Private Half Day Tour to Quang Phu Cau Incense village from Hanoi
Description
Incense Village – named Quang Phu Cau. The incense to dry in various formations, you’ll get pictures of people working among this sea of red. Do capture a variety of shots of the workers in action, the village workshops, shooting images of the incense-making process. Taking more images of the friendly locals who have worked on producing incense in this village for generations. Your tour guide will give you informatin about the Worshipping Culture and Religions in Vietnam. Witness the mesmerizing art of incense making as skilled artisans demonstrate each step, from bamboo chopping to dyeing the sticks and crafting the aromatic incense paste.
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Nestled in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, this narrow alley attracts travelers hoping to snap a picture on the active train track, and even catch a train whizz by! This alley is actually a residential area—many locals have converted their houses into quaint little cafes where you can sip on traditional egg coffee while waiting for the train to pass by—which happens a handful of times throughout the day. Be careful though, as the street can get really busy.
You will absolutely love this place, not only for its uniqueness and creativity, but also because of their curiosity about how products are made here. Quang Phu Cau incense toothpick making village is famous not only for its aesthetics and uniqueness, but also for its craftsmanship and tradition. If you can see with your own eyes how the people here create an incense stick product, visitors will certainly find it even more interesting and love this place even more. From steps such as choosing vases, bundling toothpicks, dyeing products,... all are done meticulously and thoroughly.
Quang Phu Cau Village has become one of the most prominent incense sticks craft villages in the outskirts of the Hanoi. When coming to Hanoi's incense village in Quang Phu Cau commune, you will easily see the beauty imprinted with the imprint of a Northern Delta village in the past but still mixed with modernity.
Hanoi old quarter, Tour guide and driver will bring you back Hanoi old quarter and drop at your hotel, and end of the trip from Incense village to Hanoi old quarter where your hotel located spending about 1 hour driving.
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Pickup Locations & Times
Our guide and driver will pick up all clients at hotel in Hanoi old quarter at 1.30 pm in case clients stay outside Hanoi old quarter must confirm and let us know before one day tour departure
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(8)
Timmy was very generous with his time. He has one of the most valuable assets in a guide and that is a passion for his work. We enjoyed his tour to the village immensely. We learned a lot about Vietnam in the process.
Worst tour booked on viator. Horrible driver and a kid as a tour guide who has no knowledge about anything. Don't book this tour.
We thoroughly enjoyed our half day tour with Timmy to the Incense Village. We were able to see the sticks, dyed and drying outside giving us a beautiful backdrop for photos as well as how the incense is actually "attached" or "applied" to the bamboo stick for burning. Neither of us have Instagram so while we really enjoyed the tour and Timmy, we felt this wasn't necessarily something we would do again or fully recommend (we don't have Instagram type friends...) It was a long drive, beautiful and we got to see the countryside, but long drive for what the tour was. There were definitely people there who went solely for the 'gram (we truly hate those type of people...) to the extent one couple had a drone so they could get an aerial photo - mind you, the space is probably 100ftx100ft so even that drone felt excessive. (Those there for the 'gram didn't even do anything BUT outside photos. They didn't care how it was made, dyed, stored.) It's really a destination for those who want to pose for photos and that's about it. I'm giving it a five star review because the above is a lifestyle, we thought there would be more about the making but we were shown the entire process, it just wasn't long, but we truly saw the process AND had a great guide. He offered to be our photographer and while we did get a few photos, we had to emphasize we were there for the tour and not a photoshoot. Timmy was our guide and driver. After the incense village he took us to a classic Bun Cha restaurant - the Obama/bourdain one. It was delish and thought it was cool they boxed off their table as a relic. Again, not photo people but the whole thing was cool - we actually sat right next to their table. Timmy was not only informative about the village, but he gave us a nice tour during the drive and explained a bit when we ate. If we had known Timmy offered other tours we definitely would have considered them also. He was just a great guide.
Dear Rebecca! Greeting from Viet Unique Tours, thank you very much for travelling with us, so we were happy while reading your review posting on TripAdvisor, so thank you very for spending time to leave great review for our service, our team day by day to try bringing better service to value customers, we are happy due to our tour meet your expectations, one more time would like to serve you again. Wish all the best to you and family. Regards Hoang Tiep
A great way to experience the incense village, a great photo spot. We were picked up promptly in a clean car with an infant seat, and our guide Timmy added much to the experience with commentary and helped with the photos.
Timmy provided me with an amazing experience. It was a solo tour and he explained so much about Hanoi and Vietnam during the drive. All of his information made. E eager to plan a return trip. He is a great photographer and captured phenomenal shots of me. It was 100% a worthwhile experience!
Thank you for choosing Half day tour Quang Phu Cau incense village with Viet Unique tour All of us were being happy when our service meet your expection and you were enjoy tour and special you spend your valua time when to post review us on Tripadvisor. It’s the world’s largest travel site, helping millions of visitors every month plan the perfect trip. Our travellers often tell us how helpful it is to read past travellers' reviews before selecting their own experiences. And we're always eager to hear what you liked and how we can improve. Thanks again, and we hope to see you again soon.
We had a great experience with Viet Unique Tour, only halfday but it was very impressive, our driver was very enthusiastic and helped us take a lot of beautiful pictures, lunch was simple but very delicious, my family was very happy and thanks our tour guide for giving me truly relaxing moments in Hanoi, we would like to recommend this tour to you who have limit time in Hanoi but would like to see the lives of local people and the countryside outside of Hanoi, truly a memorable experience with great photos.
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Great trip in incense village, short trip but very impressive and so good experience, incense stick village was existing about 100 years. we got so many beautiful pictures. we walked around about 1 hour and know more about daily life of local here, mainly their job is making incense for domestic and exporting but now we saw many tourists coming I guess in near future this village will become attractive places for people want to see suburb of Hanoi and limit time to see nice place in half day tour. Highly recommend :)
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We had a really meaningful and wonderful trip. The tour guide Timmy picked up in the old town and took about 1 hour to go to Qang Phu Cau incense village, a village on the out of Hanoi. We were really impressed about the trip, from start to finish the journey was perfect, the tour guide was very professional and friendly, lunch was a bit late but the food was delicious, the car was extremely clean, and especially we had time very meaningful and valuable half day, thank you Timmy for giving us a wonderful experience!
Thank you very much from Viet Unique Tours Greeting from Viet Unique, thank so much for used and traveled with us, to take care your family making the trip unforgetable time in Vietnam that is our aim and we want all our service will meet your expextation, which is our target, again thank you very much and looking forward you get back Vietnam soon. Regards Hoang Timmy
