Night 0: Ha Noi – Ha Giang City ( 350 Km – sleeping on the cabin bus)
19:30 Pick up at 31 Lo Su, Hoan Kiem or your hotels in Old Quarter for transfer to Ha Giang. Arriving Ha Giang Hostel 03:30 next day. Direct book with us to have Free Bed Room & Breakfast at our Hostel.
Day 1: Ha Giang City – Lung Cu – Dong Van Town ( 175 Km)
07:00 Have breakfast
08:00 The tour guide picks you up with a motorbike. Then driving to Ha Giang Loop: Km0 square. This is the Ha Giang center and the starting point of the route of the road named Happiness from the city to the Meo Vac town with a length of 175 km.
Bac Sum Pass – the first slope welcome to the “Dong Van Karst Plateau GeoPark’’. This point we just drive though.
Heaven’s Gate Quan Ba – Here you can stop and take pictures of the beautiful Nui Doi twin mountains view at the top of the slope.
Nam Dam village. This is a beautiful and peaceful small village of the Dao people about 2 km from Quan Ba town, famous for the types of houses that report the soil and herbal medicines.
Can Ty Pass – with altitudes of 1000- 1200 meters above sea level. You can admire the beautiful and majestic scenery.
12:00 Have lunch with local food at Yen Minh small town. After that, the trip continue
14:00 Tham Ma Pass – we can stop at the top of the slope and enjoy the beautiful slope. Before that you have to go through 9 interesting passages.
15:00 Visit at Sung La valley and Lung Cam – This is a small village with classic houses of the Hmong people. Typically you can visit the house named after Pao’s house.
16:00 Lung Cu flag pole – here is a beautiful Lo Lo Chai village located at the foot of Long Son mountain and is the home of the Lo Lo minority people. The village still has unique houses and friendly people. You can visit here on foot.
17:30 Arrive and check in at a hotel (or homestay) at Dong Van town.
Dong Van district is the starting point of Vietnam with a border stretching hundreds of kilometers with China. With a population of mainly ethnic minorities living such as: Hmong, Tay, Nung, Lo Lo, Co Lao, San Chi, San Diu .... but most of them are Hmong (about 70%). The most famous is Dong Van old Quarter, since ancient times this is the major trading center of the whole region to this day. On Sunday mornings in Dong Van old town, there is a market of local people from everywhere flocking to gather, buy and sell.
19:00 Have dinner at the old Quarter. After that you can walk around.
Day 2: Dong Van – Meo Vac – Nho Que River - Ha Giang City – Ha Noi (480 km - Sleeping Bus)
07:00 Have breakfast at the local market and a coffee. Then driving on the road with special name “Happiness” (On Sunday mornings, you can attend the local market of ethnic people at Dong Van town)
08:00 Ma Pi Leng Pass – At an altitude of over 1200 meters above sea level with a beautiful mountain view, below is the Nho Que river. Then this is a great place for sightseeing and taking photos. Also here you can stop and have a cup of coffee at the Panorama stop (this one you pay by yourself about 60.000 VND)
09:30 Discover Nho Que river by boat. Then the Meo Vac town.
Meo Vac town – Meo Vac is a highland district adjacent to the China border. The district has a sparse population and is dominated by the Hmong people, accounting for about 70% of the population. Hmong people have the custom of living on high and dangerous mountain ranges.
(on Sunday mornings, they gather to trade and meet at Meo Vac town market)
11:00 Visit Hmong king’s palace – in the past this was the residence of the most powerful of the Hmong people and was considered their palace at that time, in a unique Chinese style.
13:00 Have lunch at Quan Ba town
15:30 Arrive in Ha Giang City
17:00 Have dinner by yourself
20:30 The bus picks you up at the office comes back to Ha Noi
On the next day, arrive to Ha Noi around 3:00am
