CAO BANG TOUR: CAO BANG – PAC BO – BAN GIOC WATER FALL – BA BE LAKE 3 DAYS 2 NIGHTS (Departure Every Friday)

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Highlights:

• Visit the 4th largest waterfall in the world, located on the border between two countries.
• Visit the Pac Bo historical site with its crystal-clear stream and take photos at the km0 marker of the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
• Explore one of the most beautiful natural mountain lakes in the world.
• Discover the culture of the Tay, Nung, and other ethnic minorities.

DAY 1: HANOI – CAO BANG – PAC BO (LUNCH / DINNER))

06h00 – 06h30: We will pick you up at hotels in the Old Quarter and Opera House area and depart for Cao Bang via the Hanoi – Lang Son highway. Along the way, stop for a rest and have breakfast at a rest stop. On the way, guests can experience the famous mountain pass called Bong Lau (pass).

Lunch: Have lunch at a restaurant in Cao Băng City. After lunch, continue to Pac Bo.

14h00: Arrive at Pac Bo, visit the Pac Bo historical site (50km from Cao Bang city). Here, guests visit the place where President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked during the resistance from 1941 to 1945, take photos at Suoi Le Nin stream – Cac Mac mount, visit Coc Bo cave, and take photos at the km0 marker of the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Lenin Stream

If time permits and the group requests, the bus will stop for the group to visit the tomb of Kim Dong.

18h00: Return to Cao Bang city, have dinner, and check in the hotel. The evening is free to explore Cao Bang city at night. Overnight in Cao Bang.

DAY 2: CAO BANG – BAN GIOC FALL- NGUOM NGAO CAVE – BA BE LAKE (BREAKFAST / LUNCH / DINNER )

06h30: Check out of the hotel and have breakfast. After breakfast, board the bus for a journey to explore Cao Bang Global Geopark. This is a national geopark along the way, during time to admire the Ma Phuc Pass.

Ma Phuc Pass

09h00: Arrive at Ban Gioc Waterfall. Explore and take photos:

• Nguom Ngao Cave (Tiger Cave): One of the most beautiful caves in Northern Vietnam. The cave is located in Gun village, Dam Thuy commune, Trung Khanh district. The cave has many stalactites and stalagmites in various shapes.

• Khuoi Ky Stone Village: This 400-year-old village in Trung Khanh (Cao Bang) is famous for its stilt houses made of stone, showcasing the unique beauty of the Northeast mountain region.

• Ban Gioc Waterfall: The waterfall is 53 meters high, divided into 3 levels, considered one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Vietnam and the 4th largest waterfall in the top 10 most spectacular waterfalls in the world located on the border between two countries.

Ban Gioc waterfall

12h30: Have lunch at a restaurant. After lunch, the bus and guide will continue to take you to Ba Be Lake. Along the way, visit the famous Phuc Sen blacksmithing village.

18h30: Arrive at Pac Ngoi village located by Ba Be Lake. Check in to your homestay and rest.

19h30: Have dinner and spend the night in Ba Be. In the evening, you can choose to participate in a cultural exchange show, listen to singing performances by the Tay people (at an extra cost).

DAY 3: BA BE LAKE – HA NOI (BREAKFAST / LUNCH )

06h30: Have breakfast at the homestay and relax.

07h30: The guide will lead you to Pac Ngoi pier and board the boat for a relaxing boating trip while enjoying the scenery and taking photos. The boat will stop at the following places:

• Fairy Pond: Fairy Pond covers an area of over 3,000 square meters, surrounded by limestone mountains and primeval forests. The water in the pond is clear, blue, and cool.
• Đền An Mạ (An Ma temple): Located on a small mountain in the middle of the lake. Legend has it that during the Le-Mac feudal war, the Mac generals were defeated, fled to Dong Puong Cave and committed suicide there. Grateful for their loyalty, the people built a temple to worship the Mac family, but fearing discovery and destruction by the Le army, they changed the name to An Ma Temple.
• Đảo Bà Góa (the Widow Isle) – a small, beautiful island located right in the heart of the lake, associated with the legend of the lake’s formation. The boat will slowly circle the island for photo opportunities.

The Widow Isle

11h00: Return to the homestay to rest. Afterwards, have lunch and check out, then board the bus back to Hanoi.

18h30: Arrive in Hanoi. End of the trip. See you again!

For groups of passengers with scheduled flights who wish to stop at Noi Bai Airport, please inform the tour guide in advance to rearrange the schedule. An additional fee of 200,000 VND per group will be charged for airport pick-up/drop-off at Noi Bai Airport.

Note: Currently, in addition to Hanoi’s ban on vehicles with more than 16 seats operating in the Old Quarter during pick-up and drop-off times, on weekends, many streets in the Old Quarter are closed to all types of vehicles to serve the weekend walking street activities. Therefore, we only drop off passengers at a single point at the Hanoi Opera House or nearby depending on the actual situation. We hope you understand.

