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Ancient Village Tour: Incense Making & Local Flavors
3.5
2 Ratings
Hanoi
Experience the mesmerizing sights, sounds, and scents of an ancient village
Enjoy an up-close encounter with the Vietnamese art of incense making
Savor the flavors of the region at an artisan’s house
Experience the mesmerizing sights, sounds, and scents of an ancient village
Enjoy an up-close encounter with the Vietnamese art of incense making
Savor the flavors of the region at an artisan’s house
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Hanoi - 11:30 -12:00: Get picked up from Old Quarter (No guide)
- Chuong Village - 13:20: Make a quick visit to Chuong village, which has been well-known for the craft of conical hat for over 300 years. You are going to meet your tour guide at the house of a local artisan, quick observe how conical hats are being made
- Làng làm hương đỏ -…
- Hanoi - 11:30 -12:00: Get picked up from Old Quarter (No guide)
- Chuong Village - 13:20: Make a quick visit to Chuong village, which has been well-known for the craft of conical hat for over 300 years. You are going to meet your tour guide at the house of a local artisan, quick observe how conical hats are being made
- Làng làm hương đỏ - 13:30: 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. 14:00: 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. 15:00: 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
- Hanoi - 15:40: Time to go back to the city center. 17:00: Get drop off at your hotel in the Old Quarter. Tour finished.
What's Included
- Entrance fees
- Permission for Incense village, Hat village
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in The Old Quarter Area
- Free English guide
- Entrance fees
- Permission for Incense village, Hat village
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in The Old Quarter Area
- Free English guide
What's Not Included
- Drinks
- Tips (optional)
- Surcharge of $10 per person for Christmas, New Year, Lunar TET holiday
- Drinks
- Tips (optional)
- Surcharge of $10 per person for Christmas, New Year, Lunar TET holiday
Additional Information
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Location
Hanoi
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Marisal_w
Jul 12, 2024
Great interesting tour. Support the local industry. - Our guide Chloe was excellent I could not fault her.
Ot was interesting see how the sun hats are made such a shame they are not paid enough and it's a dieing art
The incense factory was also very interesting but what hard work. A real eye opener.
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Reyesben
Nov 12, 2025
Too expensive for what it is - The tour itself was okay, Sabrina was a nice tour guide and explained many things regarding the vietnamese culture and traditions. We stopped in two villages and a souvenir shop already in Ha Noi. I would have totally avoided the last stop.
Even if the tour says that additional 375k/person should be added to pay the bus, I find totally nonsense that they sell a tour without including the price of the bus, as it is totally impossible to do the tour without. To me, it's a way of avoiding paying taxes, the tour operator (in my case, get your guide) or scamming additional money to tourists. In general good but would not recommend the price paid for this tour (25€)
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