Enjoy a full day in the charming village of Ky Son.
Accommodation: Not included
Meals: Lunch
8:00 am: Your tour guide will pick you up for a transfer to Ky Son village, an ancient village in Vietnam.
10:00 am: Arrive at Moon Garden Homestay in Ky Son village. Welcome drink with local fresh green tea. Free time to discover Moon garden Homestay and Ky Son village by yourself (local market, kindergarten).
11:00 am: Learn how to make special dishes on a cooking class.
12:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 pm: Hand Spa - Enjoy having your fingers dipped in a fragrant lime bowl and the traditional herbal hand massage. Then, free time for relaxing or further conversation with the host family about local snacks, sharing cultures and traditional customs. If you want to learn Vietnamese, one of the family members can teach you some usefull words.
2:30 pm: Optional biking tours - choice of a short ride of 6 km or a long ride of 12 km round trip:
- Short ride: Take a bicycle ride to discover the Ky Son, Tam Son, Van Minh, and Cham farming communities to and stop at any home you like for a cup of tea. Visit the kindergarten (if open). Chat with local people about their daily life and farming. Or (if required) you can help with plowing or transplanting seedlings, harvesting rice (or cassava, corn, sweet potatoes, cucumber...) depending on the harvest season.
- Long ride: Take a bicycle ride with local guide to discover the Ky Son, Tam Son, Van Minh, and Cham farming communities, Duong Lam ancient village and visit Mia Pagoda, Mong Phu Communal House... Then bike ride back along the ritual paths of Thang Thac village to discover the Ngo Quyen tomb, Phung Hung temple.
05.00 pm: Return to the Moon Garden for happy hour. While waiting for your steam bath to be prepared, you can enjoy a local drink and taste some of the local products such as maize, sweet potato, cassava, peanuts…(depending on the season) or some traditional desserts.
18:00 pm: Leave Ky Son village to come back to Hanoi. Service ends!