Hanoi – Mai Chau – Cuc Phuong – Van Long – Hanoi
Day 1: Hanoi
- Mai Chau
At
8:00, leave for Mai Chau via Hoa Binh town. Take photos on the scenic driving.
Reach Mai Chau at around noon. Have lunch in Lac Village
prepared by your host. Short walk around the Thai village in the afternoon.
Dinner and sleep on stilt house. Enjoy the folk dance with local rice wine
after dinner. (-/L/D)
Day 2: Mai Chau – Cuc Phuong
After breakfast, take a short walk
through rice field to the local market then go back to Lac village for lunch.
Afternoon drive to Cuc
Phuong National
Park in Ninh Binh province. Check-in the guesthouse.
Overnight in Cuc Phuong. (B/L/D)
Day 3: Cuc Phuong – Trekking – Ninh Binh
In the
morning drive to Bong trekking point where we will trek through the forest for
bird watching and visit 1,000 years old tree. Walk back, stop to visit a cave
once inhabited by pre-historic peoples dated back to 7000 years, and then visit
the Endangered Primate Center
where rare animals listed in Red books protected. Drive to Ninh Binh, stopping
en route at Hoa Lu to visit 2 temples dedicated to two ancient Vietnamese kings
Dinh and Le. Overnight in Ninh Binh.
Day 4: Ninh Binh – Van Long – Hanoi
After
breakfast, take your bicycles at Van Long and bike through country lanes to Van
Long boat wharf. Take a boat ride rowed by local people along the waterway of
Van Long natural conservation area where is praised as Halong Bay
inland. Lunch in the local restaurant. Drive back to Hanoi. End of services. (B/L/-)