HANOI - BA BE LAKE - BAN GIOC WATERFALL - HA GIANG - 6 DAYS/ 5 NIGHTS (6 Days - 5 Nights)

7.30AM: Pick up at your hotel in Hanoi for the journey to Ba Be Lake, a drive of approximately 150 miles (230 km). You will head north from the bustle of Hanoi and into the stunning landscape of rural Vietnam. During your journey you will stop for refreshment in Thai Nguyen where you will have chance to visit the museum of the cultures of Vietnam's ethnic group to understand more about the ethnic minority groups in northern Vietnam. After this you will continue to Bac Kan town for lunch and onwards to Ba Be National Park. Here you will have time to relax or take in the scenery by walking around the lake shore to see the Tay villages.
You will stay overnight in a Tay house.

Included: Private car Hanoi - Ba Be, Tourist guide, entrance tickets, meals as mentioned, homestay
Excluded: Drinks and personal expense

Morning: After having breakfast,  You will take a boat to explore the 3 connected lakes (Ba Be - "3 bays"). The boat then goes up river to the small village of Hua Tang. A short walk (20 m) through the jungle takes you to the very scenic Thac Dau Dang Waterfalls, a series of spectacular cascades between sheer rock walls and up the Nang River, to an astonishing site: Puong cave, an enormous tunnel (300m long by 30m high) that the river has dug through a lime mountain. After lunch at Cho Ra town, we continue to drive towards Cao Bang. Here the ethnic people of H’Mong, Dzao, Tho and Nung live together in harmony. We will arrive in Cao Bang town at about 17h00. Check in your hotel, free walking around the town.
Overnight at hotel in Cao Bang town.

Included: Transportation, tourist guide, boat on Ba Be Lake, entrance tickets, meals as mentioned, hotel
Excluded: Drinks and personal expense

Morning: Have breakfast at hotel then go to Ban Gioc to visit Ban Gioc waterfall at between the boarder of Vietnam and China. This picturesque, cascading waterfall is 53 meters high and has an impressive span of 300 meters. It's the biggest waterfall in Vietnam. The drive there offers unique landscapes, limestone karst formations soar from the verdant rice paddies of the surrounding farms of local ethnic minorities. Along the way, you will see Tay, Hmong and Dzao ethnic minority groups. Lunch in restaurant nearby Ban Gioc water fall, heading back to Cao Bang, on the way, we come to visit the expansive 2,144 meter Nguom Ngao Cave to discover its brilliant stalactites.
Return to Cao Bang then transfer to Bao Lac town and overnight in hotel.

Included: Transportation, tourist guide, entrance tickets, meals as mentioned, hotel
Excluded: Drinks and personal expense

After breakfast you will leave Bao Lac village and head to the stunningly beautiful Dong Van district, surrounded by a wide range of rock formations and home to a number of ethnic minority groups. Here you will have chance to see and even visit the traditional houses. The scenic route climbs over a pass, and then descends down to Meo Vac valley, a beautiful valley situated very close to the Chinese border. After having lunch in local restaurant then you will then have the opportunity to trek along the Ma  Pi Leng Pass and take in the views of the beautiful mountain ranges and the Nho Que river. As the roads zigzag along to Dong Van you will notice the remoteness of local life and see some of the environmental obstacles against survival and development.
Overnight in a hotel at Dong Van town

Included: Transportation, tourist guide, entrance tickets, meals as mentioned, hotel
Excluded: Drinks and personal expense
 

Moring: After breakfast, you can visit Dong Van Market (if on the Sunday) to meet the local people and peruse the fascinating ion of handmade goods and speciality produce. Keep going ahead Dong Van town, Passing Lung Cu flagpole. Trekking up to the top of Lung Cu Flagpole, see amazing panorama view from there.
Afternoon: You will continue visitting the Vuong’s Palace - The building used to belong to a King of H’mong people during the French domination.
On the way to Ha Giang city, you will stop in  Quan Ba to enjoy and explore the Heaven gate and Fairy Bosom
Overnight in Ha Giang city

Included: Transportation, tourist guide, entrance tickets, meals as mentioned, hotel
Excluded: Drinks and persnal expense

 

Morning: After having breakfast at the hotel in Ha Giang. You will visit Pa Then ethnic’s village to discover the daily life, their culture and famous weaving crafts 
After visiting Pa Then Village, you will go back to Hanoi. Lunch on the way
Arrive in Hanoi at about 17h00. End your trip

Included: Transportation, touristguide, meals as mentioned, entrance ticket
Excluded: Dinner, drinks and personal expense