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Yen Bai is known for a series of poetic and attractive attractions such as Mu Cang Chai terraced fields, Nghia Lo fields, Thac Ba lake, and Khau Pha pass… But here there is also a rather unpopular place. cultural values that we should not ignore, that is Ban Hoc.
The village is located in Son Thinh commune, Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, and is peaceful by the majestic Nhi stream. This is a place with quite poetic scenery when harmonizing nature with gentle but elegant spreading and then rhythms.
The hot water well is public pool for local people
To move to Ban Hoc, we can take a bus or motorbike. If you take a bus and depart from Hanoi, the bus usually runs from 7 am to 6 pm and there is a trip every 15 to 20 minutes. After arriving in Yen Bai, you continue to take the bus to Nghia Lo, at the turn of Ban Hoc, get off the bus and walk about 500m more.
In addition to this, we can also run a direct bus to Nghia Lo but there are quite a few trips, so please consider and arrange the most reasonable. Besides, the option of riding a motorbike is also very feasible for those who have good handlebars and want to have more autonomy to visit. Specifically from Hanoi, you run in the direction of Highway 32 to go to Yen Bai
Hot spring in Hoc Village
The silent village: After leaving the noisy streets, we can come to immerse ourselves in the peaceful green space, where the shadows of Thai girls are looming, watching the houses on stilts or listening to the shuttle… in Ban Hole. In particular, this place also has hot mineral water springs, attracting a large number of people to bathe.
Amidst the bright yellow sunlight, the village appears with the folds of houses on stilts hidden in the ripe longan garden. From afar, we can also hear the sound of weaving and Thai girls in national costumes sitting on the door frame.
The road to Ban Hoc hot spring has also been renovated to make it easier to go, with public baths, saunas, and massages. The mineral springs here have an average temperature of 50-60 degrees Celsius. Researchers have confirmed that the hot springs here have high dissolved minerals, which are good for nourishing and treating skin diseases. Not only that, when coming here, we can also discover the unique culture of the Thai ethnic group: Xoe dance, stall dance, hat dance…
Special food in Hoc Village: In the evening, we can sit around the fire of Ban Hoc's stilt house, and enjoy lam rice and spring fish, grilled stream moss, and forest vegetable soup prepared by the people here. Every time the hostess raises the cup, the host sings an invitation to wine that no one can refuse. Late at night, the old people in the village will sing to you about the immortal love history of the Black Thai people “Farewell to the lover", “The sister, the younger sister", the story of Mr. Cam Hanh fighting against the Yellow Flag…
Cultural and artistic activities are often held in Ban Hoc. It is a traditional culture that has been preserved and propagated by artisans for a long time. In recent years, Yen Bai province has also cooperated with the People's Committee of Van Chan district to survey and build Ban Hoc into a cultural reserve with characteristics of the Black Thai village in the Northwest.
House on stilt in Ban Hoc Village
If you go to Ban Hoc by motorbike, you should choose vehicles that can control the speed on the pass, are easy to ride, easy to repair, high undercarriage such as Future Neo, Wave RS, Jupiter… Also be prepared full of snacks, drinking water, medicines for common diseases such as mosquito repellent, cold medicine, car sickness medicine, pain reliever… The protective equipment such as gloves, coats, sunscreen… are also very good. necessary for the trip.
Hopefully, the experience of going to Ban Hoc that has been compiled by Impress Travel ( www.impresstravel.com) will be useful for your journey in the future. Ancient stilt houses, fine customs, culinary culture – festivals – costumes – musical instruments, traditional crafts,s and hot mineral springs here are all things worth discovering once in a lifetime. If you have time, you can also visit Ban Mu to visit.
Tours: Mu Cang Chai Tours: Private & small group tours to explore Mu Cang Chai & Northwest Vietnam.
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I booked with Impress Travel in July. My contact person was Tommy Thang. He is an amazing person. He was very helpful. He changed my program twice for me. Very accommodating!
We started our holiday in the north (Sapa)of Vietnam and travelled down to HCMC.
The tour was fantastic, Tommy's arrangements were to the"T".
I will always use them if I have to visit the area again and recommend them to one and all.
Thank you once again Mr.Tommy and the Impress Team.
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Impress travel were amazing. Did my bookings with Daniel for our tour of Vietnam and I must say Daniel was very professional and prompt with his services. All the arrangement, plans, pick-up & drop-off services, hotels, vehicles, sightseeing tours and guides were spot on and excellent. Did 4 nights Hanoi, 1 night Hà Long Bay cruise, 3 nights Hoian, 4 nights Saigon and 1 night in Can Tho. It was totally awesome. Every part of the journey was superbly arranged and planned. I will highly recommend Impress Travel for anyone interested in visiting Vietnam. Very organized and reliable!
At first, I was just planning a trip to Hanoi, Halong Bay, and Ninh Binh for my small family.
Some close friends heard about our plans and wanted to join the trip. Eventually the group grew to be 7 families, with 25 adults and children of varying interests and expectations.
While I was excited at the prospect of touring Vietnam with good friends, I felt anxiously responsible to ascertain that everything must be well organized and everyone satisfied. This is why I am so very, very glad to have found Impress Travel. Mr. Mark responded quickly to all my inquiries, customized a wonderful trip according to the group's preferences, tirelessly worked out every detail for our 7-day trip, all at a reasonable price. Our guide, Trung, is knowledgeable, helpful, quick to respond to any need, and well-loved by everyone in the group. All my friends found this a marvelous trip, filled with beautiful memories, very much to my delight and relief!
It was amazing place to visit in the north of vietnam , we really enjoy all the trip especially their foods , culture, beautiful view and so on.
