Itinerary
Day 1: Ha Giang – Nam Dam: Start the motorbike trip, visit lung Khuy Cave and stay at our homestay of the Dzao Minority people
Stop At: Ha Giang Adventure, Thôn Cao Bành, Phương Thiện, Tp. Hà Giang, Hà Giang 31000, Vietnam
Explore the magical Ha Giang province by motorbike. See the picturesque rice terraces ribboning across the mountainside. Drive the winding highway carved into the sides of mountains. Interact with locals who have been isolated from Westerners until a few years ago. Ha Giang is an adventure you won't soon forget.
Our guide will meet you around 9am. For the rest of the morning, we will help you work on your motorbike driving skills. Around 1pm, we will catch up with others to start the trip. During lunch we give you a motorbike briefing before you set off to Nam Dam village. You will be accompanied by a local who will show you the way.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Quan Ba Heaven Gate, Tam Son Town, Quan Ba 310000 Vietnam
The 45km drive is stunning, passing through traditional villages, beautiful valleys, and climbing mountains. Along the journey, we will make plenty of stops to take pictures and give your bum a rest. :) Among the stops we make is the Fairy Bosom hills in Quan Ba and a geopark recognized by UNESCO.
We will spend the night in Nam Dam village with a host family. You will have the afternoon and evening explore the village, go for a hike, help our host family prepare dinner, or just relax. Dinner includes local rice or corn wine, also called "happy water."
The rest of your journey starts the next day after breakfast
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Mun Homestay & Bungalow, Mun homestay, thôn Nặm Đăm, Quản Bạ, Hà Giang 20365, Vietnam
Mun homestay is a Dzao family that we have worked with for a long time. Meet Pay and her family - your host of the night.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch: Family-style rice lunch at a local restaurant in Ha Giang City
• Dinner: Dinner is prepared by your host family and includes local rice or corn wine, also called "happy water."
Accommodation included: Overnight at a Dao minority family homestay
Day 2: Nam Dam – Dong Van: Visit a Hemp Linen making village, and drive the epic Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark
Stop At: Lung Khuy Cave, National Route 4C, Quan Ba 310000 Vietnam
After breakfast at our homestay, we'll pack up the bikes then set off for the next part of our adventure.
Climb to Lung Khuy cave at the top of a mountain for an amazing view and some cave exploring.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lung Tam Linen Cooperative, 22XV+H6H, Lùng Tám, Quản Bạ District, Ha Giang, Vietnam
We'll stop in one of the many picturesque villages we pass through today, called Lung Tam. It's a Hemp Linen making village where we will watch how it’s made from A-Z. Try your hand a rolling out the cloth—you'll be surprised how much balance and strength it takes!
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Yen Minh, Yen Minh, Ha Giang Province
Yen Minh is a town in the valley we pass by. We will stop here from lunch
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark, Sa Phin, Ha Giang 310000 Vietnam
After lunch, we'll continue on to a guest favorite—Dong Van. We highly recommend planning your trip to pass through Dong Van on Sunday, when the villagers host their weekly highland market. It's not only a chance for locals to buy and sell goods and livestock, but it's highly anticipated as a weekly social gathering.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Dinh Vua Meo, Sa Phin, Dong Van Vietnam
The Mansion of the opium king in the region. one of the typical architectural attractions of the area
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lung Cu Flag Tower, Dragon Mountain Lung Cu Peak, Ha Giang 29000 Vietnam
Visit the most northern point of Vietnam. From Lung Cu Flag Tower we can see across the border to China.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Dong Van, Dong Van, Ha Giang Province
Arrive Dong Van town Center, Check in our hotel and stay the night here.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast with our host.
• Lunch: Lunch is family-style in Yen Minh
• Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant or with a Hmong family.
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 3-star hotel in Dong Van.
Day 3: Dong Van - Meo Vac – Du Gia: Hike over the top of Ma Pi Leng Pass, visit Tu San Alley then continue to Du Gia
Stop At: Chợ Đồng Văn, Đồng Văn, Đồng Văn District, Ha Giang, Vietnam
Be sure to check with us about dates and times for the local markets. It’s a cultural experience you won’t want to miss.
Our Friday departures always get the Sunday market experience in either Dong Van or Meo Vac
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Ma Pi Leng Pass, Ha Giang 310000 Vietnam
Arguably one of the most epic and picturesque roads in all of Vietnam, you'll want to have your camera ready and be prepared to make lots of stops for photos. We will hike on top of the pass for an 4 hour hike.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Mã Pí Lèng Pass, Pải Lủng, Mèo Vạc District, Ha Giang, Vietnam
Mystic Tu San Abyss Alley in the border between Meo Vac and Dong Van district, Ha Giang Province. Vietnam
This alley is considered the most majestic with the heights of cliffs up to almost 1000 meters, length to almost 2 km while the depth is about 1000 meter.
