Hanoi - Hoang Su Phi Lodge - Nam Hong - Nam Khoa - Giang Ha - Giang Thuong - Nam Ai - Ho San - Banh Van - Coc Coc - Ban Cay - Hoang Su Phi marrket - Hanoi.
Know as one of the best places for terraced rice fields or breathtaking mountain ranges, Ha Giang will offer you not only great places for trekking but also unforgetable experience of communicating with ethnic minorities. Sapa is famous for its H'mong people with beautiful dresses and fascinating traditional dancing whereas Hoang Su Phi in Ha Giang gives you a chance to dip into the culture of Red Dzao people with a unique ritual dance that you will not find at anywhere else. Let pack your bag and start to explore beautiful Vietnam by grab the Ha Giang trekking & adventure tour.
Day 1: Hanoi - Hoang Su Phi Lodge
Depart from Hanoi at 08h00 and arrive at Thong Nguyen in the early afternoon, check-in at Hoang Su Phi Lodge and relax or walk around the village to discover the daily life & the culture of Red Dao people. Overnight at Hoang Su Phi Lodge.
Day 2: Nam Hong - Nam kHoa - Giang Ha
Start your day with breakfast and the hiking trails are waiting for you to walk through the villages, forests, rice terraces. Taking rest after 3 hours for your first local lunch served at the Dao Do village. You will experience the traditional foods and their lifestyle.
Continuing your trip in the afternoon to Giang Ha through trails. Have dinner and stay one night with the Dao people family.
Accommodation: local homestay (the Dao people)
Trekking time: 5-6 hours
Height difference: +400m/ -200m
Day 3: Giang Ha - Giang Thuong - Nam Ai
After having breakfast at a local place, start your day to explore through all the valleys, beautiful villages, and now you will see the stilts houses and stunning rice terraces.
Having lunch at a local family along the way. Continue the journey to Nam Ai for the afternoon. Your dinner will be ready at a family in Nam Ai (the Dao Ao Dai people) and stay one night here, having a good sleep for your next day.
Accommodation: Nam Ai home (the Dao Ao Dai people)
Trekking time: 5-6 hours
Height difference: +400m/ -300m
Day 4: Nam Ai - Ho San
As usual, having meals in the morning at local homestay and leading to Ho San. We begin tracking by the stream before climbing a hill and walking pass a hanging-bridge, through the villages. We will have lunch at local family. In the afternoon, continue your journey to Ho San, where most of the Nung people live. Having dinner and an overnight stay at Ho San with local family (the Nung people)
Accommodation: sleep at local homestay (the Nung people)
Trekking time: 5-6 hours
Height difference: +700m/ -400m
Day 5: Ho San - Banh Van
As other day, start your new day with breakfast at homestay before moving to your next destination – Banh Van, will take approximate 5 hours. Go along to an amazing place where ethnic minorities groups in the northern-highland live, you will see the connection of groups from each unique culture: the Tay people, the Nung people, the Dao Ao Dai people. We crossing Shan tea hill, cardamom garden and many Vietnamese herbal medicine trees. Stop over at a local family for lunch. Heading to Banh Van for the afternoon. Dinner and a night rest at a local family in Banh Van (the Dao Ao Dai people)
Accommodation: sleep at local homestay (the Dao Ao Dai people)
Trekking time: 5-6 hours
Height difference : +400m/ -400m
Day 6: Banh Van - Coc Coc
After breakfast, we will begin our trip by trekking along the trails for 5 hours to get to Coc Coc, a new refreshing place. We crossing though the Nung people village. A daily local lunch will be served for your next stop. Walk along to Coc Coc in the afternoon. Arrive Coc Coc for dinner and stay one night at a local homestay (the Tay people)
Accommodation: sleep at local homestay (Tay people)
Trekking time: 5-6 hours
Height difference: +500m/ -500m
Day 7: Coc Coc - Ban Cay
Heading to Ban Cay after breakfast, walking along side for 5hours. The walking side goes through the villages and beautiful terraces then walk down to the valley of Chay river. Carry on going to Ban Cay for the afternoon.
Accommodation: sleep at local homestay (the Nung people)
Trekking time: 5-6 hours
Height difference: +200m/ -500m
Day 8: Ban Cay - Hoang Su Phi Market - Hanoi
Having breakfast as a last meal for the trip, go to Hoang Su Phi Market for a haft an hour. Back to Hanoi and tour ends.
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