Itinerary:
Transport: sleeping bus, motorbike
This is a popular itinerary for you to explore Ha Giang for the first time, not too long but enough for you to learn about the culture of the people of this country.
Coming to Ha Giang, people are fascinated with the glamorous and tam giac mach flower clusters, or be amazed at the brilliant orange daisies on the cat’s ear stone, or the yellow cauliflower shines every time. But there are also many people who come to this majestic and overwhelming plateau because they are engrossed with the winding and twisted roads, stimulating the will of tourists to conquer Ha Giang.
Day 1: Hanoi – Ha Giang
Gather at the meeting point to get on the bus to go to Ha Giang city
Day 2: Ha Giang – Quan Ba - Yen Minh – Pho Bang – Sung La – Dong Van (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Arrive in Ha Giang, you will take a short rest
7h00: Have breakfast and get the motorbike for the fuel
7:30 – 9:30: Ha Giang – Quan Ba (46km) – Visit the Heaen Gate and Quan Ba Twin Mountain, if your 2nd day is on the morning of Saturday, you will have the opportunity to visit Quyet Tien Market
11h00 – 12h00: Quan Ba - Yen Minh (50km) on the way to Yen Minh you will visit Yen Minh pine forest right next to the national highway. Lunch break in Yen Minh
13h30 – 15h00: Yen Minh – Pho Bang (40km), starting here, you will see the wonderful and majestic beauty of Dong Van rocky plateau. Visit Pho Bang town
15h00 – 16h30: Leave Pho Bang and back to Dong Van intersection, you will come to Sung La, famous for being the filming location of the Pao’s Story movie
16h30 – 17h30: Sung La – Dong Van. Overnight in Dong Van and visit cafe Old Quarter
Day 3: Dong Van – Lung Cu – Dinh Vuong – Dong Van – Ma Pi Leng – Meo Vac (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
7:00 – 9:00: Have breakfast. Walking around Dong Van market if on the right day of the market, visit Dong Van old town, a neighborhood with ancient beauty of hundreds of years old
9h00 – 11h30: Dong Van – Lung Cu (26km) – Dinh Vuong (26km) – Dong Van (15km) up to the northernmost point of Vietnam, then leave Lung Cu for King Meo Vuong Chi Sinh Palace. Afternoon break and have lunch at Dong Van
13h30 – 15h30: Dong Van – Ma Pi Leng – Meo Vac – watching Nho Que River from the top of Ma Pi Leng Pass, one of the Four Great Passes of the North
15h30 – 17h00: Go back to Meo Vac to visit a surrounding village to learn about the local cultural life. We might take some offroad riding if time permits. Overnight at Meo Vac
Day 4: Meo Vac – Mau Due – Du Gia (depending on weather) – Yen Minh – Ha Giang (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
7h00: Have breakfast
7:30 – 12:30: Meo Vac – Yen Minh – Quan Ba. Walking around some tourist destinations such as M shaped Pass or Lung Khuy Cave then back to Quan Ba for lunch
13h30 – 16h00: Quan Ba - Ha Giang. Rest and dinner in Ha Giang city
If you have more time, enjoy coffee on the Cam Mountain and enjoy the panoramic view of Ha Giang at night.
20h30 Get on the bus back to Hanoi
