Incense - Conical Hat making Village

FULL DAY TOUR:

•  7:45 - 8:15: Get picked up by your tour guide in the Old Quarter

• 9:30: Let’s visit Ha Thai village, which has been producing lacquerware since the 17th century. We will learn more about the traditional artwork as we are going to meet a lacquer painting artisan who is going to host us at his creative space. Immerse yourself into the space by crafting your own lacquer product following his guidance.

• 10:50: Visit Chuong village which has been well-known for the craft of conical hat for over 300 years.  We wander around the village, visit an old veteran to listen to him telling his own story joining the Vietnam war, OR visit some other artisans and learn more about their everyday life (All visit depend on if they are at home or not, and only visit 01 family).
Later, we will be hosted at home of a female artisan who has been making hats for more than 30 years. The artisan will cook lunch for us, and if you insist, there will be a small cooking class as you join her making the meal. Home-cooking is a great way to feel the real vibes of local countryside.

After having lunch, we are going to express our creativity and artistic talent by painting on our own conical hat Nón Lá, or join/observe the artisan crafting the conical hat.
• 13:30: Say goodbye to the artisan, let’s make up our day by visiting the incense village named Quang Phu Cau. We are going to walk to the center of the village, visit several old-aged houses, interact with local artisans and take a lot of awesome photos at the dyeing yard.

• 15:00: Have a factory tour at the biggest incense factory in the town. You will have a chance to see how incense is made from scratch by visiting every production section of the factory, as well as learn more about life of manual worker in the countryside.

• 16:00: Time to go back to the city center. First place to be dropped off will be the Hanoi Train Street. If you do not want to be dropped off there, please stay inside the bus.

• 17:00 ~ 17:30: Get drop off at your hotel in the Old Quarter. Tour finished.

HALF A DAY TOUR

12:00-12:30: Get picked up from Old Quarter

13:30: Make a quick visit to Chuong village, which has been well-known for the craft of conical hat for over 300 years. We are going to meet a local artisan, quick observe how conical hats are being made.

14:00: We depart for the Quang Phu Cau village, which has been producing incense for more than 100 years. We will take a walk to the center of the village, see how people are making incense at family scale.

14:20: We are going to stop at a family who specializes in dyeing the incense stick, visit their drying yard and take some cool photos of the incense bundles.

15:20: Say goodbye to the incense-dyeing family, we will be having a factory tour at the biggest incense factory in the town. You will have a chance to see how incense is made from scratch by visiting every production section of the factory, as well as learn more about life of manual worker in the countryside. It is also a chance for you to shop some incense for souvenir at the place it is produced.

16:00: Time to go back to the city center. First place to be dropped off will be the Hanoi Train Street. If you do not want to be dropped off there, please stay inside the bus.

17:00: Get drop off at your hotel in the Old Quarter. Tour finished.