3 Days Mai Chau Trekking Tour To Thai and Muong Hilltribe Villages

Great landscapes and interaction with local rural village life. The trek follows the slopes and hills of a huge mountain range along trails used by the locals and passes along Mai Chau villages. Get to meet the local people and even stay overnight in one of the small family home-stays. Mai Chau is a mountainous area of outstanding natural beauty, inhabited by Thai and H’mong ethnic minority groups. This trip offers an easy trek combined with a homestay in villages of Thai people. You will trek for two days through the scenic and peaceful villages and stay overnight in local homes where we have the chance to get to learn about the culture of the Thai people. From the mountainous region of Mai Chau, we travel back to the nation’s capital, Hanoi.

Day 1: Hanoi – Mai Chau – Xo Village

8:30 am: leave Hanoi for Mai Chau. After a 4-hr beautiful bus ride, we reach Pom Coong, a village of the Thai ethnic minority in Mai Chau valley. Lunch in Pom Coong Village. In the afternoon we take a light walk on the village road to Xo, a village of the Thai ethnic minority. Dinner and overnight in a local house.

Summary

Transfer Hanoi – Mai Chau:   4-hr

Trekking:     14 km – Easy grade

Meals:     Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:   Homestay

Day 2: Xo Village – Buoc Village – Van Village

After breakfast at the homestay, we say goodbye to the host and walk to Buoc Village. On the way, we would see villagers working on rice paddies and children going to school. Lunch on the way. In the afternoon, we will reach the beautiful village of Van. We will spend the second night with a local family.

Summary

Trekking:     18 km – Moderate grade

Meals:     Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:   Homestay

Day 3: Van Village – Buoc Village – Van Mai Village – Hanoi

After breakfast at the homestay, we walk on village roads that run between mountains and rice paddies. We reach our lunch stop, Van Mai Village, around 11:30 am. Lunch in a local house before taking a bus ride back to Hanoi.  We would arrive in Hanoi around 5.30 pm. The trip completes in Hanoi.

Summary

Transfer Mai Chau – Hanoi:   4-hr

Trekking:     14 km – Easy grade

Meals:     Breakfast, Lunch