As a tourist area in the mountainous district of Mai Chau, Hoa Binh province, Lac village is about 140 km from Hanoi, a suitable place for a group of friends to go on a picnic to explore the lifestyle of the Black Thai people in highlands.
The road connecting Mai Chau town and Ban Lac must go through the 12 km long Cun slope, craggy, winding and challenging drivers on cliffs that rise up into the sky.
This place welcomes you with the coolness of blue mountains, green fields and simple, peaceful stilt houses.
Over 700 years old, the people in Lac village are mainly Black Thai people who live from generation to generation with the main profession of growing upland rice and weaving brocade.
Walking around the village, you will not see any acts of soliciting tourists or soliciting purchases.
Renting a traditional costume to go out is an extremely interesting experience for you.
For just 10,000 – 15,000 VND for one dress rental, you can transform into a girl, a cute Hmong boy or a gentle Thai girl.
During the evening meal over a jar of ecstatic wine, visitors will enjoy with the host the unique delicacies of the mountains and forests such as hill chicken, steamed stream fish, bitter bamboo shoots, upland sticky rice… delicacies that captivate the heart.
At the beginning of Ban Lac, there is a large area of land that can organize activities and group exchanges such as camping and karaoke singing competitions.
Ban Lac has been known by many people as a `bright spot` on the Northern tourist map.
It would be a mistake to come to Lac village and not go to the village’s early market.
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Directions: Hanoi – Xuan Mai – Luong Son – Hoa Binh – Muong Khen – Mai Chau (following National Highway 6).
Stilt house rental price: If traveling in a large group of 30 people or more, the price is 50,000 – 80,000 VND per person depending on the time.
Note: You will only find grilled meat skewers as snacks when in Lac village. If you want to eat noodles or pho, you have to go out of town more than 1 km away.
Nearby attractions: Rent a bicycle for 15,000 VND a day to visit some places such as Pom Coong village, Van village, Nhot village, Chieu Cave, Mo Luong Cave… If you want to combine going further,