Most people who visit the north of Vietnam go to Sapa to see the mountains and minority tribes…having been there before and got rained out, we decided to go somewhere a little different and went on a little mini tour to Mai Chau and Phu Quoc Nature Reserve. The countryside around Mai Chau is truly [...]
Just getting here was an adventure in itself, we got on the delivery bus which stops every few hundred metres to pick up some goods – chicken, vegetables, bricks, fish, etc.. – with a planned delivery in Mai Chau. Hardly any people and the one girl we spoke to tried to rip us off by [...]
Having planned a route through Northern Vietnam utilizing the basic Vietnamese Road Atlas we had purchased at half price, Tilly and I searched around Hanoi for someone who would rent us a Russian Minsk motorbike. We had learnt from our research that this bike was the only true motorcycle capable of tackling the steep mountain [...]
The morning after arriving back in Hanoi from Halong bay, it was battlestations again for our trip to rural location Mai Chau, 150km southwest of Hanoi. We’d left Birgit in charge or organising this and she did a great job booking us down there in a 4WD vehicle complete with English-speaking guide and accommodation in [...]
Mai Chau – Pu Luong 3 days
Hoa Binh – Mai Chau 2 days
Trekking Mai Chau – 4 days
Mai Chau – Pu Luong 2 days
Address: 69 Ly Nam De street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi
Phone: (+84 4) 6683 2177 * Fax: (+84 4) 6270 0316
Email: info@maichautrek.com
