Option HALF DAY: Visit 2 Villages: Conical Hat and Incense Craft Village + Train Street (optional)

Duration: ~ 5 hours
Morning from 7:20~13:00
Afternoon from 12:30~18:30

Discover Vietnamese handicrafts on an immersive, guided tour from Hanoi that will take you to meet a local artisan, discover a historical incense-making village, and learn about the conical hat-making process. Get a unique look at the local culture with this discovery of detailed artisanal crafts.

Start with a pickup from Hanoi’s Old Quarter and head to Chuong, a village that has been well-known for the craft of conical hat-making for over 300 years. Get an observe how conical hats are made and decorate a hat by painting it then bring it home as a souvenir.

Depart for the Quang Phu Cau village, which has been producing incense for more than 100 years. Take a walk to the center of the village and see how locals make incense on the artisanal, family scale. Meet a family who specializes in dyeing incense sticks and take in the colorful bundles of incense.

See the next level of incense production with a tour of a nearby factory. Learn how incense is made from scratch and more about the lives of manual workers. Take home memories of your visit with incense souvenirs from the place they’re produced before returning to Hanoi. Back to the city center. First place for drop off: Hanoi Train Street. If you don't want to visit it, please wait on bus .

Please note: This half-day tour does not include lunch, so we recommend eating beforehand or bringing snacks to keep you energized throughout the afternoon.
Option for Drop off at the famous train street or hotels then you could enjoy your time in train street then take taxi/grab back to hotel at your own.

Option FULL DAY: Choose 3 of 5 craft villages: Quang Phu Cau (colourful incense village, photo stops) - Chuong (conical hat making) - Ha Thai (lacquer art) - - Thu Sy Fish Bamboo Trap Village in an intimate setting - Experience the craft of soy sauce making with home-cooked lunch

Duration: ~ 8 hours

7:20 - 7:40: Pick up time.

Begin your day with a convenient pick-up from your hotel in Hanoi. Head to Fish Trap Village. Discover the beauty and cultural significance of the vanishing craft of making fish traps in Hung Yen, Vietnam. This unique tour offers photographers the opportunity to capture the traditional techniques and intricate designs used in this disappearing trade. From the hands of skilled craftsmen, you'll witness the creation of these masterpieces made from bamboo and other natural materials

Next, experience Soy sauce plays an important role in Vietnamese cuisine and it is a must-have flavour for many Vietnamese dishes. And when it comes to this, probably nowhere else in Vietnam can soya sauce be produced with such high quality and rich flavour as in Ban Yen Nhan village, Hung Yen province. The tradition has been passed down from generation to generation and still continues to thrive these days.