Trek Vietnam’s most Northern mountains

After having breakfast at your hotel at around 7:30 AM, we leave Hanoi for Bac Ha, a friendly and non-touristy mountain town which makes a relaxed base to explore the Northern highlands and hill tribe villages. On arrival in Bac Ha, you can visit the town and settle for some lunch at a local restaurant with magnificent views of the mountains and the surroundings. Take an enjoyable afternoon walk to visit the minority villages of the Hmong Hoa and the Tay to get a glimpse of village life and get your first impression of the Northern Vietnam Hill Tribe culture. Overnight in Bac Ha town.

Distance: 3-5km

Trail Difficulty: 2/5

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, all meals, hotel (Cong Fu hotel – Standard room)

Having breakfast at hotel, check out, Cross hillsides with a moderate slope, view the valleys and terraced spans, the hidden villages of the H’Mong Hoa people. The trails will take you in the pristine natural scenes of mountains and forests and the fresh, natural atmosphere. We will have a picnic lunch by the romantic stream or forests. All will be completely natural and bring you the most peaceful feeling. In the afternoon, we will continue the journey, visiting villages and inhabited place of H’mong people. We will spend the night at Homestay, enjoy special food and learn about the customs and habits of indigenous people. Stay at homestay of H’mong people.

Distance: Trekking 6 to 7 hours, 17km distance

Trail Difficulty: 3.5/5

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, all meals, homestay (A Chu’s house)

Lung Phinh – a place formed from a long time, located in a valley shaped in a basin surrounded by the same message in the hills. Coming here, visitors will have the opportunity to deeply feel the cultural interference of many ethnic groups living in this land.

We will continue with the same mountain paths, look at the terraces, visit the small villages of Na Chi and H’mong people. We will have a picnic lunch on the top of the mountain. In the afternoon, we will follow the winding road, the village hidden in the hills. We will go to Homestay at Lung Phinh of Nung people.

Distance: Trekking 6 to 7 hours, 16km distance

Trail Difficulty: 4/5

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, all meals, homestay (A Zin’s house)

Being a highland area about 20km to the east of Bac Ha town, with a cool climate, majestic mountains and especially the cultural identity of this place will surely bring visitors many interesting experiences.

Right from the first road to Ta Cu Ty, visitors can admire the terraced fields with typical features of Northwestern mountains, the villages scattered on the mountain slopes creating a very majestic spectacle. According to Mandarin, Ta Cu Ty means large rice fields, lying between two steep slopes. Therefore, people here mainly cultivate upland rice and grow Shan tea, life is still very difficult. Homestay of Tay people.

Distance: 7 to 8 hours, 20km distance

Trail Difficulty: 4/5

 Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, all meals, homestay (A Zien’s house)

We will have breakfast at Homestay then continue the journey to Ban Ngo. We will walk along the slopes to admire the nature with mountains and green terraces. We will stop at a waterfall, where visitors can relax, soak their feet in the cool water. Then we will visit the Nung village, enjoy tea and talk to the natives. Then continue on the way, we will have lunch at one local house.

Continuing the trail, along the mountainside we will see the villages hidden next to the terraced fields, we will go to Ban Ngo, spend the night and learn about the culture of the peoples here.

Distance: Trekking 5 to 6 hours, 14km distance

Trail Difficulty: 3.5/5

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, all meals, homestay (A Thuong’s house)

After breakfast, we will continue to walk along the trails, stretching terraced fields, villages of the Nung, we will meet the main road. The bus will pick you up and take you back to CocPai to have lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon we will go to Hoang Su Phi town. Here you can enjoy tea, coffee … then move by car to the homestay in Luoc village. We enjoy traditional dinner and learn about the Red Dao culture.

Distance: Trekking 5 hours, transfer 3 hours

Trail Difficulty: 3.5/5

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, all meals, homestay (A Canh’s house)

Breakfast at the homestay, We start trekking about 4 hours along the terraced fields. This is an area of ​​terraced fields, which is classified in the national landscape of terraced fields.

We will stop at Nam Dich, have lunch at local small restaurant.

In the afternoon, we will go by car to the city of Ha Giang. On the way there are many beautiful landscapes so the car will stop for you to take pictures. We will spend the night and free at Trường Xuân loge.

