Day 1: Drive Hanoi – Mai Chau valley. Trekking (L,D).

7:00am you will be met up with Lotussia Travel team at your hotel in Hanoi (please advised your hotel name upon confirmation).

Depart for Hoa Binh province and up then to Mai Chau valley. This scenic drive takes around four hours. Along the way we pass fields of tapioca and sugar cane as well as rice paddies.

Arrive Mai Chau around noon. Check into a local stilt-house where your lunch will be provided.

In the afternoon, leave the village for a half day walking around. We will pass many different Thai hamlets, through rice fields, hill sides…We will stop by some local houses to talk with local people to understand their customs and culture.

In the evening, assist to the traditional music and dance show which is performed by The Thai young girls and boys who all come from this village. Try some rice alcohol made of traditional plants and local sticky rice.

Homestay in Mai Chau.

Day 2: Mai Chau - Tam Coc. River boat trip & countryside cycle (B,L,D).

After breakfast, enjoy a four-hour drive to Tam Coc, also called “Ha Long Bay on land”, or the “Vietnam’s second nicest grotto” (to Huong Tich) for its poetic and inspirational natural scenery.

Arrive in Tam Coc around noon then have lunch in a local restaurant.

After lunch, take a 2-hour boat trip along the Boi river. The river trip in Tam coc is wonderful for photo hunters, especially when local people come to harvest the water rice planted along the river, or when they transplant some seedling for the next crops. The tourists often compare the place with Guilin - China, or more closely, to the limestone islets of Halong Bay in the Tonkin Gulf for their similar geological structures and shapes.

Cycle around Tam Coc visiting either Bich Dong pagoda or Thai Vy temple.

Dinner & overnight in Tam Coc at hotel.

Day 3: Cycle Tam Coc – Hoa Lu. Return Hanoi (B,L).

Cycle along the village roads with beautiful sightseeing and friendly local people. Arriving in Hoa Lu, we will visit Hoa Lu - The Acient Capital and the remaining two temples of Dinh King & Le King.

Have lunch in a local restaurant then travel back to Hanoi. You will be dropped off at your hotel in Hanoi. The end of Lotussia Travel service.

Lotussia Travel only provides private customized tours since we understand that every travel experience should be as unique and individual as each traveler.  This tour itinerary is only one sample we try to customize for your information.

This tour departure can be flexible; the tour details can be further customized and adjusted subject to weather conditions and other circumstances. Our travel experts are waiting to hear from you so that we can custom design a Vietnam tour to your individual specifications.

The tour rates change depending on the number/quality of the services that are added on the tour. Most of our first proposal has been designed based on the medium services such as three-star hotels, middle-range restaurants, eco class air tickets, standard train, standard cruises…Please read throughout our proposal and let us know if our proposed itinerary and services respond to your needs.

Here are some sample services we may include by default on this tour:

• Transfers by private A/C vehicle with driver from day 1 to day 3.
• Private English-speaking tour guide.
• Hotel accommodation on twin share in standard hotel or homestay. Please see our hotel choices for more details.
• Two breakfast, three lunches and two dinners as mentioned on (“B” = Breakfast; “L” = Lunch; “D” = Dinner).
• Sightseeing entrance fees where required.
• Classic push bikes in Tam Coc.
• Traditional music and dance show in Mai Chau on day 1.

The following services may not be added on the tour and can be also provided upon request. If the below services are provided by Lotussia Travel, they are not included on the land tour; they are quoted separately:

• Vietnam visa.
• Hotel accommodation in Hanoi.
• Breakfast on day 1; Dinner on day 3.
• Travel insurance. We highly recommend purchasing travel insurance from home.
• Soft drinks, alcohol drinks
• Tips.
• Any service that is not cleary mentionned above.

Discounts:

We are offering returning customers a huge discount on any packaged tour they book with us (except air and train tickets reservations). We offer this discount as a simple way to thank them for using our service. Recommend our agency to your friends, colleagues, and they will have the opportunity to save.

As a valued Lotussia Travel Customer, you are entitled to the following discount related to our products:

• One-day, overnight and three-day packaged tours: 3%
• Five-day and longer tours: 5%
• Train or air tickets reservations: no service fee.

Simply email your travel consultant about the tour that you want to book along with your contact information, our travel consultant will make sure that you'll be given discounts on your next bookings.

Promotions:

We sometimes launch special deals, offers, and travel promotions through our monthly newsletter or press releases. Here are some occasions there may be special offers and promotions:

• Low travel seasons (June – September)
• Launch of new tour.

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