Countryside Tour (Half-day)

EXPLORE  DAILY LIFE OF COUNTRY PEOPLE

Pick up on request.

We start our trip with a short ride thru part of the French old quarter and Hanoi old quarter passing by some beautiful French buildings such as the first 5-star hotel of Hanoi known as Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, the State Guest House of Vietnam, Hanoi Opera House before making our first photo stop on Long Bien bridge. Our guide will share with you a short history of the bridge and help you with some Kodak moments. After that we continue to drive shortly on Red river’s  dyke enjoying the fresh breeze and beautiful nature scenery along the way before stopping for a cup of fresh coffee at the hidden café shop at the end of a narrow alley.

After having short break, we carry on our ride over beautiful Dong Tru bridge to explore delightful rural scenery as well as daily life of people in Dong Anh district. We visit a local home in Phu Hoi hamlet to see how they make bamboo brooms and talk with family members about their business as well as their daily life.

Leaving the family in Phu Hoi hamlet, you get back on the electric scooter to drive thru villages, local market, rice paddy fields. It is very flexible to make many photo stops as well as meeting up for local interaction with local people we meet along the way. We make our next stop at Loc Ha community house and visit a local home nearby to deeply understand about life in rural areas.

Saying good bye to the family, we keep driving thru beautiful small hamlets and rice paddy fields to arrive in Yen Thuong village where we make our next stop visiting beautiful vegetable farm and learn more about agriculture life of farmers here.

After visiting Yen Thuong vegetable farm, we head back to Hanoi old quarter. On the way back, we make our final stop at a local coffee shop over looking Duong river having some fresh drinks and enjoy great scenery of the river bank.

Tour price:

 

No.

Content

Price (USD)

1 pax Group 2-3 pax Group 4-5 pax Group 6 pax up

1

Price

115.00

82.00 68.00

57.00

Tour duration:  4 hours (Every 20 to 30 minutes we will have a short break learning about the history of the places, taking photos, having some drinks or just stretching our legs).

Tour includes:

  • Pick up and drop off at hotels in the Old Quarter and Old French Quarter.
  • English speaking guide
  • Proper helmet
  • Poncho provided when it rains
  • Experienced driver with happy smile
  • Water and fresh tropical fruits
  • Fun and worry-free

Tour excludes:

As you might have noticed that tipping custom is a part of our tourism culture in Vietnam. We have a saying that  A penny tipped is more precious than ten pennies earned “. When travelling, we are happy to give some tip to those who took good care of us during our holiday. So if you simply enjoyed the tour, we highly recommend you to give some small minimum tips of $10 (200.000 dong) to your own driver and $5 (100.000) to your tour guide.

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