This tour across Northern Vietnam will provide you with an unparalleled opportunity to experience a secret part of this amazing nation. Drive through breathtaking scenery, stopping at mountain tribal marketplaces, towns, and historic sites. By visiting Hanoi, Ba Be Lake, Na Bang, Bac Me, Ha Giang, Quang Binh, Bac Ha, and Lung Khau Nhin, you will appreciate and experience the region’s distinct culture. This journey is intended for people who enjoy nature, culture, and exploring new places off the beaten path.
Our tour guide and driver will meet you at your hotel in Hanoi.
The tour starts as soon as we leave the town and travel through the undulating tea plantation landscape and the numerous historic villages connected to the road, which serves as the primary commerce route between the northeastern area and the capital city. This is our first look into rural Vietnam, and it sets the tone for the days to come. Depending on road and traffic circumstances, we should arrive at Ba Be lakes around the mid to late afternoon.
After settling into the hotel, we’ll have some free time to explore the area or just unwind by the lake.
Overnight in Ba Be.
Ba Be Lake
The national park of Ba Be is centered on large Ba Be Lake. Although the name implies “three lakes,” there is only one continuous body of water.
Today, we board our boat and sail around the lake, giving us a taste of tranquility and a delightful visit to the park. Before heading off the usual path to the Dau Dang Waterfalls, we stop at a few hill tribal settlements along the road. We begin our journey to Na Hang Lake after a short stroll down to the waterfall.
Dau Dang Waterfall
Lunch will be provided near the waterfall or wherever recommended by our guide on the spot.
After lunch we will take the boat again to cruise along the river till we reach our vehicle is ready to pick us up and transfer to Ha Giang.
Dinner and overnight in Ha Giang.
Na Hang Lake
Breakfast is served at a nearby guesthouse before travelling for Cao Banh village, where our full-day journey through various hill tribal communities begins.
A picnic lunch will be served on-site.
We will reach in Me Village in the late afternoon and spend the night there.
Dinner and overnight stay in the village.
Ethnic People In Ha Giang
After breakfast, the guide will either take you walking or motorbike riding across the spectacular mountain ranges. You will travel through numerous little settlements on your journey to the mountain peak.
Ha Giang’s scenery
This is a wonderful chance to capture some amazing images and appreciate the location’s breathtaking splendor. After returning to the stilt house, you will eat traditional meals with the family and spend the night with them, speaking and perhaps drinking.
Dinner and overnight stay in the village.
We leave for Bac Ha after saying our goodbyes to the local family.
After arriving in Bac Ha (about 3 hours), you may visit the local market, which is only open on Sundays and sells numerous traditional dishes, drinks, apparel, and handicrafts, as well as local produce like as pigs, dogs, cats, horses, and buffalo. This is fascinating because you get to meet all of the various minority people who are also out shopping.
Bac Ha Market
When you arrive, check into the hotel and spend the rest of the evening at your leisure.
Drive to Muong Khuong, where you’ll find small communities, lush greenery, and rugged mountains along the Nam Thi River.
After a few hours, Muong Khuong arrives and gives a presentation about the region and the trip. To reach Lung Khau Nhin, go southeast via the welcoming villages Na Phin and Na Nam va Chung Chai of H’Mong and Nung .
After lunch in the shade, then proceed to Lung Khau Nhin and overnight stay in a stilt home.
Muong Khuong
Gentle descent on single track and dirt roads through woodland and rural settlements; guide will point out unique places of interest and traditional customs.
After three hours of climbing, take a break for lunch before continuing over the steep terrain to Me Village (H’Mong).
Sleep in the tents or at the local school.
Lung Khau Nhin Market
Following breakfast, hike across the mountainous terrain past rice terraces and tiny settlements. Prepare to get wet – some streams; a picnic lunch; and peaceful trails to our destination. After three hours on the path, we arrived at the village of Quan Than San, H’Mong people.
Stay here for the night.
A day of ups and downs, challenging climbs, exceptional views of the Thang Sin Mountains, distant H’Mong villages; trek to Can Cau Village (Cau Cau Market open on Saturday); climbing up from Can Cau for about 8km through remote villages; spectacular terrain to Thai Giang Pho Village, lunch in the shade; downhill to Bac Ha hotel stay.
Can Cau Market
Bac Ha bustles on a Sunday – market day.
Flower H’Mong, Blue H’Mong, Tu Zi, Tay, Nung, and Lo Lo people all congregate in this tranquil mountain village, adding vitality to this sleepy mountain village.
Ethnic women go to Bac Ha market
1 hour free after breakfast to explore the market, take photos, and buy; descend from the mountain to the settlement on the banks of the Chay River; footpath stroll past plum and peach plantations; lunch stop on a peaceful roadside, shoot the landscape – good stretch
Finish in Nam Mon Village (home of the Tay, Nung, and H’Mong people).
Sleep in a traditional Tay house.
Leave Nam Mon; on the last trekking day of the journey, walk for two hours over trails to reach the Chay River; get on a small covered boat and enjoy a one-hour sail via Hang Tien (Fairy Cave); then explore Ban Du and Cac Cop.
Hang Tien (Fairy Cave)
After finishing the trip in Cac Cop Village, take the boat to Bao Nhai Bridge and proceed to Lao Cai for a basic hotel day room.
Dinner at a local restaurant before returning to Hanoi via night train.
Fairy Cave
Arrive in Hanoi early morning. End of service.
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