TOUR IN HA GIANG & CAO BANG
At QT we are committed to arrange top quality motorcycle tours ranging from 3 to 10 days. We are specialized on tours of northern Vietnam with focus on the less touristic provinces of Ha Giang and Cao Bang with their majestic limestone karsts mountains and plentiful ethnic minorities.
Our customers consist of solo riders, couples, families, groups of friends and motorcycle clubs. Tours may consist of one to ten travellers. Majority of tours at QT are custom made to meet the motorcycle skill level, time available and interest of our customers. You may ride behind our skilled guides/drivers or if sufficiently experienced drive yourself. On tours that are four or more days long we are happy to include some light trekking for those interested.
Our guides are local resources with a passion and pride for motorcycling and this region. They are mainly from poor backgrounds with good verbal English skills. They are not anthropologist nor historians, but they are a jolly team who know their culture and the unbeaten paths and love to show you the best that Ha Giang and Cao Bang have to offer.
Feel free to contact us for any questions, advice or assistance to customize a tour for you. You may also click and book any of the sample tours we present on this page.
Motorbike tours setting off from Ha Giang
The Standard Northern Ha Giang Loop
English speaking guide- 420 km
- Accommodation included
- All meals included
Summary
- On this tour we explore one of the most fascinating motorcycle loops one can imagine – the Northern Ha Giang Loop. There is nothing ‘standard’ when venturing out on these roads and there is no ‘standard’ way how to put the roads together or what sights to explore more in depth. It all comes down to what one wish to put priority on, interest, seasons and driving skills. On this tour there is the possibility to include some shorter ½ trekking if that is of interest.
- For those interested in photography this tour progresses at a space where there is more time for these opportunities both during the day of driving and with time when arriving for the afternoon final stop.
- The tour will make sure to cover the common highlights of the loop such as Heaven’s Gate, the Highland of Stone, the Fairy Hills, Dong Van, the Ma Pi Leng mountain pass and the backroads of the spectacular inner Ha Giang mountains. The tour would also give opportunity to cherry-pick exploration of further sights without stress such as visits of the Lung Khuy Cave, Lung Tam female weaving cooperative.
- Possibility to self-drive or to ride pillion (behind guide/driver). If self-driving, we recommend sound prior motorcycling experience.
- Accommodation will normally be a mix of ethnic minority homestay and hotel (choice of doing all nights in homestay).
The Hurry, Hurry Northern Ha Giang Loop
- English speaking guide
- 420 km
- Accommodation included
- All meals included
Summary
- The minimum time to give the Northern Ha Giang Loop any justness is three days. We call it jokingly ‘hurry, hurry’ to try to indicate that it would be three quite long days of motorcycling. It would be no possibilities for add-on activities like trekking and limits to time visiting the many attractions that the loop has to offer.
- The tour would still ensure the completion of the full loop with inclusion of Heaven’s Gate, the Highland of Stone, Dong Van, the Ma Pi Leng mountain pass and the backroads of the spectacular inner Ha Giang mountains.
There will be no time for lazy sleep-in mornings, and we will be out on the road at 8 am each of the days. - Possibility to self-drive or to ride pillion (behind guide/driver). If self-driving, we recommend sound prior motorcycling experience
- Accommodation will be one night in ethnic minority homestay and one night in hotel (choice of doing both nights in homestay)
The Big Loop – Ba Be Lake, Cao Bang & Northern Ha Giang Loop
- English speaking guide
- 420 km
- Accommodation included
- All meals included
Summary
- The whole of northern Vietnam offers so much to discover. While all mountainous it also presents a lot of variations in landscape and sights to take in. On our ‘Big Loop’ we ensure to cover three of the most famous sights and areas – the Ba Be Lake (entrancing fresh-water lake surrounded by the high limestone mountains and primeval jungle and retains its beauty year-round), the Ban Gioc waterfall (this 30 m high and 200 m wide fall on the boarder of Vietnam/China will stun any visitor) and the Ma Pi Leng mountain pass (without doubt the most astonishing mountain road in Vietnam. 20 km of winding road that formally hangs on the mountain side with jaw dropping views at every bend)
- This tour presents some longer days on the bike so both stamina and experience (especially if self-driving) is a requirement.
- Possibility to self-drive or to ride pillion (behind guide/driver). If self-driving, we recommend extensive prior motorcycling experience
- Accommodation will be in a mix of ethnic minority homestay and hotels
The Combo – Hoang Su Phi & Northern Ha Giang Loop
- English speaking guide
- 420 km
- Accommodation included
- All meals included
Summary
- On this tour we combine the two best regions that Ha Giang province has to offer. Hoang Su Phi, a district south-west of Ha Giang City offers some of the most amazing rice terraces in the whole of Vietnam. The golden fields, occurring just before harvest (May or end September/early October) is a photographer’s dream. However, they are equally grand in other seasons when the fields are green, or when the terraces are irrigated giving impression of curved mirrors. On the second leg we ensure to take in the famed Northern Ha Giang Loop, with all its famous sights, not least the famed Ma Pi Leng mountain pass.
- We also ensure the completion of the full loop with inclusion of Heaven’s Gate, the Highland of Stone, Dong Van and the backroads of the spectacular inner Ha Giang mountains.
- Possibility to self-drive or to ride pillion (behind guide/driver). If self-driving, we recommend sound prior motorcycling experience
- Accommodation will be in a mix of in ethnic minority homestay and hotel (choice of doing all nights in homestay)
Monthly Budget Northern Ha Giang Loop
- English speaking guide
- 420 km
- Accommodation included
- All meals included
Summary
- On second Friday of every month we run an open ‘budget tour’. We take 8 to 10 travellers. First of these tours will take off in August 2019. As the tour only last for three day it would be quite long days of motorcycling.
- The tour would still ensure the completion of the full loop with inclusion of Heaven’s Gate, the Highland of Stone, Dong Van, the Ma Pi Leng mountain pass and the backroads of the spectacular inner Ha Giang mountains.
There will be no time for lazy sleep-in mornings, and we will be out on the road at 8 am each of the days. - Possibility to self-drive or to ride pillion (behind guide/driver). If self-driving, we recommend sound prior motorcycling experience
Accommodation will be both nights in ethnic minority homestay on common room sleeping arrangements. - Breakfast and dinner are included but lunch is paid by each participant. All drinks are paid by the participants.
Entrance tickets to Lung Cu Flag Tower and Voung Palace also paid by participants.
Summary
- On this tour we explore one of the most fascinating motorcycle loops one can imagine – the Northern Ha Giang Loop. There is nothing ‘standard’ when venturing out on these roads and there is no ‘standard’ way how to put the roads together or what sights to explore more in depth. It all comes down to what one wish to put priority on, interest, seasons and driving skills. On this tour there is the possibility to include some shorter ½ trekking if that is of interest.
