This 4-day tour takes travelers through northern Vietnam, including trekking in Pu Luong Nature Reserve, homestays with local Thai families, a boat trip on the Boi River in Tam Coc, and cycling through rural villages. The itinerary includes trekking through rice fields and villages in Pu Luong Nature Reserve, spending nights with local families in their homes, and enjoying a river boat trip in Tam Coc before cycling and returning to Hanoi.

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Trekking Pu Luong Nature Reserve and Cycling Tam Coc (4 days)
The 4-day tour takes you to Mai Chau, Hoa Binh province, Pu Luong nature reserve, Thanh Hoa province and Tam Coc,
Ninh Binh province in the north-west Vietnam. You trek through rice fields, local Thai villages. Spending two nights at
local home (homestay) also offers a real life experience. The opportunity to enjoy a river boat trip and to cycle the
rural Tam Coc. The best time to do this itinerary is May and October. Duriing this period, the temperature is cool,
sunny, with little rain.
Day 1: Hanoi – Maichau – Puluong Nature Reserve.Trekking to Hang village.
8:00: You will be met up by Lotussia Travel team at your hotel in Hanoi (Please advise your hotel name upon
confirmation).
Depart for Pu Luong Nature Reserve. This scenic drive takes around four hours. Along the way we pass fields of tapioca
and sugar cane as well as rice paddies.
Lunch will be provided in a stilt house in Poom Coong village, Mai Chau.

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Following lunch, we drive further into the reserve where we begin our trek. We trek for approximately three hours
before arriving at the Thai village of Hang.
We spend the night with a local Thai family who will be our host in a traditional house on stilts. Whilst enjoying their
hospitality we will discover a little more about their lives and culture.
Day 2: Trekking from Hang village to Kho Muong village.
Today we will walk for about six hours. Along the way we pass through several Thai villages and hamlets before
arriving at the village of Kho Muong. As the name suggests this is a Muong minority village and we will be their guests
for the night.
Day 3: Trekking to Pho Doan. Travel to Tamcoc.
This morning we set out from Kho Muong and trek for roughly three hours and a half before arriving in Pho Doan
townlet where your lunch will be provided in a local house.
After breakfast, we will take a motorbike-taxi to La Han ferry where our car will be waiting for us for our journey to
Tam Coc (“Halong bay in-land”).
Dinner & overnight in Tamcoc.
Day 4: River boat trip. Countryside cycle. Return to Hanoi.
After breakfast, we will have a two-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.
Then enjoy one-hour bicycle trip through rural villages before arriving Hoalu ancient capital.
Lunch will be provided in a local restaurant in Hoa Lu.
Return to Hanoi. Trip ends.

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Lotussia Travel is a Hanoi based tour operator offering a wide selection of multi-activity tours in all over Vietnam. The
above multi-activity tour is only a sample we list on this site for your reference. That can be flexible, customizable and
subject to weather conditions and other circumstances. We have lots of other itineraries which will be available upon
request. If you need further information or have any suggestions or comments, please feel free to either mail to travel
at lotussia.com or visit our following sites:
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and River Rafting Tours l Vietnam Multi-Activity Tours
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