8:00 AM: Meet your tour guide and driver at your hotel in Hanoi and transfer to Muong Lo via Thanh Son. Muong Lo is known as one of the four most important fertile valleys of the Northwest, including Muong Thanh in Dien Bien Phu, Muong Tac in Phu Yen, and Muong Than in Than Uyen, predominantly inhabited by the Thai ethnic group. The village consists of hundreds of houses on wooden stilts, and the Thai people cultivate water rice. Drive along National Road number 32 by the Black River (Da River), one of the most significant rivers in the Northwest. In Thanh Son, we will make a stop to visit the green tea plantation hill and then walk through the stilt-house villages. These villages belong to the Muong ethnic group, considered authentically Viet. The Muong ethnic group is one of the few northern communities immune to Chinese influence.

Arrive in Nghia Lo, and either walk or bike around the Thai village to discover the beautiful rice field valleys and hamlets that still preserve authentic stilt houses and meet the friendly locals. Note: For more interaction with local people and an authentic experience, we invite you to stay at a homestay equipped with basic amenities: clean mattresses, pillows, mosquito nets, blankets, an outside WC, and a hot water shower. Hotel services are also available; please contact us for good advice.