Ha Giang overview

Ha Giang, 300 km away from Hanoi, located at the highest latitude in Vietnam. It is surrounded by Cao Bang travel , Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai travel , and Yen Bai. It shares a border with China in the north. Many ethnic minorities, including the Dao, H'mong, Tay, and Nung, live in Ha Giang province.

The climate is divided in two distinct seasons (rainy and dry), although it tends to vary depending on altitude.Ha Giang is the ideal location to organize activities such as hiking and camping. Famous sites include Quang Ngan Waterfall and Than Thuy-Thien Bao National Frontier Pass.

Dong Van Highland is situated 1,025 m above sea level and is inhabited by the Tay and H'sMong ethnic groups. The temperature is approximately 1oC in winter and reaches 24oC on the hottest days. The plateau provides famous products such as Hau plums, peaches, and persimmons without seeds. Dong Van apples are as big as pears. In Dong Van, numerous valuable plants used for their medicinal value are found, including ginseng, anise, and cinnamon.

Dong Van has a lot to offer: mountains, forests, hidden grottoes and caves, multicoloured orchid forests, plum and peach trees, persimmon orchards, and more.

Visiting Dong Van, one can see Pho Bang, also called Pho Bang Street, which was built a long time ago and features multi-storey houses made of clay bricks and tile roofs.Visiting Dong Van on Sundays, one can shop in a very original mountain market where all kinds of goods and multicoloured clothes can be purchased.

Khau Vai love market, this happens once a year, often falls in May, where the colorful people gather for their old loves and new ones, and is the place where the tribes sell their local products like food, vegetable, local textiles.....

Located at the highest latitude in Vietnam, Ha Giang is surrounded by Cao Bang tours on the east, Tuyen Quang on the south, Lao Cai, and Yen Bai on the west. It shares a border with China in the north (274km boundary).

Ha Giang's complicated topography is divided into 3 areas. The area on the south has rocky mountain, separated rivers. The west area has sloping mountain side, high pass, valleys, and narrow springs. The low land area includes hills, valley of Lo River, and Ha Giang Town.

The climate is divided in two distinct seasons, rainy and dry, although it tends to vary depending on altitude. The annual average temperature varies between 24 and 28ºC. In winter, the temperature is sometimes down to -5ºC.

Ha Giang Tourism

Mountains in Ha Giang are quite high, in which the highest Tay Con Linh point with 2,419m in height. There are good woods, over 1000 kinds of valuable drug trees, animals (tigers, peacocks, phoenix, pangolin) in primitive forests.

Coming to Ha Giang, tourists are attracted by poetic Dong Van Highland, Love Market of Khau Vai. They can buy embroidery such as handkerchief, haversack, and dress with colorful, fine pattern. They also take part in enjoyable market-day of local ethnics. The people and natural scenes here are unlike anywhere in Vietnam.

Ha Giang Transport

Ha Giang Town is 320km from Hanoi. Ha Giang is on National Highway No.2, 34, 279 linking to Yen Bai, Cao Bang, Lao Cai provinces in turn.

Pan Hou Village - new resort in Hoang Su Phi - Ha Giang

Mountains, highlands, stoned deserts, limestone hills, wide valleys populated by Tays in villages
encircled with lataniers trees, up to 23 ethnic minorities are details which Ha Giang province can offer you with the authenticity.

The Pan Hou Village “base camp” is the right place where from to go, walking or with a vehicle, and discover the various landscapes of this region. The numerous markets are one ofthe key points and we organize, from Pan Hou village, 1 to 3 days trips to visit some of them. Of course, hiking is our main activity and we can propose and arrange with local guides and porteurs from 1 day walking excursion to 10 days trekking with nights in ethnic minority houses (Tay, Nung, long skirt Yaos, Man Ta Pan)

Pan Hou village is an ecotourism hotel equipped with solar energy hot water system and fans.

30 rooms in traditional styled on stilts houses with bathrooms. One large lounge with bar. One restaurant where we serve Vietnamese and international meals.

At the balneo house Man Ta Pan and Tay people prepare herbal baths in their traditional fragrant
wood tub. For your relaxation after the effort during your trek, to resolve a stress,articular or rheumatic
pains, or simply for comfort and pleasure