Mai Chau is about 140km from Hanoi and 60km from the Northwest. If you want to get Mai Chau from Ha Noi, you can go by motorbike, have the ability to ride mountain bike or catch a bus to Mai Chau is a good chose too.
1. Get Mai Chau from Hanoi by car or motorcycle
There are two routes to travel to Mai Chau from Hanoi.
Routes 1: Ha Noi – Xuan Mai – Luong Son – Hoa Binh – Muong Khen – Mai Chau, vertical by the route 6 is short line and fastest to Mai Chau.
Routes 2: If you don’t want to go this way, the option may be provided through the route 12, but go longer than and not have many beautiful views.
2. Get Mai Chau from Hanoi by bus
You can go to My Dinh or Giap Bat bus station to catch a travel to Mai Chau (Hoa Binh).
When coming to Tong Dau crossroads, you should ask your car to go down and get a motorbike or taxi for about 5km to the center of Mai Chau valley.
Ticket price is about 90-110.000VND / person, depending on the car.
Here are buses that you can refer to catch a travel to Mai Chau from Hanoi.
From My Dinh bus station:
Ha Loan bus:
– Time of departure from My Dinh: 07h50 – time came to Mai Chau: 11.5 am, and 2pm – time came to Mai Chau: 3.5 pm.
– Time of departure from Mai Chau: 08h00 – time went to Ha Noi: 11.5 am and 1.5 pm – time went to Ha Noi: 5 pm.
– Phone number: 098 271 2418 or 091 2490 679
– Ticket price: 80.000vnđ – 100.000vnđ
Cuong Coi bus:
– Time of departure from My Dinh: 6.5 am
– Time of departure from Mai Chau: 11.5 am
– Phone number: 091 279 6896
– Ticket price: 80.000đ – 100.000đ
K Linh bus:
– Time of departure from Mai Chau: 7 am
– Time of departure from My Dinh: 1.5 pm
– Phone number: 098 7851 858
– Ticket price: 80.000đ – 100.000đ
Tuan Dung bus:
– Time of departure from Mai Chau: 8 am
– Time of departure from My Dinh: 2 pm
– Phone number: 096 280 0074
Hoang Thao bus:
– Time of departure from Mai Chau: 8.5 am
– Time of departure from My Dinh: 2.5 pm
– Phone number: 0914 688 533
From Yen Nghia bus station
Vinh Trong bus
– Time of departure from Mai Chau: 5 am
– Time of departure from Yen Nghia: 2 pm
– Phone number: 0986110809
Thu Bang bus 1
– Time of departure from Mai Chau (Co Luong): 6 am
– Time of departure from Yen Nghia: 11 am
Thu Bang bus 2
– Time of departure from Mai Chau (Co Luong): 6.5 am
– Time of departure from Yen Nghia: 1.5 pm
– Phone number: 0912026549
Yen Binh bus
– Time of departure from Mai Chau (Co Luong): 7 am
– Time of departure from Yen Nghia: 0 pm
– Phone number: 01655179498
Quang Tinh bus
– Time of departure from Yen Nghia: 0 pm
– Phone number: 09894001504
Anh Dung bus
– Time of departure from Mai Chau (Co Luong): 7.5 am
– Time of departure from Yen Nghia: 4 pm
– Phone number: 01667235989
3. Transportation in Mai Chau
Walking
Ban Lac and Pom Coong villages are close together, walking around the village is the fastest way to discover a beautiful and peaceful Mai Chau.
Travelling to Mai Chau, walking may be the first thing you want, it sound interesting, but the limitation of walking is that you will only be able to walk around the village, further away there is not enough time to go if using this method.
Bicycle
This type of bicycle tourism is increasingly chosen by many tourists as foreign Mai Chau tourists, in part because this is a very environmentally friendly form, the other is cycling around the middle of the pitch.
Delighted to ride the bike, breathe fresh air, and can comfortably see the scenery, bicycles are also more convenient to go to the small.
Tram
In Mai Chau, you can choose the tram service to walk around the village. Tram is running quite slowly and for a relatively cheap price, if you want to rent a whole trip to go further (visit the nearby) you can also deal directly with the driver. Tram is the favorite choose of many experience tourist on Mai Chau travel.
>> If you travel with family or couple you should choose Mai Chau package tours organised by Mai Chau Tourist just from $45 for 2 days 1 night !