INTRODUCTION
Destinations of Vietnam roof photography tour: Hanoi – Mu Cang Chai – Sapa – Bac Ha – Hoang Su Phi – Hanoi
Highlights: Amazing rice terraces, ethnic minorities, ethnic villages and markets. Visit the most stunning places in Vietnam.
No doubt, this is the most beautiful and highly recommended photography tour for all amateur and professional photographers. The tour will take you to some of the world’s most amazing rice terraces in Vietnam including Mu Cang Chai, Sapa and Hoang Su Phi. This trip also offers photographers unique chance to experience the daily life and culture of several ethnic minorities in the least – visited areas of Vietnam.
VIETNAM ROOF PHOTOGRAPHY TOUR ITINERARY
DAY 1 . HANOI – TULE – MUCANGCHAI. (LUNCH, DINNER)
This morning, start your amazing Vietnam photography tour to the beautiful & untouched mountainous areas where you can see endless terraced rice fields. The best time for the trip is from Jul to Sep as the fields will be green in Jul & Aug, golden in Sep.
08:00 am. Tour guide and driver pick you up for a beautiful drive to Mu Cang Chai. It is a long journey (300km), but we will make a nice stop in Nghia Lo to enjoy some very first rice terraced fields. For any photographers who set foot for the first time, this town is itself an exciting place because of its mountainous photography. A breathtaking landscape will appear in front of your eyes: tea gardens and small streams come into view, an infinite green of trees, bushes and fresh air.
Just more than one hour from Nghia Lo, you will have another stop at Tu Le Valley with the peaceful scenery of a prosperous countryside. Before crossing the “horn of heaven” (Khau Pha Pass), Tu Le appears with a scent that offers lots of photo opportunities. If you come here in September, you will be immersed in the aroma of rice. There are also large streams providing irrigation for the whole region that is perfectly mixed with golden rice fields.
Finally, arrive in Mu Cang Chai in the late afternoon. Check in Mu Cang Chai Ecolodge and take a rest.
If you are not tired and time permits, let’s take your camera and hunt for sunset photos. Dinner will be included.
Overnight in Mu Cang Chai .
Note: you can stay in homestay there, if you prefer.
DAY 2 . MU CANG CHAI – SAPA. (BEAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER)
This morning, wake up early for sunrise hunting at one of the most beautiful viewpoints in Mu Cang Chai – Mam Xoi Hill. We start a wonderful drive & very short trek to view the majestic landscapes of rice terraces, local villages of Black H’mong and mountains in Han Xung village of the Hmong people. You will immerse in the majestic natural landscape, the unique terraced fields in this area.
Next, move to La Pan Tan commune. Along the community’s paths, you have chance to see the view daily life of local tribes and to interact with friendly people; then along buffalo trails to captivate the most impressive terraced rice fields in La Pan Tan commune.
If you do not want to visit La Pan Tan, we suggest take photos in Mong Ngua hill. You will get there by Xe Om (motorbike) and pay by your own.
Afternoon, we leave Mu Cang Chai for road transfer to Tam Duong via Than Uyen. It is a long day along the road. This portion of the road runs along the northwest side of Hoang Lien Mountain Range and offers magnificent landscape which is a combination of highest mountains, marvelous valleys, waterfalls and beautiful streams.
From Tam Duong we will drive uphill, passing Chu Va – a beautiful mount & the Tam Ton Pass to get over the Hoang Lien Son mountain range to the east side. This portion offers probably the most stunning and magnificent scenery of the mountainous region in Vietnam.
Overnight in Sapa .
Note: there are a lot of hotels in Sapa town. Vietnam roof photography tour sometimes stay at homestay.
DAY 3 . SAPA – LAO CHAI – TAVAN – THANH KIM . (B, L, D)
Today we will visit Muong Hoa valley where you will see the most stunning rice terraced fields in Sapa. Driver drops you at Y Linh Ho village of the Black H’Mong, it is time to walk down and enjoy the spectacular scenery as well as to visit several ethnic villages on the way.
Picnic lunch on the way and the driver picks you up at Giang Ta Chai village then continue to Topas Ecolodge where you will stay at the most stunning mountain resort on earth. (National Geographic has listed Topas Ecolodge No 1 on its list of 21 places to stay)
Overnight in Topas Ecolodge ( recommended by vietnam roof phtography tour)
DAY 4 . THANH KIM – BAC HA – HOANG SU PHI . (B, L, D)
This morning, after breakfast, we will drive to Hoang Su Phi, a rural district of Ha Giang province blessed with rugged mountains, lush valleys, endless skies and the world’s most breathtaking rice terrace fields. (If it is on Sunday, visit Bac Ha market this morning on the way from Topas to Hoang Su Phi).
In the late afternoon, arrive at Phung Village where the most amazing rice fields are planted. If the weather is good, enjoy a wonderful sunset.
Overnight at Phung Village in Hoangsuphi.
Note: the road from Bacha to Hoangsuphi is not good, but the view is excellent.
DAY 5 . HOANG SU PHI. (BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER)
In the early morning, wake up to hunt for sunrise photos of the fantastic terraced rice fields.
Then, leave the village at around 10:00 for Nam Khoa Village that is a hilly & remote one in Hoang Su Phi district. The village is so famous for many communes of scenic rice terraces that it is recognized as a National Monument by the wide ladder, beautiful fascinated. Its step ladder is a masterpiece created from the hands of hard labor, sweat and brain of the working people. Over time, the wild hills, rocky peaks, the people of this place have turned them into fertile slopes, winding, winding, untouched far far.
Lunch on the way and you will arrive in Nam Hong Homestay in the late afternoon.
Overnight at Nam Hong in Hoang su phi .
Note: Vietnam roof photography tour would like to help you stay in two diffrent places.
DAY 6 . HOANG SU PHI – HANOI . (BREAKFAST, LUNCH)
If you want to take photos of the sunrise, Please wake up early and our local tour guide will bring you to hunt the sunrise photos.
Then, we will drive to Hanoi in 8 hours.
We would like to thank you so much for your travelling with us and wish to see you again.
Note: The best time to do this tour is from the end of May to Early October.
TOUR SERVICE INCLUDE :
- Private transportation and guide as program
- Hotel accommodation as indicated (Check-in time: 14:00, Check-out time: 12:00)
- All entrance fees to indicated sights
- English speaking guides
- Meals as mentioned
