We will pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi and begin our journey. After about 2 hours of driving, we stop at Duong Lam, an ancient village which has had UNESCO protection since 2006 owing to it’s incredible wealth of houses dating back as many as 4 centuries. After exploring the village and having lunch, we continue driving through the countryside and observe the tea plantations and maize fields slowly replace the rice paddies. Eventually we reach Nghia Lo, where we will have dinner and spend the night with a delightful White Thai family in their homestay.

Yen Bai province's Nghia Lo town is a destination for those who want to see the culture and daily life in Vietnam's mountainous but spectacular northwestern region. Nghia Lo, with a population of 30,000, is tucked away in a big, flat valley called Muong Lo and offers a lot of experiences to tourists. It is second only to the Muong Thanh valley of Dien Bien province in terms of size and is surrounded by unlimited chains of mountains. Let’s make a journey to the town by coach to have the best opportunity to see the spectacular views of the region. Nghia Lo is just about 200km from Hanoi but after half-way, the coach winds through passes which zigzag through endless ranges of mountains.