This 6 days Hanoi – Tu Le – Mu Cang Chai loop tour in Yen Bai Province will take you into some of the most impressive landscapes in North Vietnam. Beside the wonderful views you will experience along your adventure, you will also experience the daily life of the minority ethnics in this area.

The first stop on the way will impress your eyes with the famous tea plantation in Nghia Lo. Then you will reach Khau Pha, consider as one the most beautiful pass in Vietnam. Incredible view on the rice terraces with local minority villages in the middle. Explore and experience the lifestyle of the Thai people.

You will then depart to La Pan Tan for even more stunning views. Yen Bai province is the second biggest rice area in the North after Dien Bien Phu. Infinity rice terraces with mountains on the background appear like likes a postcard to your eyes.

For the end of your trip, experience some local handicrafts skills and get a trek in the bamboo forest. A deep and intense connection with what Vietnam has the best to offer.

On the way back to Hanoi, you will get a stop into one of the less known but beautiful national park of North Vietnam, Xuan Son.

Hanoi – Tu Le – Mu Cang Chai loop tour is a memorable trip you should  not miss while traveling in North Vietnam

Airport reception and transfer to your
hotel. Stroll through Hanoi’s Old Quarter and free time. Night at the hotel.
(activities depending on arrival time)

After breakfast,
start the adventure discovering Hanoi boarding a jeep. This is a special way to
discover the city. You will pass through the Old Quarter and go through the
Long Bien bridge, historical one! Then back to the center (if week end, we will
go to the train street for a café and see the train passing in the narrow
alley) to pass in front of the main buildings as the war museum, Ho Chi Minh
mausolea, Tran Quoc pagoda.

Take a walk in the
Old Quarter to visit Ngoc Son pagoda to learn about the legend of “Sword lake”.
Take a break to enjoy a Hanoi specialty, the egg coffee. Then continue walking
along the lake to the Women Museum, unique museum of this kind in South East
Asia. On the way back, pass by the opera house. 
As a reward after the long adventurous day, enjoy a foot massage.

 Free time to
rest in the room before starting the evening food tour Try the local dishes
walking and contemplating the active night life of the Old Quarter. (If you
didn’t see the train street in the morning, you will go for a drink) Overnight
in the hotel.

Departure at 8am from your hotel in Hanoi towards the North West of Vietnam by the Route 32
along the Da River (Black River). After crossing the river, you enter the Thanh
Son (Phu Tho ) area where the huge tea fields are located on both sides of the
road. You take a short break here to taste tea and stroll around the
plantations.

Arrival in Nghia Lo at noon, province of Yen Bai, you have
lunch in a local restaurant with specialties of the region, these are often
traditional dishes of the Thais of the vast rice-growing valley of Muong Lo,
the second largest rice-growing valley northwest, behind that of Dien Bien Phu.

In the
afternoon, you leave the valley of Muong Lo and continue road 32 towards Khau
Pha , the road gains altitude and crosses an area alternating settlement of Dao on the
heights and Thai in the valleys. After 50 km, the road leads beautiful rice-growing valley of the commune of Khau Pha.

You arrive at your accommodation to relax in your bungalow. Possibility to enjoy the hot
springs on site

In the morning, after breakfast, you pass the wooded pass of
Khau Pha , one of the four highest passes in Vietnam towards the town of Mu
Cang Chai. However, we do not stop at ̀ Mu Cang Chai but we advance a little
further towards the village of Lao Chai where you will find yourself in a
majestic valley surrounded by terraced rice fields extending to infinity. Here,
you will have the opportunity to visit a H’mong family and meet a shaman.
During the discussion with the shaman, you will better understand the Flower
H’mong culture in Mu Cang Chai and their rice terrace cultivation.

In the afternoon, you go to La Pan Tan district. Its massive
system of rice fields, which is on the National Heritage List, makes this
district a dream destination for photographers, amateurs or professionals.
Overnight in Mu Cang Chai

Transfer to Khau Pha after the breakfast. A day of immersion
in local life, starting with an indigo dye or beeswax painting craft workshop
(you can choose one of the two themes). These may be things that in other
countries have gradually disappeared with the development of the modern world,
but the people of Mu Cang Chai still maintain these traditional habits in their
daily lives.

In the afternoon, you walk around and explore the Huoi bamboo forest Tieng Qoai .

Starting from It Thai village, you go up to Xe Xang village then penetrating
deep into the mountain, you will have the opportunity to meet Thai and H’mong
families who still depend entirely on agriculture and forest products. Continue
the hike to visit the natural forest of leaning bamboo then return to the
starting point along the back of the mountain.

Dinner in a local homestay on site and then enjoy the folk
musical performance of the Thai people with the traditional songs presented by
the village musical group. Back to the hotel for the night

On  the last morning in this idyllic valley, you can enjoy
the fresh air in the village or get up early and take a walk to watch the
sunrise over the valley and chase some beautiful pictures.

Board the car to come back to Hanoi. Have lunch on the way at
̀ the beautiful Xuan Son National Park. After lunch, take a walk into the park before
returning to Hanoi. Return to Hanoi around 6:00 p.m