Hanoi - Bac Ha (L/D)

Bac Ha - Our tour guide will pick you up at 8:00 A.M from your hotel in Hanoi and take you along highway heading northeast towards Lao Cai. On the way we will stop at a few rest stops. At the end of the route, we drive towards Bac Ha, lunch at the town before we pay one hour to visit H’mong king’s palace of Hoang A Tuong and enjoy a walk on the trails behind the mountains. Dinner on and overnight in a lodge at Bac Ha.

Bac Ha - Phung village trekking (B/L/D)

Hoang Su Phi - The road from Bac Ha to Phung village has many curves. After 3 hours of driving on the zigzag road and stopping at some villages, we have lunch at a local restaurant. After that, the driver dropp us off at the corner of the trails to hike to Phung village, these trails are very strenuous, from above we can see the fields and La Chi buffalo herds. The La Chi community is a very small ethnic minorities group in Vietnam who live in hiding in the border areas.

• A 7-10km trek.

Phung - Nam Hong trekking (B/L/D)

Hoang Su Phi - After waking up at the homestay and enjoying a home-cooked breakfast, we pack our bags for another adventure. Visit the villages of La Chi community, where the women has black teeth and bright smiles. They weave fabrics and hand-dye handicrafts, dry rice in the fields and work together to living on a traditional stilt house (three or four generations). After two hours of walking through the fields, we get in the car and move to Thong Nguyen, this place is known as the terraced rice plateau. Lunch at a local restaurant before trekking through villages and rice fields of Nam Hong. Tonight we take a rest at a Dao ethnic family.

Nam Hong trekking - Hanoi (B/L)

Hoang Su Phi - For our final day we’ll share a last meal with our host family for breakfast, then we set out on a 3 hours trek off the beaten path to explore the many villages situated on high altitudes around Thong Nguyen. The path will carry us upwards for about half an hour before spilling out into scenes of lush forest, tea plantations, terraced rice fields and majestic mountain slopes. During our hike we will stop for lunch with another local family, and many encounters can be had with the locals along the path then get back in the van and travel back to Hanoi, stopping for rest sometimes. You’ll arrive back at your hotel in Hanoi in the early evening, when it will be time to say goodbye to your guide, driver and group.

• All-inclusive sightseeing tickets and travel permits.
• Meals covered: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Private transfer and door-to-door pick-up/drop-off services.
• Accommodations at selected hotels/homestays.
• Guidance from an English-speaking guide throughout the tour.
• No additional fees post-confirmation.

• Personal expenses, tips and gratuities
• Travel insurance
• International flight and taxes.
• Beverage
• Other personal expenses: drinks, souvenir, etc…

This 3-day off the beaten path trekking tour to Hoang Su Phi takes you the untouched beauty of Thong Nguyen Commune which is inhabited mostly by the Dao ethnic group. The trek is moderate, and the scenery includes mountains, tea plantations, terraced fields and forests. Accommodation is at a Dao family home overlooking these spectacular landscapes. As this is an adventure tour aimed at providing an authentic Vietnamese rural experience, you may have the impression that the homestay is quite rudimentary in facilities, but it is nonetheless comfortable and this Spartan living situation is very much a part of the experience itself.

If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.