Hanoi: Salt-Making Village Or Incense Village & Hat Village Morning: Hat Village & Incense Village - Best - SMALL GROUP

Learn Salt-making craft at Bach Long Salt-Making Village. Learn the sand-drying method, participate in the process, and experience the life of a salt farmer. Or Visit Incense Village & Hat Village
Private Tour: Salt Making Village

Nestled along the Giao Thuy coastline, Bach Long Salt-Making Village unfolds like a rustic painting, rich with the essence of coastal life. For generations, this place has been renowned for its traditional salt-making craft—a laborious yet inseparable part of the lives of the local fishing community.

Every year, from March to August, when the salt-making season begins, the entire Bach Long salt field comes alive with the sound of carts rattling, shovels scraping, and the tireless silhouettes of salt farmers braving the blazing sun to produce each glistening white grain of salt. Unlike other places where seawater is directly evaporated, Bach Long uses the sand-drying method—a meticulous and intricate process. Fine layers of sand are spread out, regularly soaked with seawater, and left under the sun so the moisture evaporates, leaving salt crystals clinging to the grains of sand. The sand is then raked, washed, and dried again to yield pure salt. Each stage demands not only skill and patience but also a deep love for the craft.

Under the harsh sun, the salt makers quietly persevere, cherishing each grain of salt as if capturing the very flavor of the sea in their calloused hands. Though the income is modest and heavily dependent on the weather, for many locals, salt-making is more than a livelihood—it is a source of pride and a defining cultural feature of their homeland.

Today, Bach Long Commune still maintains over 60 hectares of salt fields, producing around 10,000 tons annually. Many households have joined the production of clean salt, refined salt, and iodized salt that meet the 3-star OCOP standard. In recent years, the village has embraced a new model that combines salt production with experiential tourism.



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.

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Cette excursion peut être annulée sans frais jusqu'à : heures d'annulation avant le début du voyage. Si vous l'annulez après les heures d'annulation ou si vous ne vous présentez pas à l'excursion, le prix total de l'activité vous sera toujours facturé. Tout retard à la prise en charge ou au départ sera considéré comme un retard.