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Tour in Sapa, including Guided batik workshop with a local H’mong artisan and All materials and tools (fabric, beeswax, tjanting tool. Run by Saigonese Trekking House, booked direct rather than through a reseller.
Highlights
- Runs 2.5 hours
- Guided batik workshop with a local H’mong artisan
- All materials and tools (fabric, beeswax, tjanting tool, natural indigo dye, etc.)
- Personalized batik artwork to take home
- English-speaking guide or translator (if needed)
- Tea or herbal drink during the session
H'Mong traditional beeswax batik in Sapa: Key Facts
| Price | From $32.5 per person |
|---|---|
| Duration | 2.5 hours |
| Languages | English |
| Tour type | Guided Tour |
| Booking | Direct with the local operator — no OTA markup |
Full description
This is a 2.5-hour experience in Sapa. It is run by Saigonese Trekking House, an operator we book with directly rather than through a reseller, which is why we can hold your place with them before we treat your booking as final.
The price covers Guided batik workshop with a local H’mong artisan, All materials and tools, Personalized batik artwork to take home, guide or translator and Tea or herbal drink during the session. It does not cover Transportation to/from the workshop location, Personal expenses and Travel insurance, so budget for those separately. Everything included is listed in full on this page; if something is not on that list, assume it is not in the price.
Saigonese Trekking House sends the meeting point and time by email as soon as the booking is confirmed. We need at least one day's notice, and we confirm the date with Saigonese Trekking House before treating your booking as final. If they cannot take your date we tell you and refund you rather than leave you waiting.
Includes
- Guided batik workshop with a local H’mong artisan
- All materials and tools (fabric, beeswax, tjanting tool, natural indigo dye, etc.)
- Personalized batik artwork to take home
- English-speaking guide or translator (if needed)
- Tea or herbal drink during the session
Excludes
- Transportation to/from the workshop location
- Personal expenses
- Travel insurance
Important information
Meeting point
Saigonese Trekking House sends the meeting point and time by email as soon as the booking is confirmed.
Know before you go
- Free cancellation available up to 24 hours before the activity starts
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Traveler Reviews
It was very nice crafting activity that we enjoyed a lot. We got to paint 2 material pieces. There is a day waiting time because to colour materials they use natural dye and bleach with boiling water. Then pieces need to dry for a few hours. Though, a guide is very sweet and knowledgeable 💕🎉
We had a wonderful afternoon learning how to create our Batik designs with Linh. She was a kind, patient, encouraging teacher and shared a lot about her village, family and their habits. While we went for the fun craft experience, it turned out to be much more enriching and enjoyable than we imagined it would be. Side note: the food served at the café was also incredible! highly recommend to stay for a meal!
The guide was amazing! Friendly, knowledgeable, and engaging!
We loved the process of creating our own designs and then using the bees wax to make the patterns. Our teacher sisi was fantastic and we even walked away buying some of the tools so we can do it again at home!
Excellent activity very relaxing and our teacher was very interesting and Kind
Su was a great teacher! Had a good time learning to draw
vert good activity. I would really recommend. lovely teacher and you can have your own batik
We wanted the peaceful nature of doing something creative, taught the technique well. Maybe some more information about the tradition of it and where the bees are and what they do etc would have been good but was still an easy activity to do! Would have preferred to do it outside not the inside room which had a lot of mosquitos but otherwise fun. Liked that we can take our designs home! Be prepared that it takes at least 24 hours to soak dry and get back, so factor that in if you’re aiming to move on
Nous avions réservé pour l'activité peinture avec cire d'abeille et c'était vraiment très sympa. Un grand merci à Chili, notre guide, pour son sourire et sa patience. Elle nous a tout d'abord donné de bon conseils pour peindre puis nous a laissé en autonomie. Je recommande fortement. Merci Chili
A note that the art product needs to be collected later on would have been good
It was very intimate and exciting learning about the culture of the art craft.
L’animatrice était très sympa Activité idéale à faire quand il pleut Il serait bien d’avoir un peu plus de détails sur l’histoire du Batik