Visit Hon Trau (Buffalo Soul) Forest & Mu Cang Chai Tours

• Good morning Hanoi then enjoy having breakfast and check out of the hotel in Hanoi before 7.45 AM.
• Following national way number 32 to Nghia Lo district, Yen Bai Province, on the way we will be fond of the imposing scenery from mountains, hills, ethnic houses on stilts.
• We arrive at Khau Pha Pass – It is the most spectacular view on the way to reach Tu Le, Nghia Lo. We stop here for relaxing and enjoying lunch before keeping on your impressive journey reaching Mu Cang Chai where attracts you by stunning rice terraces and the imposing scenery from the mountainous area of north-west Vietnam.
• Arrive in Mu Cang Chai Ecoldge enjoy the lovely and comfortable stay in the remote area and delicious food at the restaurant for dinner is served good too

In the morning:

• Good morning Mu Cang Chai, then enjoy breakfast at Ecolodge
• We will walk to H’ mong village which is named Hang Co Vua, then we walk on a buffalo trail, passing via the imposing rice terraces to reach up to the pine forest. Maybe, on the way to trekking, you can see the squirrels, birds, orchid flowers, ethnic people who walk on the way or working on rice terraces.
• After 2 hours walk, you will encounter villages where people in Hua Khat ethnic minority Hmong live, where you’ll discover extremely simple lives and many wild characters. Yet indigenous people could not communicate with us because of the language barrier, but they are very friendly and open welcome when we visit home.
• Leaving the village of the Hmong people you will be completely surprised to see the valley of terraced fields, which is the mark of human impact on nature in a harmonious way.
• We can imagine the space carved by the hands of the artists.

In the afternoon:

• After lunch, you continue to go to Cai Dong – La Khat Village and enjoy the picturesque scenery of Mu Cang Chai. The beautiful scene and simple life of the Hmong people is the highlight of your first day. When you arrive at the Ecolodge, you check-in and rest for dinner with regional specialties.

• After breakfast at Ecolodge, then check out the Ecolodgewe for visiting the hill tribe villages. We get in the car then drive to Sang Village where the Hmong live. Then you walk for 2 hours on the buffalo trail, which is also the border between the two provinces of Yen Bai and Son La. Standing on the trail, you watch the spectacular terraced fields in Ngoc Chien valley. The beautiful scenery here is considered an ideal destination for photographers and painters. Standing down from above, you will be startled and ask yourself is this work of man or god.
• Continue in the pine forest and down the valley, you will discover the life of the Thai minority. The stilts located along the stream as the symbol of the Thai people from ancient times. You will have lunch here. Then you have time to go through the small streets in the village to interact with the local’s peoples.
• Keep the unforgettable memories of the experienced stay in the local family, then leave behind the tranquil land for driving back to Hanoi, to review the most amazing places on the down-way. Arrive in Hanoi in the late afternoon.