A Community Project
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Goat - Lamb - Rabbit Center
7km from Bavi HomesteadLearn about the history of the institute, visit the feeding fields, feed and study about all different types of animals, how the staff process foods, and the researches related to them. Then enjoy an onsite product (either yogurt, milk or cake ... depend on availability)
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Turtle Communal House
3km from Bavi HomesteadThe Muong people have descended from the Bavi high mountain thousand of years ago to start rice farming. Here they have developed their distinct language, culture, architecture that you can learn about. Join their dance and sings in a spiritual site.
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Bees Farm
0.2km from Bavi HomesteadBorn in 1964, Mrs. Khanh worked as a honey collector since 1995. The small farm had 80 - 100 honey containers, yielding around 500 of honey litters per year. Along with working at Bavi homestead, planting rice, she and her husband had raised 5 loving children.
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Rice & Veggie Farm
0.6km from Bavi HomesteadThe Red River Delta blesses northern Vietnam provinces rich fertile lands, starting our rice civilization some 4000 years ago. Here we learn about rice planting along with diverse activities such as harvesting veggies, making rice cake, sweets, catching fish and enjoying a plentiful meal.
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Dairy Farm
3km from Bavi HomesteadWhile Bavi is notable for its milk and dairy cakes, many challenges are facing Vietnamese farmers to operate a proper farm such as initial high investment to low selling prices and tropical diseases. After walking the field and talking to the owner, we will have a yogurt making class.
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Tea Village
12km from Bavi HomesteadTea was introduce in Phu Tho province during the Hung Kings era. Since then, farmers migrated here at Ba Trai (means 3 communes) village. We will meet with Mr. Hung, a local with 40 years planting tea. Then we will learn picking, processing, drinking tea along with some Vietnamese desserts.
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Ostrich Farm
3km from Bavi HomesteadSince the late 1990s, Vietnam imported 100 ostrich eggs from Zimbabwe to a Bavi breeding center. After a successful hatch of 41 eggs, Bavi continued to be a major hub of Ostrich products such as meat and eggs. Relatively inexpensive and fast maturing, Ostrich farming helped many Bavi farmers to escape poverty.
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Herbal Village
10km from Bavi HomesteadThe Dao people (or Yao/ Mien) has long lived by Bavi forrest as early as 15th century. They experienced hardship during the 2000s due to a forced relocation from the National Park into new village. But with generations of Southern medical knowledge (507 types of medical plants), the village is now booming with herbal exports.
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