Incense Village Tour: Discover Quang Phu Cau's Craft

Explore Quang Phu Cau Incense Village: Capture vibrant photos, meet friendly locals, and learn about Vietnam’s worshipping culture on this private half-day tour.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Train Street - Nestled in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, this narrow alley attracts travelers hoping to snap a picture on the active train track, and even catch a train whizz by! This alley is actually a residential area—many locals have converted their houses into quaint little cafes where you can sip on traditional egg coffee while waiting for the train to…

What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Optional morning departure at 8:30 AM upon request
  • English speaking guide and driver for groups smaller than 5 people
  • Lunch included
  • All fees and taxes included
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Hanoi Old Quarter or nearby
What's Not Included
  • Drinks on lunch
  • Tip for guide and driver
  • Personal expenses
Additional Information

Incense Village – named Quang Phu Cau. The incense to dry in various formations, you’ll get pictures of people working among this sea of red. Do capture a variety of shots of the workers in action, the village workshops, shooting images of the incense-making process. Taking more images of the friendly locals who have worked on producing incense in this…

Location
Train Street
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Climber811827
Nov 19, 2024
Not our thing, but our guide was great! - We thoroughly enjoyed our half day tour with Timmy to the Incense Village. We were able to see the sticks, dyed and drying outside giving us a beautiful backdrop for photos as well as how the incense is actually "attached" or "applied" to the bamboo stick for burning. Neither of us have Instagram so while we really enjoyed the tour and Timmy, we felt this wasn't necessarily something we would do again or fully recommend (we don't have Instagram type friends...) It was a long drive, beautiful and we got to see the countryside, but long drive for what the tour was. There were definitely people there who went solely for the 'gram (we truly hate those type of people...) to the extent one couple had a drone so they could get an aerial photo - mind you, the space is probably 100ftx100ft so even that drone felt excessive. (Those there for the 'gram didn't even do anything BUT outside photos. They didn't care how it was made, dyed, stored.) It's really a destination for those who want to pose for photos and that's about it. I'm giving it a five star review because the above is a lifestyle, we thought there would be more about the making but we were shown the entire process, it just wasn't long, but we truly saw the process AND had a great guide. He offered to be our photographer and while we did get a few photos, we had to emphasize we were there for the tour and not a photoshoot. Timmy was our guide and driver. After the incense village he took us to a classic Bun Cha restaurant - the Obama/bourdain one. It was delish and thought it was cool they boxed off their table as a relic. Again, not photo people but the whole thing was cool - we actually sat right next to their table. Timmy was not only informative about the village, but he gave us a nice tour during the drive and explained a bit when we ate. If we had known Timmy offered other tours we definitely would have considered them also. He was just a great guide.
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281reuvenp
Aug 19, 2024
Great short trip - A great way to experience the incense village, a great photo spot. We were picked up promptly in a clean car with an infant seat, and our guide Timmy added much to the experience with commentary and helped with the photos.
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Matthewcz4581yy
Mar 4, 2024
Great value, even better guide! - Timmy provided me with an amazing experience. It was a solo tour and he explained so much about Hanoi and Vietnam during the drive. All of his information made. E eager to plan a return trip. He is a great photographer and captured phenomenal shots of me. It was 100% a worthwhile experience!
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612irisn
Feb 22, 2024
great experience half day tour in hanoi - We had a great experience with Viet Unique Tour, only halfday but it was very impressive, our driver was very enthusiastic and helped us take a lot of beautiful pictures, lunch was simple but very delicious, my family was very happy and thanks our tour guide for giving me truly relaxing moments in Hanoi, we would like to recommend this tour to you who have limit time in Hanoi but would like to see the lives of local people and the countryside outside of Hanoi, truly a memorable experience with great photos.
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Voyager52390498348
Feb 20, 2024
Great view! - Great trip in incense village, short trip but very impressive and so good experience, incense stick village was existing about 100 years. we got so many beautiful pictures. we walked around about 1 hour and know more about daily life of local here, mainly their job is making incense for domestic and exporting but now we saw many tourists coming I guess in near future this village will become attractive places for people want to see suburb of Hanoi and limit time to see nice place in half day tour. Highly recommend :)
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344takus
Feb 11, 2024
Highly recommend!! - We had a really meaningful and wonderful trip. The tour guide Timmy picked up in the old town and took about 1 hour to go to Qang Phu Cau incense village, a village on the out of Hanoi. We were really impressed about the trip, from start to finish the journey was perfect, the tour guide was very professional and friendly, lunch was a bit late but the food was delicious, the car was extremely clean, and especially we had time very meaningful and valuable half day, thank you Timmy for giving us a wonderful experience!
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Elham_a
Nov 30, 2024
Horrible experience - Worst tour booked on viator. Horrible driver and a kid as a tour guide who has no knowledge about anything. Don't book this tour.
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