Rice Terraces And Ethnic Minorities In North Vietnam
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Day 1: Hanoi - Tu Le Valley - Mu Cang Chai (Lunch, Dinner) (Guide)
Stop At: Mu Cang Chai, Mu Cang Chai, Yen Bai Province
This morning, start your amazing photography tour to the beautiful & untouched mountainous areas where you can see endless terraced rice fields. The best time for the trip is from Jul to Sep as the fields will be green in Jul & Aug, golden in Sep.
08:00 Vivutravel's private tour guide and driver pick you up for a beautiful drive to Mu Cang Chai. It is a long journey (300km) but we will make a nice stop in Nghia Lo to enjoy some very first rice terraced fields. For any photographers who set foot for the first time, this town is itself an exciting place because of its mountainous topography. A breathtaking landscape will appear in front of your eyes: tea gardens and small streams come into view, an infinite green of trees, bushes and fresh air.
Just more than one hour from Nghia Lo, you will have another stop at Tu Le Valley with the peaceful scenery of a prosperous countryside. Before crossing the โhorn of heavenโ (Khau Pha Pass), Tu Le appears with a scent that offers lots of photo opportunities. If you come here in September, you will be immersed in the aroma of rice. There are also large streams providing irrigation for the whole region that is perfectly mixed with golden rice fields.
Finally, arrive in Mu Cang Chai in the late afternoon. Check in Mu Cang Chai Ecolodge and take a rest.
If you are not tired and time permits, let's take your camera and hunt for sunset photos.
Have dinner & overnight in Mu Cang Chai.
Duration: 6 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Mu Cang Chai - Sapa (Breakfast, Lunch) (Guide)
Stop At: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
Today we will visit Muong Hoa valley where you will see the most stunning rice terraced fields in Sapa. Driver drops you at Y Linh Ho village of the Black H'Mong minority, it is time to walk down and enjoy the spectacular scenery as well as to visit several ethnic villages on the way.
Picnic lunch on the way and the driver picks you up at Giang Ta Chai village then continue to Topas Ecolodge where you will stay at the most stunning mountain resort on earth. (National Geographic has listed Topas Ecolodge No 1 on its list of 21 places to stay)
Duration: 5 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Sapa - Muong Hoa valley - Topas Ecolodge (Breakfast, Lunch) (Guide)
Stop At: Hoร ng Su Phรฌ District, Ha Giang, Vietnam
This morning, after breakfast, we will drive to Hoang Su Phi, a rural district of Ha Giang province blessed with rugged mountains, lush valleys, endless skies and the world's most breathtaking rice terrace fields. (If it is on Sunday, visit Bac Ha market this morning on the way from Topas to Hoang Su Phi).
In the late afternoon, arrive at Phung Village where the most amazing rice fields are planted. If the weather is good, enjoy a wonderful sunset.
Overnight in Phung Village.
Duration: 5 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: Topas Ecolodge - Bac Ha - Hoang Su Phi (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) (Guide)
Stop At: Hoร ng Su Phรฌ District, Ha Giang, Vietnam
In the early morning, wake up to hunt for sunrise photos of the fantastic terraced rice fields.
Then, leave the village at around 10:00 for Nam Khoa Village that is a hilly & remote one in Hoang Su Phi district. The village is so famous for many communes of scenic rice terraces that it is recognized as a National Monument by the wide ladder, beautiful fascinated. Its step ladder is a masterpiece created from the hands of hard labor, sweat and brain of the working people. Over time, the wild hills, rocky peaks, the people of this place have turned them into fertile slopes, winding, winding, untouched far far.
Lunch on the way and you will arrive in Nam Hong Homestay in the late afternoon.
Overnight in Nam Hong.
Duration: 4 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 5: Hoang Su Phi (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) (Guide)
Stop At: Hanoi, Hanoi
If you want to take photos of the sunrise, Please wake up early and our local tour guide will bring you to hunt the sunrise photos.
Then, we will drive to Hanoi in 8 hours.
Vivutravel would like to thank you so much for your travelling with us and wish to see you again.
Duration: 7 hours
Stop At: Hoร ng Su Phรฌ District, Ha Giang, Vietnam
In the early morning, wake up to hunt for sunrise photos of the fantastic terraced rice fields.
Then, leave the village at around 10:00 for Nam Khoa Village that is a hilly & remote one in Hoang Su Phi district. The village is so famous for many communes of scenic rice terraces that it is recognized as a National Monument by the wide ladder, beautiful fascinated. Its step ladder is a masterpiece created from the hands of hard labor, sweat and brain of the working people. Over time, the wild hills, rocky peaks, the people of this place have turned them into fertile slopes, winding, winding, untouched far far.
Lunch on the way and you will arrive in Nam Hong Homestay in the late afternoon.
Overnight in Nam Hong.
Duration: 4 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 6: Hoang Su Phi - Hanoi (Breakfast, Lunch) (Guide)
Stop At: Hanoi, Hanoi
If you want to take photos of the sunrise, Please wake up early and our local tour guide will bring you to hunt the sunrise photos.
Then, we will drive to Hanoi in 8 hours.
Vivutravel would like to thank you so much for your travelling with us and wish to see you again.