Tu San Abyss Alley is naturally created millions of years ago when this whole region is still under the vast ocean. In the process of earth changes, the water receded, making this unique geological photography heritage now.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Meo Vac, Meo Vac, Ha Giang Province
Meo Vac is a small but charming district capital hemmed in by steep karst mountains. After Ma Pi Leng, We will stop for lunch here before continuing to the next part of the road toward Du Gia
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bao Lac, Bao Lac, Cao Bang Province
There is a little village in the National reservation of Bao Lac. This is where we are heading after lunch.
A beautiful 90 km of road will be the most talked of many motorbike drivers here. We'll check in a homestay for the night here.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast with our host.
• Lunch: Lunch in a local restaurant in Meo Vac
• Dinner: Dinner with our host in Bao Lac
Accommodation included: Overnight at a Tay minority family homestay
Day 4: Bao Lac - via Me Pia Pass: Hop in Cao Bang Province.
Stop At: Bao Lac, Bao Lac, Cao Bang Province
Bao Lac National Park has the duty to protect the evergreen closed tropical moist tropical forest ecosystems. They are including limestone karsts, endangered. We will walk to a waterfall and relax for the morning there before we slowly ride back to Ha Giang
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Khau Coc Cha Mountain Pass, Xuan Tru_ng, Bao Lac 270000 Vietnam
the only pass of its kind, which is breathtaking. To ascend this essentially vertical wall of rock, the road passes through 14 consecutive switchbacks, earning it the nickname 'Dragon's Stairway'. We will stop here for lunch and enjoy the most epic pass in Vietnam.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pac Bo Cave, Ha Quang District, Located about 350km from north of Hanoi, Truong Ha Vietnam
Our next destination is Pac Bo, a historically significant site located in a highly scenic location. This is where Uncle Ho (Ho Chi Minh) re-entered Vietnam in 1941 after being absent for 30 years, and started his struggle for an independent nation. We will spend the night in our accommodation at this location.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast with our host.
• Lunch: Lunch is family-style near Me Pia pass
• Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant in Pac Po
Accommodation included: Overnight at a Tay minority family homestay
Day 5: Pac Po - Ban Gioc Waterfall: witness the picturesque landscape of luscious valleys along the border.
Pass By: Pac Bo Cave, Ha Quang District, Located about 350km from north of Hanoi, Truong Ha Vietnam
Wake up and have breakfast. We'll set for our next part
Stop At: Heaven's Gate, Q8H6+9HM, Cao Chương, Trà Lĩnh District, Cao Bang, Vietnam
Nui Thung mountain, also called Angel Eye mountain, is still a very unknown place, at just 30 km from Cao Bang City and 70 km from Ban Gioc waterfall. It is not only the mountain that is worth a day trip, but the whole area, with Thang Hen Lake, villages, mountains and rice fields, all located in a hidden valley called Tuyet Tinh Coc.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Trà Lĩnh District, Cao Bang, Vietnam
Tra Linh is the border town between Vietnam and China, We will pass through this town before we head to Ban Gioc Waterfall
Stop At: Ban Gioc Waterfall - Detian Falls, Tl211, Dam Thuy Trung Khanh, Cao Bang 22000 Vietnam
Ban Gioc Waterfall is one of Vietnam’s most impressive natural sights. Located in the northeastern province of Cao Bang province, the falls are 30 meters high and 300 meters across, making Ban Gioc the widest waterfall in the country. The falls occur on the Quay Son River, a beautiful jade-blue body of water flowing from China through a pastoral landscape of rice fields and bamboo groves surrounded by limestone pinnacles. Despite improved road access and public transportation connections, and the popularity of several recent viral drone videos showcasing the majesty of the falls, Ban Gioc is still a relatively off-the-beaten-path sight. Mass tourism has yet to arrive and, outside of weekends and public holidays, there’s rarely more than a trickle of foreign and domestic visitors.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at a local restaurant
• Lunch: Lunch is at a local restaurant near Nui Thung
• Dinner: Dinner with our host near Ban Gioc
Accommodation included: Overnight at a Tay minority family homestay
Day 6: Ban Gioc Waterfalls - Cao Bang
Stop At: Chùa Phật Tích Trúc Lâm Bản Giốc, VP2F+87, Đàm Thủy, Trùng Khánh District, Cao Bang, Vietnam
Phat Tich Truc Lam Ban Gioc pagoda is the first pagoda to be started construction at the Northern border position in Dam Thuy, Trung Khanh and Cao Bang.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Nguom Ngao Cave, Gun Village, Dam Thuy Commune, Trung Khanh District, Cao Bang 270000 Vietnam
Nguom Ngao Cave is located in a mountain in Gun village of Dam Thuy commune, Trung Khanh district, is a priceless asset that the nature has gifted to the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.
