17 Days Nothern Vietnam Border Hiking Tour from Lao Cai to Ha Giang
Tour Overview
ac Ha Hard Trekking To Hagiang Cycling Challenge this is a hard trek and cycling tour for clients who are fit and have good mobility plus some trekking experience....
Code of Tour: TAD0000028472
Length of Travel: 17 Day
Destinations of Tour:
Departure City: Hanoi
Price of Tour: Request
Type of Tour: Private
Features of Tour: Hiking tours
ac Ha Hard Trekking To Hagiang Cycling Challenge this is a hard trek and cycling tour for clients who are fit and have good mobility plus some trekking experience. Heavy rain may cause difficulties and cause the paths to become dangerous at some stages of the trek. We have a range of trekking tours available for you to choose from that have been specifically designed to enable you to experience some of the very best landscapes and scenery that Vietnam has to offer. During the treks, you will have the opportunity to sleep under the stars in a tent or a local family house.
Day 1: Hanoi – Express Night Train To Lao Cai
22:00 pick you up from your hotel in Hanoi and transfer to the train station to board your overnight train to Lao Cai. Overnight on train
Summary:
Activities: Transferring
Accommodation: On Night Train
Day 2: Laos Cai – Bac Ha – Lung Phin – Ta Chai – Pa Chu Ty II
You will be greeted by our team at Lao Cai Train station for breakfast and coffee and then transferred to Bac ha. Your trek start from Lung Phinh market to Ta Chai village, home of the Fula minority. Arrive later afternoon at the Hmong ethnic minority village of Pa Chu Ty II, our destination for overnight. The villages are unused to the presence of foreigners so we are encouraged to tread gently. The accommodation here is basic.
Summary:
Activities: Transferring and Trekking to the Village
Accommodation: Ecohomestay
Meal: B/L/D
Trekking distance: 16 Km Active duration: 6-7 Hours
Day 3 : Pa Chu Ty II – Then Van – Lung Cai
After breakfast at a local homestay, the trek leads through beautiful sightseeing on the narrow footpath to the Hmong village of Then Van. Discover the daily life of the local people. Continue trekking to Lung Cai – a delightful village located on the mountainside of the Hmong area. Welcome for dinner and overnight at Mr Ma Seo Hoa’s homestay.
Summary:
Activities: Trekking from Village – Village
Accommodation: Ecohomestay
Meal: B/L/D
Trekking distance: 18 -20 Km: Active Duration: 7- 8 Hours
Day 4 : Lung Cai – Hoang Nhi Pho – Ban Gia
Once leaving Lung Cai, following the trekking route to Hoang Nhi Pho through rice paddy and maize plantations. Lunch will be prepared and served here. After lunch, you will continue the trek toward Ban Gia village. Enjoy your dinner in a private local house and spend the night at Mr The’s homestay.
Summary:
Activities: Trekking from Village – Village
Accommodation: Ecohomestay
Meal: B/L/D
Trekking distance: 14- 18 Km: Active Duration: 6-7 Hours
Day 5: Ban Gia – Nan ma
Breakfast at local homestay. A great days trek, undulating sometimes steeply up and down and through natural landscapes to arrive finally at the isolated Hmong village of Nan Ma. The villagers are friendly and curious and the countryside and village are very impressionable. Spend one more night in the Hmong village of Nan Ma at Mr Sinh’s house.
Summary:
Activities: Trekking from the village – Village
Accommodation: Ecohomestay
Meal: B/L/D
Trekking distance: 18 – 20 Km: Active Duration: 7-8 Hours
Day 6 : Nam Ma – Nan Lung – Coc Pu II
The trekking is easier today and is punctuated by the exciting crossing of the Nung ethnic minority area. Reaching relative civilization of terraces of paddy fields, house tools as brick, smith and more. Have a break at Nan Lung village where the group will have lunch in a local house before continuing to the last destination of Coc Pu II village. Overnight in a comfortable house in Coc Pu, a village inhabited by the Nung minority.
Summary:
Activities: Trekking from Village – Village
Accommodation: Ecohomestay
Meal: B/L/D
Trekking distance: 18 Km: Active duration: 6- 7 hours
Day 7: Coc Pu II – Xin Man – Hoang Su Phi
After breakfast, there are three kilometres of warking to Coc Pai town in Xin Man district of Ha Giang province. Your car will be waiting to drive you to Sin Man, one of the poorest districts which have a border with Lao Cai province and China. Lunch will be in a local restaurant. Dinner and overnight in a local guesthouse in Hoang Su Phi.
Summary:
Activities: Trekking and transferring
Accommodation: Tay Con Linh Hotel
Meal: B/L/D
Trekking distance: 13 Km: Active Duration: 5 Hours
Day 8 : Hong Su Phi – Tung San
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer by car to the start point of your trekking today. You will trek 15 km through the beautiful scenery and local villages. Lunch will be served at a nice spot. Continue to the Black Dao ethnic of Tung San for dinner and overnight. Mr Tan Van Sai will have the pleasure to welcome you to his house.
Summary:
Activities: Transferring and Trekking to the Village
Accommodation: Ecohomestay
Meal: B/L/D
Trekking distance:18 Km: Active duration: 5-6 hours
Day 9 : Tung San – Dan Khao – Cao Banh
After having breakfast, your trek will begin from Tung San to Dan Khao and then Cao Banh. Lunch on route. Dinner and overnight at Mr Phan Van Dau’s homestay (Black Dzao ethnic minority).
