4D3N Immersive Tour – Live with Ethnic Minorities & Discover a Vietnamese Coffee Farm
- Lâm Đồng
07/08/2025 - 10/08/2025
Embark on a 4-day, 3-night immersive journey into the heart of Vietnam’s Central Highlands, where you’ll live alongside the K’Ho ethnic minority and discover the authentic farm-to-cup process of Vietnamese coffee. This community-based, eco-experience tour invites you to stay in traditional stilt houses and rustic farmstays, participate in every step of coffee cultivation—from hand-picking cherries to roasting and tasting—and engage deeply with local culture through hands-on workshops, forest walks, and vibrant cultural exchange nights featuring gong music and rice wine. You’ll also explore local markets, learn about sustainable agriculture, and share meals prepared with fresh, regional ingredients. Perfect for cultural explorers, coffee lovers, and those seeking meaningful connections, this tour offers a rare opportunity to support local livelihoods, preserve cultural heritage, and experience the natural beauty and hospitality of Lam Dong’s highland communities.
What's Included
- Cultural experiences (welcome ritual, forest walk, rice wine brewing, embroidery, gong music night)
- 3 nights in traditional homestay (Elon Farmstay & K’Ho stilt house)
- Travel insurance, bottled water, small souvenir gift (your own roasted coffee)
- Coffee farm & processing activities (farm walk, harvesting, roasting, tasting)
- Local guides & translators
- All transfers within itinerary
- 6 meals with local ingredients (lunches & dinners)
What's Not Included
- Additional activities or excursions not specified in the itinerary
- Personal expenses (snacks, souvenirs, laundry)
- Alcoholic drinks beyond those provided (beer, banana wine, rice wine at meals)
- Transport to/from Da Lat city at the start/end of tour
- Visa fees and travel documents (if required)
- Tips for guides/hosts (optional)
Itinerary
- 10:00 - 12:00 : Cultural exchange: learn about K’Ho beliefs, daily life
- 07:00 - 08:00 : Breakfast at Elon Farmstay
- 16:00 - 17:30 : Hands-on: Brew traditional rice wine & embroider ethnic patterns
- 12:00 - 13:00 : Lunch with host family, highland specialties
- 14:00 - 16:00 : Guided forest walk: explore herbs, plants, natural ecosystem
- 09:00 - 09:30 : Check-in at traditional stilt house, meet host family
- 08:00 - 09:00 : Transfer to K’Ho ethnic village (1 hour)
- 19:00 - 21:00 : Cultural exchange night: gong music, rice wine, storytelling - Overnight at stilt house homestay
- 18:00 - 19:00 : Dinner by the fire
- 09:30 - 10:00 : Welcome ritual led by village elders, introduction to local customs
- 16:00 - 17:00 : Return to homestay for rest
- 07:30 - 08:00 : Local-style breakfast (sticky rice, corn porridge)
- 19:00 - 21:00 : Dinner & informal sharing, free time - Overnight at stilt house homestay
- 08:00 - 11:30 : Coffee processing: washing, drying, hand-shelling, traditional roasting
- 11:30 - 12:30 : Picnic lunch under the coffee trees
- 17:00 - 19:00 : Cooking session: prepare dinner with host family
- 14:00 - 16:00 : Coffee workshop: cupping session (Arabica & Robusta), sustainable farming, fair trade practices
- 06:00 - 07:30 : Early start: Handpick coffee beans with your host on hillside farm
- 15:00 - 16:00 : Coffee processing: washing, drying, milling
- 11:30 - 12:00 : Welcome drink & check-in at Elon Farmstay
- 12:00 - 13:00 : Lunch with fresh, local ingredients
- 08:00 - 11:30 : Transfer from Da Lat city to Elon Farm (3.5 hours)
- 13:00 - 15:00 : Guided coffee plantation walk: learn about Robusta cultivation, hand-pick coffee cherries (in harvest season)
- 17:00 - 18:00 : Brewing workshop: Vietnamese drip & espresso methods, guided tasting
- 19:30 - 21:00 : Optional: Mulberry planting & silkworm farming, visit Linh Ẩn Pagoda - Overnight at Elon Farmstay
- 16:00 - 17:00 : Roasting session: hands-on roasting & learn flavor profiles
- 18:30 - 19:30 : Dinner with Elon Farm owners, light beer/banana wine
- 10:00 - 11:30 : Depart for Da Lat city (arrive ~11:30)
- 08:00 - 09:30 : Visit ethnic minority weekly market: shop for handmade crafts, specialties
- 07:00 - 08:00 : Breakfast
- 09:30 - 10:00 : Farewell session: receive your own roasted coffee, group photo
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