BA BE CANOEING TOUR
The Northern of Vietnam has many unspectacular sites and places to discover, especially have a short trip. The amazingly beautiful Ba Be Lake on canoe is truly wonderful experiences for toursits to adventure. A three-day trip to Ba Be National Park which Eco Nature Travel offers will bring you interesting experiences when having canoe through caves to three lakes, trekking through Ba Be National Park and enjoying the cultures and life of the Tay tribe village and minority people. Spending night in a traditional stilt house of ethnic minority will also give you a different feelings compared with in Sapa town. To be a tourist with Eco Nature Travel to enjoy interesting which this trip give you!
Duration: 3 days / 2 nights
Itinerary in brief:
- Day 1: Hanoi – Ba Be Lake (L D)
- Day 2: Boating into the three lakes of Ba Be (B L D)
- Day 3: Ba Be Lakes – Hanoi (B L)
Day 1: Hanoi – Ba Be Lake (LD)
Am: Our guide and driver welcome you at hotel in Ha Noi city at 7.00 am and then leave for Bac Kan. Today you spend on car/van about 6 hours to arrive in Bac Kan. On the way you have a stopover at Thai Nguyen city for one hour to visit Vietnam museum of Ethnology to understand more of variety of Vietnam nations. Here you can have a cup of coffee if you like. After that you will have 3 hours on car/van before you arrive in Bac Kan at noon and stop at Bac Kan town for lunch (just a good local foodstall).
Pm: This afternoon you are still on car until 3.00 pm, you arrive to the village of Tay minority people inside the Ba Be National Park. Check-in our homestay and refresh by a short leisurely walk in the park around, maybe some swimming if the weather permits. Then you are back home for having dinner with the family. This is a chance for you to have a talk of local culture or custom before bedtime. Overnight in stilt house.
Inclusion: Transport, English guide, entrance fees, lunch, dinner, homestay, permission
Day 2: Boating into the three lakes of Ba Be (BLD)
Am: In the early morning you wake up by the bird chirping. This will be the scarce moment of tranquility which is a very different feeling from the cities life. A feeling is very near to nature. After having breakfast at sttilthouse, you start discovering the subtle and imposing beauty of the area just on the local boat. You glide along the lakes, river and through the pretty cave to a powerful waterfall, the whole journey offers great natural scenery.
Pm: After lunch at a footstall nearby the waterfall, you take boat back into the tranquil Ba Be lakes for its majesty, great and so fresh swimming here. Trek after that through the ethnic minority villages back our home. After a full day to row a boat and explore Ba Be Lake – the biggest natural lake of Vietnam to admire its imposing and beauties. The park is limestone country so lakes, caves …and it is a richly forest and home of many minority people communities. Dinner then sleep the second night at the house on stilts.
Inclusion: Transport, English guide, entrance fees, local boat, breakfast, lunch, dinner, permission, stilt house
Day 3: Ba Be Lakes – Hanoi (BL)
Am: Once more chance for you to enjoy the fresh air and the tranquility in the National Park as well as the beautiful landscapes of the forest in the early morning. Have breakfast at stilt house. Then you take last walk into the park to have more exploration of this park as well as learn about its specials where rare species, which are in danger of extinction and many floras and faunas. Check out homestay and say goodbye to the host and leave this small village for returning Hanoi by 10.00 am. If you are lucky enough to be on Sunday, take a chance to visit kermis – a typical local market in highland areas. You have lunch on the way back Ha Noi.
Pm: This afternoon you still on car/van to back Ha Noi. You arrive in Ha Noi at about 5.30pm. Our guide and driver drop you off at hotel in Ha Noi. Tour end at your hotel.
Inclusion: Transport, English guide, entrance fees, breakfast, lunch
Price: USD/Person
| Size of group | 1 per | 2 pers | 3 pers | 4 pers | 5 pers | 6 pers | 7 pers | 8 pers |
| Cost/Person | 387 | 237 | 200 | 172 | 155 | 143 | 135 | 129 |
Inclusion: All mentioned in itinerary details
Exclusion: Insurance, drinks, personal expense, tips, others not mentioned in itinerary details
What to bring: Passport, swimsuits, change of clothes, sun-glasses & hat, toiletries, sun-block, insect repel, flashlights, good shoes, sleeping bags, umbrella, cable locks, first aid kit
Notes:
- Homestay condition: Very basic but clean.
- We use Toyota for 4 seats and Ford Transit or Mercedes for 16 seats (with seatbelt & AC). The drive is a bit long but necessary to visit Ba Be Lakes
- Booking Terms & Condition: Tour itinerary and tour prices are subject to change without notice.
- These costs are for private tour.
