Quang Phu Cau and Traditional Craft Villages
7:30 - 8:00: Get picked up by your tour leader, then head to the destination.
9:15: Visit the beautiful Quang Phu Cau incense stick-making village. You will have a chance to learn more about the techniques from local artisans as you walk through the village. We will stop at some jaw-dropping places in the village to take awesome photos and refresh your Instagram profile pictures.
10:30: Get back on the bus as we visit our next destination, just 10 minutes away by road: the traditional conical hat-making village. This part will be exciting - not only will you observe, but you will also get involved in the process of making the hat and paint it yourself. This could be an awesome souvenir to remember Vietnam by.
11:30: Have a family meal at the local artisan's house or at a riverside restaurant, depending on the size of the group.
12:30: Say goodbye to the hat-making village as we depart for the last stunning village: the lacquer art-making village.
13:00: After arriving at the village, you will have a chance to observe and learn the quintessence of local artwork from local artisans as we visit some of the largest family-scale factories in the village. We will visit a few families and get to paint our own lacquer as well. This will be your second souvenir of the day.
15:00: Say goodbye to this village, get back on our comfy bus, and head back to the city center. We will stop at a well-known clothing export-surplus shop to discover the clothing industry and buy branded items, if you wish, at really good prices compared to the original stores.
16:00: Get dropped off at your hotel in the Old Quarter.
