Dao Immersion Sojourn from 4 people, 5 days / 4 nights

295 USD / pers.

Including:

  • 4 nights (Accommodation in the Stilts House)
  • 4 breakfasts
  • 10 meals
  • guided activities
  • private car round trip Hanoi-Vu Linh with driver

Not included: drinks, individual insurance, tips, other non mentioned services**

Day 1

Arrival at LaVieVuLinh for lunch.

In the afternoon, cruise on the lake to learn how to paddle the boats in the Dao way (row with the feet!).

Day 2

Full-day trek to the mountains of Muoi Yen.

  • discover the local plants with our Dao expert guide in medicinal plants
  • pick up the wild banana flower and other culinary plants
  • pick up also medicinal plants to prepare ethnic baths later
  • Dao ethnic picnic in the jungle

Back home, cooking class with the plants you brought back and relaxing time with ethnic bath.

Day 3

Full-day trek discovering the lake by traditional boats

  • meet the local fishermen, who will explain and show you their way of fishing
  • walk around the lakeside villages
  • optional: at about 4 AM (at the sunrise), pick up the fishes by lifting up the traditional net

Day 4

Full-day in the rice fields and in the village, meeting the inhabitants of the region.

  • participate to agricultural activities according to the season (plowing with a buffalo, hoeing, transplanting, harvesting the rice, fish farming and breeding far animals)
  • discover the traditional crafts (weaving, basket and keep-net making…)

Day5

Breakfast, and good-bye LaVieVuLinh.

Way to Dong Luong, a charming Kinh traditional village, where the Red, Black and ‘Lo’ rivers cross each other:

  • meet the last  ‘saigneurs’ of lacquer and meal with them
  • visit a small familial tea factory
  • visit rubber and lacquer trees plantations

Return to Hanoi around 6 PM.

Possibility to have during the sojourn a weaving and embroidery class  : optional (+ 20 USD / pers.)

 

 

Click here to see the experience of one family who came few days for an immersion stay in LaVieVuLinh.

 


* We have Children Discounts for less than 10 years old children, please contact us for more information.

** On request, we can include:

  • visas
  • airport transfer
  • accommodation in Hanoi