Duration: 6 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 1: Hanoi - Tu Le Valley - Mu Cang Chai (Lunch, Dinner) (Guide)
Stop At: Mu Cang Chai, Mu Cang Chai, Yen Bai Province
This morning, start your amazing photography tour to the beautiful & untouched mountainous areas where you can see endless terraced rice fields. The best time for the trip is from Jul to Sep as the fields will be green in Jul & Aug, golden in Sep.
08:00 Vivutravel's private tour guide and driver pick you up for a beautiful drive to Mu Cang Chai. It is a long journey (300km) but we will make a nice stop in Nghia Lo to enjoy some very first rice terraced fields. For any photographers who set foot for the first time, this town is itself an exciting place because of its mountainous topography. A breathtaking landscape will appear in front of your eyes: tea gardens and small streams come into view, an infinite green of trees, bushes and fresh air.
Just more than one hour from Nghia Lo, you will have another stop at Tu Le Valley with the peaceful scenery of a prosperous countryside. Before crossing the โhorn of heavenโ (Khau Pha Pass), Tu Le appears with a scent that offers lots of photo opportunities. If you come here in September, you will be immersed in the aroma of rice. There are also large streams providing irrigation for the whole region that is perfectly mixed with golden rice fields.
Finally, arrive in Mu Cang Chai in the late afternoon. Check in Mu Cang Chai Ecolodge and take a rest.
If you are not tired and time permits, let's take your camera and hunt for sunset photos.
Have dinner & overnight in Mu Cang Chai.
Duration: 6 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Mu Cang Chai - Sapa (Breakfast, Lunch) (Guide)
Stop At: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
Today we will visit Muong Hoa valley where you will see the most stunning rice terraced fields in Sapa. Driver drops you at Y Linh Ho village of the Black H'Mong minority, it is time to walk down and enjoy the spectacular scenery as well as to visit several ethnic villages on the way.
Picnic lunch on the way and the driver picks you up at Giang Ta Chai village then continue to Topas Ecolodge where you will stay at the most stunning mountain resort on earth. (National Geographic has listed Topas Ecolodge No 1 on its list of 21 places to stay)
Duration: 5 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Sapa - Muong Hoa valley - Topas Ecolodge (Breakfast, Lunch) (Guide)
Stop At: Hoร ng Su Phรฌ District, Ha Giang, Vietnam
This morning, after breakfast, we will drive to Hoang Su Phi, a rural district of Ha Giang province blessed with rugged mountains, lush valleys, endless skies and the world's most breathtaking rice terrace fields. (If it is on Sunday, visit Bac Ha market this morning on the way from Topas to Hoang Su Phi).
In the late afternoon, arrive at Phung Village where the most amazing rice fields are planted. If the weather is good, enjoy a wonderful sunset.
Overnight in Phung Village.
Duration: 5 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: Topas Ecolodge - Bac Ha - Hoang Su Phi (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) (Guide)
Stop At: Hoร ng Su Phรฌ District, Ha Giang, Vietnam
In the early morning, wake up to hunt for sunrise photos of the fantastic terraced rice fields.
Then, leave the village at around 10:00 for Nam Khoa Village that is a hilly & remote one in Hoang Su Phi district. The village is so famous for many communes of scenic rice terraces that it is recognized as a National Monument by the wide ladder, beautiful fascinated. Its step ladder is a masterpiece created from the hands of hard labor, sweat and brain of the working people. Over time, the wild hills, rocky peaks, the people of this place have turned them into fertile slopes, winding, winding, untouched far far.
Lunch on the way and you will arrive in Nam Hong Homestay in the late afternoon.
Overnight in Nam Hong.
Duration: 4 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 5: Hoang Su Phi (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) (Guide)
Stop At: Hanoi, Hanoi
If you want to take photos of the sunrise, Please wake up early and our local tour guide will bring you to hunt the sunrise photos.
Then, we will drive to Hanoi in 8 hours.
Vivutravel would like to thank you so much for your travelling with us and wish to see you again.
Duration: 7 hours
Stop At: Hoร ng Su Phรฌ District, Ha Giang, Vietnam
In the early morning, wake up to hunt for sunrise photos of the fantastic terraced rice fields.
Then, leave the village at around 10:00 for Nam Khoa Village that is a hilly & remote one in Hoang Su Phi district. The village is so famous for many communes of scenic rice terraces that it is recognized as a National Monument by the wide ladder, beautiful fascinated. Its step ladder is a masterpiece created from the hands of hard labor, sweat and brain of the working people. Over time, the wild hills, rocky peaks, the people of this place have turned them into fertile slopes, winding, winding, untouched far far.
Lunch on the way and you will arrive in Nam Hong Homestay in the late afternoon.
Overnight in Nam Hong.
Duration: 4 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 6: Hoang Su Phi - Hanoi (Breakfast, Lunch) (Guide)
Stop At: Hanoi, Hanoi
If you want to take photos of the sunrise, Please wake up early and our local tour guide will bring you to hunt the sunrise photos.
Then, we will drive to Hanoi in 8 hours.
Vivutravel would like to thank you so much for your travelling with us and wish to see you again.
Duration: 6 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
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