Ha Giang is a province in the far north of Vietnam, bordering China. It is known for its stunning landscapes, unique culture, and friendly people. The province is home to some of the most beautiful and remote areas in the country, making it a great destination for travelers looking for an off-the-beaten-path adventure. This Ha Giang Travel Guide will provide you with all the information you need to plan your trip, from where to stay and what to do, to the best places to eat and the must-see attractions.
Ha Giang is often known as a place of mountains, fresh nature, endlessly winding roads, colourful highland markets. However, in more detail, what is this place attractive? Where should we go to Ha Giang? Which season goes? What is the specialty of Ha Giang? So, if you’re looking for an unforgettable experience, Ha Giang is the place to go!
How Ha Giang Is Unique?
Situated in the northern highlands of Vietnam. Ha Giang is a majestic mountain range with a high altitude ranging from 800 m to 1,200 m above sea level. This is a high concentration of mountains. According to recent statistics, it’s covering about 8,000 km2 but there are 49 high mountains from 500m – 2,500m.
This land is bestowed by nature with mountains, green rivers, and flowers of all four seasons, picturesque. This is also the residence of 24 ethnic groups, creating a diverse cultural space. It’s becoming an ideal destination for Ha Giang tourists to learn about the culture. Although the life of the people is simple, rustic, the scenery is still wild. But also a tourist attraction that makes many people miss when they back from Ha Giang.
Some beautiful places worth noting when you come to Ha Giang:
1. Milestone KM 0
This is the first interesting check-in point on the journey to discover Ha Giang. Located in the city centre of Ha Giang, from Hanoi to go Ha Giang. Do not forget to visit and take some photos at this milestone.
2. Twin Mountain Quan Ba
The image of the beautiful green twin mountains at Ha Giang tourist attraction must be no stranger to tourists, located in the southwest of Dong Van Plateau Geopark. At the foot of the twin mountains are Quan Ba rice field, four colours of four seasons cannot be mixed. Not only that, covering the space here is the colour of illusion, legend.
3. Yen Minh Pine Forest
Leaving Quan Ba heaven gate, you move in the direction of Yen Minh town and pass through Yen Minh pine forest. Yen Minh road stretches about 50 km from Quan Ba, surrounded by immense pine forests, straight on both sides of the road.
4. Sung La Valley
Sung La Valley in Dong Van town, on the National Highway 4C, known as a paradise of alpine flowers, it is called Sung La Valley as a place where rocks bloom, previously the valley was mainly planted with cherry blossoms. Sufficiency, now Sung La valley is famous for many beautiful flowers.
The fields and slopes of the hills here are full of flowers. Such as Buckwheat flower, Golden Mustard, Rose. But the most famous is the Buckwheat Flower. Come here you can see the beautiful buckwheat flower fields, vast, purple, covering an entire region.
In addition to Sung La, do not forget to visit “Pao’s house”, a very famous place chosen as the setting in Pao’s home movie. The house is very unique, featuring in the Dong Van houses, the house with stone walls, ancient architecture, around the house are lots of peach blossoms, buckwheat flower…
5. Vuong Family’s Palace
It located in Xa Phín commune, Dong Van district, which is ranked as a national monument. The Vuong mansion is not only hides historical stories but also a dense and attractive architectural layer.
6. Lung Cu Flagpole
Lung Cu flagpole is known as the first place of the country, this is the most famous destination of Ha Giang. The flagpole is located on Lung Cu peak, 54m wide flag symbolizing 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam, standing at the foot of the flagpole and watching the flag is extremely proud for each person coming here.
7. Dong Van Karst Plateau
7. Ma Li Peng Pass – Nho Que River
It is the name of the rugged pass road in Ha Giang, about 20 km long. Located on Hanh Phuc road connecting Ha Giang city, Dong Van district and Meo Vac town. Ma Pi Leng calls in the Mandarin language to mean “the nose of a horse” literally, broadly depicting the danger of a mountain peak, where the slope is so high that the horse passes through the breath, or the top of the mountain stands as live nose horse. The road passes through the cliffs, surpassing Ma Pi Leng peak at a height of 2000 meters, at the foot of the deep valley of Nho Que river like a thin four-season green jade thread.
9. Hoang Su Phi
Hoang Su Phi is located about 50km from Ha Giang city. This is a highland border district that attracts many adventurous tourists because the road is quite dangerous. The terraced fields in Hoang Su Phi like pulling to the horizon, the season of ripe rice or the pouring water season all have its own beauty.
How To Go Ha Giang?
There are many ways to go to Ha Giang, you can take a bus and then go to Ha Giang to rent a motorbike or car. If you want to take the initiative in time and the route right from Hanoi. You can use your own car or private motorbike to travel from Hanoi to Ha Giang. However, if you are a the real motorbiker you should do it, the first and safe way is on car
1. By Bus
Ha Giang Town is 300 kilometers from Hanoi and the most popular method of transportation is by overnight sleeper bus, for which tickets can be booked/bought at the My Dinh Bus Station. The journey of around six hours to reach Ha Giang Town costs VND200,000-350,000 ($8.54-15) per person.
Note: you should take the bus of 20:30 – 21 – 22 pm the night before (usually Thursday or Friday night) to sleep one night in the car, and come back on Sunday night, that will save 1 night on the bus.
2. By Motorbike Or By Private Car
You can choose one of the following 2 routes:
- Route 1: Hanoi – Vinh Phuc – Viet Tri – Phu Tho – Tuyen Quang.
- Route 2: Hanoi – Son Tay – Trung Ha Bridge – Co Tiet – Phong Chau Bridge – Phu Tho – Doan Hung – Tuyen Quang. From Tuyen Quang City continue to Ham Yen – Bac Quang – Vi Xuyen – Ha Giang City.
Normally tourists travelling Ha Giang often choose to take a bus to Ha Giang from the previous night. Spend overnight in the bus, until about 5 am the next morning, arrive in Ha Giang City.
The trip to Ha Giang on private car is highly recommend. Because it can make you have any stopover en route of spend the time at each places and go inside the village as your own way. Especially our guide will give you interesting information about place to visit in Ha Giang.
