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Hà Giang Loop — a 4-Day Plan You Can Actually Drive
The 4-day version for October: every day fits real transit, opening hours and daylight. Prefer more or fewer days? 3-day plan · 4-day plan · best time to go.
4
days
186 km
distance
5.3 h
driving
20
curated stops
💡 Good to know for this plan
- Buckwheat flowers tint the karst pink and rice terraces gild — the loop's most photographed weeks.
Day 1 Hà Giang → Yên Minh
🌡 5.8–28.8°C · 🌧 ~10 rain days · ☀ 11.4h light
09:00
Mã Pí Lèng River Gorgehiking
50 min · Hà Giang
09:50
Tây Côn Lĩnh Trekking
90 min · Hà Giang
Overnight: Yên Minh
e.g. Mama's House Hostel · Huong Tra Hotel
Day 2 Yên Minh → Đồng Văn
🌡 5.8–28.8°C · 🌧 ~10 rain days · ☀ 11.4h light
09:36
Hmong King Palacehistory & sagaslocal & traditional
See a grand early 20th-century Hmong mansion shaped like a king.
50 min · Đồng Văn · 20,000 dong
open: 08:00-17:00
10:26
Lung Cu Flag Towerhikinghistory & sagas
Feel pride beneath Vietnam's largest flag atop Dragon Mountain.
50 min · Đồng Văn · 20,000 dong
11:16
Pho Bang Villagehistory & sagaslocal & traditional
Discover calm, wooden-column houses of Hoa and Hmong people.
50 min · Đồng Văn
12:06
Dong Van markethistory & sagaslocal & traditional
Hear the lively chatter of diverse ethnic groups trading local crafts and goods.
90 min · Đồng Văn
open: Sundays
13:36
Khau Làn waterfallhiking
Feel the mist of a secluded 20 m waterfall on a steep trail.
50 min · Đồng Văn
14:26
Ma Pi Leng Passhiking
Witness steep, dramatic karst pyramids along the Sky Path.
50 min · Đồng Văn
Overnight: Yên Minh
e.g. Mama's House Hostel · Huong Tra Hotel
Day 3 Đồng Văn
🌡 4.4–28.5°C · 🌧 ~10 rain days · ☀ 11.4h light
09:36
Quản Bạ Passhiking
See breathtaking valley views from the 1945 m Heaven Gate.
50 min · Đồng Văn
10:26
Dong Van Old Townhistory & sagas
Stroll through early 20th-century Hmong and Tay architecture.
50 min · Đồng Văn
11:16
Nhà Há Súnglocal & traditional
Visit a traditional extended family house open to guests.
50 min · Đồng Văn
12:06
Lung Khuy Caveshiking
Feel awe as you walk through vast, cool karst caverns.
50 min · Đồng Văn
12:56
Sà Phìnhistory & sagas
Admire Chinese-style yellow-brick Hmong houses near the border.
50 min · Đồng Văn
13:46
Pả Vihistory & sagas
Relax in herbal baths in a hexagonal Hmong cultural village.
50 min · Đồng Văn
Overnight: Đồng Văn
e.g. Hoa Cuong Hotel · Lam Tung Hotel
Day 4 Around Đồng Văn
🌡 4.4–28.5°C · 🌧 ~10 rain days · ☀ 11.4h light
09:00
Ha Giang Sky Pathhiking
Feel the breeze as you walk high above the highway with motorbikes passing below.
90 min · Đồng Văn
10:30
Thâm Luông Waterfall
Hear the roar of cascading waters in a remote gravel path.
50 min · Đồng Văn
11:20
Lung Ho Fort
Hear echoes of history from 1935 French military ruins.
50 min · Đồng Văn
12:10
Dong Van Fort
Look out over Dong Van from a 1925 French fort remnant.
50 min · Đồng Văn
13:00
Làng Văn Tourist Village
Experience minority culture in a clearly marked village gate.
50 min · Đồng Văn
13:50
Tràng Hương
Feel the cool, turquoise waters as you glide along the narrow Nho Que river.
50 min · Đồng Văn
Overnight: Đồng Văn
e.g. Hoa Cuong Hotel · Lam Tung Hotel