The 7-day trekking tour is provided by Lotussia Travel in the remote northern Vietnam – Ha Giang province and Bac Ha district. Begin your adventure with a car transfer from Hanoi via Tuyen Quang to Ha Giang where you will begin your 7-day challenging trekking holidays. You trek along hillsides, through terraced rice fields and remote hill tribe villes, inhabited by the H’mong, the Dzao, the Tay, the Nung…This is a challenging trekking tour that require some preparation. There are about 6 – 7 hours trek per day and the hiking trail goes up and downhill. Accommodation is simple and basic since most of nights are spent at local homes (homestay). This hard trek is only recommended for small group tours and active, intrepid travelers, those seek a real trekking adventure holidays to the less travelled places.

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Vietnam Challenging Trekking Holidays Travel Hanoi Ha Giang Bac Ha
Lao Cai (7 days)
The 7-day trekking tour is provided by Lotussia Travel in the remote northern Vietnam – Ha Giang province and Bac Ha
district. Begin your adventure with a car transfer from Hanoi via Tuyen Quang to Ha Giang where you will begin your
7-day challenging trekking holidays. You trek along hillsides, through terraced rice fields and remote hill tribe villes,
inhabited by the H’mong, the Dzao, the Tay, the Nung…This is a challenging trekking tour that require some
preparation. There are about 6 – 7 hours trek per day and the hiking trail goes up and downhill. Accommodation is
simple and basic since most of nights are spent at local homes (homestay). This hard trek is only recommended for
small group tours and active, intrepid travelers, those seek a real trekking adventure holidays to the less travelled
places.
Itinerary:

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Day 1: Ha Noi – Thong Nguyen.
8:30: You will be met up at your hotel in Hanoi by Lotussia Travel team and transferred to Thong Nguyen (Ha Giang
Province).
Enjoy several stops along the way for stunning scenery of the northern countryside and the Vietnam far north
mountainous region.
You will arrive in Thong Nguyen at about 5 pm. Check-in the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Thong Nguyen – Nam Son.
After breakfast, we will leave the ecolodge following a small trail for about 2 km leading to the center of Thong
Nguyen Commune.
We will trek uphill along a dirt trail for about 2 hours and then downhill for 1,5 hour passing by some small villages of
the Nung ethnic.
Lunch will be provided en route.
After lunch, we continue trekking uphill along a magnificent valley, sneaking on mountain sides which offers great
scenery of the villages of the Nung and Zao scattering around the valley.
We will arrive at the village around late afternoon.
Dinner and overnight in a local house (Homestay).
Day 3: Nam Son – Nam Li.
After breakfast, we will say good bye to the Nung local host and continue trekking along a single dirt trail for 3 hours
uphill passing two villages of the Dao peoples. This portion offers marvelous landscapes for its beauty of nature.
Lunch will be provided on the foot of a mountain.
The trail gets narrower in the afternoon, winding its way up and down hill for 4 hours through local hill tribe villages
(Dao & Nung), and then bamboo and thick rain forest as well as tea plan tation.
We will arrive in Nam Li around late afternoon. Check-in homestay for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Nam Li – Che La.
After breakfast, we will leave Nam Li at 08.30.

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The trek today is a real challenge! The narrow dirt trail sneaks its way mostly uphill (from 370 m to 622 m high)
through an untouched region, via several small villages of the Nung and Red Zao who will be very excited at meeting
the first tourists to come to their villages.
Then the trek goes through thick forest for nearly 2 hours to the top of the mountain range.
After lunch break, the trail gets wider as we descend to another village is also an authentic one, inhabited by the
H’mong people who used to grow poppy for opium production until recently. Spend an hour to explore this village
before continue trekking downhill to the center of the commune.
We will arrive in Che La about 5,30 pm.
Check-in local house for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Che La – Nam Chien.
After breakfast, we will leave Che La at 08.30.
It is an easy day today! The dirt path is large and gradually goes downhill for 4 hours, passing through tea plantation,
terraced rice paddies and villages of the Nung, H’mong and Zao.
Lunch will be provided en route.
Once reaching the bottom of the valley, the group will injoy an hour by the clear water of a stream before trekking
uphill for 2 km to the homestay where we will spend the night.
Dinner and overnight in local village.
Day 6 – Nam Chien – Song Ngam – Ban Gia – Bac Ha.
After breakfast, we leave Nam Chien at 08.30.
The first hour is an easy walk along a large path to Nam Dan. Here the group will spend ½ hour to admire a wonder:
The rock field including some dozen rocks of different sizes and shapes bearing messages of the ancient men.
Lunch en route.
Then, we will follow a narrow trail for 2 hours uphill through the thick rain forest and then 3 hours downhill until we
reach a H’mong in mid afternoon.
You will be picked up by Lotussia vehicle and transferred to Bac Ha.
Check-in hotel.
Dinner in a local restaurant in Bac Ha.

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Day 7: Visit a regional tribal market – Overnight train to Ha Noi.
Today is a relaxing day! The group will attend one of the regional markets of the local tribal ethnics includes the
Flower H’mong, Phu La, Tay…
Lunch will be provided in a local restaurant in Bac Ha.
In the afternoon, transfer to Lao Cai where you will take the overnight train back to Hanoi. Train ??? Departure at ???
(To be advised). End trip.
Lotussia Travel is a Hanoi based tour operator offering a wide selection of multi-activity tours in all over Vietnam. The
above multi-activity tour is only a sample we list on this site for your reference. That can be flexible, customizable and
subject to weather conditions and other circumstances. We have lots of other itineraries which will be available upon
request. If you need further information or have any suggestions or comments, please feel free to either mail to travel
at lotussia.com or visit our following sites:
Mai Chau Trekking Tours l Ha Giang Trekking Tours l Cao Bang Trekking Tours l Vietnam Trekking Tours
Vietnam Multi-Activity Tours
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