Highlights

• Small group tour with maximum personal experience.

• Widen your knowledge of the culture and history of Mai Chau, Hoa Binh, Vietnam.

• Special meals with the local cuisine featuring the yin-yang balance of the Asian culture.

• Enjoy the daily life with local people and learn about the daily life of Thai minority in Mai Chau and Puluong.

• Unique and unforgettable biking route passing through villages, rice fields and karst mountains on a high-quality sports bike.

• The breath-taking view of the beautiful valley with rice terraces and landscapes in Vietnam.

• Widen your knowledge of Vietnam history at Hoa Lu Ancient capital.

• Discover TamCoc – the “Halong Bay on land”.

• Aunique and unforgettable biking route passing through villages,rice fields and karstmountains on a high-qualitysports bike.

• Visit Mua Cave, one of the most alluring places to view of all the TamCoc area.

Itinerary

Day 1: Hanoi – Mai Chau – Puluong.

07:00 – 07:30 Pick-up from your hotel or private address in Hanoi and departure to Mai Chau, Hoa Binh.

09:30 – 10:00 Arrive at Thung Khe Pass, the beautiful scenery Pass (One of the 10 most beautiful passes in Vietnam).

11:00 -11:30 Enjoy a special lunch with the local cuisine featuring the yin-yang balance of the Asian culture at Bó Luông Restaurant. After lunch, we will be continuing the journey of exploration in Mai Chau.

13:30 - 14:00 Take a bike and start riding to explore the rice fields and limestone mountains with a unique route. See farmers working in fields and visitsurrounding peaceful villagessuch asPomCoong Village, Lac Village, Nhot Village, and NaPhon Village to explore the daily life of the Thai minority and maintain their ancient traditions and customs.

15:30 Explore the daily life of the Thai minority and maintain their ancient traditions and customs. You will visit an ethnic minority family in Mai Chau. Mrs. Mang's family is a local artisan with ingenuity and meticulousness who has preserved and developed the traditional embroidery and weaving craft of the Thai ethnic group. The products made entirely by hand are very delicate, with the typical floral patterns and motifs of the mountainous ethnic minorities in Vietnam.

16:00 Depart for Pu Luong Nature Reserve, which will take an hour by special-use car along narrow roads through terraced rice fields.

17:00 Check-in and relaxing, dinner at a restaurant with Vietnamese cuisine, and overnight at Pu Luong.

Day 2: Puluong – Ninh Binh.

07:00 Have breakfast and check out.

08:00 Following the small roads, we will visit remote, hidden villages such as Kho Muong and Uoi Village to learn about the local people in Pu Luong. This is a common and easy walk around the most beautiful valley of rice terraces.

Explore Doi Cave (Bat cave), this is the largest cave in Pu Luong, the spot is created by thousands of great blocks of limestone

having existed for 250 million years.

10:00 Take a bike and start riding to explore the rice fields and limestone mountains with a unique route.

12:30 You will enjoy lunch with local cuisine on a traditional bamboo raft on a stream with beautiful natural scenery.

14:00 Leave Puluong going to Ninh Binh on the way you will stop at the stunning water wheels. Get up close to each wheel and discover how water is moved from river to handmade bamboo aqueducts via simple constructions of all sizes.

17:30 Arrive Tam Coc, Ninh Binh check-in and free time.

18:30 – 19:00 Have dinner and overnight at mini resort or 4-star hotel.

Day 3: Ninh Binh (Mua Cave – Tam Coc – Hoa Lu) - Ha Noi.

07:00 - 08:00 Time forbreakfast

09:30 -10:00 Arrive at Hang Mua, "Mua Cave" one of the most alluring places to get the panorama view in Ninh Binh.

11:00 - 11:30 Take a bike and start riding around the village to explore the gorgeous rice fields surrounded by limestone mountains with a unique route and visit a local family in the Tam Coc area. They are a traditional Vietnamese family with three generations living together. Here you will get the chance to see the house’s architecture and their daily lives.

12:30 Enjoy a special lunch prepared with the traditional cuisine, featuring the yin-yang balance of the Asian culture.

14:00 After lunch break, continue your trip with a sampan rowed by a local for about 1.5 hours to explore Tam Coc "Halong Bay on the land". The boat trip is a nice journey along the river with the peaceful scenery of limestone mountains and caves stretching along Ngo Dong Riverrice paddy if travelling during harvestseason.

16:30 Arrive in Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Vietnam in the 10th century, and visit the temple of King Dinh. Under the introduction of our local guide, you will get to know more about Vietnamese history.

17.30 Leave Ninh Binh and drive straight back to Hanoi.

19:00 Arrive in Hanoi, and we will drop you off at your hotel or private address in the Hanoi Old Quarter. Trip ends.

Prices

What to bring:

• Sun glasses,sun cream, hat, camera and film

Inclusion:

• English speakingguide.

• Pick up & drop off in Hanoi Old Quarter area.

• All Meals as mentioned in itinerary.

• Accommodations

• All sightseeing fees.

• All air-conditioned transport (Limousine Mini vanand Special-use car).

• 02 bottle of water per person/day.

• Cycling, trekking.

Exclusion:

• Motorbike option (390.000 VND/pax/day).

• Animal Cart option (390.000 VND /pax).

• Drinks.

• Travel insurance.

• Tipping for tour guide/driver.

• Tax (VAT).

• Personal expenses.

• Other optional activities or tours.

Tour policy

CHILDREN POLICY

Children under 4 years old FOC – FOC Maximum 1 child/2 adults, from the second child charge 50%.

Children from 4 to 7 years Surcharge70% adult rates

Children from 8 years old Adult rates

CANCELLATION POLICY

Should you choose to cancel a booking, AmazingTravelCorpmust be notified by email.

The cancellation fee will be applied under the following conditions:

More than 7 days prior No cancellation charge

From 02 to 06 days prior 50% of totalrates

Less than 24 hours prior 100% of total rates

Turning up late to the starting point of the tour for whatever reason is considered a late cancellation and will result in 100% of the payment charged.