Northern Majestic Mountain Adventure 9D8N

7:30pm - 8pm: Get picked up at your hotel in Hà Nội and transferred to the meeting point of the sleeper bus to Hà Giang

Arrive Ha Giang at about 3.30am.

You will take a nap before the tour

8:00: Have breakfast. You will take your necessary stuff for 3 days and bring it along with you during the tour. Your big luggage can be kept at the very first homestay when you arrive Hà Giang.You will get back to this homestay after you finish the tour.

9:30: After breakfast, we take the "Happiness Road" and start driving north out of Ha Giang city. We climb the Quan Ba Bac Sum Pass, entered the Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark, reache the Quan Ba Heaven Gate (The mountain observatory is located above a steep zigzag road with a view of the majestic mountains. with terraced rice fields.) passing Fairy Hill, we continue our journey to Yen Minh climbing a pass covered by pine forest and sweeping the terraces along our driveway and we will have lunch here and continue driving to Tham Ma pass which is a winding pass road located on national highway 4c then we reach Sa Phin where we find one hundred years old palace of Vuong Chinh Duc - King of the H'mong. We will continue to go up to Dong Van Town, stop at Dong Van old town and we go to the top of the mountain to visit the ancient Fort built by the French, then we will stay at a homestay with a local family. ethnic minorities in their home, we will have dinner and breakfast with a host family.

We say thank you to the homestay family and continue our journey to Dong Van market located in the complex of Dong Van old town, the largest exchange of goods and culture in the Dong Van rocky plateau. - Meo Vac

After experiencing at Dong Van market we will continue to go through some of the most majestic mountain passes you will ever see, and we will climb the cliff of death, before moving up the Pass. Ma Pi Leng is one of the four most dangerous mountain passes in Vietnam, continue to move to Mau Due where we have lunch here, we go through the rocky mountain passes and rest to admire the wild beauty. of the majestic natural mountains to go deep into the southern mountains and reach the picturesque Du Gia Village, where there is a waterfall in the middle of a deep green forest created by nature thousands of years ago. We will stay at a homestay with an ethnic minority family. In their homestay we will have dinner and breakfast with the family.

After breakfast, we start our journey to the South, say goodbye to Du Gia, we will pass through the soaring mountains below, Duong Thuong valley with wide fields, with high winding passes. then it is low and dangerous, the scenery from Thuong Street to Thuan Hoa is very majestic, crossing the pass along the Song Lo valley to Ha Giang.

4PM: Get on Limousine bus to go to Sapa

10PM: Get dropped off at hotel

Overnight in Sapa

7:30: Have breakfast at your hotel. You will leave your suitcase at the hotel, take the necessary stuff along with you during the trek to the homestay where you will overnight.

8.30-8.45: Trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain.

12.00 – 13.30: Have lunch with delicious Vietnamese dishes made by the family. In the late afternoon, you arrive at Ta Van Village - home of the Dzay ethnic group.

14.30: Check in the homestay; get to know the family of Dzay People. Spend time enjoying the mountain life on Sunset.

In the evening, you can play games and socialize with other tourists, then overnight in Ta Van Village.

7.30: Have breakfast prepared by the family and start a new day with a more interesting trek.

8.45: Keep walking to the rice paddies where you have a nice photo session of the amazing surrounding landscapes; a trek through the bamboo forest; a stop to have a panorama view of Giang Ta Chai village – home of the red Dzao people.

The trekking distance is about 5km and it lasts for 3.5 hours

10.00: Trek through the Giang Ta Chai Bridge to the main road, the bus picks you up to come back to Sapa Town.

12:30 Have lunch. Go back to hotel to take your luggage

14:00: Get on the van to go back to Hanoi with two rest stops. 

20:30: Get dropped off at your hotel at the Old Quarter

Overnight in Hanoi

Are you ready to start a fabulous adventure tour in Vietnam ? Our tour guide will pick you up by car at your hotel in Hanoi old quarter or Mr Linh's Adventures office around 7:30 - 8:00am, transferring you to Lang Son. We will start by driving in the direction of the Chinese border for about 3 hours, before stopping at Chi Lang Pass, a 20kmlong gorge created from a narrow valley between two mountains.

This place occupies an important position in Vietnamese history, being the place of many victories against various Chinese invasions over the centuries and millennia, as far back as 981AD. As such it bears the reputation of Vietnam’s strongest citadel and bastion. Here you will have roughly an hour to walk around and explore the area around the Quy Mon Quan Gate, which translates as “The Gate of Monsters”, named for the many invasion forces that would spill through the pass over the course of history only to be beaten back by stalwart Vietnamese defenders.

After lunch at a local restaurant in Dong Dang, you will continue your trip into the pass, stopping to visit Mother’s Temple and Dong Khe – an important historical site where The Battle of Dong Khe was fought during the First Indochina War. In fact, this was the very first battle of the Indochina Wars, and the fighting here took place through September and October 1950, ending in a resounding victory for the Viet Minh.

In the evening you will get to enjoy dinner and overnight rest in a local homestay owned and operated by a local Nung family.

Highlights and activities: Chi Lang pass, Quy Mon Quan gate, Dong Khe battle site, ethnic villages, and a 3-5km walk

After enjoying breakfast at the homestay, you will depart for Trung Khanh which lies right on the border with China. Here you will have another chance to meet and interact with the local Nung people living in the village of Phuoc Sen, a mountainous village famous for its traditional blacksmithing. The farming tools made here are an integral part of the lifestyle which is evident in the surrounding rice paddies and fields.

Nestled amongst these amazing landscapes is the breathtaking Ban Gioc Waterfall which spans over 300 meters, split half and half between Vietnam and China. You’ll get some time here to simply take in the amazing atmosphere surrounding the falls, which presents an excellent opportunity for some fantastic photography.

Once you’ve finished at the falls, it’s time to head over to Nguom Ngao Cave, for a very different, but no less impressive natural wonder. The cave stretches for 2,144 meters underground and is brimming with incredible stalactites and stalagmites.

You will then return to Cao Bang town and head down the “snake pass” to Ba Be Lake, where you will stay overnight in a homestay constructed in traditional Tay fashion and owned and operated by a local Tay family. Here you can relax and unwind from the day and enjoy a delicious and authentic home cooked meal.

Highlights and activities: Ban Gioc waterfall, Nguom Ngao cave, Ba Be National Park, ethnic villages

After breakfast, you will board a boat to cross the lake to the north shore. From here you will start a hike in the rainforest of the central area of the Ba Be National Park. Along the shores of the lake, you will reach a prehistoric cave dating back 500 million years, hidden in an ancient forest composed of rare and hard wood trees, as strong as steel.A little further, a fire station allows us to observe the birds.

Resume your hiking to reach the An Ma temple (a sacred temple of the Tay people venerating the snake god and military general of the Mac dynasty).

It is now time to choose how to spend your time on the boat: relax and admire the landscape or take a dip in the fresh waters of the lake? Anyway, enjoy the scenery with its beautiful karst formations lined with jungle.

Note: visitors who do not wish to participate in the walk can ask to stay on the boat to join Widow Island or do some shopping

Return to Ba Be Jungle Houses restaurant for lunch before ending the tour, you will be taken about 230 km back to Hanoi and stop at a tea plantation located among rolling hills. When we arrived in Hanoi, it was time to say goodbye, creating lifelong memories and bonds.

18:00: Arrive at your hotel in Hanoi.

Note: For Hà Giang Loop Tour, there are 2 options: self-riding and easy-rider. Please inform us of the preferable option for the customers.