Transport

Ground transportation in air-conditioned vehicle

Others

•Ground transportation with A/C •02 nights Accommodation at homestay: Double or Twin Room •01 night at 3 star hotel: Double or Twin Room •Experienced English-speaking guide •Meals as stated in the itinerary (B: Breakfast; L: Lunch; D: Dinner) •All sightseeing tickets and travel permit on frontier •No extra charge after confirmation •24/7 hotline support guaranteed •Group tour/ SIC tour/ Combined tour. Not whole the same tour group

Guide

english speaking local guide

Optional

What To Take: • Pack essentials, including light comfortable clothes suitable for outdoor activities, comfortable walking shoes. Take a small day pack for hiking and trekking. • It is essential to bring your passport on this trip. We also recommend packing: insect repellent, sun cream, raincoat and sun hat.

Accommodation

02 nights at homestay: Double or Twin Room 01 night at 3 star hotel in Hanoi: Double or Twin Room

Meals

Meals as mention in the tour program: B= breakfast, L= lunch, D= dinner

Not included:

Insurance

Excluded Travel insurance

Others

•Viet Nam incoming and out coming flights •Beverages/ Drinks •Travel insurance •Vietnam visa stamping fee (US$25/person pay at the airport, prepare 02 passport photo size 4x6 cm). •Tip for tour guide: recommended USD $ 3-$5/ person/ day tour •Pick up and drop off the airport without tour guide. •Personal fees: telephone, laundry, shopping… •Other fees do not mention in the itinerary •Single Supplement •Early check-in and Late check-out: check in time 14:00 and check out time before 12:00

Flights

All flights exclude in the tour program. If you need a support to book flights, please contact us info@asiafocustravel.com

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Day 1 Hanoi - Lang Son - Quang Uyen (Meals:-/ L/D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hanoi - Lang Son - Quang Uyen (Meals:-/ L/D)

Our tour guide will pick you up by car at your hotel in Hanoi old quarter around 7:30- 8:00am, transferring you to Lang Son.

We will start by driving in the direction of the Chinese border for about 3 hours, before stopping at Chi Lang Pass a 20kmlong gorge created from a narrow valley between two mountains.

This place occupies an important position in Vietnamese history, being the place of many victories against various Chinese invasions over the centuries and millennia, as far back as 981AD. As such it bears the reputation of Vietnam’s strongest citadel and bastion. Here you will have roughly an hour to walk around and explore the area around the Quy Mon Quan Gate, which translates as “The Gate of Monsters”, named for the many invasion forces that would spill through the pass over the course of history only to be beaten back by stalwart Vietnamese defenders.

After lunch at a local restaurant in Dong Dang, you will continue your trip into the pass, stopping to visit Mother’s Temple and Dong Khe – an important historical site where The Battle of Dong Khe was fought during the First Indochina War. In fact, this was the very first battle of the Indochina Wars, and the fighting here took place through September and October 1950, ending in a resounding victory for the Viet Minh.

In the evening you will get to enjoy dinner and overnight rest in a local homestay.

Highlights and activities: Chi Lang pass, Quy Mon Quan gate, Dong Khe battle site, ethnic villages, and a 3-5km walk
Day 2 Cao Bang – Ban Gioc Waterfall – Ba Be National Park (Meals: B/L/D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Cao Bang – Ban Gioc Waterfall – Ba Be National Park (Meals: B/L/D)

After enjoying breakfast at the homestay, you will depart for Trung Khanh which lies right on the border with China. Here you will have another chance to meet and interact with the local Nung people living in the village of Phuoc Sen, a mountainous village famous for its traditional blacksmithing. The farming tools made here are an integral part of the lifestyle which is evident in the surrounding rice paddies and fields.

Nestled amongst these amazing landscapes is the breathtaking Ban Gioc Waterfall which spans over 300 meters, split half and half between Vietnam and China. You’ll get some time here to simply take in the amazing atmosphere surrounding the falls, which presents an excellent opportunity for some fantastic photography.

Once you’ve finished at the falls, it’s time to head over to Nguom Ngao Cave, for a very different, but no less impressive natural wonder. The cave stretches for 2,144 meters underground and is brimming with incredible stalactites and stalagmites.

You will then return to Cao Bang town and head down the “snake pass” to Ba Be Lake, where you will stay overnight in a homestay.

Highlights and activities: Ban Gioc waterfall, Nguom Ngao cave, Ba Be National Park, ethnic villages.
Day 3 Ba Be Lake - Hanoi (Meals: B/L/-)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ba Be Lake - Hanoi (Meals: B/L/-)

After breakfast, you will board a boat to cross the lake to the north shore. From here you will start a hike in the rainforest of the central area of the Ba Be National Park. Along the shores of the lake, you will reach a prehistoric cave dating back 500 million years, hidden in an ancient forest composed of rare and hard wood trees, as strong as steel.

A little further, a fire station allows to observe the birds.

Resume your hiking to reach the An Ma temple (a sacred temple of the Tay people venerating the snake god and military general of the Mac dynasty).

It is now time to choose how to spend your time on the boat: relax and admire the landscape or take a dip in the fresh waters of the lake? Anyway, enjoy the scenery with its beautiful karst formations lined with jungle.

Note: visitors who do not wish to participate in the walk can ask to stay on the boat to join Widow Island or do some shopping

Return to Ba Be Jungle Houses restaurant for lunch before ending the tour, you will be taken about 230 km back to Hanoi and stop at a tea plantation located among rolling hills. When we arrived in Hanoi, it was time to say goodbye, creating lifelong memories and bonds.

Overnight in Hanoi
Day 4 Hanoi - Check Out (Meals: B/-/-)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hanoi - Check Out (Meals: B/-/-)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Free and easy at your leisure day. Check out time from14:00 PM.

End of tour
Day 5 Day 5: Ba Be - Bac Can - Hanoi
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Ba Be - Bac Can - Hanoi

After breakfast, visit Cho Ra market. Then head back to Hanoi, stopping for sightseeing and taking photographs and having lunch enroute. Arrive back in Hanoi late in the afternoon. Tour ends.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: N/A

4 days tour

Adventure Ban Gioc Waterfall - Ba Be Lake 4 Days 3 Nights

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Itinerary of your trip Adventure Ban Gioc Waterfall - Ba Be Lake 4 Days 3 Nights

Hanoi - Lang Son - Quang Uyen (Meals:-/ L/D)

Cao Bang – Ban Gioc Waterfall – Ba Be National Park (Meals: B/L/D)

Ba Be Lake - Hanoi (Meals: B/L/-)

Hanoi - Check Out (Meals: B/-/-)

Day 5: Ba Be - Bac Can - Hanoi

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