Wellness Tour in Mai Chau - Ninh Binh

On arrival, you are met and welcomed by our driver and transferred to the hotel for check-in. Transfer out to enjoy spa package.

Breakfast at the hotel. Pick up at your hotel and transfer to Mai Chau. Check in at the resort where remarkable landscapes meet tribal heritages.
Lunch at a local restaurant where the finest seasonal ingredients are chosen from closed farms and prepare in such a way as to maximize your flavor and connect to the regional culture. It's not just about the food itself but also about the cuisine being representative of our secret to happiness and good health.
In the afternoon, you can choose to enjoy your time at the pool. The view from the restaurant above puts the shimmering pool in the foreground, mirroring the beauty of nature in a family-friendly space with plenty of rooms for our guests. Recline around the perimeter of the pool on cushioned sun loungers beneath palm-leaf parasols, and lose yourself in the still-life painting of Mai Chau’s natural splendour. Beside the pool, a small, thatched hut stocks plenty of drinks to keep you refreshed throughout your languid day. Local beers go well with the scenery on show, while cocktails beneath the overhang of shady leaves add a touch of Mai Chau’s premier eco-accommodation.
After a day filled with activities, you will definitely feel revitalized with our skilled masseurs who are all local people with professional training.
Overnight in Mai Chau.

Breakfast at the resort. You can have some following options:
Half/Full Day Mai Chau cycling
The villages that have stood for centuries in the valley of Mai Chau display a vivid culture raised in the shadows of forested mountain ranges. This cycling tour will reveal the individuality of the Thai ethnic tribe amongst the ancient homes and under the leadership of a Thai tour-guide, who will describe the intricate beliefs of the minority group and how they tie into architecture.
Half-Day Pa Co Market
Tour Duration: 3.5 – 4 Hours | Available: Sunday Morning | Hiking Distance: 3km (45 minutes)  | Transfer: 1.5 hours
In the northern highlands of Mai Chau, there thrives several communities of the H’mong ethnic group, a minority with strong ties to the mountains. This tour will bring you to the weekly market, Pa Co, where H’mong communities will travel from far and wide to share their handicrafts, food and livestock. The fabulous wares of this market are matched by its fabulous atmosphere, stemming from joyous drinking and long-anticipated reunions. We explore the market thoroughly before engaging in some easy hiking around Pa Co village, where H’mong families live in humble houses amongst vibrant plum gardens.
Half/Full Day Mai Chau Boating
Route: 40km | Private Tour
Discover shimmering plains in the north of Mai Chau with this fabulous boating tour, visiting two ancient and revered bodies of water. We start with journey to the village of Suoi Lon and a mild hike through its undulating outskirts. Our reward is the spectacular waterfall of Go Lao, a pristine cascade of silver water where the adventurous can take a dip. The tour finishes with an hour-long boat cruise across the beauty-flanked Hoa Binh lake. Lunch at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, you have the option to enjoy the local massage treatments of ethnic Thai massage with herbal remedies, deep-tissue massages and foot scrubs....Local masseuses dip you into a world of soothing, tribal therapies and established local remedies, ensuring that your explorations around Mai Chau are rewarded in serene fashion.
Overnight in Mai Chau.

After breakfast, we will leave Mai Chau to Ninh Binh. Visit Cuc Phuong national park where ecological conservation is the first priority. Cuc Phuong has saved an enormous number of rare and valuable animals from extinction. Visit the endangered primate rescue centre to see the most rare primates from Vietnam. You will have a trek for 3 to 4 kilometres to see the 1,000 years old tree: a very popular tour for local and foreign travelers. 
After lunch, drive back to the park entrance with a stop at the Cave of Pre-historic Man to study how early man lived in the Stone Age. 
On arrival at resort in Ninh Binh, check in at the resort and might sample one of the suggestions below:
Swedish Massage: Increase inner strength and vigour with this classical massage remedy. Our therapist encourages wellness through traditional Swedish massage movements of light to strong pressure: gentle strokes, kneading, pressing and long sweeping strokes work as deeply as your body needs to boostcirculation and give your system fresh energy to encourage get up and go. A head and scalp massage completes this therapy to leave you feeling completely calmed.
Resort Treatment: Merge the spirit of aromatherapy with the soul of well-being to rebalance mind and body with this therapeutic massage. Combining nurturing strokes with movements towards the heart, using healing oil influenced blends , our therapist helps stimulate the circulatory lymphatic and nervous system to soothe away tension, stress, muscle and joint pain. The perfect treatment for those with signs of tiredness.
Overnight in Ninh Binh.

