Ba Be Lake & Ban Gioc Waterfall 5 days

The itinerary today requires you to wake up earlier than usual, and prepare for a long ride to Ba Be Lake. We will stop for an early lunch at Bac Can Town and refresh a little bit before enjoy another 2 hours on car to get to homestay at Ba Be Lake. Upon arrival, you have options to either take a nap for recovering, or wandering around to explore the surrounding residence. Dinner is served by our lovely local host with special dishes of the lake.

Get up and grab a big breakfast, due to the fact that today’s activities will require lots of energy. We start our private boat along the peaceful surface of Ba Be Lake to witness the charming scenery of this attraction before stopping at Dau Dang Islands for local lunch and preparation for this afternoon’s trekking. After a short relaxing, we then do a little work-out with a hike to remote Dzao Village in town. Feel the fresh atmosphere, and see how’s lives of local residence is reserved without big impact from modern life outside. Returning to the junks for transferring back to local house, at which we relax and enjoy really delicious dinner.

After breakfast, we say goodbye to our intimate hosts for a 95km driving to Cao Bang Province, which is the home of various minor community like Nung, H’mong and Tho people. Lunch is ready at local restaurant in Cao Bang before we check-in to the hotel. The afternoon is time for visiting around, as we get on transportation and spend about 2 hours exploring local lives at a traditional village in suburban area of Cao Bang City.

• Ban Gioc Waterfall

Today we pay a visit to Ban Gioc Waterfall, which is the one of the most worth-visiting and amazing attractions of Cao Bang Province. Located on the border line between Vietnam and China, Ban Gioc is the the complex of several waterfalls with magnificent landscape, which might be considered as a minimizing version of famous Niagara Waterfall in the U.S. Have yourself some wonderful photo of the places before we head to a local restaurant for lunch. Our next visit today will be to Nguom Ngao Cave. The attraction is special because of not only its outstanding rocks and stalactite in diverse shapes, but also its name, which means “Cave of Tiger” in local language. Welcoming guests inside the cave is mesmerizing scenery, as well as unique sounds of wind and water through rocks which is like the roar of tigers. Returning to Cao Bang City in late afternoon, we then spend the rest of the day at leisure.

Comparing to other day’s programs, today’s itinerary will be the most relaxing, as you might be able to wake up later than usual, before we have breakfast and check-out. Our transportation is waiting to take you back to Hanoi City, with one-stop on the way for lunch. Arriving in Hanoi in late afternoon, we drop you at your hotel in Hanoi (hotel in Hanoi is not included)