Tho Ha Village Half-Day Tour: Early Bird For Rice Cracker Making

5.0 (4 reviews) Hanoi, Vietnam
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Duration5h - 6h
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesVietnamese, English
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

1. A unique glimpse into rural life in northern part of Vietnam.. Villagers of Tho Ha turned into making rice paper and raising pigs, and thus pottery job was gradually abandoned, coming to an end of traditional pottery produce.
2. A great chance to feel the peace out of bustling cities, to visit traditional Communal House, wooden old houses, learn of making of rice paper to how see rice paper is created.
3. Experience the daily life of people here by tasting a very normal, but unique local food here that you can find nowhere else in Vietnam.

What's included

  • Folk music performance
  • Bottled water
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Vietnamese/English speaking guide
  • Entrance fee and ferry fee.
  • Tips/Gratitutes

What to expect

  1. Old Quarter
    Pass by
    Our tour guide and vehicle will pick you up at your hotels then go to Tho Ha village (in case you do not have a hotel address or do not want to have hotel pickup. Then please go to the meeting point (Hanoi Opera House) to meet our guide and driver). On the way, the bus cross by rice fields, vegetable farms and it will be a good chance shot countryside pictures, farmers with water buffalo
  2. Tho Ha Village
    2h · Admission ticket included
    Ater 1 hour driving, you arrive the local ferry, board on to cross the river to reach Tho Ha village. You walk around to visit a very typical market of Northern Vietnam. You soon have an overview of the culture after a short time here, seeing people, tasting some local special foods. Visit families and learn more about their culture, with their daily works such as rice making paper, rice wine,…The a glimpse at Tho Ha Communal House (once familiar with Banian tree, a well, a communal yard). Our tour guide will give brief introduction of the village culture and what the life was in the past. Ang the most interesting part is the visit to a local family who still keep the original job of rice paper making by hand (most families in the area nowadays are producing the rice papers in an industrial way by using electric machine). The host also play some folk music while you enjoying Vietnamese tea in their house.
  3. Old Quarter
    Pass by
    After the visit, you say goodbye to the host and get back Hanoi. We will drop you off the same your hotels or morning places. End of the trip.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

This meeting point is for those customers who do not need hotel pickup.

End point

This meeting point is for those customers who do not need hotel pickup.

Pickup details

This private tour offers free hotel pickup and drop-off. In case you do not need the hotel pickup, please go to the meeting point (Hanoi Opera House) to meet our tour guide and driver.

If you request airport pickup then go straight to Tho Ha for the tour, then give us information about flight number, arrival time.

Additional information

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

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

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