 days 1 night tour, you will be surprised by peaceful and fresh air of Vietnam North West countryside. You can Cycling through the rice fields and take photos the stilt house, enjoy delicious traditional flavor and dancing show with rice wine.
Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi city tours half day with student volunteer guide
Stop At: AZ Local Trip, No.4 12 – 95 Lane Chùa Bộc Street Đống Đa Hanoi City VN 100000, Chùa Bộc, Khương Thượng, Đống Đa, Hà Nội, Vietnam
This is our main office in hanoi city
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Old Quarter, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
7:45 – 8:15 : Tour guide from AZ Local Trip picks up you and your group from your hotel or at the confirmed meeting point in Hanoi Old Quarter.
Bustling Hanoi offers a charming blend of new and old. The French-colonial era has left a legacy of beautiful buildings, with the Old Quarter a fascinating area to explore on foot. Sample Hanoi’s unique cuisine, shop for locally produced crafts and soak up the abundance of history and culture on offer in the city’s compelling sites and monuments. Hanoi has always been a symbol of culture and a source of pride throughout the history. This city tour Hanoi is designed aiming to give you an opportunity to enjoy an absolute and adorable Hanoi. Small streets with old houses, friendly people with typical Vietnamese smiles offer you the true feeling of this capital city.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Chua Tran Quoc, Thanh Nien, Hanoi 10000 Vietnam
Tran Quoc Pagoda is the oldest of its kind in Hanoi, dating back to the 6th century during the reign of Emperor Ly Nam De Dynasty (544 – 548). The Buddhist shrine has undergone several changes throughout the years, particularly its renaming from An Quoc to Tran Quoc (protecting the country) by Emperor Le Huy Tong in the 17th century.
Although it’s now set on an islet within West Lake, the pagoda was originally located on banks of Red River before it’s relocated in 1615due to the river’s encroachment. Surrounded by lush greenery, Tran Quoc Pagoda was a favourite amongst the kings and royal families for festivals, full moons, and Tet Festival.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Hoan Kiem Lake Walking Street, Around Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Our tour guide will pick you up then we will start our Hanoi Old Quarter Walking Tour. The first destination of the tour will stop by Hoan Kiem Lake, considered the heart of Hanoi. You can observe many locals doing morning exercises or taking part in interesting activities such as cycling and playing badminton.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Thap Rua Tower, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Hoan Kiem Lake is in the historical center of Hanoi. According to the legend, Emperor Le Loi was boating on the lake when a Golden Turtle God (Kim Qui) surfaced and asked for his magic sword, Heaven’s Will. Loi concluded that Kim Qui had come to reclaim the sword that it’s master, the Dragon King (Long Vuong) had given Loi some time earlier, during his revolt against the Chinese Ming Dynasty. Loi renamed the lake to commemorate this event. He renamed the lake from Luc Thuy (Green Water”) to Hoan Kiem Lake (Lake of the Restored Sword). The Turtle Tower (Thap Rua) standing on a small island near the centre of lake is linked to the legend.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, 2 Hung Vuong Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Complex is an important place of pilgrimage for many Vietnamese. A traffic-free area of botanical gardens, monuments, memorials and pagodas, it’s usually crowded with groups of Vietnamese who come from far and wide to pay their respects to ‘Uncle Ho’. Within the complex are Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House, the Ho Chi Minh Museum, the Presidential Palace and the One Pillar Pagoda.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: One Pillar Pagoda, Ong Ich Khiem St, Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh District Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
The One Pillar Pagoda was originally built by the Emperor Ly Thai Tong who ruled from 1028 to 1054. According to the annals, the heirless emperor dreamed that he met Quan The Am Bo Tat, the Goddess of Mercy, who handed him a male child. Ly Thai Tong then married a young peasant girl and had a son and heir by her. As a way of expressing his gratitude for this event, he constructed a pagoda here in 1049.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Ho Chi Minh’s Stilt House, 1 Bach Thao Alley, Ngoc Ha Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
Simple stilt home & former residence of Communist Ho Chi Minh, with relics, gardens & tours.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Literature & National University, Quoc Tu Giam Street Dong Da District, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
The Temple of Literature is often cited as one of Hanoi’s most picturesque tourist attractions. Originally built as a university in 1070 dedicated to Confucius, scholars and sages, the building is extremely well preserved and is a superb example of traditional-style Vietnamese architecture.
Lunch served at a local restaurant for a taste of authentic Hanoi cuisine.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Old Quarter, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
After lunch proceed to visit the Ethnology Museum (apply on Sun, Tue, Thu & Sat), the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam, see Vietnam’s first university, constructed in 1070 – it’s gardens and well-preserved architecture will offer a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam’s past. Take you past Hoan Kiem Lake to see the peaceful waters. and the beauty of Ngoc Son temple. in the end, journey through Hanoi’s Old Quarter, where you’ll then have a chance for some shopping and exploration.
Tour ends around 15h30 – 16h00.
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Hanoi – Mai Chau biking ( Lunch, dinner)
Stop At: Old Quarter, Hanoi 100000 Vietnam
07h45 – 08h15: Our comfortable bus and tour guide pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Thung Khe Pass, Highway 6, Mai Chau Vietnam
10h00: Stop for short break.
11h00: Check in Thung Khe Pass ( White Stone mountain) where has 4 season in a day. Take panorama photo of Mai Chau from above.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Lac Village, Mai Chau Vietnam
12h00: Arrive in Ban Lac village; relax with welcome drink in homestay.
Enjoy Thai traditional lunch in restaurant.
14h00: Take part in biking tour with our local guide, you can see farmers working in fields, locals weaving scarves and visit surrounding peaceful villages and take photos.
17h00: Check in and relax in homestay.
+ 18h00: Enjoy dinner in local.
+ 19h30 – 20h30: Take part in traditional Thai dancing show and try rice wine.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in homestay Mai Chau
Day 3: Local market – Chieu Cave climbing ( Breakfast, lunch)
Stop At: Mai Chau, Mai Chau, Hoa Binh Province
07h00: Wake up and relax with fresh aire in Mai Chau valley
+ 08h00: After breakfast, tour guide take you to visit local market of Thai people.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Chieu Cave, Mai Chau Vietnam
Hiking to pass over 1200 step to the top of Chieu Cave – a famous cave in Mai Chau with hundred of stalactites, take photos of Mai Chau town from above.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lac Village, Mai Chau Vietnam
11h00: Back to Ban Lac village, join lunch in restaurant.
After that, you can relax and visit Mai Chau freedom.
+ 15h00: Say goodbye to beautiful Mai Chau valley, the bus transfer you back to Hanoi.
+ 19h00: Arrive Hanoi Old Quarter, we drop you off at your hotel. End of fantastic Mai Chau 2 days 1 night tour.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
