08:00 – Meet your private guide at your hotel/residence in Hanoi and begin the tour.

09:30 – Arrive at Ri village where you will start the trip at your host’s house by having a welcome drink and snack.

Meet Duoc – a Vietnam War veteran and tea-farm owner who will tell you historical stories with his own experience.

10:00 – Follow Duoc to his vast tea farm and learn how to harvest tea leaves. This is a green and peace-ful place where you will enjoy the beautiful scenery of the village. You will have a chance to help him pick tea leaves, and you will be shown how to collect the best part of the tea tree to make the most wonderful beverage of Vietnam – the traditional tea. Carry on with the production of tea at his small workshop; most of the works are manual.

11:15 – Have a ten-minute drive to visit another host family in Moc village where you will enjoy a fun cooking class with Chin. She will show you how to cook some Vietnamese dishes.

Enjoy lunch with the food you helped to cook.

13:45 – Stroll around the village and visit some local families to understand the rural lifestyle and learn how tofu, conical hat and other local products are made.

15:15 – Enjoy a cycling trip through beautiful paddy fields and interact with local farmers.

Wrap up your countryside tour by traditional feet soak in warm water with herbs, following the tradi-tional recipes of the Muong ethnic minority. This will relax you (and your feet) after cycling around the village.

17:00 – Drive back to your hotel/residence in Hanoi.