Mai Chau Ecolodge

What Mai Chau Ecolodge does

Mai Chau Ecolodge is a privately-held eco-lodge located on Pom Pu Hill in Na Phon village, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam, approximately 135km southwest of Hanoi. Founded in 2014 (the company also references 15 years of operating experience), the property sits on roughly 2 hectares and operates 54 rooms across 21 independent bungalows built in traditional Thai stilt-house architecture, using local renewable materials including Loi tree wood ceilings, palm leaf roofs, and jackfruit wood bathtubs. It is part of the Asia Ecolodge chain under parent Emotion Vietnam Group (Chairman Nguyen Manh Hoa); on-site leadership includes Director Trinh Thu Huyen and General Manager Du Quang Huy. The lodge runs on solar energy with biomass as a secondary source, treats wastewater for garden irrigation, and enforces a plastic-free, no-television policy.

The property generates revenue across five streams: accommodation (six room categories from Superior to President, at published rates of USD 92–300 per night), food and beverage (The Orchid Restaurant, Panorama Bar), curated activities and tours (cycling, trekking, farming, spa, cultural excursions), MICE and events (meetings, weddings, team-building for up to 100 guests), and transportation (daily shuttle bus at USD 27 round trip; private car transfers USD 110–120 one way). Distribution combines direct booking via the maichau.ecolodge.asia website, two sales offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, international tour operator partnerships (80% of guests are foreign travelers from Europe and Australia), and recurring participation in major trade shows (ITB Berlin, WTM London, Top Resa Paris). Guest mix includes international eco-tourists, honeymooners, families, MICE groups, weddings, and wellness travelers; local employment is approximately 95% Thai and Dao ethnic staff at roughly 3,500,000 VND per month.

Name

Mai Chau Ecolodge

Legal name

Mai Chau Ecolodge

Website

https://maichau.ecolodge.asia

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mai Chau Ecolodge is a 54-room eco-lodge in Mai Chau Valley, Vietnam, built in traditional Thai stilt-house architecture and operating on solar power. It serves international and domestic eco-tourists, honeymooners, families, and MICE groups via direct booking, two city sales offices, and international tour operator partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Eco-Lodge Hospitality Services

NAICS

Traveler Accommodation (7211), Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Recreational and Vacation Camps (except Campgrounds) (721214)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Eco-Lodges (Low-Impact, Nature-Integrated Lodging) (THAAAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Eco-Resorts (Full-Service Sustainable Resorts in Natural Settings) (THAAAHAB), Luxury Eco-Resorts (THAGACAK), Luxury Eco-Villas & Sustainable Premium Stays (THAMAEAH)

Keywords

• Eco-lodge accommodation
• Sustainable tourism hospitality
• Cultural immersion retreats
• Eco-friendly resort services
• Wellness and spa retreats

Headquarters

HQ city

Na Phon / Na Chieng Village, Mai Chau Commune

HQ country

Vietnam

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Accommodation Revenue: The primary revenue stream comes from room bookings across 54 rooms in 21 independent bungalows. Room categories include Superior Room, Junior Deluxe Room, Deluxe Paddy View, Romance Deluxe Pool View, Suite Room, and President Suite. Rates vary by season, room type, and package. All rates are per room based on two guests, with extra charges for additional guests.
2. Food & Beverage: Revenue from The Orchid Restaurant (breakfast, lunch, dinner), two bars (including Panorama Bar), and special dining experiences such as private candlelight dinners, festive season gala dinners, and cultural dining events.
3. Activities & Tours: Revenue from curated eco-activities including cycling tours, trekking, farming experiences, massage/spa services, and guided cultural excursions to nearby villages, caves, and waterfalls.
4. MICE & Events: Revenue from hosting meetings, conferences, team building events, weddings, and anniversaries for groups of up to 100 people. Includes定制 event planning services, meeting room facilities, and team building programs.
5. Transportation Services: Revenue from shuttle bus service (27 USD per person round trip, 2-day 1-night) and private car transfers (110-120 USD per one-way depending on vehicle size).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Mai Chau Ecolodge operates an eco-friendly resort with 54 rooms across 21 independent bungalows built in traditional Thai stilt-house architecture using local renewable materials and powered by solar energy. The property offers on-site dining at The Orchid Restaurant, swimming pool, spa, two bars, MICE facilities for up to 100 guests, curated eco-activities (cycling, farming, traditional dance), shuttle transfers from Hanoi, and themed packages for honeymoons, families, wellness retreats, and romantic getaways.