Breakfast at the resort. We suggest the tour options:
Boat trip to Van Long: this tranquil reserve comprises a reedy wetland that’s popular with bird-watchers.  Among the bird species that have been spotted here are the rare black-faced spoonbill, cotton pygmy goose and white-browed crake. Van Long is also one of the last wild refuges of the endangered Delacour’s langur, partly because the wetlands keep predators and poachers at bay.
In the afternoon, you might choose one of the following health treatments:
Traditional Vietnamese Herbal Compress Treatment: experience Vietnamese herbal compress massage enhanced with heated herbal packs to detoxify and alleviate common muscular aches and pains. Each herbal ingredient has been specially selected to benefit different treatment areas, helping to ease muscular tension, refresh your skin’s vitality, nurture and cleanse your skin of toxins, soothe and moisturise, and calm the body’s emperature. Leave the treatment truly relaxed as aches and pains dissolve away.
Hot Stone Treatment: create total harmony and balance with Hot stone therapy, using ‘Hot Black Basalt’ stones. The treatment acts on the body with very small vibrations caused by the change or difference in temperature. It helps to strengthen the body’s energy through stimulating key points on the body and is an effective remedy for enhancing blood circulation and relaxation, expelling toxic substances, reducing muscle stress and overcoming tiredness.
Overnight in Ninh Binh.

Relax at the hotel pool or surroundings with some snapshots. If you take the tour options, you will join us for one of those:
Option 1: Trang An - Hoa Lu - Mua Cave
In the morning, leave the resort  to travel to Mua cave. From the top of the mountain, you can see all the way to Tam Coc and enjoy a stunning view of the country- side and the wonderful Ngo Dong river.
Take a small boat along the river to discover the mysterious beauty of the Trang An eco - tourism complex including Ba Giot, Dia Linh, Toi (Dark cave), Sang (Bright cave), Ao Trai and Seo caves.
Have lunch at a local restaurant. 
In the afternoon, drive to Hoa Lu, the ancient capital of Vietnam, dating from the 10th century. Marvel at the ancient architecture and the carvings on wood and stone depicting daily life, dreams and wishes for peace and good life..
Option 2 : Trang An - Bai Dinh Pagoda - Hoa Lu
In the morning: leave the resort for Trang An eco-tourism complex where has attracted a lot of local and foreign visitors. Take a rowing boat to discover the marvelous ecotourism complex where a system of unique grottoes like Ba Giot, Dia Linh, Toi (Dark cave), Sang (Bright cave), Ao Trai cave and Seo cave make this place both mysterious and attractive.
Have lunch at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, depart to Hoa Lu temple - the first ancient capital of Vietnam, dating from the 10th century. Visit two old temples dedicated to the worship of kings from the Dinh and Le dynasties.
 Drive to Bai Dinh pagoda, one of the biggest pagodas in Southeast Asia and explore the largest pagoda, the biggest bell and the highest statue in Southeast Asia.
Option 3: Tam Coc - Bich Dong - Hoa Lu
In the morning: leave the resort for Van Lam village from where you travel by rowing boat along Ngo Dong river through the rice fields to visit Tam Coc (Three grottoes)
Take a shot walk through the limestone mountains to Thai Vi temple which is delicated to the four Kings of the Tran dynasty in the 13th century. Then drive to Bich Dong pagoda and visit Ha, Trung and Thuong pagodas. Have lunch at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, depart to Hoa Lu - the ancient capital of Vietnam dated to 10th century, appreciate the art of ancient sculpture: carvings on wood and stone from the 11th to 17th century, depicting the daily lives, dreams and wishes for peace and good life.
After the tour, you will return to Hanoi.
Overnight in Hanoi.

You will enjoy breakfast at the hotel and be free at your own leisure until transfer to the airport for departure.
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