In the afternoon, you take a leisurely bike ride to Ky Son, Tam Son, Van Minh and Cham farming village communities where you will get to experience the local life and learn about agricultural activities. You can stop at any house for a cup of tea while having a conversation with the locals about their daily life. If you want to better understand the life of a farmer, you can also participate in agricultural activities such as plowing or making rice beds, transplanting seedlings, harvesting rice (or cassava, corn, sweet potatoes…) depending on the harvest season. You will also get to collect tea and fragrant medicinal herbs necessary for your steam bath later in the afternoon and the foot “spa” in the late evening.

We return to the Moon Garden for happy hour. While waiting for your steam bath to be prepared, you can enjoy your drink and taste some of the local products such as maize, sweet potato, cassava, peanuts, etc, depending on season. The refreshing steam bath itself has fragrant herbs (lemon grass, pomelo leaves, holy basil leaves) that emit a soothing aroma. After your steam bath, your delicious dinner will be served at the Homestay for you to enjoy.

After dinner, you can witness the local worship as well enjoy a footbath in warm water with ginger, salt and mugwort medicinal herbs. You can then retire in your own time to enjoy a deep, refreshing sleep.

To learn more about the local daily life, you can participate to the daily work at home or on the fields with the farmers or you can go with the guide to the Thuy Phieu communal house, one of the oldest communal house of Vietnam, more than 500 years old. Or you can ride a bike to Thuy An Village to visit the disabled, homeless children living at the orphanage.  Lunch is served at one of the families in the village.

In the afternoon, you will get the chance to learn how to make a bamboo basket or Vietnamese traditional hat as well the local cake “Banh nep” with the local people. You will have dinner and spend the rest of the night at the Homestay.