Binh Lu - Tam Duong
Experience code: EthosTamDuong
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.
Duration: 1 day
Departure time: flexible between 8.30 am - 9.30 am
Transport: Private Car
Physical activity: Easy
Location - Small traditional villages
Travel Style: - Cultural immersion and active participation
Connectivity: Wifi - None, Mobile coverage - good.
Background
Tam Duong is a frontier town situated in a beautiful valley between limestone rocks. It is also a place of cultural value and breath taking mountainous scenery.
What to expect:
This place is the home of many hill tribes such as the H'Mong, Man Tien, Lu and Cu Chu people. Authentic in lifestyle and colourful in costumes, most of the tribes emigrated from South China during the 17th - 18th century. A full day of visiting villages, hidden behind mountains and hills, enables visitors to learn how self-sufficient life is. You will spend the day in the river valley, crossing suspension bridges and witnessing green rice terraces.
Itinerary
Depart from Sapa after breakfast and head up towards "Heaven's Gate" and the highest mountain pass in all of Vietnam. Visit the "Love Waterfall" (Thac Tinh Yeu) before descending down into Lai Chau Province. The province is the most sparsely populated in Vietnam and the scenery is some of the most spectacular in the far North West of Vietnam. There is plenty to amuse the eye on the journey from Sapa, from the striking limestone mountains which reach into the clouds, to the waterfalls and villages sprinkled throughout the valley.
Lai Chau Province is home to a number of minority people's, the most unusual of which are the Khang, the Lao and the Lu people.
The Khang people are an Austro-Asiatic people of northwestern Vietnam. As of 1999, their population was 10,272. The Lü people are an ethnic group of Vietnam, China, and Thailand. In Vietnam, most Lu live in Lai Châu Province, and their population was 4,964 in 1999.
On arrival in Binh Lu Village, we'll stop for lunch before visiting Ban Bo Village. This village is set in a spectacular river valley dotted with traditional wooded stilt houses.
Tam Duong has a smallbut functional market on Sunday called Tam Duong Dat where it is common to see many minorities. There are Dao Tien people with the special hats made of woven horse hair and a silver parabol.
Departure time: flexible between 8.30 am - 9.30 am
Transport: Private Car
Physical activity: Easy
Location - Small traditional villages
Travel Style: - Cultural immersion and active participation
Connectivity: Wifi - None, Mobile coverage - good.
Background
Tam Duong is a frontier town situated in a beautiful valley between limestone rocks. It is also a place of cultural value and breath taking mountainous scenery.
What to expect:
This place is the home of many hill tribes such as the H'Mong, Man Tien, Lu and Cu Chu people. Authentic in lifestyle and colourful in costumes, most of the tribes emigrated from South China during the 17th - 18th century. A full day of visiting villages, hidden behind mountains and hills, enables visitors to learn how self-sufficient life is. You will spend the day in the river valley, crossing suspension bridges and witnessing green rice terraces.
Itinerary
Depart from Sapa after breakfast and head up towards "Heaven's Gate" and the highest mountain pass in all of Vietnam. Visit the "Love Waterfall" (Thac Tinh Yeu) before descending down into Lai Chau Province. The province is the most sparsely populated in Vietnam and the scenery is some of the most spectacular in the far North West of Vietnam. There is plenty to amuse the eye on the journey from Sapa, from the striking limestone mountains which reach into the clouds, to the waterfalls and villages sprinkled throughout the valley.
Lai Chau Province is home to a number of minority people's, the most unusual of which are the Khang, the Lao and the Lu people.
The Khang people are an Austro-Asiatic people of northwestern Vietnam. As of 1999, their population was 10,272. The Lü people are an ethnic group of Vietnam, China, and Thailand. In Vietnam, most Lu live in Lai Châu Province, and their population was 4,964 in 1999.
On arrival in Binh Lu Village, we'll stop for lunch before visiting Ban Bo Village. This village is set in a spectacular river valley dotted with traditional wooded stilt houses.
Tam Duong has a smallbut functional market on Sunday called Tam Duong Dat where it is common to see many minorities. There are Dao Tien people with the special hats made of woven horse hair and a silver parabol.
Included:
Notes:
Costs:
- English Speaking local guide
- All required transportation
- Driver
- Entrance fees to sites of interest
- Lunch
Notes:
- Maximum group size 6 people
Costs:
Two day / one night homestay option:
The "Tam Duong" trek is also available as a homestay. Price on request
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