4 days loop tour Hanoi- Bac Ha- Ha Giang by private car

Nam Ly Retreat is located in the center of the National Cultural Heritage of Terraces in Nam Ly village, Ban Luoc commune, Hoang Su Phi district, Ha Giang province, Vietnam. An amazing space for watching rice field, swimming in waterfalls, trekking ethnic minority villages, discovering local culture and living with people of Vietnamese Northwest Mountain such as Dao, H'mong, Nung ethnic minority…

Nậm Lỳ Retreat Travel organizes the tour for private groups from min 2 people by SUV car departing from Hanoi everyday. On the route, you will come to Bắc Hà - Nậm Lỳ- Hồ Thầu. You have great time to visit Sin Cheng local fair ( every Wednesday), Lùng Phình local fair ( every Friday), Can Cau local fair (every Saturday), Hoang Su Phi local fair ( every Sunday), explore an amazing space of rice field, swimming in waterfalls, hiking ethnic minority villages, discovering local culture and living with people of Vietnamese Northwest Mountain such as Dao, H'mong, Nung ethnic minority…

We bring to you full services during the journey such as: transportation, meals, housing, entrance tickets, local guide for trekking, first aid box…

The itinerary as following:

Day 1: Hà Ná»™i- Bắc HÃ

On the first day you will depart from Hanoi to Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province. Bac Ha is the land of H'Mong ethnic minority group living, known as the White Highlands when white color of plum trees blossom everywhere in February. You will visit Hoang A Tuong’ Palace. A Tưởng was a king of H’Mong ethnic minority group in the early 19th century when Vietnam was still colonised by France. He became rich thanks to planting poppy fields and trading drug, so he built a big palace with unique architecture that mixed native culture and French culture. You will spend time walking to see Bac Ha town, visit shops selling souvenir handmade from brocade, silver and buffalo horn. At the end of the day, you will stay in a beautiful traditional H'Mong Bungalow located in a valley with plum gardens, peach gardens. It is so quiet here at night that you can hear the singing of crickets and night birds.

Day 2: Bắc Hà - Nậm Lỳ Retreat.

You will visit the traditional local market on Wednesday (Sin Cheng), Friday (Lung Phinh), Saturday (Can Cau), Sunday (Bac Ha/ Coc Pai). Due to difficult terrain, local people often go by foot and it takes a long time even 1 day to go market. Therefore, local markets opend 1 time a week and hold as a weekly festival where locals can buy or sell everything, meet friends and find lovers. The local market is always busy from 6:00 to 11:00 with brocade, handmade silver jewelry, food and drinks shops. You can also visit an animal market stands side by side selling buffaloes, cows, cats, dogs, chickens, ducks.... You will mingle with nature and human life here. In the afternoon, you will arrive at Nậm Lỳ Retreat and have a small hiking, pass through terraces fields as far as the eyes can see and come to a beautiful waterfall in the valley. You will spend the night in a Dao ethnic minority traditional wooden house. Your room overlooks the mountains and terraces fields. You will see the waterfall like white threads flowing down and dim lights of the stilt houses on the other side of the valley look like night stars.

Day 3: Hiking Nậm Lỳ- Hồ Thầu ( 17 km):

The next day you will have a full day hiking with a local guide. He doesn't speak much English but can completely understand you via the English translation App. Besides, you will be always supported by Lee Don, a tour operator in time. The local guide will take you through trails, terraces fields, waterfalls, and ethic minority villages. You will enjoy extremely fresh and quiet air. On a sunny day you can swim at the falls. You will visit a Dao ethnic minority family in Suoi Thau village to explore the traditional customs, talk to family members, see Dao women weave traditional clothes, take photos with elderlies and especially have lunch with their family as an experience of living with locals. Please note that locals are honest, simple and friendly farmers, so you can buy souvenirs made by themself but should not give them gifts or money. If you cannot take a long hiking, we will customize a new trip in 6 hours by motorbike with driver to visit Nung ethnic minority village in San Xa Ho and Dao ethnic minority village in Suoi Thau ( You will pay for this extra fee).

Day 4: Nậm Lỳ Retreat- Hà Nội

On the way return Hanoi, you will visit the Tay ethnic minority village in Tan Quang, a peaceful village has wide rice fields, ancient stilt houses and buffaloes leisurely grazing. You will spend a time with Lee to explore to traditional customs of 54 minority ethnic groups such as: Muong, Thai, Tay, Nung, Dao…. You will have lunch here. After lunch you can walk on the flat village road, visit local families, take photos and drink some tea or vodka with them. On the way back, you will have nice moments to stop drink a hot cup of coffee made by Lee himself. Lee is a 6 years experiences tour guide. He speaks English well and drive safely. He understands the customs and traditions in Northwest highland and he will share many interesting stories during the journey to you.

* We can customize a new itinerary as your request