Nearly 5 kilometres away from the renowned Ban Gioc Waterfall, Nguom Ngao Cave was discovered in 1921, opened to tourists in 1996, and recognised as a national-level scenic landscape in 1998.
Nguom Ngao means “Tiger Cave” in the Tay ethnic language. It is said that that this site used to be a den of many tigers which were then killed by local residents to guarantee a safe life. Given this, local Tay people named this place “Nguom Ngao”.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Phuc Sen Forging Village, Pac Rang Village, Phuc Sen Vietnam
Phuc Sen forging village is located in Phuc Sen commune, Quang Uyen district, Cao Bang province. This place has long been famous throughout the country for the traditional forging tools. It’s closely associated with the life of Nung people. Especially become a unique culture of this land.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Cao Bang, Cao Bang, Cao Bang Province
On our journey back to Cao Bang city, we will stop at a blacksmith workshop in Phuc Sen village where you can make your own knife. Our arrival back to Cao Bang city will be around 2 pm. In case you are catching our transfer back to Hanoi, our van will drop you off around 9 pm in the Hanoi center.
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at our host
• Lunch: Lunch is at a local restaurant
No accommodation included on this day.
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Traveler pickup is offered
We will pick you up from ANY accommodation in Ha Giang City. There might be some homestays far from the city if you want us to pick you up, you might need to pay some extra for a taxi.
This tour starts in Ha Giang and ends in Cao Bang City. Let us know if you need us to arrange transfers from and to Hanoi, Ninh Binh or Ha Long. Airport pick-up/drop-off is available with additional fees.
Airports
09:00 AM
6 days(approx.)
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Near public transportation
Not wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Families with infants, elderly members or special need should ask about our travel-by-car option.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Bram v
A very awesome 6 day adventure in the north of Vietnam. Full of beautiful nature, adventurous and good roads and most of all fun and safe guides.
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Posted On : 2024-05-16
Posted By : N6415WGjoans
After 6 weeks in Vietnam, this is by far the most amazing experience we did. We were pillions and our tour leaders and riders was Chinh and Khanh. Chinh is a great leader, he kept us safe, informed and showed us so many beautiful sights Vietnam has to offer. There is a great joy riding on the back of a motorbike in Vietnam. It was such a beautiful and thrilling adventure.
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Posted On : 2024-04-02
Posted By : mayam4y4
200% recommended! I truly enjoyed 6 day motorbike trip with locals and adventurous travellers from all over the world.
With Ha Giang adventure, a group is up to 6 people ( 4 people in my case) and all of our guides speak English whereas other tour operators have 40-50 people in a group and not all the guides speak English. All of our guides care our safety, and are informative and very friendly.
And Big kudos to My guide/driver “Chai”, he is knowledgeable, fun and great at taking photos and singing 🤭 He drove safely no matter how bad road condition or long distance ( 290km) was. Thanks to him, my first motorbike trip was super fun. I miss Karaoke time with him.
Ban Gioc waterfall is a MUST to visit. On the way from Ha Giang, the scenery is super beautiful, especially Khau Coc Cha Mountain Pass.
With Ha Giang Adventures, you will have lots of tasty local food, stay at lovely Homestay, experience and learn minority’s culture and have great companions.
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Posted On : 2023-11-11
Posted By : 671jedg
My wife and I had a wonderful six days completing the "Ha Giang loop plus" tour with Ha Giang Adventure. Our guide Cuong (aka King Kong) was fantastic - he taught us so much about the region and Vietnamese people and culture, as well as being really lovely and great fun to be around. We felt like we had made a friend.
Motorcycling the Ha Giang loop is a fantastic experience (a real highlight from all our travels) which we would so recommend to anyone coming to SE Asia / Vietnam. Ha Giang Adventure do an excellent job with their tour - we were just two of us with our guide (we hadn't booked a private tour specifically but I guess no one else wanted the same dates as us!) which is a real contrast to all other companies where we saw groups of 20-30. They really focus on safety, making sure we had proper protection, a good bike, etc. Cuong also checked on us lots and would adjust his speed based on how we were doing. Their choice of accomodation was also excellent and really varied (one of the nights we were camping and it was so much fun to eat dinner under the stars!) - we particularly loved the homestays and eating with local families. The whole trip felt like a real immersion into life in northern Vietnam, which was a real privilege.
If you do the six day tour, we would just warn that the fourth day is a really long one (290km in one day took us about 8 hours of driving) which was pretty tiring for a couple who don't spend that much time on a motorbike in one go. It meant we got to the camping site for the evening which was fantastic but do think about whether you'd be happy with that much driving.
It is more expensive than many other tours on the market but, for that, you get better gear and a more private and personalised experience.
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Posted On : 2023-10-11
