Ha Giang Trekking tour 4Days 4 Nights

Hanoi – Ha Giang city by Limousine bus (300km) and transfer by private car to Quan Ba (50km)

6:30-7am, our limousine bus will pick you up from your hotel, ride to Ha Giang city ( about 300km in ~6hrs)

Around 14:00, you will arrive at Ha Giang city. Our car will wait for you here. You can take a rest, eat lunch and start to go Quan Ba.

You will reach Quan Ba in the late afternoon. Before Quan Ba, we will pass the “Heaven’s Gate”, with its mountains stretching to the horizon, marking the entrance to Dong Van Karst Plateau. This marks a magnificent point of view to share when you are back home with stunning landscape photos. You will trek from Heaven gate to the Nam Dam village – the inhabited by Dao ethnic people (long dress Dao group) in around 1,5 hrs. Beautiful hiking trails through the verdant and hill, seasonal farmlands, the vista view of villages, and lake.

Dinner and a night’s sleep in a homestay of Dao people in Nam Dam village
Summary:
Drive: 350km in around 7hrs
Hiking difficulty: Easy – 1,5hrs
Note: In the winter, if it’s dark early when you arrive Quan Ba, we will skip the hiking trip and transfer by car directly to homestay and trekking next morning.

7:30 am, after breakfast, you can walk around the village to explore the life and culture of Dao people. The locals still keep their traditional customs, habits & culture from ancient times. You will have a chance to see the local traditional house made of compacted soil which protects people from the extreme weather in the high mountain. You are welcomed to visit the houses whose owners are very friendly and hospitable. As you walk in the village, you will have the opportunity to observe the daily life of the Dao people.
After that, around 8:30 am, leaving Nam Dam village, our driver will transfer you to Dong Van. Our trip through the stunning winding roads, through the rocky karst mountains, old traditional houses of Hmong – ethnic people. It’s once again a very enjoyable ride today that you will see an amazing and majestic mountain view of the Rock Plateau and take the great photos.

Having lunch at local restaurant.

In the afternoon, we start to trek through the remote and beautiful countryside of Dong Van to Ta Lung or Thien Huong. We will hike up through the Rock Mountains, follow a sketchy and narrow local path, pass hill tribe villages in tiny valleys. You will meet the H’mong local ethnic minorities. We can explore their real-life of local people in the Vietnam high mountain area. Although their life is very simple and poor but they are very hardworking, and they still keep unique traditional culture through their colorful clothing, house, music and custom.

It’s one of the interesting things beside enjoy natural scenery in Zonitrip’s hiking tour.

Sleep: If you want to experience sleep in the homestay of Hmong people, explore their culture via learning their traditional music dance, wearing their traditional clothes, we will arrange sleep in Hmong Dong Van homestay.

If you want to have a comfortable and private room in the Hotel, we will book a room in the hotel 2-3star in Dong Van.
Summary:
+Transfer by car: ~90km, around 3,5hrs
+ Trekking/Hiking difficulty: Gentle (2/5), around ~10km in 4hrs.

Morning: Trekking on the Sky Path – the path lies on the Rock mountain and rural village.
8:00am, after breakfast, transfer by car from Dong Van to the bottom of Ma Pi Leng pass and start to trekking.
The adventure trekking path is located on the hazardous Karst mountains, run along Ma Pi Leng pass – also known as the “Sky path” – this is one of the best interesting part in your Ha Giang trekking trip. This steep rocky path goes through limestone cliffs, narrow road, Hmong villages and cornfields in the tiny valleys. From above, you can admire the extremely majestic scenery of the limestone mountains and the green Nho Que river which cuts through the valley below. The viewpoints on Sky path is a perfect place for taking the great photos. 

After 2,5-3hrs trekking, you will reach the main road and be transferred to Meo Vac for eating lunch.

Afternoon: After lunch, take a boating/kayaking trip in Nho Que river.

Nho Que river is located in the bottom of Ma Pi Leng pass with Tu San canyon – it’s a new interesting destination in your Ha Giang tour. Tu San canyon is considered the deepest and most unique canyon in Vietnam. The best way to explore the Tu San abyss alley is by boat, where you will be surrounded by the cool green water and immersed in the quiet and fresh atmosphere of the valley. You will be enchanted by the overwhelming presence of the towering mountains on both sides of the river.
You will hike down from the main road to the bottom of the river,

follow the steep and narrow rock road, sit on the boat and enjoy the poetic beauty with the green color of Nho Que river. You can jump to swim to relax after a long day.

 P/s: You can choose KAYAK activity instead of boating. Leaving Nho Que river, if still enough time, the car will carry you to see the viewpoint from the Ma Pi Leng pass to Nho Que river. Take a rest and coffee here before come back to Meo Vac.

Summary:
+Transfer by car: around 10km
+ Trekking/Hiking difficulty: Moderate (3/5), around 15km, in 6-7 hrs, the steep is over 10-15%

If it’s Sunday, you can have a chance to enjoy the unique and special local Market in Meo Vac, it’s held on Sunday and be called SUNDAY MARKET. There are very colorful and various culture of ethnic minorities, it will be a special experience for you.

Leave Meo Vac, you can choose 3 options:
– Option 1: Continue trekking from Xin Cai to Giang Chu Phin village (near Meo Vac), through the Hmong village in the mountain, follow the local soil and muddy path and see the panorama view from the top of Nho Que river, see the border side with China. The distance is around 12km in 3,5-4hrs. The steep is around 7-10%.

– Option 2: Visit The Lung Cu National Flag Tower. It’s considered as the North Point of Vietnam. Before reach Lung Cu, we will pass the stunning scenery of Rock Plateau. We are rewarded with a brilliant backdrop of picturesque valleys covered in rice paddies. After visiting the tower, you will visit the culture village of Lo Lo people – one of the minority ethnic people in the Frontier area.
After lunch, you will be transferred to Ha Giang.

– Option 3: Transfer back to Ha Giang city, do light trekking through the Tay Village to see the beautiful rice field and the traditional stilt wood house with palm roof. We can spend around 2-3hrs this afternoon for trekking in Thon Tha – through the amazing rice fields, the palm forests, waterfall, and villages to explore the local life & culture of Tay people, their farming work as well as the natural.

Arrive Ha Giang in the late afternoon. After dinner, around 8-9 pm, you will catch the sleeping bus from Ha Giang back to Hanoi. Arrive Hanoi at 3-4 am the next morning, finish your Hiking Ha Giang 4 days.

Summary:
+Transfer by car: around 110 km in 3-4hrs
+ Hiking difficulty:

Gentle (2/5), around 12 km in 3-4 hrs, the steep is over 7-10% (option 1).
Easy trekking for option 2 & 3