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Ha Giang Loop from Hanoi 4 Days 3 Nights by Private Car

Door to door from your Hanoi hotel, with the same private car and driver for the whole trip. No sleeper bus, no transfers, no... Ava Travel price: from $319.

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Ha Giang Loop from Hanoi 4 Days 3 Nights by Private Car
Ha Giang Loop from Hanoi 4 Days 3 Nights by Private Car onboard
Style
Private tour
Ha Giang
Duration
4 days · 3 nights
Pickup support available

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Live prices for the date and group size you pick. Ava confirms your departure and pickup within 1 hour of booking.

Prices are the total for the travellers and the date you pick. Ava reconfirms the departure and the pickup point within 1 hour.
Tour optionWhat's includedPrice
Private departure
4 days 3 nightsYour group only
✓ Accommodation as listed✓ Local English-speaking guide✓ Meals as listed
—total · 2 travellers
Secure checkout
  • We confirm your departure and pickup within 1 hour
  • Cancel more than 30 days ahead at no cost
  • No booking fee. The price shown is the price you pay
Full refund if you cancel more than 30 days before check-in
  • More than 30 days before check-inFree
  • 30 to 11 days before check-in15% of total
  • 10 to 7 days before check-in30% of total
  • Less than 7 days, or no-show100% of total

A change of travel date counts as a cancellation and a new booking, and the same scale applies.

If the operator cancels the cruise, or in case of severe weather or force majeure, we move your date free of charge, or refund you in full if we cannot reschedule.

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Price includes all taxes and service charges.

Ha Giang tour overview

Why this trip

  • Door to door from your Hanoi hotel, with the same private car and driver for the whole trip.
  • No sleeper bus, no transfers, no waiting in Ha Giang city.
  • Dong Van, the Ma Pi Leng pass, the Nho Que canyon and Du Gia.
  • The easiest way to see Ha Giang if you are starting from Hanoi.

An honest note: The first and last days are mostly driving between Hanoi and Ha Giang, six to seven hours each way.

At a glance

Duration4 days, 3 nights
TransportPrivate air-conditioned car with a local driver
GroupPrivate, up to 6 people
Start and finishHanoi
Best monthsSeptember to November is dry and clear, with buckwheat flowers from October. March to May is warm with fewer people. December to February is cold and often foggy on the passes. June to August brings heavy rain.
GuideLocal English-speaking guide with you throughout
Border permit$10 per foreign guest, included in the price and arranged by your guide

Price

$319 per person, based on two people sharing the car. The car is yours: nobody else joins, and you stop wherever you like.

For three or more people, or a single traveller, message us on WhatsApp or by email with your dates and group size. We reply with the exact total and a payment link, so you see the final figure before you pay anything.

Children. Tell us the ages when you enquire and we quote before you pay.

How it works

  1. Book and confirm. Pay at checkout or message us on WhatsApp first. We confirm your date, the meeting point and your guide within one hour, and tell you what to bring.
  2. The nights. Homestays are simple: mattress, blankets, a shared bathroom with hot water, and dinner with the family. Small hotels in the towns have private bathrooms.
  3. The permit. Since June 2026 foreign visitors need a border area permit for Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Dong Van and Meo Vac. Bring your passport. Your guide arranges the permit against it.

What to bring

Pack small. Leave large luggage in Hanoi or at your hotel in Ha Giang city.

  • Your passport, for the border area permit
  • A warm layer. The passes are cold from October to March
  • Rain jacket or poncho, whatever the forecast says
  • Sunscreen and sunglasses
  • Cash in Vietnamese dong for drinks and small purchases
  • One change of clothes per night and a small towel
  • A headlamp or charged phone. Villages are dark at night

Getting there

Your driver collects you from your hotel in Hanoi and brings you back at the end. No bus, no transfers.

What's included

Private air-conditioned car with a local driverFuel, tolls and parkingLocal English-speaking guideAccommodation as listed in the itineraryMeals as listed in the itineraryNho Que river boatEntrance fees for the sites in the itineraryHa Giang border area permit for foreign guests ($10 per person), arranged by your guidePickup from and return to your hotel in HanoiDrinking waterMeeting point confirmed by Ava within 1 hour of booking

Your itinerary

Day 1

Hanoi to Ha Giang city

  • Meals: lunch and dinner. Overnight: hotel in Ha Giang city.

    • Morning: pickup from your hotel in Hanoi by your driver.
    • The road north through the Lo river valley, with a lunch stop on the way.
    • Late afternoon: arrive in Ha Giang city.
Day 2

Ha Giang city to Dong Van through Quan Ba and Yen Minh

  • Meals: lunch and dinner. Overnight: homestay or small hotel in Dong Van.

    • Morning: leave Ha Giang city on the road north. First stop is the Quan Ba Heaven Gate viewpoint, looking down over the Tam Son valley and the two rounded hills locals call the Fairy Bosom.
    • On through Yen Minh, where the road starts switchbacking through pine forest and karst.
    • Lunch on the way.
    • Afternoon: into the Dong Van karst plateau, with a stop at the H’mong King Palace in Sa Phin, the stone and timber house of the Vuong family who ran this border region in the early 1900s.
    • Arrive in Dong Van in the late afternoon. The old quarter is a short walk from where you stay.
Day 3

Dong Van to Du Gia over the Ma Pi Leng pass

  • Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner. Overnight: family homestay in Du Gia.

    • Morning: out of Dong Van onto the Ma Pi Leng pass above the Nho Que river, with stops at the viewpoints.
    • Down to the river for a boat through the canyon.
    • Lunch in Meo Vac.
    • Afternoon: south through Mau Due and down into the Du Gia valley.
    • Evening: dinner with the homestay family.
Day 4

Du Gia back to Hanoi

  • Meals: breakfast and lunch.

    • Morning: time at the Du Gia waterfall.
    • Back to Ha Giang city for lunch.
    • Afternoon: the drive south to Hanoi, arriving at your hotel in the evening.

Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers for planning this trip with Ava Travel.

You can, and it is cheaper. The private car saves you two nights on a bus and drops you at your hotel.
Ask us. We can quote Sapa or Ninh Binh as the next stop.
Yes. Prices on this page are per person in US dollars and include all taxes and service charges. We do not add a booking fee or a card surcharge, so the total you see at checkout is the total you pay.
Yes. Since June 2026 foreign visitors need a border area permit for Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Dong Van and Meo Vac. It costs $10 per person. On our tours that pass through those districts it is included, and your guide arranges it with your passport.
Within one hour. We come back to you with the departure, the meeting point and your guide.
More than 30 days before departure costs nothing. From 30 to 11 days we keep 15 per cent, from 10 to 7 days 30 per cent, and inside 7 days or a no-show is charged in full. Changing your date counts as a cancellation and a new booking. If we cancel, or weather makes the route unsafe, we move your date at no cost or refund you in full.

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“I booked way in advance, and had a hotel change a week before the cruise, but all I did was whats app them the new hotel, and all was good.”

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