Overview

Surrounded on three sides by the Cau River, Tho Ha Village is about 52km from Hanoi and is a dreamy destination with a proud trade at its heart. On the Tho Ha Village Half-Day Tour, a private guide from Incredible Asia Journeys will take you around the narrow alleys, open squares, and beautiful waterways of Tho Ha Village.

Once a bustling trade town for gom sanh pottery fired with dry grass, a gradual decline of the trade saw Tho Ha reborn as a hub for the creation of rice paper, a staple ingredient used in quintessential Vietnamese dishes like spring rolls, crispy shrimp pancakes and lemongrass and pork rolls.

Besides the trade, the ambiance of Tho Ha is reason enough to explore this quiet village in Bac Giang Province. Lacking any sort of bridge, Tho Ha is a local ferry ride away from the opposite banks of the Cau River, which gives wonderful views of the stacks of colorful plaster and terracotta brick houses. This half-day tour from Hanoi gives you the perfect morning in a serene village outside the chaos of the capital.

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Places you’ll see

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Highlights

Riding across the Cau River on a local ferry, watching the meld of houses draw closer
Wandering around the romantic alleys of Tho Ha, looking out for vast racks of rice paper drying in the sun
Speaking to locals about their work and lives in Tho Ha
Having a delicious lunch using the local product and other products of the village

Itinerary

Activities: Walk around the romantic alleys of Tho Ha, look out for vast racks of rice paper drying in the sun have an experience with the locals, and have a delicious lunch in the village.

08:00 am: Your Tho Ha Village Half Day Tour will begin as we pick you up at your hotel in the morning and take you the 52km to Tho Ha. Along the way, there will be beautiful snapshots of Vietnamese farming life on the Red River Delta.

09:15 am: We arrive at the Cau River and cross to picturesque Tho Ha via a local ferry. From here, we will wander around town, visiting different rice paper workshops to see how households cut and dry this essential Vietnamese staple.

Zigzagging through the various back alleys of this peaceful village, we will see terracotta houses, smiling locals and a complete lack of cars, creating a very tranquil atmosphere. We can visit the cemetery and the village dyke from which you can see Tho Ha across the shimmering water.

12:00 pm: Sitting down for lunch with some local hosts, we will try some specialities involving rice paper, along with Tho Ha’s other trades of cassava and rice wine.

Our final stop after lunch will be a pottery shop, where you can see one of the last households to persist with Tho Ha’s ancient trade of gom sanh pottery.

Driving back to Hanoi at 1:00 pm, we will end the Tho Ha Village Half Day Tour shortly afterwards at your hotel in Hanoi. Thanks for joining Incredible Asia Journeys for this wonderful day trip from Hanoi to Tho Ha, we hope we can serve you again in the future!

Meals: Lunch