Hanoi: Incense Village & Hat or Dong Ngo Pagoda +SMALL GROUP PRIVATE: Incense Village & Hat Village & Sculpture Village

Visit Dong Ngo Pagoda & Explore the unique museum, home to thousands of old agricultural stone tools and objects, and learn about the Red River Delta's history. Or Visit Incense Village & Hat Village.
Option: Visit Dong Ngo Pagoda, a unique museum in Vietnam

Visit Dong Ngo Pagoda, a unique museum in Vietnam, located in Tien Tien commune in Hai Duong city, Hai Duong province. Built in 971 during the reign of Emperor Dinh Tien Hoang, Dong Ngo Pagoda is also known as Cuu Pham Pagoda.

Over the past 20 years, Monk Thich Thanh Thang, who oversees the pagoda, has traveled to many places to collect old stone objects that are typical of the northern countryside. He has collected over 2,000 artifacts so far, such as stone mortars, pillars, towers, shafts, steles, and incense burners, weighing a total of nearly 200 tons.

Among the objects on display, stone mortars, stone pillars, and rice mill shafts are the most common, neatly arranged from outside of the entrance to the courtyard inside. They are also used as embankments around the pagoda’s ponds or placed at the base of old trees and walls.

Each stone artifact at the pagoda possesses a certain cultural and historical value and significance. The collection represents the work and daily lives of people in the Red River Delta over the past thousand years.


Option HALF DAY Group Tour : Visit 2 Villages: Conical Hat and Incense Craft Village + Train Street (optional)

Duration: ~ 6 hours
Morning from 7:45~13:30
Afternoon from 11:45~17:30

Discover Vietnamese handicrafts on an immersive, guided tour from Hanoi that will take you to meet a local artisan, discover a historical incense-making village, and learn about the conical hat-making process. Get a unique look at the local culture with this discovery of detailed artisanal crafts.

Start with a pickup from Hanoi’s Old Quarter and head to Chuong, a village that has been well-known for the craft of conical hat-making for over 300 years. Get an observe how conical hats are made and decorate a hat by painting it then bring it home as a souvenir.

Depart for the Quang Phu Cau village, which has been producing incense for more than 100 years. Take a walk to the center of the village and see how locals make incense on the artisanal, family scale. Meet a family who specializes in dyeing incense sticks and take in the colorful bundles of incense.

Back to the city center. First place for drop off: Hanoi Train Street. If you don't want to get drop off here, please wait in the car.

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.