Trekking Vietnam Tours to the devious villages in Vietnam

Vietnam trekking tours offers a range of trekking tour options for you to choose according to your hobby. These options are specifically designed to enable you to experience some of the very best landscapes, scenery, and Villages in Vietnam. During our treks, tourists will experience to sleep under the stars in a tent or stay in a local family.

Most of our treks start with a jeep ride which takes us from town to the real starting points. Our English-Vietnamese tour guide will introduce and answer questions about the countryside as well as local ethnic minority cultures and customs. During the treks, you only need to carry a small daypack with personal belongings and of course your camera. Porters from the Tay hill tribe will carry the rest of your luggage in special watertight bags.

Day 1: Hanoi Capital – Quang Binh Town ( L, D) – Trekking Vietnam

You will be picked up at 8 a.m by our tour guide and driver and transferred to Quang Binh district, Ha Giang province. Follow the national road 2 via Viet Tri, Tuyen Quang and Vinh Tuy to a 55 km narrow provincial road. You will have a chance to visit some villages of the Tay ethnic tribe on the way before having lunch in Tuyen Quang city. It takes a whole day to overcome 295 km to reach this destination, so at 5 p.m, you will be available in Quang Binh. Then you are free to explore this newly established townlet in the evening.

Day summary: Transfer 300 km for approx.6 and half hours/ Some short walks to villages in Vietnam along the way.

Acc: Local Homestay in Quang Binh. Tay Ladies In Traditional Costume in Trekking Vietnam Tours

Tay Ladies In Traditional Costume in Trekking Vietnam Tours

Day 2: Quang Binh Town – Tan Nam Village (B, L, D)

The next day is dedicated to trekking to explore new land as well as improve your health. Have to breakfast and do the check-out procedure. Then our tour guide will pick you up at 8.30 a.m and transfer about 6km far from Homestay to the starting point of the trekking trail. From here you will walk for sightseeing through the valley and rice paddy terraces for about 2 hours to visit a village of Pa Then ethnic people. Stop for lunch in this beautiful village and take a short break before continuing the journey.

3 hours in the afternoon is spent for ascending and descending the pretty hill through plantations, rice paddies and especially the palm forests in Tan Nam Commune. Following some hamlets of the Black Zao and larger villages of friendly Nung ethnic peoples, you will approach central Tan Nam at about 5 p.m. Discover this hospitable village before dinner and stay overnight at Nung’s local family.

Day summary: Transfer 6 km/ Trekking Vietnam Tours 6 hours, approx.15 km, grade 2 of 5/ Homestay in Village of the Nung.

Take A Break On The Way After Hard Trekking UpHill

Day 3: Tan Nam Village – Phieng Lang Village(B, L, D) – Trekking Vietnam

Enjoy breakfast before departing the village at 8.30 a.m. You may find the trek today easy as pie because we’ll walk for a stroll on a large village path connecting between Tan Nam and other Zao Ao Dai Ethnic villages (Zao with long dress), Tay and Nung ethnic Villages in Vietnam. These hamlets are located beautifully along the Nam Ly River, so You will have a chance to enjoy the peaceful life in this land. You are hospitally welcomed by the local residents.

After lunch and short break, you will climb hill to reach Phieng Lang. You’ll arrive in this remote area in the mid afternoon, so you have much free time to walk leisurely and take a picture about the poetic countryside. This land is settled down mostly by the Zao Ao Dai people and several Flower Hmong who traditionally and practically build their houses on hill tops and cultivate the surrounding land to create perfect dwellings. Enjoy dinner in the Dzao’s stilt houses.

Day summary: Trekking Vietnam Tour about 6 hours, approx.17 km, grade 2 of 5/ Homestay in Phieng Lang Village of the Red Zao.

Cooking The Dinner With The Family

Day 4: Trekking Vietnam Tours To The Remote Area Of Phieng Lang – Pa Duc – Quang Thuong – Nam Choong (B, L, D)

The next day is planned to climb the mountain along the pretty Nam Ly valley. Have a breakfast and leave Phieng Lang at 8 a.m. Along the uphill way, tourists will have a chance to encounter local residents in Pa Duc village and Quang Thuong. In contrast with the Nung and Tay, who occupy the higher lands and build their houses all over the hill-tops, peoples in Pa Duc and Quang Thuong settle down in large villages in the lower lands. I believe that this part of the trek brings one of the most gorgeous northern views to tourists.

