Off the Beaten Path Tour in North Vietnam – 12 days
Overview
This adventure trip will take you to the most isolated, but also very beautiful areas in the far north of Vietnam, where you can see many different hill tribes and magnificent scenery.
You will see the weekly market on the way north, as well as terraced rice fields in Mu Cang Chai and Hoang Su Phi, that have been newly recognized as national heritage sites in Vietnam.
You will also see the charming town of Pho Bang, the breathtaking pass at Ma Pi Leng, Dong Van Rock Plateau, Meo Vac Town, beautiful Ban Gioc Waterfall and historic Pac Bo Cave.
You will also take a peaceful boat trip on Ba Be Lake and experience a home stay with Tay people in a house on stilts.
This tour will emphasize your interactions with many hill tribes in order for you to have a well-rounded and profound learning experience that you will value forever.
Highlights:
+ See spectacular scenery driving through North Vietnam seeing miles of undeveloped lands, visiting charming villages and crossing high mountain passes
+ Be immersed in hill tribe culture with staying in a Tay homestay, explore Hmong villages and meet ethnic peoples at markets
+ Experience hill tribe culture: meet with the Ethnic group, learn about their culture and see their traditional dances
+ Enjoy a scenic road trip. Travel along one of North Vietnam’s most beautiful roads, stopping ofter for photos of the soaring mountains and farming villages
+ All inclusive for your adventure
+ Exploring a new destination
+ Experience local culture and the daily life of the Thai and Muong ethnic minorities
+ Discover beautiful nature , terraced rice fields and peaceful valleys
+ Great trekking through villages and beautiful mountains
+ Discover villages by walking, hiking and boating.
EXPERT’S PICK:
We designed this tour programme with focus on the Northern and North-eastern mountainous areas of Vietnam where photographers, amateurs or professionals, will encounter breath-taking natural landscapes, colourful ethnic minorities and authentic experiences all year round. Vietnam’s northernmost province of Ha Giang offers some of the most striking sceneries with the rock formations and bizarre landscape in Dong Van rock plateau, a UNESCO World Geopark. Other highlights of the tour includes the beautiful Ban Gioc Waterfall on the Sino-Vietnamese border and Ba Be National Park with homestay and kayaking on Ba Be Lake, one of the rare karsts mountain lakes in the world which never dries
Included/Exclude
- Private pick-up & drop-off services
- Private tour with English or French speaking guide
- Daily departure from Hanoi
- Private pick up and drop off services at your hotel in Hanoi
- Full A/C transportation as per tour program
- Full meals as indicated in the itinerary
- Lunch and dinner at local restaurants with Vietnamese food
- English or French-speaking guide Boat trip
- Twin shared accommodations with daily breakfast
- All entrance and sightseeing fees in the program
- Biking
- Drinking water
- International airfares & airport taxes in/out of Vietnam
- Hotel early check-ins and late check-outs
- Accommodation pre and post trip
- All drinks & other meals not mentioned
- Travel insurance
- Visa to Vietnam (we can arrange both visa approval letter and visa on arrival upon request)
- Personal expenses (laundry, telephone, shopping, etc.)
- Others not mentioned, such as tipping and gratuities
