Ha Giang
The northernmost province in Vietnam, and the country's best road trip: three or four days of limestone plateau, hairpin passes and border villages.
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The northernmost province in Vietnam, and the country's best road trip: three or four days of limestone plateau, hairpin passes and border villages.
Ha Giang is the far northern corner of Vietnam and the reason people go is a single loop of mountain road. This guide covers getting there from Hanoi, the three ways to ride the loop, what a trip costs and everything to sort out before you leave home.
Three days and two nights is the standard way to ride the Ha Giang loop, and this is the route almost everyone follows. Quan Ba and Yen Minh on day one, Ma Pi Leng and the Nho Que river on day two, the long ride back on day three, with rough costs and what to book ahead.
Everything you take on the Ha Giang loop gets strapped to a motorbike for 350km of mountain road, through cold passes, hard sun and dust. Here is what to pack, what paperwork you need to ride legally, and how to choose between renting, hiring a driver and joining a tour.
Three days on the loop is the standard answer, but that is four nights out of your Vietnam trip once you count the night buses at either end. Here is what you get at two, three, four and five days, and how Ha Giang fits into a two-week itinerary.