Summary:
Activities: Trekking from Village – Village
Accommodation: Ecohomestay
Meal: B/L/D
Trekking distance: 20 Km: Active Duration: 7-8 Hours
Day 10 : Cao Banh – Ban Trang – Khuoi Hop – Ha Giang
Today is the last day of trekking. We will leave Cao Banh, you will take the trekking route to Trang village then continue toward Khuoi Hop. Once reaching village Len in Viet Lam you will be transferred by car to Ha Giang. Dinner in town. Overnight in a hotel in Ha Giang.
Summary:
Activities: Trekking and Transferring
Accommodation: Huy Hoan Hotel
Meal: B/L/D
Trekking distance 13 Km: Active Duration: 3-4 Hours
Day 11: Ha Giang Cycling Uphill to Quan Ba
This is the challenging day climbing up to heaven gates of the Hmong people (elve. +1,100m). Beautiful view at the summit of QuanBa heaven gate, and nice road along river Nhiem.Setting off this morning we head out of town cycling for the first 25km on a relatively flat road through the landscape of terraced rice paddy fields. Passing through minority villages we cycle the next 25km up winding roads into the vast limestone mountain range with its perpendicular walls of rock, climbing 800m towards the mountain road pass “Heaven gate 1”. As we pass through mountain villages sometimes covered by cloud, we will receive a friendly greeting from the local communities. From the pass, we can look down at amazing views, including the famous vista of the Tam Son valley with the ‘Twin Hills and can spy Quan Ba town, our destination, in its beautiful location. It’s mainly downhill for the last 15km into Quan Ba.
Summary
Accommodation: 567 Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Cycling distance: 50km
Total climb: 1,108m
Total descent: 348m
Day 12: Quan Ba cycling to Yen Minh
We will want to take our time today as our beautiful surroundings offer numerous photo opportunities and the rocky limestone and karst terrain is as diverse as it is beautiful. We cycle uphill for the first few km before a descent of around 10km and then relatively flat terrain for the next 10km. It’s a challenging up and down terrain to an altitude of 1.025m before we make a final descent for the last 15km into Yen Minh. We will have the chance to see the traditional homes of the local hill tribes. The communities in this area are Chinese.
Summary
Accommodation: Thao Nguyen Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Cycling distance: 55km
Total climb: 668m
Total descent: 1.138m
Day 13: Yen Minh climb Over The Rocky Plateau to Dong Van and Meo Vac
Today we cycle on semi-surfaced quiet roads as we undertake a challenging uphill ride out of dense cedar forest onto the rocky Dong Van plateau. A registered UNESCO Global Geopark, 80% of the terrain is covered by rock and it is said to contain fossils from 400-600million years ago. Nestled in a valley in the heart of the Rock Plateau, is the isolated town of Dong Van, very close to the Chinese border and surrounded by mountain forest and multi-coloured orchids. Meaning ‘sharing culture’ Dong Van is occupied by the Chinese Hoa, Hmong, Tay and Kinh People. The houses are built in Chinese style. As we cycle on the modest road from Dong Van to Meo Vac alongside a vast gorge, the views are spectacular. This is a winding and undulating road with the sight of the Nho Que River below. From the Ma Phi Leng Pass, we look down from an altitude of around 1500m into the valley. We stay tonight in the small town of Meo Vac. Most of the tribes living here have preserved their way of life from outside influence as travelling to Meo Vac was almost impossible until the recent construction of new roads.
Summary
Accommodation: Hmong homestay
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Cycling distance: 75km
Total climb: 2.258m
Total descent: 1.508m
Day 14: Meo Vac – Bao Lac
There is a market daily in the town centre of Meo Vac used mainly by the White Hmong, Tay and Lo Lo hill tribes. Women dressed in their brightly coloured traditional clothing walk into the town carrying their bamboo woven baskets laden with corn and vegetables. Today we follow a remote mountain road to Bao Lac. After a 5km uphill cycle, we make a 20km descent the follow a fairly flat road for the next 10km. The surrounding landscape with predominantly limestone formations is a surreal vista of peaks, troughs, towers and caves. The crops and dwellings seem to perch precariously on the hillsides. There’s a relatively gentle uphill climb of 250m before we descend for the final 30km along flat terrain. We will pass people from the local minority communities along the way dressed in their vibrant tribal costumes. We stay tonight in Bao Lac.
Summary
Accommodation: Duc Tai Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Cycling distance: 85km
Total climb: 1.008m
Total descent: 1.778m
Day 15 : Bao Lac – Nguyen Binh
Even in this isolated mountain town, there is a busy morning market. We set off for a full day of cycling along challenging terrain but the road is quiet and well surfaced. We cycle through a pretty valley to the tin-mining town Tinh Tuc, heading on to Nguyen Binh. We continue along challenging terrain, but the unparalleled beauty of our surroundings more than compensates for the challenges of the cycling.
Summary
Accommodation: Local guesthouse
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Cycling distance: 85km
Total climb: 1.848m
Total descent: 1.578m
Day 16: Nguyen Binh to BaBe National Park
There is a long day heading south to Ba Be lake today. Our van will help transfer to the mountain summit, and then we start our ride on a newly paved road, some part on a dirt road. In the afternoon we take two boat trips to Ba Be national park. tonight we will stay in Tay people’s house in Pac Ngoi villages. O/N Ba Be.
Summary
Accommodation: Homestay
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Cycling distance: 65km
Day 17: Ba Be to Hanoi
The scenery continues cycling today from Pac Ngoi to Cho Don – ATK road to Tuyen Quang. We reach hight way 3 and start to pack up our bikes, and refresh for a lunch break. Then we drive the rest of the way to Thai Nguyen city, Transfer to Hanoi or the airport for departure. End The Tour.
Summary
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Cycling distance: 65 km
