Mai Chau - Pu Luong and Ninh Binh exploration

Starting from Hanoi city. At 8.00 our AMA Journey’s tour guide and driver will meet you at your hotel to depart to Mai Chau.
On the way, stop at Thung Khe pass to admire the spectacular view of the valley with rice fields and villages before arriving in Mai Chau at noon time.
Only 150km away from Hanoi, Mai Chau valley is an unmissable place to relax and visit the local White Thai ethnic, discover their culture, daily life and beautiful landscapes.
Enjoy a delicious lunch at a local family in the village. Take a short break before strolling around the Lac, Na Pon, Poong Com village with peaceful traditional stilts houses next to each other without any fence.
Bikes are available to explore from the villages to villages, seeing rural work on the rice fields, encountering local people and visiting the weaving craftsman’s family.
Return to the accommodation in the late afternoon. Having a hot shower before enjoying a cozy dinner in a comfortable peaceful atmosphere that could not be described in words.
Overnight in Mai Chau

Included:
Accommodation: Homestay in Mai Chau
Private transportation
All entrance fees
Bikes in Mai Chau
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Private English speaking guide

Breakfast at your accommodation.
Transfer to discover the local Mai Chau market, seeing the locals trading their goods.  
The next will be an amazing Hang Chieu (Chieu Cave). Enjoy 1200 steps to the entrance gate of the cave that will offer the best breathtaking panoramic view of the valley and village with rice fields.
From the entrance to the first part of the cave is about 16m and it is also called the main cave with a length of about 50m, a width of 35m, the height of the cave is up to 55m. When you go deeper inside the cave, you will see all the beauties of this place, it will help you to create the imagination of many shapes.
Walk down and transfer to Pu Luong. Having lunch and relaxation before enjoying a trekking along the valley of this beautiful region. Easily following the trail to the Chom Uoi and Chom Lan village.
This amazing trekking will bring to you the changing of landscapes from rice terraces to ponds, streams and the mountain range. Keep enjoying the walk to Pho Doan. Meeting our driver and returning to the homestay.

Included:
Accommodation: Homestay in Pu Luong
Private transportation
All entrance fees
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Private English speaking guide

At 8.00, after breakfast in Pu Luong, meet our tour guide and driver for a 2-hour journey to Ninh Binh.
Arrive in Van Long around 10.00, enjoy a biking tour along the Van Long dyke and through the village to see the local life, the beauty of Van Long with water and mountain.
Stop on route for beautiful photos and encounter with local people. Next, discover the hidden peaceful Thung La temple and listen to the history of this temple.
Return to the village. Lunch will be served in a local restaurant, relaxing before enjoying a rowing boat trip to explore Van Long nature reserve. You may see the Monkeys on the cliffs of the mountain and egrets on the water of the nature reserve.
After the boat trip, visiting one of the local families in the village to learn about the embroidery skill. There will be a short and small instruction course that will help you become an “embroidery craftsman.”
Transfer to hotel in Tam Coc - Ninh Binh for overnight.

Included:
Accommodation: Hotel in Tam Coc - Ninh Binh
Private transportation
Bikes in Van Long
Sampan boat trip
All entrance fees
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Private English speaking guide

In the morning, after breakfast, enjoy the biking tour from Tam Coc throughout the villages, the rice fields, meeting friendly locals on the way, and maybe seeing the water buffalo in the rice fields. Followed by Bich Dong pagoda, stay an hour to discover this beautiful pagoda.
Keep biking to Thung Nham zone, the place where tourists could feel as if they are in the middle of paradise on earth “Halong Bay on land”. Biking in the less touristy area and returning to Tam Coc center.
Lunch is served at the local restaurant.
After lunch, relax then enjoy a sampan boat trip in Tam Coc to explore the gorgeous landscapes, rowing through the 3 caves in the Ngo Dong stream.

Back to Hanoi in the afternoon.
Arrive at your hotel around 6.pm

Included:
Accommodation: N/A
Private transportation
Bikes in Tam Coc
Sampan boat trip
All entrance fees
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Private English speaking guide