About this activity:
📅 Duration: 3 days 4 nights
🚗 Transport: Sleeping bus & Car
🕘 Departure: Daily from Hanoi
🛝 Activites: Quan Ba Sky Gate, Fox street, Sung La village, Dong Van old quarter, Mapileng canyon,..
Overview:
- Explore Vietnam’s stunning karst plateau
- Witness the breathtaking Ma Pi Leng Pass and Nho Quế River, nestled in the country’s deepest canyon
- Experience the rich cultures of ethnic groups like the H’Mông, Dao, Lô Lô, and Tày
- Visit Lũng Cú Flagpole, the northernmost point in Vietnam
- Savor delicious local cuisines
Tour itinerary:
📍 Night 1: Hanoi – Ha Giang (Overnight On Sleeping Bus)
19.00-19.30: Pick up from your hotel in Hanoi’s Old Quarter. Start your journey to Ha Giang. Enjoy dinner en route (self-paid). Overnight on a sleeper bus.
📍 Day 1: Ha Giang – Quan Bạ – Yen Minh – Dong Van (B/L/D)
04.00-04.30: Arrive in Ha Giang, Drop you at the motel or homestay for the rest. You will be served a simple breakfast with egg bread or instant noodles.
07h00: Preparation for the beginning of the excursion with Ha Giang karst plateau. You will visit:
- Km0 milestone in Ha Giang city.
- Bac Sum pass, the first pass when you go into the Dong Van Karst Plateau area.
- Next stop is Quan Ba Sky Gate. Enjoy your time here seeing the beauty of Bosom Mountain and all of Tam Son Town from the higher place.
- Lung Tam weaving village and explore the production stages to make brocade.
Noon: Have lunch in a local restaurant. In the afternoon, you will visit:
- Take a picture with Lonely Tree.
- Tham Ma pass where people used to test the power of horses before.
- Pho Cao (Fox street) for watching the unique house of the H’Mong people, with the rock fence bounding it (you can also take pictures with Peach Blossoms and Plum Blossoms on the Tet holiday, and visit Pho Cao Market on Day of the Dog and Day of the Dragon).
- Nine rounds pass.
- Sung La village, visit H’Mong Ancient house – the place where the film “Story of Pao”.
- Visit the King family mansion lying inside a valley of Sa Phin. This is the wealthiest and most powerful family of Dong Van in the early 20th century.
- Lung Cu Flag Pole – the northernmost place of Vietnam.
18.00: Arrive at Dong Van town. Check-in hotel and rest
19.00: Have dinner. You can free for a walk to discover Dong Van old quarter at night or have a cup of coffee (paid by yourself) at the favorite Café in Dong Van named “Café Phố Cổ” or try many kinds of food in Dong Van. Overnight at Dong Van town.
📍 Day 2: Dong Van – Mapileng Pass – Nho Que River – Meo Vac – Du Gia (B/L/D)
07.00: Have breakfast. On Sunday, you will have a chance to join the Dong Van weekly market which is very famous with thousands of Hmong, Dzao, and Tay people with colorful clothes who sell lots of local products.
08.00: Check out and get in the car and continue with:
- Conquer Mapileng pass with spectacular scenery
- Take pictures with Mapileng canyon which is 800 meters deep
- Yacht on Nho Que River and pass to Tu San Canyon (not include the fee of return motorcycle and boat, 15$/person
Noon: Have lunch in Meo Vac town. After Lunch. We will drive through the villages of Lung Phin, Lung Ho, Mau Due, and Lang Khac… where we will have a bit of a stop to take pictures. And stop at Du Gia commune where we will spend a night in a homestay located in the middle of a dreamy green rice field.
18.00: Eat dinner. Free at night. Overnight in Du Gia.
📍 Day 3: Du Gia – Duong Thuong – Lung Khuy Cave – Ha Giang (B/L/D)
07.00: Take a deep breath, enjoy the fresh air of the early morning and eat breakfast.
08.00: Check out and take the road back to Ha Giang. It doesn’t mean the end of attractions, you will have time for hiking in the wonderful scenery of the mountains in Duong Thuong commune. You will visit Lung Tam weaving village and explore the production stages to make brocade. After two hours of driving, we will reach the famous Lung Khuy cave. The cave is around 300m in length with many magnificent stalactites and fancy shapes that will stimulate your imagination.
Noon: Eat lunch in Nam Dam village, a Dao ethnic, the village of houses with clay walls. If the weather is good, you may take a swim at the stream on the way back to Ha Giang. Arrive, Ha Giang. Eat dinner and go to the bus station after that.
17.30: Arrive in Ha Giang. Have dinner at the restaurant. Depending on your booked option, the car and tour guide will:
⇒ With the option of returning to Hanoi by Limousine (seat): The car will take you to the Limousine, check-in, and rest. You self-sufficient dinner on the way back. Arrived in Hanoi around 00:30 am the next day. Tour ends. See you again!
⇒ With the option of returning to Hanoi by Sleeping bus: The car will take you to the Homestay for rest and eat dinner. After dinner, get on the Sleeping bus and go back to Hanoi. Arrived in Hanoi around 04:00 am the next day. Tour ends. See you again!