Product overview

Mai Chau Ecolodge is an eco-accommodation resort operating 54 rooms across 6 room categories (Superior, Junior Deluxe, Deluxe Paddy View, Romance Deluxe Pool View, Suite, and President) built in traditional Thai stilt-house architecture. The property offers on-site dining at The Orchid Restaurant, a swimming pool, and spa services. Guests can book activity add-ons including cycling tours, massage treatments, farming experiences, and traditional dance performances. The lodge also provides MICE services (meetings, team building, weddings) for up to 100 guests, along with curated packages like honeymoons, family getaways, eco-retreats, and seasonal promotions. Transportation services include shuttle bus and private car transfers from Hanoi.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Superior Room 30m² rooms in two-story thatched-roof bungalows with bamboo interiors, air conditioning, queen-size or twin beds, and private balcony overlooking gardens and paddy fields. Designed for guests seeking standard eco-friendly accommodation in traditional Thai stilt-house architecture.
• Junior Deluxe Room 40m² rooms with mountain views, private veranda, king-sized or twin beds, stone en-suite bathroom with wooden bathtub and outdoor shower. Targeted at guests seeking upgraded eco-lodge comfort with mountain scenery.
• Deluxe Paddy View 40m² rooms with paddy field views, private veranda, freestanding wooden bathtub and outdoor natural stone shower. Designed for guests seeking immersive rice-paddy scenery.
• Romance Deluxe Pool View 40m² romantic rooms designed for couples with private veranda and personal plunge pool, featuring king-sized bed, wooden bathtub and outdoor shower. Targeted at honeymooners and couples seeking private romantic settings.
• Suite Room 40m² suites with panoramic valley views from private veranda, featuring Thai ethnic décor, stone bathroom, wooden bathtub and private plunge pool. Targeted at guests seeking premium eco-lodge accommodation with panoramic views.
• President Bungalow 80m² premium bungalow offering the best views, featuring living room, bar space, bamboo furnishings, freestanding wooden bathtub, outdoor shower and private plunge pool. Targeted at VIP guests and premium leisure travelers.
• The Orchid Restaurant On-site restaurant offering local Northwest Vietnamese cuisine with indoor and outdoor balcony seating overlooking rice fields and mountains. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner; serves zero-km produce sourced from local farming. Targeted at all resort guests and walk-in diners.
• The Pool Swimming pool with palm trees and sun loungers, featuring a long bar with local and international drinks. Available to resort guests.
• MICE & Events Meetings, conferences, team building, weddings, and celebrations with a 120m² meeting room for up to 100 people. Includes custom event planning services, meeting facilities with modern equipment, and team building programs. Targeted at corporate groups, event organizers, and wedding planners.
• Half/Full Day Mai Chau Cycling Tour Guided half-day or full-day cycling tours through local villages showcasing Thai ethnic culture and landscape. Available to resort guests and external visitors.
• Massage & Spa Services Traditional Thai deep relaxing massage and herbal spa treatments using local medicinal plants, provided by locally trained therapists who received professional training in Hanoi after recruitment. Available to resort guests and external visitors.
• Farming Work Experience Hands-on farming activities with local farmers including sowing, plowing, and gardening work depending on season. Targeted at guests seeking authentic cultural and agricultural immersion.
• Traditional Dance Performances Evening Xoe dance and bamboo dance performances showcasing Thai ethnic culture, with guest participation opportunities. Targeted at resort guests seeking cultural immersion.
• Honeymoon Specials Package 2-night honeymoon package in Deluxe Room with breakfast and nature activities starting at USD 110 per night. Targeted at couples celebrating honeymoons and romantic milestones.
• Romantic Getaways Package Romantic package including Deluxe Paddy View accommodation, candlelight dinner, champagne, floral decorations, free bike and pool use, all taxes included. Priced from USD 264 (May–September) to USD 295 (October–April) for 2 nights. Targeted at couples seeking romantic escapes.
• Family Getaway Package Family package for 2 adults and 1 child including Junior Double room, shuttle bus, set menu dinner, buffet breakfast, local experience tour, extra bed for child 5-11 years, traditional dance show, free bikes and pool access. Priced at USD 270 per room. Targeted at Vietnamese families from Hanoi and surrounding areas.
• Eco-Tour Retreat Package

