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Hiking Muong Lay Dien Bien

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  • May 28, 2025
Muong Lay, a mountainous district of Dien Bien province offers great fun trekking homestay tours, hiking, walking experience in the north west region of Vietnam. Look for some jungle trek, trekking homestay, hill tribe trek in an off the beaten path destination in Vietnam? Muong Lay might be a perfect choice.
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Muong Lay, a mountainous district of Dien Bien province offers great fun trekking homestay tours, hiking, walking experience in the north west region of Vietnam. Look for some jungle trek, trekking homestay, hill tribe trek in an off the beaten path destination in Vietnam? Muong Lay might be a perfect choice.

Muong Lay district covers an area of 1826 square kilometres. It contains 1 township and 14 communes including Muong Lay, Cha Nua, Cha To, Huoi Leng, Hua Ngai, Ma Thi Ho, Muong Muon, Muong Tung, Na Sang, Nam Khan, Pa Ham, Phin Ho, Sa Long, Sa Tong, and Si Pa Phin.

Getting to Muong Lay district
Muong Lay is well known with Da River that flows through and the place where settled the Thai Trang (White Thai) Ethnic Group. Muong Lay is called the princess of the North West of Vietnam with her charming beauty that captivates everyone.

Traveling by road from Hanoi to Muong Lay is a great way to discover the north west Vietnam. Take the national road #6 Hanoi, Son La to Muong Lay. You can also reach this area by following the other national road #32 or the new highway from Hanoi to Lai Chau, then to Muong Lay. The stretch of road goes uphill and downhill alternately with many sharp bends.

Muong Lay Weather
The district climate is monsoon tropical in altitude with low temperature and few rain in winter, hot and heavy rain in summer, Vietnam weather. Average annual temperature is 21-230C, lowest temperatures occur from December to February of the following year (14-180C), from April to September average temperature is 250C. Dry season lasts from October to April of the following year.

Trekking, hiking in Muong Lay Dien Bien
Hiking is the best way to discover the district of Muong Lay. Trekking travel offers you the chance to explore Muong Lay tropical forest, luxuriant mountains, remote hill tribe villages. Whether it is a single day hike or multi day treks we have something to suit everybody. Maybe you just want to trek through the primitive forest, remote hill tribe villages or maybe you really want to get away from the crowds we can customize an itinerary for you.

We can combine most Vietnam treks in Muong Lay with other activities such as road cycling, mountain bike tours, charity projects, educational, student travel, community, volunteer works. If you need any further information or you can’t see what you are looking for please contact us we will be happy to help.

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Dien Bien Packages
Take a look at some of the top Dien Bien hiking packages including Dien Bien hiking tours, trekking homestay are customized for small group tours, and family adventure holidays in northwest Vietnam. Traveling these all-inclusive packages you will discover the province of Dien Bien as well as other non-touristy places in the north west region of Vietnam northern highlands.

Trekking Tour in Ha Giang 10 Days
Trekking Tour in Ha Giang 10 Days

The goal of man is to always be the best in everything. The more challenging mountains one conquers, the more thrilling and proud one feels, especially for adventure travelers.
With only 2.427 m, Tay Con Linh is not the highest mountain in Vietnam, but it is a wild mountain where not many people have ventured. We'll be passing through lonely regions with sparse populations that are practically cut off from the rest of the world. We will pass through a primitive woodland at the top, with constantly changing landscapes. Tay Con Linh is also located in the Kingdom of Terraced Fields, so if you conquer it, you'll also get to view the magnificent work of art that the indigenous hill tribes have produced there.

Duration: 8 - 12 days
Country: Vietnam
Trekking from Mai Chau to Phu Luong Nature Reserve 10 Days
Trekking from Mai Chau to Phu Luong Nature Reserve 10 Days

This trip offers some of the most breathtaking natural scenery in all of North Vietnam. Adventuresome travelers can explore and enjoy the stunning limestone mountain ranges of Pu Luong Nature Reserve, the picturesque rice terrace paddy, the stunning natural beauty of Mai Chau – Xa Linh Nature Reserve, and the opportunity to visit a Thai and Muong ethnic minority.
Additionally, visitors get to connect with and stay with Muong, Thai homestay tribes, partake in live music performances, and consume traditional cuisine. While trekking on a combination of well-maintained single-track paths and rugged, undulating jeep trails, we saw beautiful scenery as we traveled through villages and over lush rice paddies. 
The nicest views may be seen by hiking through the center of the Phu Luong nature reserve, which is home to a wide range of unusual plants and animals in the limestone mountain forest.

Duration: 8 - 12 days
Country: Vietnam
Hiking from Cuc Phuong to Ngoc Son Ngo Luong Natural Area 9 Days
Hiking from Cuc Phuong to Ngoc Son Ngo Luong Natural Area 9 Days

Trekking for nine days offers some of the most breathtaking natural scenery in North Vietnam. Adventurous travelers can explore and enjoy the stunning limestone mountain ranges of Pu Luong Nature Reserve, the picturesque rice terrace paddy of Ngoc Son Ngo Luong Nature Reserve, and one of the largest national parks, Cuc Phuong. Additionally, visitors get to connect with and stay with Muong, Thai homestay tribes, partake in live music performances, and consume traditional cuisine.

