Dong Van Karst Plateau Global Geopark, Couple Mountain, Happy Road, Rice Terraced Mountains, Tay culture, Red Dao culture, Hmong culture, Lolo culture, Local Homestay, Hmong King Palace, Lung Cu village the northernmost point of Vietnam marked with a tall flag tower on top of Dragon Mountain, Ma Pi Leng pass, local markets
Explore the highlights of Ha Giang Province with local guides. You will experience beautiful landscapes, cultures, historical monument and famous landmarks.
Day 1 : Thon Tha – Lung Vai – Ha Thanh
Meet your tour guide around 8 a.m at your hotel or in our office Then the Van will pick you up and drive you to Thon Tha Village. Then, we start our trek around the village through the terraced rice fields and through the Tay Villages. You will have the chance to meet and talk with locals working in the field. We will do the trek to Lùng Vai Village of the Coin Dao people (4hours trek) and then we will have a break for a picnic lunch en route or we can go to visit a Dao Family and enjoy a relaxing time there. The Dao Family will warmly welcome you to their traditional house where we will share and experience their culture. After that, we will continue the trek to Ha Thanh Village where it is famous for its waterfalls. We will stay overnight in a Tay Homestay in Thon Tha village.
Thon Tha village
Day 2: Hà Giang – Quan Ba – Yên Minh
After breakfast, we will drive motorbike, then take the mountain roads to Quan Ba town, you will enjoy the incredible view of the Happy road.
On the way you can take some photos with the magnificent view of the rice fields, mountains and valleys. In the villages, you can experience the culture and customs of the Red Dao people in Nam Dam Village. We will have a delicious lunch in one of the local restaurants in Quan Ba before we continue our way to Lung Tam Village. In this village of the H’mong minority, we will learn how to make fabrics from locally grown hemp in Northwest Vietnam. There, you will have the opportunity to talk to the local people to learn about their way of life, culture and customs. We will continue our journey to Yen Minh Town and check-in to a local guesthouse for an overnight.
19h00: Dinner will be provided at the town.
Day 3: Yen Minh – Lung Cu– Dong Van
After breakfast, we will continue our journey to more distant villages. From there, you will know how people live in more remote parts of Vietnam. We will drive through the villages of Lung Cam, Sa Phin and Lung Cu. A stop will be made en route to visit a H’mong Village in Lung Cam, and the residence of the Vuong Family, still called “Palace of Hmong King.” Then, we will have our lunch at Dong Van Town.
After lunch, we will visit Lung Cu Village – the North Pole of Vietnam where, you can see beautiful village landscape down and the big flag at the top of the Dragon Mountain. Then, we will visit one more village, the Village of Lolo Ethnic Group.
We will go back to Dong Van Town, have dinner and enjoy the night life there.
Day 4: Dong Van – Meo Vac – Ha Giang
After breakfast, you can walk around old town and local markets by yourselves. At 9:30 a.m, we will continue our drive towards Meo Vac Town. We will make few stops for admiring the scenery and taking some photos of the Ma Pi Leng pass.
Then, we will drive through the Meo Vac Town to Yen Minh town and there, we will have lunch. After that, we will continue our way back to Ha Giang and arrive in Ha Giang at 4 p.m or 5 p.m.
End of tour.
Free pick up your group from all the hotel around Ha Giang city, even from the bus station or the village around maximum 10km from the center of Ha Giang City.
Drop off in your Hotel in Ha Giang city
Or drop off in our office, you will have take a free shower.
Comfortable clothes enough for 4 days and shoes, sunscreen, mosquito repellent.
During the winter time you should bring some warm clothings.
- Motorbikes - gasoline - entrance fee - 4 lunches
-3 breakfasts - 3 dinners - Homestay and hotel - tour guide,
- one big bottle of mineral water per day.
- Permit For Dong Van karst plateau global geopark (10$/ person)
- Soft Drinks - personal travel insurance
-Tips and other personal expenses.
7 days before tour begins - No cancellation charges
1 day to 6 days before tour begins - 25% of tour price
On the day of tour - 100% of tour price