NORTHEAST LOOP OF VIETNAM
5 days, 4 nights.

Day 1: Hanoi - Ba Be. ~250 km, ~8 h.

Quite a long drive but easy (early departure is better) from Hanoi to Ba Be (250 km). Ba Be is a nice stop and it is good to arrive the first day to have a full day (of the second) day there. However, if you feel like resting before, it is all the time possible to stop in Na Khan (~50 km before Ba Be). Na Khan is our new discovery, a village of Tay people lost in the middle of the primitive forest. Mr. Lo, the chef of the village will welcome us in his house.

Day 2: Ba Be. Boating.

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 lunch and 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.

Cross Ba Be lake to come back to our captain's house. Beautiful ride up to Nung An people. Spend the night in our friend's house.

Day 4: Quang Uyen (options). ~100 km, ~2 h (or ~30 km, ~1 h).

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 - Hanoi. ~300 km, ~9 h.

Ride from Quang Uyen to Hanoi via Lang Son. Lunch in Lang Son. The road is asphalted almost of the way and it takes 9 hours to ride back to Hanoi.

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