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Mai Chau Guide, Tourist Attractions

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Date/time of update: October 14, 2025, 12:18 am, Timezone: GMT+7
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Mai Chau is a district of Hoa Binh Province and Mai Chau is also the name of an idyllic valley in Mai Chau District. The Mai Chau Valley is home to several White Thai communities who inhabit houses on stilts and whose livelihood has been cultivating wet rice for several hundred years.

Mai Chau has been a popular tourist attraction in Vietnam since after the war. Below is a list of the major tourist attractions in Mai Chau.

Rice fields in the valley
Rice fields in the valley

 

A road amid rice fields
A road amid rice fields

1/ Mai Chau Valley

In the Mai Chau Valley, you can stay with a White Thai family and tune in their daily life. A cycling trip through the villages is a relaxing experience bringing you in closer communion with local inhabitants.

Mai Chau Valley
Mai Chau Valley

 

If you are an active traveler, you may like to hike to the Chieu Cave which is located near the top of a mountain. From the cave, you’ll have panoramic views of the whole Mai Chau Valley.

Mai Chau Valley
Mai Chau Valley

 

 

Mai Chau Valley
Mai Chau Valley

2/ Hang Kia Valley

Mai Chau District has also a part in on the Moc Chau Plateau with elevation over 1,000m above sea level. Hang Kia Valley is part of this area which is home to the Red H’mong and which had been separated from the mainstream society until recently.

Hang Kia offers different trekking routes to the adventure travellers. You can take day treks amid the mountains, or you can trek through a forest from the Moc Chau Plateau to the Mai Chau Valley.

A nice view of the Mai Chau Valley from the Chieu Cave
A nice view of the Mai Chau Valley from the Chieu Cave

 3/ Back Road Cycling Routes

Another interesting adventure in Mai Chau for those who love to stray from the well-trodden path is to cycle on a back road from Mai Chau Valley to the Go Lao Waterfall. The waterfall has the height above 15m and it is surrounded by wild forest.

Mai Chau Market
Mai Chau Market

 

Mai Chau Market
Mai Chau Market

 

Mai Chau Market
Mai Chau Market


4/ Thai Villages: Ban Lac, Pom Coong, Nhot, Xo…

For some who love getting far from the crowds you can travel further into the valley to other villages where local life is more untouched and the experience is more of a quiet one.

The Chieu Cave at Mai Chau
The Chieu Cave at Mai Chau

5/ Thung Khe Pass

Traveling to Mai Chau from Hanoi, you’ll pass through this mountain pass which offers magnificent views over the mountains and valleys

Thung Khe Pass
Thung Khe Pass

 

Thung Khe Pass
Thung Khe Pass

6/ Ba Khan Reservoir

It is part of the Hoa Binh Reservoir created by Hoa Binh Hydro Power Plant. Ba Khan is just another Halong Bay in the mountains!


7/ Go Lao Waterfall

The waterfall is 7km from Mai Chau via a scenic country back road. Love cycling? If so, you can do it from Mai Chau Valley.

Go Lao Waterfall
Go Lao Waterfall

Wild landscape at the Hang Kia Valley
Wild landscape at the Hang Kia Valley

 

Clouds at the Hang Kia Valley
Clouds at the Hang Kia Valley

 

Transplanting rice at Mai Chau
Transplanting rice at Mai Chau

 

The Go Lao Waterfall at Mai Chau, Hoa Binh
The Go Lao Waterfall at Mai Chau, Hoa Binh

 

Nice mountains in the backdrop
Nice mountains in the backdrop

8/ Chieu Cave

A lovely well hidden cave just near Ban Lac Village. Make sure you have enough water before hiking up the top of the mountain for the cave. The views of the surrounding from the top are lovely!

9/ Co Luong and the Ma River

This is in Thanh Hoa Province but just adjacent to Mai Chau that you can reach via a bike trip or scooter ride. The river offers nice boat trips to explore ethnic communities by the riversides.

flooded fields ready for growing rice
flooded fields ready for growing rice

 What is the best time to visit Mai Chau?

The best time to visit Mai Chau is in late September early October when the rice turns into yellow colors. From November through March, it is nice with dry and cool weather in Mai Chau that helps those who love adventure activities.

From December through February, the Hang Kia Valley offers peach and plum blossoms which provides you the background for great photographs.

Peaceful Mai Chau Valley shrouded in thin fog in the early morning
Peaceful Mai Chau Valley shrouded in thin fog in the early morning

 

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