North East Vietnam Highlight - Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Ba Be 7 days

Morning

• Fulfill breakfast at the hotel. Meet your guide and private driver to drive to Ha Giang, the most stunning and less-visited province of North Vietnam.
• Admire the natural landscapes, the green rice fields, the hills of palm trees, and the villages. Cross the city of Tuyen Quang, and visit the village of Tay Noirs at the edge of the road.
• Have lunch at a local restaurant on the way.

Afternoon

• You will arrive at the village nestled by the ethnic minority. A short hike will allow you to discover the daily life of the local people.
• Dinner at the homestay.

Gorgeous View Of Ha Giang

Morning

• Fulfill breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Dong Van plateau, located at an altitude of 1,025 m and inhabited by several ethnic groups such as the Tay, LoLo, Nung, Dzao, and especially the Hmong...
• Stop and visit the Heaven Gate of Quan Ba. Stop and visit Yen Minh, a beautiful valley nestled in the mountains.

Afternoon

• Walk in the village of Pho Bang, which has old earthen houses, some built in a colonial style (Twice a month after dark, all the houses around the market light lanterns).
• At the entrance of Dong Van, you will visit the Palace of the Hmong King, Vuong Chi Sinh - a sumptuous palace reproducing the Chinese architecture of the Qing dynasty.
• Free at leisure till the end of day 2.

Morning

• Fulfill breakfast at the hotel. If Sunday, you will visit Dong Van authentic Hill Tribe Market.
• Transfer to Meo Vac, a rustic town. You will follow the Chinese border sculpted by an astonishing infertile karst landscape that is also found in the neighboring Guanxi region.

Afternoon

• Continue the road to Bao Lac crossing the Ma Pi Leng Pass (If there is good weather, from here, the view can stretch to the horizon).
• Short stop to admire the Nho Que River. The opposite view from a height of 1,000 m will give it the appearance of a silk ribbon.
• A hike is planned to cross villages of ethnic minorities with a simple and authentic life.

Ma Pi Leng Pass

Morning

• Have breakfast at the hotel before your new private excursion in North Vietnam. Departure from Bao Lac for a short hike to the village of Khuoi Khon, where the black LoLo people live.
• You will meet on the way of hiking and in the fields many beautiful black LoLo women in traditional costumes.
• Have lunch at a local restaurant.

Afternoon

• Transfer to Cao Bang via a beautiful mountain road.
• Arrive at the hotel in Cao Bang around late afternoon and check in.

Morning

• Have breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Ban Gioc Waterfall, a very scenic spot on the border with China. Ban Gioc is also ranked as one of the world's largest waterfalls on the borderline.
• Stop at the village of Phuc Sen at the edge of the road to discover the traditional technique of the Nung blacksmiths.
• Visit the Nguom Ngao cave, the masterpiece of nature in Cao Bang, with amazing formations of stalactites and stalagmites inside the cave
• Lunch at a local restaurant. Return to Cao Bang.

Nguom Ngao Cave A Natural Masterpiece Of Cao Bang

Morning

• Have breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Ba Be Lake, located 145 m above sea level in the middle of a very pretty national park famous for its many limestone peaks.
• Many tribes have always lived together on the shores of the lake: Tay, Hmong, Dzao, etc.

Afternoon

• Discover the site and the surrounding mountains covered with forest. Cross this lake by boat to Dau Dang waterfall.

Beautiful Morning View Of The Ba Be Lake

Morning

• Have breakfast at the hotel. Take a private bicycle tour from Pac Ngoi Village to Peng Village, where you will climb to Hua Ma Cave, which was just discovered a few years ago.

Afternoon

• Road to Hanoi. Stop to visit the Museum of Ethnology in Thai Nguyen province, a unique cultural institution that displays the diverse and rich culture of ethnic groups living in North Vietnam.
• Arrive in Hanoi in the evening.