Mai Chau

Mai Chau Valley
In Hoa Binh Province, approximately 135km from Hanoi and 60km from Hoa Binh City.
From the top of Cun Pass, one can admire the superb panorama of Mai Chau surrounded by a green valley and stilt houses. Many minorities, including the Thai ethnic group, live in Lac Village.
Coming to Mai Chau Valley, you will see stilt houses border both sides of the roads. The houses are quite large with palm leaf roofs and polished bamboo-slat floors. The kitchen is located in the center of the house; the cooking as well as the making of the colorful tho cam, the material used by Thai minority to make their clothes, takes place in the kitchen. The windows are large and decorated with patterns. Each house also has a pond to breed fish.

The Sunday market brings a lot of people into town. People from different minorities living in the mountains come to Mai Chau market to sell their specific products: honey, bananas, corn, and tho cam made by skilled Thai women. The Sunday market is also an occasion to enjoy traditional Thai dishes and to participate in traditional dances
 
Sights and activities:
With beautiful scenery, we have chance to have a walk around the valley or trekking though the minority villages. The popular tour is trekking 18km from Lac village ( Ban La?c) in Mai Chau ( where is hom to the White Thai people)  to Xa linh village ( where the home of H?mog people). There?re many trekking tour be organised through many villages of Mai Chau and we will have an overnight at the local people. The tour sometimes takes 7 days to visit most of the villages there

Mai Chau tours.
 
Sleeping:
Most of tours coming to Mai Chau will have an overnight stay at the Thai enthic minority?s home.
Otherwise, you can stay at Mai Chau guesthouse ( No hotel is available there)