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Bavi Eco Tour: A Day Exploring the Mountainous Area of Hanoi and Engaging in Local Activities
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65 Ratings
Ba Vì
Escape the noise and crowds of Hanoi with the Bavi Eco Tour and experience a day of exploration in the mountainous area. Engage in local activities, harvest tea leaves, cook with locals, visit workshops, cycle through rice fields, and enjoy a traditional foot bath.
Escape the noise and crowds of Hanoi with the Bavi Eco Tour and experience a day of exploration in the mountainous area. Engage in local activities, harvest tea leaves, cook with locals, visit workshops, cycle through rice fields, and enjoy a traditional foot bath.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Xóm Đá Chông - 08:00 – Private guide and car pick you up at your hotel/residence.
09:30 – Arrive at Ri village and meet Duoc – a Vietnam War veteran and tea-farm owner who tells historical stories from his own experience.
10:00 – Follow Duoc to his vast tea farm and learn how to harvest tea leaves. Carry on with the production of tea at his small…
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Xóm Đá Chông - 08:00 – Private guide and car pick you up at your hotel/residence.
09:30 – Arrive at Ri village and meet Duoc – a Vietnam War veteran and tea-farm owner who tells historical stories from his own experience.
10:00 – Follow Duoc to his vast tea farm and learn how to harvest tea leaves. Carry on with the production of tea at his small workshop, most of the works are manual. -
Bavi Eco Tour - 11:15 – Have a ten-minute drive to visit another host family in Moc village where you will enjoy a fun cooking class and have lunch with Chin.
13:30 – Stroll around the village and visit some local families to understand the rural lifestyle and learn how tofu, conical hats and other local products are made.
14:30 – Enjoy a cycling trip along beautiful paddy fields and interact with local farmers.
15:30 – Wrap up your countryside tour with traditional feet soak in warm water with herbs.
16:00 – Drive back to your hotel/residence in Hanoi.
What's Included
- English speaking guide
- All activities: Harvesting tea, Cooking, Visiting the local workshops in the village, Cycling, Fishing or Traditional foot bathing, Boating
- Hotel pickup & drop off from/to centre Hanoi city
- Welcome drink and local fruit
- Vietnamese lunch and a bottle of water/pax
- English speaking guide
- All activities: Harvesting tea, Cooking, Visiting the local workshops in the village, Cycling, Fishing or Traditional foot bathing, Boating
- Hotel pickup & drop off from/to centre Hanoi city
- Welcome drink and local fruit
- Vietnamese lunch and a bottle of water/pax
What's Not Included
- Personal expenses
- Gratuities
- Insurance
- Other services not mentioned in the itinerary
- Personal expenses
- Gratuities
- Insurance
- Other services not mentioned in the itinerary
Additional Information
Ba Vi is a Mountainous Region located in Hanoi. This unique experience allows you to get away from the city’s hustle and bustle, while getting a chance to interact with the locals! You’ll have an excellent opportunity to experience a delightful journey through beautiful villages, and the warmth of the Muong Ethnic village in the western expanse of…
Ba Vi is a Mountainous Region located in Hanoi. This unique experience allows you to get away from the city’s hustle and bustle, while getting a chance to interact with the locals! You’ll have an excellent opportunity to experience a delightful journey through beautiful villages, and the warmth of the Muong Ethnic village in the western expanse of Hanoi.
Timeframe: 01 day
Location: Moc Village, Minh Quang Commune, Ba Vi District, Hanoi, Vietnam
KEY POINTS
• Picking tea leaves from a tea farm that is over three decades old
• Preparing meals with a local host
• Touring local workshops within the village
• Riding bicycles over the rice fields and through villages
• Enjoying traditional foot baths.
- Children price policy
- Child under 2 years old is free of charge
- Child from 2-under 5 years old: 50% of adult price
- Child from 5-under 12 years old: 75% of adult price
- Child above 12 years old: count as adult
- Special note
- Total length of cycling: 45 minutes
- Road conditions: Rural trails
- Difficulty: Normal/Easy
- What you should bring?