After lunch we will start the tour by hiking down along the a narrow trail through tea farms and steeping paddy terrace. The destination of this afternoon is Nam Choong Village where the Zao Ao Dai inhabites. Explore the village and stay in local house for 1 night.

Day summary: Trekking Vietnam Tours 5 hours, approx.14 km, grade 2 of 5/ Home stay.

Meet Local People On The Way

Day 5: Do A Trek From Nam Chong – Quang Nguyen – Coc Cang – Coc Dong (B, L, D)

At 08.30 a.m, depart from the local family. Do trekking on a narrow trail along the Nam Ly River for an hour to the central commune of Quang Nguyen. Then you’ll suffer under a tough and steep trail for 2 hours for visiting Quang Vinh Village, the Nung village on the low land and Red Zao and Zao Ao Dai on the higher land.

Take break time for lunch and then we must be prepared for the most challenging part of the tour: To come over the Nhin Co San mountain. The trail becomes narrower and very tough. Tourists must ascend the hill through the thick rain forest and bamboo forests for nearly 3 hours before coming Coc Cang village of Che La Commune.Keep on passing trail for 1,5 hours to visit hamlets of the White Hmong to Coc Dong Village of the Nung peoples. Dinner and home-stay here.

Day summary: Trekking Vietnam Tours 6 to 7 hours, approx.17 km, grade 4 of 5/ Home stay in Coc Dong Village of the White Hmong.

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Stop for Photos Before come over the Nhin Co San mountain

Day 6: Coc Dong – Coc Re – Coc Pai (B, L, D)

What a wonderful day today! You need to leave Coc Dong for nearly one hour to ascend uphill along a trail sneaking amidst the high mountains. On the way, we will pass some hamlets of the Flower H’mong, who – as you know – always make up the highest elevation. Reach Coc Re at noon and enjoy a lunch in a local restaurant after you can go around the Coc Re market and learning the culture in here.

The whole afternoon is used for passing through some narrow valleys with marvellous terraced paddies and newly planted forests. The final destination of the day is Coc Pai, the townlet of Xin Man District.

Do the check-in procedure in Gia Long hotel. You are free to see the interesting activities taking place around the Xin Man Market in the late afternoon.

Day summary: Trekking Vietnam Tours 6 hours, approx.17 km Walking, grade 3 of 5/ Hoang Gia Hotel in Xin Man Town.

Stop for Photos Before come over the Nhin Co San mountain

Day 7: Coc Pai – Bac Ha White High Land (B, L, D) Trekking Vietnam Tours

Have breakfast and take a leisurely walk around Coc Pai Market before being transferred by Motorbikes for 2 hours to Bac Ha Townlet. Arrive in Bac Ha at noon, and check in to the Cong Fu hotel and have a lunch.

Exploring the cultural specificity of the Flower Hmong and Tay ethnic is the main topic in the afternoon. You need to spend 2 hours walking to Ban Pho valley to be able to visit houses of the Flower Hmong and the Tay. In here you have a chance to observe the way local residents produce their well-known spirit from corn. You are also taught about the Khen – the traditional instrument made up of 6 bamboo pipes.

Day summary: Road transfer 63 km/ Trekking Vietnam Tours 3 hours, approx.7 km, grade 2 of 5/ Hotel Cong Fu.

Hoang A Tuong King Palace in Trekking Vietnam Tours

Hoang A Tuong King Palace

Day 8: Bac Ha – Coc Ly – Chay River – Lao Cai – Back to Hanoi (B, L)

A new day with surprising new things is waiting for you. Have breakfast and depart Bac Ha village at 8.30 a.m. Tour guide will take you to walk through many Villages in Vietnam of Flower Hmong And Tay. Climb the hill and then go downhill to the fertile valley. Now could see with their own eyes the local houses built on stilts and located on the bank of the Chay River. Take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy the fantastic scene, walk leisurely to understand more about the prosperous village. Have lunch in a local house. Then Take a boat trip to discover this area for 2 hours. You will be picked up and transferred Back to Ha noi.

Day summary: Trekking Vietnam Tours 5 hours, approx.15 km, grade 2 of 5/ Boat trip 2 hours.

Catching Fish At Chay River