1: Hanoi – Ha Giang –
Yen Minh (L, D) (380km)
5h00: You will be met up with team
at gathering point in Hanoi (The Opera House) and depart to Ha Giang via Tuyen
Quang province.
We arrive in Bac Quang town (Ha Giang province) to have lunch in restaurant.
After lunch, we continue our drive towards Dong Van stone plateau that was
recognized to be the World Heritage – the Geography Park.
We drop by Quan Ba town and take a walk up to the observatory to enjoy Twin
Mountain (Fairy Bosom) sightseeing – the unique special formation made by
nature.
Then we arrive in Yen Minh town around late afternoon after passing by the
largest pine forest of Vietnam. Check in a local guesthouse/hotel.
20h00: Dinner will be provided at the restaurant.
2: Yen Minh – Dong Van
Plateau of Rock – Lung Cu – Ma Pi Leng Pass (B, L, D) (120km)
7h00: we continue our road trip to
Dong Van plateau of rock. A stop will be made en route for visiting a authentic
Hmong village in Lung Cam, and the residence of the Vuong family, still called
“Palace of Hmong King” – the unique
architecture’s still remained over 100 years within Plateau of Rock.
Then we will visit Lung Cu – the
North Pole of Vietnam where you can see beautiful village landscape down there.
After having lunch and short rest
there, we start enjoying the most beautiful distance of the trip. It is Ma Pi
Leng pass connecting Dong Van and Meo Vac. Dong Van and Meo Vac - the highest
frontier points of Vietnam Nation bordering with China, restricted area in the
past but lately opening to welcome adventure visitors. Terrain of rugger rock
mountains high and sharp, the local people had spent 6 years to construct 20km
of road and especially the workers had to hang themselves to work on the rugger
rock cliffs during 11 months and finally the road was completed and those
workers named this thread road is The Road of Happiness.
We can enjoy the most spectacular landscape of Indochina - Ma Pi Leng Pass. Ma
Pi Leng means kneed-horse pass - this means the pass is so high that all horses
passing have to bend their knees to rest by being exhausted.
18h00: We will arrive in Dong Van
old town, then we check into a homestay (a lovely H’Mong traditional house with
tourist services) and have dinner.
After dinner, you will enjoy the night life there by walking peacefully on
hung-lantern old street.
3: Dong Van – Ha Giang
– Hanoi (B, D) (450km)
After early breakfast, you may have
time to see how ethnic minority in Ha Giang communicate and exchange in Dong
Van market.
8h30: We start our road trip back
to Ha Giang city.
After lunch at Ha Giang city, we continue our trip back to Hanoi.
20h30: We arrive back to Hanoi. End
of tour.
