Discovery of Mu Cang Chai – 4 days and 3 nights

Mu Cang Chai, natural and cultural jewel of North Vietnam

Located at more than 1,000 meters above sea level, in the heart of the mountains of North Vietnam, Mu Cang Chai reveals one of the most spectacular landscapes in Asia.
Its rice terraces, carved on the mountainside by the Hmong and Thai ethnic groups, form real living works of art, changing with the rhythm of the seasons.

Classified as Vietnamese national heritage, these rice fields testify to an ancestral know-how passed down from generation to generation.
They illustrate the harmony between man and nature, work and beauty, tradition and modernity.

Discovering Mu Cang Chai is immersing yourself in an authentic and preserved Vietnam, far from the major tourist circuits.
The winding roads lead to isolated villages, where one shares a tea, a meal or a smile with the inhabitants dressed in their traditional costumes.

Accompanied by a passionate English-speaking guide, you explore on foot or by car the valleys and golden hills, cross the Hmong villages, observe the agricultural scenes of everyday life, and discover a living mountain culture and proud.

Every moment at Mu Cang Chai is an invitation to contemplation and encounter - a rare interlude where time seems suspended between sky and rice fields.

Course of the trip to Mu Cang Chai - 4 days and 3 nights

Day 1 : Hanoi - Khau Pha (L, D)

Our English-speaking tour guide will meet you at your hotel in Hanoi around 7.30 a.m. to take the road to the Thanh Son region where the huge huge tea plantations are located, which you will take the time to taste. Arrival in Nghia Lo around noon, Yen Bai province, for lunch at a local restaurant.

In the afternoon, you leave the valley of Muong Lo and continue the road 32 towards Khau Pha, the road takes altitude and crosses an area alternating settlement of Dao on the heights and Thai in the valleys. After 50 km, the road leads to the beautiful rice valley of the commune of Khau Pha, you descend to the village It Thai.

Dinner and night with the local.

Day 2 : Khau Pha – Mu Cang Chai (B, L)

After breakfast, around 8:30 a.m., go hiking to the village of Xe Xang. On the way, you pass through Thai and H'Mong villages and a bamboo forest. Magnificent views of rice fields and mountains. Visit a local Thai house and have lunch with a family.

Continue trekking to an H'Mong village where you will make a stop to visit the house. You will also participate with them in a traditional Batik workshop. Return to the host family for check-out. Then drive to Mu Cang Chai, one of Vietnam’s rice granaries with its endless terraces. Dinner and free evening. Night at the Mu Cang Chai Ecolodge.

Day 3 : Mu Cang Chai (B, L)

After breakfast departure by motorbike towards La Pan Tan to visit the local villages inhabited by the H'Mong people.Take the direction of the dinosaur backbone.

Continue the trip through some of the most beautiful viewpoints of North Vietnam until reaching the village of Che Cu Nha. Lunch will be taken on the way to a local restaurant. Return to the ecolodge in the middle of the afternoon and free time to relax.

Day 4 : Mu Cang Chai – Hanoi (B, L)

After breakfast, go hiking from the Ecolodge towards the valley of Ngoc Chien, beautiful views. You can learn more about the local life. Also enjoy a relaxing break in the hot springs.

You can also visit a rose farm. Lunch will be taken at a local restaurant on site.

Return to the Ecolodge for a break to cool off then departure around 2 p.m. for a return to Hanoi around 8 p.m.

Price 2025 - 2026:

Price on request.

Possibility of transfer to Sapa at the end of the tour, price on request