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 80% of guests are international (European and Australian) travelers, demonstrating strong appeal to eco-conscious foreign tourists
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ITB Berlin (Trade Show Organizers)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2025Mai Chau Ecolodge participates in ITB Berlin 2025 (March 4-6, 2025) at Booth No.313 Hall 26. The world's leading travel trade show attracts over 10,000 exhibitors and thousands of attendees from more than 180 countries. The ecolodge aims to showcase its offerings, build partnerships with travel agencies and tour operators, and learn about industry innovations.
• Asiatica FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Mai Chau Ecolodge coordinates with Asiatica Foundation for the annual 'Village of Cheerful Laughter' community support program. The initiative provides charitable donations, educational support, and volunteer activities to underserved communities in remote areas of Vietnam, including Na Nieng Hamlet in Cao Bang Province.
• Ecoclub.comcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2014Mai Chau Ecolodge became an official member of Ecoclub.com in October 2014. This membership emphasizes the ecolodge's commitment to four core ecological criteria: closeness to nature, environmental protection, cultural preservation, and sustainable tourism. Ecoclub.com is a mutual supporting global network established in 1999 to promote ecological and responsible tourism.
• RTC Vietnam (Responsible Tourism Community)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2014Mai Chau Ecolodge participated as a supporting member in RTC Vietnam's 2-day workshop on 'Responsible Tourism Practices for Travel Agencies' in July 2014. The workshop focused on minimizing negative impacts of mass tourism, community support, cultural preservation, and environmental protection. The ecolodge served as the host destination for this educational event.
• Local Brocade, Wine, and Wicker Workshops (Lac, Pom Coong, Na Cut villages)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMai Chau Ecolodge collaborates with local artisan workshops in Lac, Pom Coong, and Na Cut mountain villages including brocade weaving, wine making, and wicker crafts. The ecolodge releases tour maps guiding tourists to visit and purchase goods and souvenirs from these workshops, supporting local artisan livelihoods.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pu Luong Retreats: Pu Luong Retreats is a boutique eco-retreat in the Pu Luong Nature Reserve, Thanh Hoa Province, less than 50km from Mai Chau. It competes directly for eco-tourists seeking authentic nature-immersed bungalow stays with cultural village experiences, ethnic-minority community integration, and similar mid-premium pricing.
• Topas Ecolodge: Topas Ecolodge is a mountain eco-lodge in Sapa, Vietnam offering 41 bungalow rooms built from local stone and wood in ethnic style. It is the closest direct competitor to Mai Chau Ecolodge in the northern Vietnam eco-lodge category, targeting the same international eco-conscious traveler base with comparable nightly rates and cultural immersion experiences.
• Hoi An Trails Resort & Spa: Hoi An Trails Resort & Spa is a boutique resort near Hoi An offering villa-style accommodation, spa, and cultural activity programming. As a Vietnamese mid-premium resort with cultural immersion and small-scale operations, it is comparable in product format, target customer profile, and experiential offering to Mai Chau Ecolodge.
• Sapa Jade Hill Resort & Spa: Sapa Jade Hill is a mountain resort complex in Sapa featuring villas and bungalows nestled into hillside terrain, competing for the same leisure and nature-immersed traveler demand in northern Vietnam. Its product mix (villas, spa, MICE) overlaps with Mai Chau Ecolodge's core offerings.
• Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa: Victoria Sapa is a 150-room mountain resort in Sapa with a French colonial hill-station feel, attracting similar international and domestic tourists to northern Vietnam's mountain destinations. It targets overlapping traveler segments with Mai Chau Ecolodge but at a larger scale and broader-service positioning.

Regional players

• Belmond La Résidence Phou Vao: Belmond La Résidence Phou Vao is a luxury mountain-view hotel in Luang Prabang, Laos with heritage architecture and spa. As a Southeast Asian hill-resort property catering to high-end international travelers through similar tour-operator networks, it is comparable in guest profile and positioning though it does not compete geographically with Mai Chau Ecolodge.

Broad incumbents

• Six Senses Ninh Van Bay: Six Senses Ninh Van Bay is a global luxury eco-resort brand property in Vietnam offering beachfront villas with strong sustainability credentials. It competes for international wellness- and eco-oriented luxury travelers to Vietnam but at a higher price point and with broader international brand recognition.
• Four Seasons The Nam Hai: Four Seasons The Nam Hai is a luxury beachfront resort in Hoi An with villas, spa, and multiple F&B outlets. While not an eco-lodge, it is a top-tier international luxury property in Vietnam competing for the same high-yield inbound international traveler and tour-operator relationships as Mai Chau Ecolodge.
• Banyan Tree Lang Co: Banyan Tree Lang Co is a luxury resort in central Vietnam with lagoon villas, spa, and golf. As part of an established international luxury hospitality brand, it targets overlapping premium international leisure demand to Vietnam and competes for tour-operator shelf space and inbound traveler itineraries.
• Amanoi: Amanoi is a luxury Aman resort in Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam with pavilions and villas in a nature reserve setting. While ultra-luxury and broader in service scope than Mai Chau Ecolodge, it competes for the same high-end international guest pool seeking Vietnamese nature-immersive luxury and cultural authenticity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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