Duration: 8 - 12 days
Country: Vietnam
Hiking Tour at Phu Luong Nature Reserve 9 Days
Hiking Tour at Phu Luong Nature Reserve 9 Days

This trip offers some of the best natural scenery in all of North Vietnam. Adventuresome travelers can explore and enjoy the stunning limestone mountain ranges of Pu Luong Nature Reserve, the picturesque rice terrace paddy, the stunning natural beauty of Mai Chau – Xa Linh Nature Reserve, and the opportunity to visit a Thai and Muong ethnic minority.
Additionally, visitors get to connect with and stay with Muong, Thai homestay tribes, partake in live music performances, and consume traditional cuisine. While trekking on a combination of well-maintained single-track paths and rugged, undulating jeep trails, we saw beautiful scenery as we traveled through villages and over lush rice paddies.
The nicest beauty may be seen when hiking through the center of the Phu Luong nature reserve, which is home to a wide diversity of unique plants and animals in the limestone mountain forested areas.

Duration: 8 - 12 days
Country: Vietnam
Amazing Ha Giang Hiking Tour 10 Days
Amazing Ha Giang Hiking Tour 10 Days

tucked away at the base of the towering Tay Con Linh Mountain chains. Eastern Vietnam's province of Ha Giang. The remarkable natural landscape of the Hoang Su district is being preserved, as is the unique cultural legacy of the ethnic minority population.

Country: Vietnam
Hiking in Quang Binh Ha Giang's Bac Ha Tour 8 Days
Hiking in Quang Binh Ha Giang's Bac Ha Tour 8 Days

Magnificent, stunning scenery and the untamed wilderness of Quang Binh and Xin Man Districts in the far north of Ha Giang Province. learning about and experiencing the distinct cultures and ways of life of the local tribal ethnic people. Highlight: Bac Ha, Xin Man, and Quang Binh.
tucked away at the base of the commanding Tay Con Linh Mountain chains. Northeastern Vietnam's province of Ha Giang. The remarkable natural landscape of the Hoang Su district is being preserved, as is the unique cultural legacy of the ethnic minority population.
inhabited by 13 ethnic minorities who have coexisted for ages. As typical as H mong, San Diu, Tay, Nung, and Dao... These peoples have come together to create and maintain both material and intangible cultural assets.They have established lush rice fields that produce enough food for both themselves and the nearby peoples after hundreds of years of hard work.
Ha Giang province in general and Hoang Su district in particular boasts beautiful and distinctive sightseeing sceneries because to these fields.

Duration: 8 - 12 days
Country: Vietnam
Journey by foot from Bac Ha to Thong Nguyen Adventure 7 Days
Journey by foot from Bac Ha to Thong Nguyen Adventure 7 Days

tucked away in the base of the towering Tay Con Linh Range. Northeastern Vietnam's province of Ha Giang. The remarkable natural landscape of the Hoang Su district is being preserved, as is the unique cultural legacy of the ethnic minority population.Contains 13 centuries-old ethnic minorities, including the H'mong Flower, Long Tunics Dao, Nung, Tay, La Chi, and C'Lao tribes; occasionally, you can also encounter the Red Dao and Phu La ethnic groups.
These peoples have come together to create and maintain both material and intangible cultural assets.They have established lush rice fields that produce enough food for both themselves and the nearby peoples after hundreds of years of hard work.

Duration: 5 - 7 days
Country: Vietnam
Wandering Tour from Muong Khuong to Bac Ha 6 Days
Wandering Tour from Muong Khuong to Bac Ha 6 Days

Vietnam is a land of serene village life and breathtaking natural beauty. Its rainforest and highland areas are home to a variety of unusual fauna and are continually producing new species. Its cuisine is arguably the best you will ever find, and its islands and beaches rank among the best in all of Southeast Asia. Vietnam has done an amazing job of healing its scars in the more than two decades after it was formally united. Currently, this elegant and refined nation is a fantastic place to visit.

Duration: 5 - 7 days
Country: Vietnam
Journeying from Cuc Phuong to Ngoc Son Ngo Luong Natural Area 6 Days
Journeying from Cuc Phuong to Ngoc Son Ngo Luong Natural Area 6 Days

Trekking for six days offers some of the most breathtaking natural scenery in North Vietnam. Adventurous travelers can explore and enjoy the stunning limestone mountain ranges of Pu Luong Nature Reserve, the picturesque rice terrace paddy of Ngoc Son Ngo Luong Nature Reserve, and one of the largest national parks, Cuc Phuong.

Duration: 5 - 7 days
Country: Vietnam
Discover the Magnificent Landscape of Central Vietnam 11 Days
Discover the Magnificent Landscape of Central Vietnam 11 Days

Discover the breathtaking beauty of the untouched and mysterious highland central Vietnam for 11 days. This trip is ideal for individuals who enjoy physical and cultural activities.
Travelers who join us on our hiking excursion will have the chance to explore breathtaking landscapes, take in the attractive surroundings, and become engrossed in the folktales of ethnic minorities.

Duration: 8 - 12 days
Country: Vietnam

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