Ha Giang – Hoang Su Phi 5 Days

Day 01: Hanoi – Hoang Su Phi (L, D)

Day 02: Hoang Su Phi – Ha Giang – Du Gia (B, L, D)

Day 03: Meo Vac – Ma Phi Leng - Dong Van (B, L, -)

Day 04: Dong Van – Yen Minh – Ha Giang (B, L, D)

Day 04: Ha Giang - Hanoi (B, L).

With your guide and driver, you leave Hanoi for the 7-hours’ drive to Ha Giang. As you leave the Red River Delta the scenery will start to change as you enter the mountains of Northern Vietnam. You will arrive in Tuyen Quang around noon and enjoy lunch in a local restaurant. After your meal, we drive to Hoang Su Phi.
Hoang Su Phi is still not frequently visited by foreign travelers in Vietnam. The area was quite hidden from the outside world due to bad roads. Nowadays, the roads are fairly good and the stunning rice terraces here have been started to become a favorite region among the adventurous travellers. Visiting Hoang Su Phi means seeing jaw-dropping mountains, valleys, and a profusion of ethnic minorities. Of the over 3,000 hectares of rice terraces in Hoang Su Phi, 760 hectares have been listed as Vietnam's National Heritage.
Upon arrival at Hoang Su Phi, we check in the homestay or lodge. Then free time.
Enjoy dinner at homestay or at the lodge.
Overnight in Hoang Su Phi.

After breakfast, check out and go to the Karst Geo-park. The drive up to the highland region of Ha Giang will offer you some good photo opportunities on the way. Lunch is at a local restaurant in Ha Giang City. In the afternoon, the scenery is getting more stunning with high passes and august mountains. Wonderful photo opportunities are at Quan Ba pass. View over Tam Son town with the Twin Mountains after a hike to a view point atop a hill.

We continue our drive to Du Gia in Yen Minh district for another night at a local house of a Tay ethnic minority people. After check in the homestay, we walk to a beautiful waterfall nearby where you can swim (depending on the weather).

This morning after breakfast, prepared by the family, we drive deeper into the heart of the geo-park. You will have some stops along the way for taking photographs. You also have a couple of visits to the Pho Bang ancient town of the Han (Chinese) minority and Vuong Palace (known as the H' mong King Palace). Then take a boat trip along Nho Que River, enjoy magnificent views of huge corn-field and the stunning green Jade River, enjoy swimming at a waterfall before we return to harbor and continue our journey to Ma Pi Leng pass – It is one of the most beautiful “Rocky Mountains of Vietnam”, a unique landscape and famous places in Vietnam. Then we head to Dong Van. If you arrive at Dong Van early enough, it is recommended to spend 1,5 hours to hike up to the Cannon Fort of Dong Van for the panorama view over the valley and its township.

Overnight in Dong Van.

After breakfast you will leave Dong Van for Ha Giang, a Geopark littered with an array of ancient karst formations. In Dong Van you will visit the former residence of the Vuong family, still called “Palace of Hmong King”.  Visit Sung La village, which became a popular tourist destination after it was featured in the 2006 film Chuyen Cua Pao (Pao's Story).

After lunch we continue drive to Quan Ba Valley – an area of stunning natural beauty with green hills and abundant limestone caves. Travel through Quan Ba Pass – known as Heaven’s Gate with its panoramic views of the terraced rice fields below. Arrival in Ha Giang, check in homestay or hotel and spend the rest of the day at leisure.

Overnight in Ha Giang.

Travel back to Hanoi and leave for respective destinations.