Day 1: Hanoi - Bac Kan, ~180 km, ~8 h (L, D)Quite a long drive but easy (early departure is better) from Hanoi to Bac Kan 180 km. The road is sealed all the way until Bac Kan and the last part from Bac Kan to Bac Kan is wild and little bumpy. Bac Kan is a small town where we have a night in hotel.
Day 2: Bac Kan - Ba Be, ~50 km, ~2 h (B, L, D)
Short drive from Bac Kan to Ba Be on easy road. Lunch at our captain's house (Mr. Dang, we call him Zi Dang). Easy boating on the lake and river. Go to market (if it is the day you arrive). Stop at waterfall, beautiful swim…Ong pirate, the chef of Dau Dang waterfall where we enjoy dinner. Down the waterfall, we could visit the village and a small school (only few pupils during the summer). We propose to stay in the stilt house of forest guards.
Day 3: Ba Be - Quang Uyen, ~170 km, ~8 h (B, L, D)Cross Ba Be lake to come back to our captain's house. Beautiful ride up to Cao Bang province. Few passes from where you can dominate the area. The road is easy but many curves. We can stop a lot. All together, stop for drinks and food it should be an 8-hour journey. Then ride 1 more hour to reach the beautiful village of Quang Uyen, in the middle of a mountain cirque. This is the territory of Nung An people. Spend the night in our friend's house.
Day 4: Quang Uyen (options), ~100 km, ~2 h (~30 km, ~1 h) (B, L, D)
Option 1:
Having obtained permission from the border police we make our way through spectacular scenery to Vietnam's most impressive waterfalls. Weather permitting we can swim right up to where the 50 m high falls hit the river.
Option 2:
Na Tau is a completely unknown area that we propose to discover it by raft and motorbike. Rivers and waterfalls everywhere are extremely beautiful and wild. It is only 15 km from Quang Uyen.
Day 5: Quang Uyen - Mau Son, ~180 km, ~6 h (B, L, D)
Drive from Quang Uyen to Lang Son. Continue driving toward the border from Lang Son to Mau Son. Mau Son is 30 km away from Lang Son, 1.541m above sea level. Quite cool in the evening! Night in the guest-house of Mau Son Resort.
Day 6: Mau Son - Hanoi, ~180 km, ~4 h (L, D)
Promenade around Mau Son in the morning. Ride down to Lang Son to have lunch. The road is asphalted all the way and it takes 3 and half hours to drive back to Hanoi.
B: Breakfast.
L: Lunch.
D: Dinner.
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