Explore the magical Ha Giang province by motorbike. See the picturesque rice terraces ribboning across the mountainside. Drive the winding highway carved into the sides of mountains. Interact with locals who have been isolated from Westerners until a few years ago. Ha Giang is an adventure you won't soon forget. Our guide will meet you around 9am. For the rest of the morning, we will help you work on your motorbike driving skills. Around 1pm, we will catch up with others to start the trip. During lunch we give you a motorbike briefing before you set off to Nam Dam village. You will be accompanied by a local who will show you the way.

Quan Ba Heaven Gate

The 45km drive is stunning, passing through traditional villages, beautiful valleys, and climbing mountains. Along the journey, we will make plenty of stops to take pictures and give your bum a rest. :) Among the stops we make is the Fairy Bosom hills in Quan Ba and a geopark recognized by UNESCO. We will spend the night in Nam Dam village with a host family. You will have the afternoon and evening explore the village, go for a hike, help our host family prepare dinner, or just relax. Dinner includes local rice or corn wine, also called "happy water." The rest of your journey starts the next day after breakfast

Mun homestay is a Dzao family that we have worked with for a long time. Meet Pay and her family - your host of the night.

Lung Khuy Cave

After breakfast at our homestay, we'll pack up the bikes then set off for the next part of our adventure. Climb to Lung Khuy cave at the top of a mountain for an amazing view and some cave exploring.

We'll stop in one of the many picturesque villages we pass through today, called Lung Tam. It's a Hemp Linen making village where we will watch how it’s made from A-Z. Try your hand a rolling out the cloth—you'll be surprised how much balance and strength it takes!

Yen Minh

Yen Minh is a town in the valley we pass by. We will stop here from lunch

Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark

After lunch, we'll continue on to a guest favorite—Dong Van. We highly recommend planning your trip to pass through Dong Van on Sunday, when the villagers host their weekly highland market. It's not only a chance for locals to buy and sell goods and livestock, but it's highly anticipated as a weekly social gathering.

Dinh Vua Meo

The Mansion of the opium king in the region. one of the typical architectural attractions of the area

Lung Cu Flag Tower

Visit the most northern point of Vietnam. From Lung Cu Flag Tower we can see across the border to China.

Dong Van

Arrive Dong Van town Center, Check in our hotel and stay the night here.

Be sure to check with us about dates and times for the local markets. It’s a cultural experience you won’t want to miss. Our Friday departures always get the Sunday market experience in either Dong Van or Meo Vac

Ma Pi Leng Pass

Arguably one of the most epic and picturesque roads in all of Vietnam, you'll want to have your camera ready and be prepared to make lots of stops for photos. We will hike on top of the pass for an 4 hour hike.

Mystic Tu San Abyss Alley in the border between Meo Vac and Dong Van district, Ha Giang Province. Vietnam This alley is considered the most majestic with the heights of cliffs up to almost 1000 meters, length to almost 2 km while the depth is about 1000 meter. Tu San Abyss Alley is naturally created millions of years ago when this whole region is still under the vast ocean. In the process of earth changes, the water receded, making this unique geological photography heritage now.

Meo Vac

Meo Vac is a small but charming district capital hemmed in by steep karst mountains. After Ma Pi Leng, We will stop for lunch here before continuing to the next part of the road toward Du Gia

Bao Lac

There is a little village in the National reservation of Bao Lac. This is where we are heading after lunch. A beautiful 90 km of road will be the most talked of many motorbike drivers here. We'll check in a homestay for the night here.

Bao Lac

Bao Lac National Park has the duty to protect the evergreen closed tropical moist tropical forest ecosystems. They are including limestone karsts, endangered. We will walk to a waterfall and relax for the morning there before we slowly ride back to Ha Giang

Khau Coc Cha Mountain Pass

the only pass of its kind, which is breathtaking. To ascend this essentially vertical wall of rock, the road passes through 14 consecutive switchbacks, earning it the nickname 'Dragon's Stairway'. We will stop here for lunch and enjoy the most epic pass in Vietnam.

Pac Bo Cave

Our next destination is Pac Bo, a historically significant site located in a highly scenic location. This is where Uncle Ho (Ho Chi Minh) re-entered Vietnam in 1941 after being absent for 30 years, and started his struggle for an independent nation. We will spend the night in our accommodation at this location.

Pac Bo Cave

Wake up and have breakfast. We'll set for our next part

Nui Thung mountain, also called Angel Eye mountain, is still a very unknown place, at just 30 km from Cao Bang City and 70 km from Ban Gioc waterfall. It is not only the mountain that is worth a day trip, but the whole area, with Thang Hen Lake, villages, mountains and rice fields, all located in a hidden valley called Tuyet Tinh Coc.

Tra Linh is the border town between Vietnam and China, We will pass through this town before we head to Ban Gioc Waterfall

Ban Gioc Waterfall - Detian Falls

Ban Gioc Waterfall is one of Vietnam’s most impressive natural sights. Located in the northeastern province of Cao Bang province, the falls are 30 meters high and 300 meters across, making Ban Gioc the widest waterfall in the country. The falls occur on the Quay Son River, a beautiful jade-blue body of water flowing from China through a pastoral landscape of rice fields and bamboo groves surrounded by limestone pinnacles. Despite improved road access and public transportation connections, and the popularity of several recent viral drone videos showcasing the majesty of the falls, Ban Gioc is still a relatively off-the-beaten-path sight. Mass tourism has yet to arrive and, outside of weekends and public holidays, there’s rarely more than a trickle of foreign and domestic visitors.

Phat Tich Truc Lam Ban Gioc pagoda is the first pagoda to be started construction at the Northern border position in Dam Thuy, Trung Khanh and Cao Bang.

Nguom Ngao Cave

Nguom Ngao Cave is located in a mountain in Gun village of Dam Thuy commune, Trung Khanh district, is a priceless asset that the nature has gifted to the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang. Nearly 5 kilometres away from the renowned Ban Gioc Waterfall, Nguom Ngao Cave was discovered in 1921, opened to tourists in 1996, and recognised as a national-level scenic landscape in 1998. Nguom Ngao means “Tiger Cave” in the Tay ethnic language. It is said that that this site used to be a den of many tigers which were then killed by local residents to guarantee a safe life. Given this, local Tay people named this place “Nguom Ngao”.

Phuc Sen Forging Village

Phuc Sen forging village is located in Phuc Sen commune, Quang Uyen district, Cao Bang province. This place has long been famous throughout the country for the traditional forging tools. It’s closely associated with the life of Nung people. Especially become a unique culture of this land.

Cao Bang

On our journey back to Cao Bang city, we will stop at a blacksmith workshop in Phuc Sen village where you can make your own knife. Our arrival back to Cao Bang city will be around 2 pm. In case you are catching our transfer back to Hanoi, our van will drop you off around 9 pm in the Hanoi center.