TOUR PRICE: VND / per guest

(Applicable for a minimum of 2 guests)

INCLUDED:

• Transportation: a 7-45 seater bus for the entire itinerary.
• A bottle of water on the bus. (01 bottle/pax/day)
• Accommodation: One night in a homestay at Pac Ngoi village. + One night in Cao Bang City
• Meals: Five main meals (lunch, dinner) and two breakfast, with specific meal allowances.
• Entrance Fees: Tickets to all attractions mentioned in the itinerary.
• Boat Trip: A boat tour on Ba Be Lake.
• Guide: A Vietnamese or English-speaking guide throughout the tour.

EXCLUSIONS:

• Taxes: VAT invoices (if required, additional fees may apply).
• Electric transfer car in Pac Bo
• Travel insurance designed for individual travelers joining group tours.
• Beverages: Drinks during meals and other beverages at the restaurants and hotel
• Other Expenses: Any services or costs not mentioned in the itinerary.
• TIPS: minimum $3/day x 3 day = $9/passenger/trip

ADDITIONAL COST:

• Surcharge of 50,000 VND/foreign guest at Ban Gioc
• Single room surcharge (sleeping 1 person/room): applied to cases where guests register to travel alone and cannot share a room with others or due to the request to sleep separately from the customer.

CHILDREN POLICY (Please read carefully to fully understand the standard price for children):

• Children aged 1-4 years old receive free service; only the car seat fee will be charged. (According to the new regulations on the maximum number of people per type of vehicle under the Road Traffic Law.).

NOTICE: Parents are responsible for any other incidental expenses. Two adults are only allowed to be accompanied by one child (aged 1-4 years); from the second child onwards, 75% of the tour price will be charged. If one adult is accompanied by one child (aged 1-4 years), that child must also pay 75% of the adult’s tour price (with the same standards as a 75% adult child). 

• Children aged 5-9 years old are charged 75% of the tour price (including meals, entrance tickets for children if included in the tour for adults, and a separate seat on the bus, but must share a bed with their parents for tours of 2 days or more that include hotel accommodation)..
• Children aged 10 and above are charged the adult price. The same standards as adults apply..
• In cases where the tour includes entrance fees to attractions, but children are required to purchase adult tickets due to exceeding the height limit, parents will have to pay the difference directly to the tour guide.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Tourists must bring passport
• Any service in the tour, if you do not use it without making a mistake on the part of the tour organizer, cannot be completed again.
• The tour guide has the right to rearrange the order of the sightseeing spots to suit the conditions of each specific starting day. As long as all the sightseeing spots in the program are still guaranteed.

CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Customers are responsible for their own health in all cases. Customers are responsible for informing the tour operator about their personal medical condition (if any) to receive additional health advice for each registered customer. 
• Customers must take care of their own personal property in all cases and at all places during the trip. The tour operator does not dare to accept the loss of money, valuables, and personal property of customers during the trip.

PHOTOS OF CAO BANG – PAC BO – BAN GIOC WATER FALL – BA BE LAKE

Please contact us for support:

WhatsApp: +84926662023 / +84965826455

Zalo: +84965826455 / +84948628855 / +84399866209

TOUR PRICE: VND / per guest

(Applicable for a minimum of 2 guests)

INCLUDED:

• Transportation: a 7-45 seater bus for the entire itinerary.
• A bottle of water on the bus. (01 bottle/pax/day)
• Accommodation: One night in a homestay at Pac Ngoi village. + One night in Cao Bang City
• Meals: Five main meals (lunch, dinner) and two breakfast, with specific meal allowances.
• Entrance Fees: Tickets to all attractions mentioned in the itinerary.
• Boat Trip: A boat tour on Ba Be Lake.
• Guide: A Vietnamese or English-speaking guide throughout the tour.

EXCLUSIONS:

• Taxes: VAT invoices (if required, additional fees may apply).
• Electric transfer car in Pac Bo
• Travel insurance designed for individual travelers joining group tours.
• Beverages: Drinks during meals and other beverages at the restaurants and hotel
• Other Expenses: Any services or costs not mentioned in the itinerary.
• TIPS: minimum $3/day x 3 day = $9/passenger/trip

ADDITIONAL COST:

• Surcharge of 50,000 VND/foreign guest at Ban Gioc
• Single room surcharge (sleeping 1 person/room): applied to cases where guests register to travel alone and cannot share a room with others or due to the request to sleep separately from the customer.

CHILDREN POLICY (Please read carefully to fully understand the standard price for children):

• Children aged 1-4 years old receive free service; only the car seat fee will be charged. (According to the new regulations on the maximum number of people per type of vehicle under the Road Traffic Law.).

NOTICE: Parents are responsible for any other incidental expenses. Two adults are only allowed to be accompanied by one child (aged 1-4 years); from the second child onwards, 75% of the tour price will be charged. If one adult is accompanied by one child (aged 1-4 years), that child must also pay 75% of the adult’s tour price (with the same standards as a 75% adult child). 