Distance: Trekking 5 hours, transfer 3 hours

Trail Difficulty: 3.5/5

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, all meals, hotel (Truong Xuan lodge)

Leave Ha Giang and follow road 4C 46km uphill the spectacular Quan Ba Mountain pass for about 3 hours including some stops along the way paying visiting to villages of the Tay and Hmong as well as taking photo of the stunning landscape. From the top of Quan Ba pass which is called Heaven Gate, the panorama of Tam Son valley opens wide below which is highlighted with green rice fields and colorful flower farms, especially the Twin Hill, beautifully set amongst immense and walled-up lime stone mountain. Process gradually downhill shortly to Tam Son Town let and continue to Lung Tam Commune.

Enjoy half an hour walk through a beautiful village of the Hmong set on the bank of the Mien River before paying visit to the famous handicraft workshop of Hop Tien Co=operative which was established by Mrs. Mai who help more than a hundred Hmong women who were cheated to be sold to China or those who had to suffer from divorced, addicted husbands… to overcome hardship and earn good living by teaching them of different traditional handicraft skills…

Leaving Lung Tam for an hour road transfer 42km over Yen Minh pass to Yen Minh Town let and lunch break. Arrive in Dong Van in the afternoon, check in guesthouse and free at your leisure to have dinner and stay overnight in Dong Van.

Distance: Transfer 5 hours, walk sightseeing

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, permit, guesthouse (Cao Nguyen Da guesthouse)

Having breakfast at the hotel. Car will take you to Lung Cu, the northeastern end of the country. Visit the village of Lo Lo and H’mong people. Climb on the Lung Cu flagpole, you will see the border between Vietnam and China. In the afternoon, we will return to Dong Van Town for lunch. Then we will move to Meo Vac.

Continue the road trip downhill 28km passing over the Ma Pi Leng pass which is famous for its magnificence and beauty, composed by walled-up mountains, deep valley and the 800m high canyon and the NhoQue River running in between. Arriving in Meo Vac at about 5.00pm. Check in the hotel and relax.

Distance: Road transfer 100km, approx.4 hours / Walk, sightseeing, village visiting 2 to 3hours. Stay at hotel.

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, breakfast, lunch, guesthouse (Hoa Cuong guesthouse)

Having breakfast at the hotel. Today the trip will processes from the high mountainous region of Meo Vac downhill to the Gam river massif, getting through Bao Lac district of Cao Bang and then onto Ba Be National Park. The road trip downhill from MeoVac to Ly Bon which takes about 1.5 hour will be highlighted with several stops along the way to visit a hamlet of the Zao and a village of the Nung peoples near the center of Niem Son commune. Having lunch in Bao Lac then driving for about 4 hours along road 34 before turning to road 212 to Cho Ra and Ba Be. The trip will be highlighted with short visiting to villages of the San Chay and ZaoTien(Zao with coins) along the way. Arriving to the center of Ba Be National Park in the afternoon at about 06.00 PM. Check in hotel, dinner and relax.

• If on Sunday: Spend an hour early in the morning joining the weekly market in MeoVac town let before leaving.
• If on the date of the Tiger and Monkey: Early breakfast and then transfer 17km to Lung Phin to attend the famous weekly market where customers have chance to meet Hmong and Zao peoples from remotest villages who come and create festive atmosphere at the market place.
• If on 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 of the lunar months, spend an hour joining the tribal peoples at Niem Son Market(25km from MeoVac) or even earlier for 2 hours driving to Bao Lac Market where the Black Lo Lo and San Chay peoples can be met.

Distance: Road transfer 247km, approx.6 hours/ Walking and sightseeing 3 hours/ Acc: Ba Be Park hotel – Standard or home stay at Pac Ngoi village of the Tay.

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, all meals, homestay (Mr Toan’s house)

Breakfast, check out hotel at 08.00am, and then take 30 minute’s walk through the thick rain forest to the boat pier. Boarding a boat for 3 hours cruising on the clear water of Ba Be, the largest natural lake in the mountainous region of Indochina which is surrounded by high mountains covered by thick forest, getting through the stunning Puong Cave before the end of the boat trip. Meet the car and river again at the end of the boat trip for a short transfer to Cho Ra to have lunch.

Transfer 237km by road for the whole afternoon via Thai Nguyen to Hanoi. Check in and stay overnight at Boutique Hanoi hotel – Deluxe room.

Distance: Road transfer 237km, approx.5 hours/ Boat trip 4 hours/ Breakfast and lunch included.

Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, breakfast, lunch, hotel (Boutique Hanoi hotel – Deluxe room)

Today is your last day in Vietnam so take your chance to do more sightseeing if the time permits. We can also give you some shopping suggestions to bring some interesting souvenirs back home.

Transfer to the airport for your flight home. Goodbye and see you again soon!

Inclusion: Transfer drop off, breakfast.