Itinerary:

Summary

The minimum time to give the Northern Ha Giang Loop any justness is three days. We call it jokingly ‘hurry, hurry’ to try to indicate that it would be three quite long days of motorcycling. It would be no possibilities for add-on activities like trekking and limits to time visiting the many attractions that the loop has to offer.

The tour would still ensure the completion of the full loop with inclusion of Heaven’s Gate, the Highland of Stone, Dong Van, the Ma Pi Leng mountain pass and the backroads of the spectacular inner Ha Giang mountains.

There will be no time for lazy sleep-in mornings, and we will be out on the road at 8 am each of the days.

Possibility to self-drive or to ride pillion (behind guide/driver). If self-driving, we recommend sound prior motorcycling experience

Accommodation will be one night in ethnic minority homestay and one night in hotel (choice of doing both nights in homestay)

Roundtrip bus transfer from Hanoi to Hagiang

1. Pickup:

   We will pick you up at 19:30 pm at the hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter the day before

2. Board the Night Bus:

   • Head to the bus on the scheduled day, and board the night bus to Ha Giang. Night buses often come equipped with sleeper seats, allowing you to rest during the journey.

3. Arrival in Ha Giang:

   • The journey from Hanoi to Ha Giang takes around 7-8 hours. You’ll arrive in Ha Giang early in the morning. Take a short break before starting the tour 

Itinerary

The tour may be done clockwise or anti-clockwise around the loop and will depend on driving skills, seasons and market-days. For the tour to include Dong Van or Meo Vac weekly Sunday market it needs to start on a Friday morning.

Day 1: Ha Giang Motorbike Tour to Quan Ba – Du Gia, approx. 120 km drive

After some breakfast, we go out on ‘Road of Happiness’ and start driving north out of Ha Giang City. We climb up the Quan Ba mountain pass and enter the Dong Van Geopark and reach the Heaven’s Gate and pass the Fairy Hills. In or around the small town of Tam Son we find our lunch. Thereafter we venture deep into Ha Giang mountains and reach the picturesque village of Du Gia. Here we will stay with an ethnic minority family at their homestay. We will have dinner and breakfast with the family. (Day includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 2: Du Gia – Meo Vac – (Ma Pi Leng) – Dong Van – Lung Cu – Dong Van, approx. 110 to 150 km drive

We say thanks to the family of the homestay and head north, passing some of the most magnificent mountain passes you will ever have seen, pass the town of Meo Vac (where we take lunch) and move up the majestic Ma Pi Leng mountain pass before reaching Dong Van, the most northern town in Vietnam. Depending on season (days are very short in December – February) and weather we may continue up to Lung Cu, the most northern point of Vietnam. The Lung Cu Flag Tower can be climbed for stunning views. Back to Dong Van where we take into a hotel or homestay as agreed for the tour. Maybe a Hot Pot for dinner?! (Day includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 3: Dong Van motorbike tour to Sa Phin – Yen Minh – Tam Son – Ha Giang City  approx. 150 km drive

After breakfast, we start our journey south. Soon we reach Sa Phin where we find the one-hundred-year-old palace of Vuong Chinh Duc – the King of H’mong people. We go down the Highland of Stone and reach Yen Minh where we take lunch and then climb a mountain pass covered in pine forest and sweeping rice terraces along our drive. Down to the Song La river valley until the road takes us up to Tam Son, over the Quan Ba mountain pass and back to Ha Giang. (Day includes Breakfast, Lunch)

After having a shower and a dinner (your own account),  you will board the night bus where you take a sleep on and arrive in Hanoi early morning the next day.

Hereunder are the pricing options to match with your personal plans

1. Option 1: if you are budget travelers looking for group tours to save your travel budget, you can join our groups of different tourists with no more than 10 people at the price of US$ 250/person

* NOTES:
+ On this group tour, you’ll be just pillion passengers sitting behind our guides/drivers.
+ You must be joining with other different riders under the supervision of our guide 

2. Option 2: If you guys don’t want to join with other different riders, you can be in private groups with your own friends and sitting behind our drivers, the cost will be as follows:

* NOTE:
+ On this private tour, you’ll be just pillion passengers sitting behind our guides/drivers.
+ You won’t have to join with any outsider yet but only you and your friends with our guide

3. Option 3: In case, you guys are much confident in your riding skills & prefer riding motorbikes on your own on private groups, the cost for each riding geared scooters of 110cc or automatic ones of 125cc will be as follows:

* NOTES:
+ If you prefer riding motorbikes on your own, you must have International Driver’s Permits to ride legally otherwise you must be responsible for all troubles with our traffic police on the roads if they stop to check your paperworks.
+ The surcharge manual Yamaha Exciter 150cc / Honda Winner 150cc, Honda XR 150cc is US$ 18/bike/day