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30/4 holiday in Mai Chau with 50$

HOA BINH – A 3-day trip to Lac village, Hang Kia with 50$ is a suggestion for visitors who want to explore nature at a cost-saving cost.

Mai Chau town is about 140 km from the center of Hanoi. The destination is famous for Thai villages and natural scenery, suitable for tourists to relax and explore nature during the holidays. Below is a suggested schedule.

Day 1: Hanoi – Ban Lac, Mai Chau

From Hanoi, tourists can travel by bus for 80,000 – 140,000 VND / person. If traveling by motorbike, it takes about 3 – 3.5 hours.

The road goes through the White Stone Pass, where there are many camps to rest, eat corn and baked eggs. The weather in March – April is often volatile, the pass road sometimes has thick fog. You should prepare raincoats, jackets, fog lights … and drive safely because there are many vehicles.

To Km70 from Hanoi is Hoa Binh city, you can visit the city, visit the hydroelectric dam 7 km from the administrative center. Stop for lunch with specialties such as chicken cooked with bamboo shoots, Da river fish salad, buffalo meat, soup with wine, rice … From here, it is about 70km from Ban Lac, Mai Chau.

30/4 holiday in Mai Chau with 50$
Meal at homestay in Ban Lac, Mai Chau. Photo: Nguyen Hoang

Ban Lac has many homestays for tourists to choose from, including Little Mai Chau, which is separated from the tourist area, a peaceful space. Room price is 80,000 VND / single bed, 160,000 VND / double bed. Staying here, every day from the window you can watch the green fields in the cool breeze.

In the evening you can order meals at the homestay for 100,000 VND / person including stream fish, fried chicken with fish sauce, herbs … In the town there are many choices of restaurants, eateries with rice, pho, popular dishes.

Day 2: Ban Lac – Hang Kia – Pa Co fair market

You should get up early, travel by motorbike about 30 km from Ban Lac to the fair. Like Dong Van – Ha Giang market, Pa Co market meets every Sunday weekend. Mai Chau fair meeting from 5am to 9am will dissolve. The market sells local products, brocade, … of the H’Mong, Thai, and Muong …

After going shopping for breakfast and shopping, you will travel 8 miles to Hang Kia – an emerging check-in point in Mai Chau that is popular with young people. The road here is not difficult to go, just follow the pass to come. This area is often cloudy, suitable for you to take pictures “virtual live” like a fairy tale. The rattan hunting place in Hang Kia is still rudimentary, free to visit, but pay attention to wear warm clothes because the weather is still cold overhead. In the morning, you can move from Hang Kia to Phien Pa Co, which is not far away, to experience the largest market in Mai Chau.

Return to Ban Lac at noon, you have the whole afternoon to cycle around the village. Bicycle rental is 30,000 – 40,000 VND / session, the homestay still has bicycle service with room price. Next to Ban Lac is Pom Coong village, a very peaceful cycling spot. In addition to cycling, visitors can also ride tram around the villages for 70,000 -150,000 VND / trip.

Tourists sit on tram to visit the village. Photo: Nguyen Hoang

In Ban Lac, the homestay service has developed for many years, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign guests. The homestay is uniform in architecture and scale, so it is not difficult to choose. Hoa Binh area in general and Mai Chau area in particular focus on Thai people, the majority of Muong people. The homestay service is also an opportunity for visitors to try a form of accommodation that combines to explore the culture of the indigenous people.

On the bike ride, you will pass the main market of Ban Lac, find souvenir stalls selling garments from linen, Thai towels, bow and crossbow, buffalo, …

Walking the village in the afternoon can observe many indigenous vistas. The scene of Thai people weaving cloth on the loom, “tanh crane” (hair bun) wrapped neatly on the top of the head. Many children ride bicycles on the village road, and the other tourists are riding the tram in the opposite direction, casually waving to each other informally. If you like to take check-in photos, Thai Flower Garden is an ideal destination with a variety of canola flowers, triangles, butterfly wings …

Flower field Thai Flower Garden. Photo: Nguyen Hoang

Day 3: Ban Lac, Mai Chau – Hanoi

In the morning of the last day, you get up early to sip a cup of coffee, have breakfast at the homestay, take time to relax before returning to Hanoi, or go for a walk to the village market to buy brocade fabric, handicrafts, specialties in the village. as a gift.

Mai Chau bus – Hanoi has many trips gathered in the morning – the earliest trip is 5:30 ‘and the latest is 15h. From Lac village to the town bus station about 1.6 km. If you ride a motorbike, you should take the initiative in time, but you should also go early, in case of complicated weather.

The cost for the above trip is about more than 1 million VND / person (traveling by motorbike):

Petrol, car repair: 200,000 VND

Rent a homestay bed: 160,000 VND / person / day

Meals at homestay: 200,000 VND / person / day

Food and drink to bring: 100,000 VND

Cost of food, play, experience: 150,000 VND


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