Mai Chau easy trek & homestay on stilt house, 2 days/1 night

Mai Chau is set about 3.5 hours west of Hanoi and is approached as you go down the side of a very steep valley. The village, nestled between two towering cliffs and surrounded by emerald green paddies, is enchanting to look at as you wind down the cliff side. The scenery between Hoa Binh and Mai Chau opens up more and more the further south and west you get. Winding up and down the hills you will get a good appreciation for the depth of varied scenery the area has to offer. Mai Chau itself presents an idyllic rural valley that could easily charm you into staying longer than intended. In spring Mai Chau is a bright almost parrot green and by autumn this green transforms into golden hues as the rice approaches harvest. Taking the time to watch these transitions of colour seem like a perfectly useful way to spend your life while in Mai Chau.

Mai Chau Pu Luong Trekking & Homestay 3 days/ 2 nights

Mai Chau and Pù Luông is not only the highest mountain of this Nature Reserve, but of the entire province Thanh Hoa. This remote and beautiful area even witnessed the war with France, when the french army build an airbase near Pù Luông mountain, to control the by then only road to Dien Bien Phu (where the final battle took place in 1954). This road, 15 C, cuts right through the nature reserve and there it is where the steep rice terraces and traditional villages of Thai and Muong minorities meet with the wild limestone range of Pu Luong – the most important lowland karts system in the north of Vietnam. This system stretches from Mai Chau to the Pacific and includes besides Pù Luông two other protected areas: Ngoc Luong – Ngoc Son Nature reserve and Cuc Phuong National Park.

Super Trek Mai Chau &Pu Luong Nature Reserve, 5 days/4 nights

This cultural adventure combines trekking with home stays in the North Vietnam province of Hoa Binh. From Hanoi,you drive to Pu Luong Nature Reserve an area of outstanding beauty, cultural interest and high biodiversity. The region is blessed with rich forest, limestone panoramas and rice terraces. On this trek observe the everyday life and culture of the farming communities of Thai and Muong ethnic minorities. For an authentic Vietnamese experience, you stay with local families in their traditional stilt wood homes. Your trek ends in Ton Village, a peaceful valley with pancake flat rice fields trimmed with jagged mountains. Your expedition finishes in Hanoi