The Pu Luong limestone landscape of Northern Vietnam is an area of outstanding beauty, cultural interest and high biodiversity. Stretching from Mai Chau in the northwest to Cuc Phuong National Park, it is blessed with rich unspoilt forest, limestone karst panoramas and fertile rice terraces.
We will see few tourists venturing this far off the beaten track, but as we trek through the forested hills and paddy-fields we will experience first-hand the everyday life and culture of the minority Thai and Muong people. We sleep in traditional villages houses each night. Time in bustling, colonial Hanoi provides a wonderful contrast to the tranquil remoteness of our trek.
Guide Itinerary:
- DAY 1: Depart London for Hanoi
- DAY 2: Arrive Hanoi, time to explore old quarter before dinner
- DAY 3: Morning transfer to start of trek; through valley and uphill to Muoi village
- DAY 4: Follow paths through unspoilt forest steeply downhill to villages
- DAY 5: Uphill trek to Kho Muong, most remote village in region
- DAY 6: Follow winding village paths as climb between two karst mountains
- DAY 7: Trek through narrow valley to finish point on Ma River; return to Hanoi
- DAY 8: Free day in Hanoi; evening celebration
- DAY 9: Depart Hanoi
- DAY 10: Arrive London
To find out more about how a trip with Discover Adventure can give you the experience of a lifetime, read the diary of a trekker who travelled with us in November 2008.
First hand account of trekking through the remote and stunning landscape of Vietnam
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