You have the opportunity before your hiking day to enjoy your breakfast from the Panhou Retreat restaurant and, if you have get up early, a time in gardens of the eco lodge maintained by the Tays gardeners. You leave Panhou with your local guide at 9am to explore the nearby mountains through tropical forests and rice terraces. After a three hours walk, you are taking a break in a village of the Red Dao for lunch. By necessity, they have sculpted the mountainside and use its water courses to grow rice. These laborious adjustments who enable them to live in the heights, offer you some unique landscapes to contemplate. The cooler climate and fresh water in abundance also contribute to the growth of lush tea trees. You will reach another Red Dao village after a two hours walk that will allow you to discoverthe local vegetation, to meet with the local people and observe them in their daily activities.