Hanoi: Incense Village & Hat Village or Lacquer SMALL GROUP Afternoon: Hanoi Hat Village & Incense Village - SMALL GROUP
ID: GYG1083056-O-1827055
Category:
Country: Vietnam
Duration:
06:00 hours
Description
Explore Vietnamese craft villages on a guided tour from Hanoi. Learn about conical hat-making, incense production, and lacquer art, with an optional drop off at Train Street.
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. Meet your tour guide at the house of a local artisan and observe how conical hats are made.
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.
See the next level of incense production with a tour of a nearby factory. Learn how incense is made from scratch and more about the lives of manual workers. Take home memories of your visit with incense souvenirs from the place they’re produced before returning to Hanoi.
Finish your tour with a drop-off at the famous Train Street or at your hotel.
Highlights
- Immerse yourself in Vietnamese culture with a visit to craft villages
- Learn about the art of conical hat-making from a local artisan
- Discover the process of incense-making in a 100-year-old village
- Visit a lacquer art-making village and see the process firsthand
- Enjoy a home-cooked lunch at a local artisan’s house or riverside restaurant
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The half-day tour does not include lunch, so eat beforehand or bring snacks.
Option for drop-off at Train Street or hotels.
INCLUDED
- Pickup and drop-off from Hanoi’s Old Quarter
- Guided tour of conical hat-making village
- Guided tour of incense-making village
- Visit to lacquer art-making village (full day option)
- Home cooked lunch (full day option)
- Incense souvenirs
- Visit to Chuong Village
- Visit to Quang Phu Cau Incense Village
- Incense making demonstration
- 01 free conical hat for painting in the hat village and take it home as a personalized souvenir, both half day and full day option includes painting free hat
- Some free incense sticks after you made incense sticks yourself
- Bottled water
- All entrance fees
- Professional local tour guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off at your hotel in the Hanoi Old Quarter area
NOT INCLUDED
- Lunch (half-day option)
- Personal expenses and anything not mentioned in inclusions
- Drinks for lunch
- Surcharge for Lunar New Year ( 250.000 vnd / person from 16/02/2026 - 19/02/2026 )
When should I book?
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.
Cancellations
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.
