Trekking Hanoi - Mai Chau Pu Luong - Cuc Phuong (7 Days - 6 Nights)

Trekking Hanoi - Mai Chau Pu Luong - Cuc Phuong (7 Days - 6 Nights)

The 7-days trek to Mai Chau and Pu Luong Nature Reserve is customized for small groups and active, adventure travellers, those looking for a challenging, multi-day trek in the northern Vietnam. The adventure holiday begins with a car transfer from Hanoi to Mai Chau where you spend your first 4 days trekking through rice paddy fields and local Thai and H’mong hamlets.
Tour code: TRE 10
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Hanoi - Mai Chau
Day 2: Trekking Hang Kia village Van Village
Day 3: Continue Trekking Van Village - Sam Khoe Village - Hang Village
Day 4: Hang Village to Kho Muong Village
Day 5: Hiking Kho Muong - Hin Village
Day 6: Trek Hin village - Thanh Hoa - Cuc Phuong
Day 7: Trekking Cuc Phuong National Park. Travel back to Hanoi
Tour Detail:

Day 1: Hanoi - Mai Chau. Trekking Hang Kia Village (L, D)
08h30 you will be met up with our guide and driver at your hotel and transferred to Mai Chau. This scenic drive takes around three hours. Along the way we pass fields of tapioca and sugar cane as well as rice paddies. After lunch in a traditional stilt house of the Thai people, we drive for one hour to Sa Linh Village to begin our trekking. The verdant and rugged mountain scenery combined with the

colorful local population makes this an unforgettable experience. Today we walk along gravel tracks and small paths, used by the locals. Our destination for this evening is Hang Kia village, home of the Hmong Minority people. Here we stay overnight as the guests of an H’mong family in a traditional long house, situated in a picturesque valley of peach orchards.

Day 2: Trekking Hang Kia village Van Village (B, L, D)
Today we get well and truly off the beaten track as we trek through tropical rain forest, using the local tracks and passing through cornfields as we descend in to Mai Chau Valley . On the way we will encounter the local villagers as they go about their daily business: whether it be tilling the fields, logging or herding buffalo. The trek will take around 7 hours and is quite steep in places. Lunch will be provided en route, and weather permitting, we will have a picnic near a babbling brook at the foot of the valley. From here we pass through several White Thai villages, and are sure to attract attention as this part of the country receives very few visitors. We will arrive at Van village by late afternoon and we will have time to walk around this charming little village, enabling us to understand a little more about how the people live. The village is home to the Thai people, and tonight we will be their guests in one of their traditional stilt houses. There, we will be

toasted as honored guests and will be able to sample some of their homemade rice wine!

Day 3: Continue Trekking Van Village - Sam Khoe Village - Hang Village (B, L, D)
Trek from Van Village to Sam Khoe Village and drive to Pong Comg for lunch.
Following lunch we drive to Ban Sai village from here we trek to the Thai Village of Hang. We spend the night with a local Thai Family who will be our hosts in a traditional house built on stilts. We will definitely learn more about their lives and cultures when staying with them.

Day 4: Hang Village to Kho Muong Village (B, L, D)
The sound of mountain, cock and pork make us up for a new day and breakfast. We stroll around the Hang Village before we start trekking. We will be hiking about 6 hours through many Thai Villages and hamlets and encounter friendly children, villagers before arriving Kho Muong Village , home to the Muong ethnic minority, where we stay overnight.

Day 5: Hiking Kho Muong - Hin Village (B, L, D)
Following a simple breakfast, we trek for three hours on un uphill gradient through a picturesque forest passing several villages along the way. We break for a lunch in Nua village before we downhill to the Hin village. We overnight in the Thai Family.

Day 6: Trek Hin village - Thanh Hoa - Cuc Phuong (B, L, D)

Thanks for the graceful host; we walk about 4 hours thoughts beautiful hamlets, villages and meet our driver again and drive back to Cuc Phuong National Park via Thanh Hoa Province . You go through the most beautiful landscape of Vietnam countryside.
Arrive Cuc Phuong late in the afternoon, check in our ecology in the park and dinner and overnight in this first national park of Vietnam founded 1962.

Day 7: Trekking Cuc Phuong National Park. Travel back to Hanoi (B, L)
We commence to trek through the lush rainforest, past centuries old trees. Meet driver at other site of the national park from here we make our way back to Hanoi .

The facts…

Physical activities
Hiking and trekking with:
- a 3-5 km hike on Day 1.
- a 5-7 km trek on Day 2.
- a 4-8 km trek on Day 3
- a 5-7 km trek on Day 4
- a 4-7 km trek on Day 5
- a 6-8 km trek on Day 6
- a 4-6 km trek on Day 7

Climate
From July to September, the climate is usually humid and hot.
From October to June brings cooler and more pleasant weather.

Transport
- Vehicle.

Tour Guides
Our experienced and friendly Tour Guide(s) speak excellent English or French.
They are extremely knowledgeable about local cultures, history and the environment.

Meals
- 6 breakfasts.
- 7 lunches.
- 6 dinners.
We choose local ingredients, typical of the way people eat in the area, at local restaurants, markets or homes.
We also cater for Vegetarians but please request this at time of booking.

Accommodation
- Hotel (6 nights).

Inclusion
+ AC vehicle
+ English or French speaking guide
+ Porter & cook
+ Meals as indicated in the itinerary
+ Home stay permissions
+ First-aid kit
+ Water & Snack
+ Entrance fees & Sightseeing fees

Exclusion
+ Travel insurance
+ Visa
+ Tips
+ Personal expenses


Have a good journey!

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