Kayaking Babe Lake - 3 Days

Kayaking | Trip Level: Easy & Fun | Homestay
The park and the surrounding area is limestone country, so lakes, waterfalls, caves and unusual rock formations abound. The whole area is richly forested and is home to many ethnic minority communities. Ba Be National Park has been recognized as a Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO.  The highlights of this tour include of paddling the lake at your own pace walking up the summit of the mountain for the panoramic view of scenic lake and homestay.
KAYAKING BABE LAKE
The park and the surrounding area is limestone country, so lakes, waterfalls, caves and unusual rock formations abound. The whole area is richly forested and is home to many ethnic minority communities. Ba Be National Park has been recognized as a Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO.  The highlights of this tour include of paddling the lake at your own pace walking up the summit of the mountain for the panoramic view of scenic lake and homestay.

Route: Hanoi - Bac Can – Pac Ngoi – Dau Dang – Nang River

Duration: 3days/ 2nights
Type: All-Inclusive Tours
Departure: Daily from Hanoi
Trip Level: Easy & Fun
Activities: Kayaking/ Walking
Idea for: Cultural & Natural Experience

Highlights
Kayak to explore the unspoiled nature at your own pace
Walking up the summit mountain for panoramic view of the scenic lake
Homstay in Tay Hill tribe family

Itinerary at a glance
DAY 1: HANOI – BAC CAN - BA BE LAKE – PAC NGOI (~ 240 km)
              Inclusion: Transfer, guide, homestay, entrance fee, lunch, dinner, permit.
DAY 2: KAYAKING
              Inclusion: Transfer, guide, entrance fee,kayak, full-day meals, permit, and homestay.
DAY 3: BABE LAKE - HANOI
              Transfer, guide, breakfast, lunch.
DAY TO DAY ITINERARY
Together with our experienced guide and escorted boat, we will paddle the wild place of the park, do as much or as little as you wish

DAY 1: HANOI – BABE LAKE
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Hanoi – Thai Nguyen – Ba Be National Park – Pac Ngoi Village
8:00 am we leave Hanoi for Ba Be National Park by a way up into mountain areas north of Hanoi, the biggest natural lake in northern Vietnam. Ba Be Lake is a famous Nature World Heritage Site which also called “Halong Bay on mountain”, home to many kinds of birds, scenic valleys, towering rocky outcrops, underground river tributaries, a gigantic cave and local ethnic minorities, including the Tay, Red Dao and Hmong. 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 Ba Be. Upon arrival in National Park, we take a short boat ride to Pac Ngoi Village. This night is spent with a local family in the traditional house of a Tay family to experience their way of life.

Activity: Boating 15 minutes
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Homestay in Pac Ngoi Village of Tay Hill tribe 2 nights

DAY 2: KAYAK BA BE LAKE
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Pac Ngoi – An Ma Island – Dau Dang Waterfall – Pac Ngoi
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 Dau Dang Waterfall we we will have a picnic lunch in a beautiful natural setting of the waterfall. After lunch we paddle back to Babe Lake. If weather permits we can swim in the emerald cool water of the lake. Paddle back to Pac Ngoi village for another night at the homestay.

Activities: 4 – 4.5 hrs kayaking/ 1.5hrs trekking
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 3: BA BE – HANOI
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Pac Ngoi – Puong Cave – Boc Luom Dock – Hanoi

Breakfast at the homestay. We take a boat ride from the village to Puong Cave, a huge natural tunnel through mountain. We continue cruising upstream the Nang River to Boc Luom Dock where we get on our van for the ride back to Hanoi. Stop on the way for lunch. Back to Hanoi in the late afternoon. Trip completes.

Activity: 1 – 1.5hrs boat cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Includes:
+ AC vehicle
+ Support boat
+ Kayak
+ English or French speaking guide
+ Meals as mentioned in the itinerary
+ First-aid kit
+ Water & Snacks
+ Entrance and sightseeing fee
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