The Real Ha Giang – The Ultimate Loop Adventure (3D2N Easy-Rider)

The Real Ha Giang - The Ultimate Loop Adventure (3D2N Easy-Rider)

• Meet at the lobby at 03:00 PM
  (30mins before the tour starts)
• Includes pick-up in the Old Quarter, transportation, a semi-automatic motorbike and gasoline, and English-speaking guide, all meals in the itinerary, accommodation, all entrance fees in the itinerary, and insurance for the vehicle
• Bring suncreen, long sleeve shirts, hat, comfortable shoes, and some money for personal expenses
• Fully refundable 24+ hours from start time or if cancelled by Mad Monkey.

Itinerary:

• Departure: Hanoi - Ha Giang (8hrs by sleeper bus):
• Departure times from Hanoi Old Quarter: 3.30pm.
• The driver will make a toilet/food break at about the halfway point.
• We do however advise bringing snacks on the bus or eating beforehand, as the stopping points do not offer much.
• DAY 1: Yen Minh ( 115KM ) L,D
• While you enjoy an early breakfast at our restaurant area, your guides will introduce themselves and explain the safety debrief, cultural etiquette, tour itinerary and what to bring.
• Once everybody is packed and ready, those on bikes will be introduced to their trusty steed and shown the basic operations are safe and in working order.
• Those riding will be given a test on competency to operate the vehicle.
• Taking a newly opened road built during the pandemic and unknown to many, we are immersed immediately into scenery that only continues to blow your mind!
• Depending on temperatures, there are some amazing swimming holes along the way!
• This is the point we will normally offer our guests the opportunity to help contribute to a local family in need. Using our contacts in the rural areas, we are able to find information on people that are in some cases, in severe living conditions. We try to help with some basic amenities. This is a real eye opener.
• Reaching our destination for the day, we will have a late afternoon lunch spread in a beautiful spring fed village before making our way for an afternoon swim.
• A lovely dinner at a local restaurant which also offers the North's famous “Bia Hoi” (non preservative beer).
• DAY 2: Ma Pi Leng canyon( 120km ) B,L,D
• Starting the day out the right way, we will have a Phở or Bún noodle breakfast. A unique dish to the North and this one is particularly tasty!
• Taking another very unused route with outstanding scenery. There will be plenty of photo opportunities as we pass through several communities of Red Dao and Nung minority groups.
• Our lunch destination of the day is a quiet and quaint village nestled in the mountains. Occupied by the Tay ethnic group, this place is particularly special as we will be able to explore the cave system at their doorstep that is the source of naturally filtered water for many of the surrounding communities. More swimming of course!
• Amenities are very basic here. This will give you a true understanding of how these particular hill tribes live day to day.
• Our lunch will be cooked over a fire and enjoyed with the family here in their small village.
• After lunch we will venture further North, exploring an area that has become the most talked about section of the Ha Giang loop. The Ma Pi Leng pass. This is South East Asia’s deepest gorge.
• We will stay locally in this area so that we are able to thoroughly enjoy the scenery rather than just passing through.
• A mixed variety of seasonal dishes for dinner, cooked and served by local Hmong
• DAY 3: Ha Giang city (3 day tour 140KM ) B,L
• Depending on preference, you can choose to sleep in until breakfast or get up early and see the sunrise over the China border. An amazing place to explore on foot!Depending on preference, you can choose to sleep in until breakfast or get up early and see the sunrise over the China border. An amazing place to explore on foot!
• After breakfast we will continue South West and follow the border area where we will pass through areas of rocky outcrop that scientists have pointed out show evidence of a shift in the Earth's plates.
• Depending on time, we will make a stop to see the ancient H’mong Kings Palace that is now open to the public. A very interesting story for those into history!
• Lunch will be had in the township of Yen Minh in one of the oldest commercially operating restaurants in all of Ha Giang. The food is delicious!
• After lunch, 3D and 4D guests will part ways.
• Several more stunning mountain passes await us as we make our way back toward Ha Giang, including villages where crops of hemp cover the hillsides!
• We normally get back to Ha Giang at about 3 PM. The bus back to Hanoi departs our doorstep at 4 PM.
• After breakfast we will continue South West and follow the border area where we will pass through areas of rocky outcrop that scientists have pointed out show evidence of a shift in the Earth's plates.
• Depending on time, we will make a stop to see the ancient H’mong Kings Palace that is now open to the public. A very interesting story for those into history!
• Lunch will be had in the township of Yen Minh in one of the oldest commercially operating restaurants in all of Ha Giang. The food is delicious!
• After lunch, 3D and 4D guests will part ways.
• Several more stunning mountain passes await us as we make our way back toward Ha Giang, including villages where crops of hemp cover the hillsides!
• We normally get back to Ha Giang at about 3 PM. The bus back to Hanoi departs our doorstep at 4 PM.