- Sunglasses
- Comfy & casual clothes
- Camera
- Sun protection/sun cream
Location
Xóm Đá Chông
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(65 Ratings)
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Flyer53213367768
Sep 23, 2024
Wonderful Bavi Eco Tour with our amazing tour guide Trung - This was an incredible experience for our family! The tour provided an insight into an authentic, traditional village, and every single one of our host families were lovely and so welcoming. The cooking class with Mrs Chin was amazing to be a part of, and the food was absolutely beautiful. We visited local families and learnt how to make tofu and tea, and very much appreciate and acknowledge all the hard work, time and effort that goes into the making of these products. Our tour guide, Trung, made our entire tour such a special experience and we could not be more thankful for him. He was so knowledgeable, and was easily able to supply us with an endless amount of information on absolutely everything - whether it be the people, the country, the food, etc. We especially enjoyed the 5km bike ride with Trung, and my siblings and I are now his biggest fans. It was lovely to ride through the village and wave at the children on their lunch break. Trung took great care in ensuring we were all having a safe and wonderful time, and made a much appreciated (and successful) effort to engage all the family members, even the young children. He has been the most welcoming and friendly person we have met in Vietnam and we are very appreciative of him. The Bavi Eco Tour has been a highlight of our Vietnam trip, and we recommend it to anyone looking for a wholesome and informative tour around a local village with a range of fascinating activities. We are so grateful to Trung and the host families for such a memorable day.
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Travel47874854328
Jul 9, 2024
Getting out of Hanoi - Excellent trip.
The tour guide who was happy to answer all our questions.
Lunch was outstanding. We made spring rolls and salad and the rest was provided for us.
Very interesting learning how they grow, pick and brew tea.
Bike ride through the village allowed us to see the local sights.
An enjoyable day out.
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Andrea
Jul 8, 2024
A Fabulous way to spend a day - Excellent tour. Really enjoyed ourselves. Were well taken care of by our guide who had an amazing amount of knowledge which he was only too happy to share. Tour covered many great experiences.
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Mariagz1086jm
Jul 5, 2024
Fabulous experience - My daughter and I had a lovely day exploring and experiencing the country side with Trung. We loved the bike ride through the rice paddies, making summer spring rolls and picking tea. I highly recommend this tour.
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Dtenred
Jul 2, 2024
Great countryside tour with Trung - My daughter and I had a fabulous tour with Trung. We ventured out of the city, driven carefully by Qwan, to the lush countryside where we visited a traditional tea farm. We helped harvest the tea and learned how they process it. We spent time getting to know the owners, with Trung carefully translating. We then headed to another village where we had a cooking lesson and fabulous meal. Next, we cycled and motorbiked through the countryside, with Trung making sure we had plenty of water and breaks due to the heat. We learned so much and had a wonderful time. Trung gave us many ideas of other places to visit while we’re here. I can’t say enough about how fabulous a day it was. I can’t wait to return in the near future with my husband. Highly recommend.
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Paradise226681
Jun 30, 2024
Amazing cultural tour in the North Vietnam highlands! - Tour guide Trung was excellent, 5 stars!
Driver was amazing and careful, no problems, 5 stars!
Itinerary was excellent, and we really appreciated that Trung rearranged the events to deal with the very hot day. 5 stars!
The meal was fantastic! We loved learning to make the food and our host was so gracious. Trung was great about translating everything and teaching us a few phrases in Vietnamese. 5 star meal! We could not eat it all, but we loved everything.
The vehicle was excellent, comfortable and good seat belts and roomy and smooth ride and really good air conditioning. 5 stars!
It was amazing picking tea and seeing the whole process, meeting the Vietnam war veteran and drinking tea with him, seeing how hard people work in the villages, making hats, tofu, tea. Amazing experience all around. Beautiful views of the mountains on the bike ride and amazing seeing the farmers in the rice fields and learning about glass noodle made from Canna Lily, because we grow that in California but nobody eats the root!
We learned so much about lots of things in Vietnam culture and history. Wonderful, fantastic tour! Thank you!
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4leila
Jun 30, 2024
Great experience with an amazing tour guide! - I would love to experience every cultural region in this manner. The soy bean into tofu processing and the tea making experience were fascinating and all the food was incredible.
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Robertak5768zh
Jun 30, 2024
A fantastic day out in the countryside of Hanoi! - A fantastic day out in the countryside. The tour guide was friendly and knowledgeable. Our host families were gracious as we helped to cook and then feasted on a wonderful lunch, saw traditional tofu making and the picking and drying of tea leaves at local farms.
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Rclawren
Jun 24, 2024
Beautiful Bavi Experience - Trung Dinh was the real star of the show. Such a wonderful host with an outstanding personality. He made the whole tour seamless and easy and went out of his way to please us. The tea farm was very friendly experience and loved the family that showed us how to pick and treat tea leaves. The cooking class/lunch was delicious and had so much food! Then a beautiful biking trip around the rice fields was the perfect ending. Not only is Trung a delightful guide, he is also a wonderful photographer and captured many photos for memories. Highly recommend if you want to see the real life of the Vietnamese people.
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370huguettem
Jun 9, 2024
We were invited in their humble home and they share, through a translator , how they got the tea farm and make a living - Our trip was well planned with a punctual driver and guide. We learn interesting facts about green tea, from harvesting the leaves to a great cup of tea!
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