Have you ever had an experience as a real farmer? Let’s join us with harvesting day tour in Duong Lam ancient village, the first and most ancient village in Vietnam to witness the age old manual processes involved in rice harvesting and have fantastic photos.
90% of Duong Lam households still do farming. When May comes, it’s time for them to harvest rice and Duong Lam ancient village is covered with sparkling yellow rice paddies which are ready for harvest when the grain yellows and the start to drop.
During this tour, you will have a great time to enjoy the beauty of sparkling yellow paddies and able to learn about harvest crop in Duong Lam village. You will also be instructed to harvest rice by cutting the rice stalks with an agricultural tool called SICKLE and learning to tie the stalks together.
After harvesting, you can learn how to separate rice from their stalks by a mechanized thresher.
You can also learn the way local people make rice and straw dry.
After learning to harvest rice, you will have chance to cycle around Duong Lam village to experience the peacefulness and spectacular beauty in harvesting season there. It’s also time for lotus pond in Duong lam village showcase its beauty .
You will also visit the most famous destinations in Duong Lam such as Mia Pagoda (almost 500 year – old one), ancient 400 year-old houses built by mud and laterite, 2 national kings’ temples (Phung Hung and Ngo Quyen), 1200 year-old trees (national heritage tree), etc
Quickly grasp this last chance, harvesting season in Duong Lam ancient village lasts for 2 – 3 weeks. So contact us and book a full day tour in the harvesting season.
