DAY TO DAY ITINERARY
DAY 1: HANOI – BABE LAKE – PAC NGOI VILLAGE (~ 240 km)
In the morning, transfer to Ba Be Nantional Park. Ba Be Lake is a famous Nature World Heritage Site which also called “Halong Bay on mountain”. We will have a stop for refreshment in Thai Nguyen. Quick visit to Thai Nguyen Museum of ethnology to learn about different ethnic minorities in northern Vietnam. Continue to Bac Can for lunch. After lunch, we continue to Babe Lake. Tonight we will have dinner and overnight in local house in Pac Ngoi Village.
Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, lunch, dinner, permit, and homestay.
DAY 2: VILLAGE TO VILLAGE TREKKING
Breakfast at the homestay. We have a short motorbike ride to the starting point where we begin a day trek to villages of Dzao and H’mong ethnic minorities. Picnic lunch in Lom village. After lunch we walk to Nam Cuong market where we find a nice road along the lake shore. We walk back to Pac Ngoi. The rest of the day, if the weather permits we can swim in the emeraude water of the bay. Dinner and overnight at the homestay.
Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, full-day meals, permit, and homestay.
Trekking: 5 – 6 hrs
DAY 3: FULL DAY PADDLING
Breakfast at the home-stay. We will have a short walking ride to starting point where we begin a short walk through jungle. At some rest place we can have great view of Ba Be Lake. After 1hr trekking we descend to the lake shore and cross a bridge to An Ma Island. Visit to the temple on the island before we start the kayaking time. Leave the island we paddle to Puong Cave, a huge natural tunnel through mountain. Continue to Dau Dang Waterfall where we will have a picnic lunch in a beautiful natural setting of the waterfall. After lunch we paddle back to Ba Be Lake. If weather permits we can swim in the emerald water of the lake. Paddle back to Bo Lu village for another night at the home-stay
Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, kayak, full-day meals, permit, and homestay.
Kayaking: 5 hrs | Trekking: 1 – 1.5 hrs
DAY 4: BO LU VILLAGE - HANOI
After breakfast we take a short boat ride to the NP Dock where we get on van for the ride back to Hanoi. Lunch on the way. Back to Hanoi around 5pm. Trip completes.After breakfast we take a short boat ride to the NP Dock where we get on van for the ride back to Hanoi. Lunch on the way. Back to Hanoi around 5pm. Trip completes.
Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee, breakfast, lunch.
Note on client safety
We reserve the right to deviate from this itinerary for any reasons, including weather conditions or for any other factor which may influence client safety.