Four days instead of three, about 50 to 100 km a day, a private room with its own bathroom every night, and a private car if you would rather not ride at all.
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The loop doesn't need to be ridden fast or young. It needs a pace that lets you look at it.
Most of what you read about the Ha Giang Loop is written by and for backpackers in their twenties: long days, big convoys, late nights. That is one way to do it. Ours is a different trip, four days instead of three, about 50 to 100 km a day, a private room with its own bathroom every night and an early night before an unhurried morning.
Each trip is only your own people, usually two to four. You set the pace with your guide, who was born in Ha Giang and rides these passes most weeks.
A private 7-seat car and driver for your group: $720 for one or two people, $96 more for each extra person, up to four. Nobody rides at all, and every stop and view on the loop is the same.
$315 per person. You sit behind your own local rider-guide (one rider per traveller), with a helmet fitted before you leave, riding armour and a raincoat. You don't need a licence or any riding experience. Many people who get carsick on winding roads find the open bike far easier than the car.
Day one is short: about 50 km, leaving Ha Giang City at 9:00, with Heaven's Gate, the Twin Mountains and a short walk into Lung Khuy cave, and into the Dao village of Nam Dam by about half past two, so the afternoon is free. Day two is about 90 km to Dong Van, with the Hmong King's palace and Lung Cu flag tower on the way.
Day three is the long one, about 100 km from 8:30 to about 17:30, but broken up by the Ma Pi Leng skywalk, an hour sitting in a boat on the Nho Que river, lunch and two viewpoint stops. Day four is about 80 km home, with an optional swim at the Du Gia waterfall, ending in Ha Giang City at about 16:30.
A private room with its own bathroom all three nights. Your big bags stay at our office or your Ha Giang hotel, and your luggage is moved ahead between the homestays, so you never carry it. Every meal on the road, drinking water, all fees and permits, the boat and the skywalk are in the price, and so is travel insurance worth 7,500,000 VND per person.
On safety: the riders and drivers never drink the night before or during a riding day, and the route changes if rain or fog makes a section unsafe. More on that on our safety page.
Not at this pace. The four-day trip covers about 50 to 100 km a day, with a short first day and a free afternoon. In the private car nobody rides at all; on the Easy Rider you sit as a passenger behind a local rider-guide. A few stops involve some walking, such as the short trek into Lung Khuy cave.
The private car means no riding at all: $720 for one or two people, $96 more for each extra person, up to four. The Easy Rider is $315 per person and needs no licence or experience. People who get carsick on winding roads often find the open bike easier than the car.
Message us with your ages and anything about health or mobility you would like us to know. We talk the trip through with you before you book, and nothing is owed for asking.
Day three, about 100 km from 8:30 to about 17:30, broken up by the Ma Pi Leng skywalk, an hour in a boat on the Nho Que river, lunch and two viewpoint stops.
No. Big bags stay at our office or your Ha Giang hotel, and your luggage is moved ahead between the homestays.
Yes. The four-day trip is not a party tour: dinner with the host family or a restaurant in Dong Van old town, then an early night in a private room with its own bathroom.
A real person reads every message, usually within 15 minutes. Ask anything first; a 10% deposit only when you book, and cancelling 7 days or more ahead costs nothing.