Accommodations were good especially Thang Long Espana Hotel (the Hotel Management automated upgraded us to VIP rooms.Is really unexpected). Overalled tours n places visited very well but only local guides r not good organizing the itineraries. Especially at Sapa Lao Cai and Cat Cat Villages walking tours push to the same day about 8hours for 7km (which is on 1st&2nd days arrival) so tiring. Lunch not good enough 4 so many hours of walking. In Danang Bana Hill the local guide shd arrange 2 visit Bana Hill 1st n not last coz' spend a short time n not nice photos taken due to rain (went in morning time no rain).
Overall tours, hotels, transportation, prices are strongly recommended. Especially Daniel Dang Impress Travel for welcoming and bye-bye wishes.
Daniel Dang tks from 8 of us having a wonderful time n memorable trip for 8D7N Sapa, Hanoi, Danang with Impress Travel. Meet u all again.
We are family of 6 from Singapore and Malaysia joining Hanoi Impress Travel on 30 October-04 November 2019. We are really impressed with the company and tour guides with their professionalism and well organised arrangement. Lily is our guide for Hanoi, Tam Coc and Ninh Binh. She is excellent and very informative. She even taking care of us until late night. We walk us from Old Quarters to the hotel and brought us to try the famous road side foods. She even helped us to pay for our order to avoid overcharge by the stall. Another guide, David BK (Swan Cruise) brought us to Halong Bay cruise. He is excellent and humorous. He handles everything throughout the trip. He served meals for guests on the cruise, organised happy hour, guiding us for Kayaking, teaching Taiji and cooking class on cruise. The cruise ship is ok and the hotel in Hanoi-Adamas Hotel is small but new and clean with reasonable ok breakfast. Anyway thank you for the wonderful arrangement.
We booked a 8 day private tour package for 9 persons for Northern and Central Vietnam . We experienced great and very professional service from the Impress travel team. Tommy was very easy to contact and accommodated our requests.
All the tour guides were very good, spoke good English, friendly and patient. All the vehicles were very clean , spacious enough for our group of 6 adults and 3 children. The drivers were extremely safe and ontime.
Meals were served in clean restaurants.
Overall we had a good holiday .Thank you Tommy and Impress travel for a great experience.
We booked package for 9 persons in Hanoi and i was experienced great service during my stay! the PIC (Mr. Mark) was very pleasant and so easily to contact, i was communicated so easily for trip preparation..the tour guide for Trang An was good, Mr Hiep was helped us very well, and he was so patient on witing us shopping! Thank you Hiep!!
during in Hanoi we were stayed in great hotel with nice service also, and during in Halong Bay, they also choosen the best cruise for us! Swan cruise and also the Mr Cong was great!! thank you!!
for transporation, the car was good and driver are pleasant, but only a little bit communication since the driver less good in english. but overall great!!
all the choosen food for lunch and dinner was delicious
Thank you so much Impress travel
Impress Travels has been very helpful in making our vietnam travel amazing. We were a bunch of 7 friends wanting to go on a budget trip covering most locations. Hence, this subjected to a lot of changes during our discussion with the tour guide Daniel.
However, he has been patient enough in hearing out our needs - be it itienary , hotel bookings or even the mode of payment.
They really understand your needs. And needless to say our experience was amazing. All of this support and help has really made our vietnam trip the most memorable as far ❤️
I was searching for a reliable travel agent and come across Impress Travel and the many reviews of them. I booked 5D/4N, Hanoi-Trang An-Halong Bay private trip for a party of 6. I communicated with Mr Daniel Dang throughout the time until the day we arrived. Mr Daniel is very patient, helpful, and accommodating to our requirements despite many changes made to the itinerary. The price is very reasonable unlike other travel agents.
Our tour guide, Lily was very friendly and efficientknowledgeable and speak good English.
Highly recommend “Trang An Boat Tour”. The caves was spectacular and beautifully.
2D/1N Halong Bay – Swan Cruise was awesome with amazing view of the cave. Our guide Mr David was hilarious, helpful, accommodating, and everything was well organized. Beside the normal
activities of kayaking, swimming, Tai Chi, culinary lesson, we are indeed very very fortunate to have
the chance to celebrate the “Mooncake Festival” while cruising and admiring the full moon.
Spread of mooncake, dessert, sweet snack, fruits, cocktail, beer and mini dragon dance complete the celebration. Tourists from all over the world party all night long.
Although we paid for a 3-star package, the hotel (Thang Long Espana Hotel), meals and transport provided were also above average. Our gang have a very enjoyable and memorable trip in Hanoi.
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Hanoi – Duong Lam - Halong Bay – Hue – Danang – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh city – Mekong Delta – Cai Be – Vinh Long – Can Tho – Phu Quoc Island - Ho Chi Minh city.
It is worth talking about details, say what you want to see, watch the hotels, indicate which rooms you want, the office will organize everything for you. I highly recommend!
The whole trip was arranged with the active help of Mr. Daniel Dang.
Thanks to Mr Tommy and staff for putting together an active and interesting tour in all 3 countries. In every city or town we had we met by very nice, friendly and knowledgeable guides. We went in June which was HOT HOT HOT and were always so happy to have an air conditioned vehicle with cold water waiting for us. We traveled by planes, trains, automobiles and boats and all were fabulously coordinated by Mr Tommy without fail. The selection of sites helped us enjoy so many aspects of all 3 countries!
Truly beautiful and breathtaking scenery from terraced rice fields, mountains, hills and streams, The suitable place for study ethnic people, Amazing experiences for trekking, taking photograph, joying homestay
