Northern Vietnam Adventure

Arrival in Noi Bai airport , you will be picked up then transferred to the hotel in city center. The check-in is available at 2 pm. The day is free for your own exploration and shopping. Overnight at hotel.

You will be picked up by your guide and car at your hotel in Hanoi, and driven to Ha Giang, via Tuyen Quang province. Along the way, you will see a picturesque landscape of rolling hills, quiet villages and lush rice paddies dotted with palm trees. Stop en route to visit a village of black Tay ethnic people. Arrive in Ha Giang town in the late afternoon. Overnight in hotel

After breakfast, drive to Dong Van Plateau situated at 1025m above sea level and inhabited by H’mong and Tay ethnic groups. Stop at the Heavenly Gate of Quan Ba before arriving at Yen Ninh- a beautiful valley nestled amongst green mountains. Walk through Pho Bang, known to tourists as the “town falling into oblivion”, home to the Hoa and H’Mong ethnic people. The locals have kept their laidback lifestyle. Their clay houses are decorated with a pair of couplets written in Chinese scripts with wishes of good luck and prosperity. Continue your tour with a visit of the Palace of H’Mong King Vuong Chi Sinh built in 1914 and now a symbol of the glorious past of the H’mong people. Night at hotel

After breakfast, you depart to Meo Vac village inhabited by the Lo Lo and Pu Peo ethnic minority people who still retain their cultural traditions and traditional costumes. You will enter the border area with Yunnan province in China sculpted with an amazing karst landscape. You will hike down to Meo Vac valley, a beautiful valley filled with picturesque terraced rice fields, winding rivers and peaceful villages nestled at the foot of the hills. You continue the journey to ba Be crossing Ma Pi Leng Pass. In good weather, this pass makes for an amazing picture with mountains shrouded in cloud and the poetic Nho Que river winding its way to the horizon like a silk ribbon. This is a place where heaven and earth meet. Overnight at Ba Be Lakeside Bungalow

After breakfast, embark a little boat to cruise the emerald Ba Be Lake and soak in its sublime serenity and beauty. The surrounding mountains are covered with lush vegetation and are home to diverse flora and fauna. Continue your cruise towards the scenic Dau Dang Waterfall and then visit the villages of Tay ethnic minority people and discover their lifestyle. Transfer to Cao Bang on road. Overnight in hotel Cao Bang

You will head to the Chinese border to see the Ban Gioc Waterfall, considered the most beautiful in Vietnam. Picturesque landscape with limestone peaks, villages at the foot of mountains, rainforest are the highlight of this area. Stop at the Phuc Sen villages at the edge of the road to discover the traditional technique of Nung ethnics. China is right on the other side of the waterfall. After visiting Nguom Ngao cave, return to Cao Bang. Night at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel then drive to Hanoi. Several stops to visit the villages of the ethnic groups and to take beautiful pictures. Arrival at the capital in the late afternoon. Overnight at the hotel.

Freetime before the transfer to the airport for your flight off. Your room is available until 12h00.