Northern Countryside & Gardening Tour

We will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi in the morning and drive to the Song Phuong Vegetable Village, where you have opportunity to do gardening with local farmers. Take time to get in touch with the Vietnamese Northern farmers and learn more about the wet-rice cultivation and their way of life. This morning is ended with a lunch in a local house and you will enjoy local dishes, seasonal vegetable, fruits, and Vietnamese green tea. In the afternoon you will visit the Thay Pagoda - a complex of temples, communal houses and pagoda nestled at the foot of a large limestone cliff formation, characteristic of the area. It is said that the traditional water puppet theater originated here. You then proceed to Tay Phuong Pagoda which is situated on the top of Buffalo Mountain. This pagoda could be the most beautiful pagoda in Northern Vietnam with an ancient architecture, impressive wooden statues of Buddha and Arhats. Back to your hotel in Hanoi.