• Children aged 5-9 years old are charged 75% of the tour price (including meals, entrance tickets for children if included in the tour for adults, and a separate seat on the bus, but must share a bed with their parents for tours of 2 days or more that include hotel accommodation)..
• Children aged 10 and above are charged the adult price. The same standards as adults apply..
• In cases where the tour includes entrance fees to attractions, but children are required to purchase adult tickets due to exceeding the height limit, parents will have to pay the difference directly to the tour guide.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Tourists must bring passport
• Any service in the tour, if you do not use it without making a mistake on the part of the tour organizer, cannot be completed again.
• The tour guide has the right to rearrange the order of the sightseeing spots to suit the conditions of each specific starting day. As long as all the sightseeing spots in the program are still guaranteed.

CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Customers are responsible for their own health in all cases. Customers are responsible for informing the tour operator about their personal medical condition (if any) to receive additional health advice for each registered customer. 
• Customers must take care of their own personal property in all cases and at all places during the trip. The tour operator does not dare to accept the loss of money, valuables, and personal property of customers during the trip.

PHOTOS OF CAO BANG – PAC BO – BAN GIOC WATER FALL – BA BE LAKE

Please contact us for support:

WhatsApp: +84926662023 / +84965826455

Zalo: +84965826455 / +84948628855 / +84399866209

Cao Bang – Pac Bo – Ban Gioc Waterfall – Ba Be Lake Tour

Tour Overview

The Cao Bang – Pac Bo Historical Site – Ban Gioc Waterfall – Ba Be Lake journey is one of the most popular travel routes in Northeast Vietnam, renowned for its majestic landscapes, tranquil lakes, and significant historical landmarks.

This tour is ideal for:

• Leisure and sightseeing travel
• Northeast Vietnam adventure trips
• Nature photography enthusiasts
• Ecotourism experiences
• Cultural and historical exploration

It is a favorite among travelers thanks to its perfect combination of mountains, waterfalls, natural lakes, and remarkable historical heritage.

Best Time to Visit

• September – November: Pleasant weather and golden rice harvest season.
• October – December: Ideal for cloud hunting and enjoying the stunning Northeast mountain scenery.
• March – April: Blooming flower season in the highlands.
• May – August: Waterfalls are at their most impressive, and Ba Be Lake is beautifully emerald green.

1. Cao Bang – The Scenic Wonder of Northeast Vietnam

Cao Bang is famous for its unspoiled natural beauty, spectacular limestone mountains, and some of Northern Vietnam’s most breathtaking attractions.

Highlights

• Thang Hen Lake
• Angel Eye Mountain (Nui Mat Than)
• Ma Phuc Pass
• Khuoi Ky Stone Village

Experiences

• Capture stunning Northeast mountain landscapes
• Explore traditional Tay and Nung ethnic villages
• Taste local Cao Bang specialties
• Enjoy nature photography opportunities

2. Pac Bo – A Famous Historical Site

Pac Bo Historical Site is where President Ho Chi Minh returned to Vietnam in 1941 to lead the revolutionary movement.

Highlights

• The crystal-clear and iconic Lenin Stream
• Coc Bo Cave
• Karl Marx Mountain
• Ho Chi Minh Memorial House

Experiences

• Learn about Vietnam’s revolutionary history
• Walk through peaceful mountain forests
• Take memorable photos at Lenin Stream
• Discover the natural beauty of Northeast Vietnam

3. Ban Gioc Waterfall – Vietnam’s Most Beautiful Waterfall

Ban Gioc Waterfall is one of the largest and most spectacular natural waterfalls in Southeast Asia.

Highlights

• Magnificent multi-tiered cascades
• Emerald-green water throughout the year
• Romantic borderland scenery
• Fresh and refreshing atmosphere

Experiences

• Ride a bamboo raft near the waterfall base
• Capture breathtaking photos
• Taste the famous Trung Khanh chestnuts
• Admire the stunning border mountain landscapes

4. Ba Be Lake – The Emerald Jewel of Bac Kan

Ba Be Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in Vietnam, nestled among lush primary forests and picturesque mountains.

Highlights

• Puong Cave
• Fairy Pond (Ao Tien)
• Dau Dang Waterfall
• Pac Ngoi Village
• Ba Be National Park

Experiences

• Boat trips across the lake
• Kayaking adventures
• Overnight stays in traditional stilt-house homestays
• Cultural exchanges with the Tay ethnic community

Northeast Vietnam Culinary Specialties

Must-Try Local Dishes

• Cao Bang Sour Pho
• Trung Khanh Chestnuts
• Banh Khao (Traditional Rice Cake)
• Smoked Buffalo Meat
• Grilled Fish from Ba Be Lake
• Five-Color Sticky Rice
• Traditional Smoked Sausage

Embark on an unforgettable journey through Northeast Vietnam, where magnificent natural wonders, rich cultural traditions, and fascinating historical sites come together to create a truly remarkable travel experience.