Mai Chau Escape – 2 Days

Two days and one night in the Mai Chau valley, an easy escape from Hanoi. Limestone peaks, rice paddies and White Thai villages are only a few hours’ drive away, and you spend the night in a stilt house with a local family, then walk the valley’s quiet lanes before heading back to the city.

• Thung Khe PassYour first look over the whole of the Mai Chau valley from the mountain road.
• Lunch with a White Thai familyA home-cooked meal and time to get to know the village.
• Walks through the paddiesRice terraces and stilt-house villages from Pom Coong to Xam Khoe.
• Cook with your hostsHelp prepare dinner, then an evening of local music and dance.
• A night in a stilt houseSleep in a traditional longhouse in the heart of the valley.

Here is how the two days unfold, from the first view over the valley at Thung Khe Pass to a last village lunch before the drive back to Hanoi. Every part of it can be adjusted: add a night where you want to linger, swap an activity or change your hotel class, and we will shape the plan around you.

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