Mai Chau – A beautiful destination

Mai Chau, located in Hoa Binh province, some 140km from Hanoi was an interesting destination for my 2 day-trip on the occasion of National Victory Day- April 30th and International working day May 1st. I had many chances to learn about the natural beauties of Hoa Binh and Mai Chau, considered as the heart of [...]

Mai Chau – Pu Luong 2 days

Code:  T88MC09
Price from:  92 USD
Duration:  2 days/1 night
Mai chau is a beautiful valley of the Thai people – one of the largest groups in 54 ethnic minorities in Vietnam.

Culture of Thai ethnic people

The Thai language belongs to the Tay-Thai Group. They have a valuable legacy of myths, legends, ancient tales, versed stories, and folk songs. Production activities: Early in their history, the Thai adopted wet rice cultivation, using suitable irrational networks. The work can be summarized in the Thai saying “muong-phat-lai-lin” (which means digging of canals, consolidating [...]

Things to do in Mai Chau

Mai Chau is one of the closest places to Hanoi where you can experience a real rural life of a mountainous village. Other attractions here include staying overnight in one of the Thai stilt houses, walking through the beautiful valley through the rice fields and trekking to minority villages. A typical trek further covers 7km [...]

Getting to Mai Chau

Mai Chau is 135 km from Hanoi and just 5 km south of Tong Dau junction on High Way 6. There’s no direct public transport to Mai Chau from Hanoi; however, buses to nearby Hoa Binh (25,000 d, two hours drive) are plentiful. From Hoa Binh there are several scheduled buses to Mai Chau (20,000d, [...]

Mai Chau – A promise land for adventurers

Mai Chau is a district of Hoa Binh Province, just some 140 km form Hanoi to the west and 60 km from Hoa Binh City. Mai Chau Town is located in the heart of a beautiful valley that is home to Thai ethnic minority and some others. Situated at high latitudes of Northwest region, Mai [...]