HOANG SU PHI,
WALKS
AMONG
ETHNIC MINORITIES
ITINERARY IN BRIEF
DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN HANOI
DAY 2: HANOI - BAC HA
DAY 3: BAC HA
DAY 4: BAC HA - HOANG ON PHI
DAY 5: HOANG ON PHI
DAY 6: HOANG ON PHI
DAY 7: HOANG SU PHI - HANOI
DAY 8: HANOI - DEPARTURE
DAY 1 - HANOI
Arrival in Hanoi, welcomed by our guide and transfer to the hotel to leave your luggage. Starting the tour with the discovery of Ha Noi, a thousand-year-old city: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (outside part) where the old wooden house on stilts and its bucolic garden are located (closed on Monday afternoon), One Pillar Pagoda dating back to 11th century and linked to the legend of the Ly Dynasty, founder of Hanoi the capital, Temple of Literature - the first university in Vietnam. Overnight stay in Hanoi.
DAY 2 - FROM HANOI TO BAC HA
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure by car from Hanoi to Bac Ha through beautiful nature. After about 7-8 driving hours, accommodation and dinner in homestay. Overnight stay in Bac Ha.
Private transportation: about 320 kilometers, 7-8 hours.
DAY 3 - BAC HA
Visit to the local market of ethnic minorities (activate on different day) where silver jewelry and embroidered and colorful clothes gathered and sold, which they themselves flaunt. Then visit the Hoang A Tuong Palace and walk to the
local villages of the ethnic groups of H'mong Flowers or Tay. Return and dinner in homestay. Overnight in Bac Ha.
Starting altitude: 900 m
Arrival altitude: 900 m
Uphill difference in height: 400 m
Descent height difference: 400 m
Actual walking hours non-stop: 03:00:00
DAY 4 - HOANG SU PHI - VILLAGE OF LUOC
Departure by car from Bac Ha to Hoang Su Phi. Afternoon, trekking to a village of the Dzao ethnic group of the long dress (Dao Ao Dai). After 2 hours, accommodation and dinner with a local family. Overnight stay in Luoc village.
Private transportation: about 100 kilometers, 4 hours.
Maximum altitude: 950 m
Ascent height difference: 430m
Downhill difference in height: 390m
Distance and duration of the excursion: about 6 kilometers in 2 hours.
Terrain: can be slippery when wet
DAY 5 - HOANG SU PHI - HO THAU
After breakfast, trekking to the village of the Red Dzao ethnic group crossing the wonderful rice terraces and the gate of heaven at the height of 1350 meters above sea level. Lunch in a local house. Continue trekking to the peaceful forests and small agricultural areas of ethnic minorities. Accommodation and dinner in a house of the Red Dzao ethnic group. Overnight stay in Ho Thau.
Maximum altitude: 1,350 m
Ascent height difference: 790m
Downhill difference in height: 750m
Distance and duration of the excursion: about 13 kilometers in 4 hours.
Terrain: can be slippery when wet.
DAY 6 - HOANG SU PHI - NAM DICH
Departure to hike to the ethnic villages of Nung and H’Mong. Lunch with the inhabitants. Afternoon leaves the Hmong area and reaches the lower area of the Tay ethnic group, then transfer by car to the homestay. Accommodation and dinner in homestay. Overnight in Nam Dich.
Private transportation: about 15 kilometers, 45 minutes.
Maximum altitude: 965 m
Ascent height difference: 350m
Descent height difference: 780m
Distance and duration of the excursion: about 10 kilometers, 5 hours.
Terrain: can be slippery when wet.
DAY 7 - HANOI
Breakfast in homestay. Transfer by private car to Ha Noi. Hotel accommodation after the long road. Free time until dinner in a local restaurant. Overnight in Ha Noi.
Private transportation: about 290 kilometers, 7 hours.
DAY 8 - DEPARTURE
Breakfast at the hotel and free time until transfer by car to Ha Noi airport and return flight to Italy.