Ha Giang Loop from the UK and Europe: Jet Lag, Timing and Cost
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours Northern Vietnam is a long way from Europe and it is closer than most people assume in every way that matters except the flight. No visa to apply for if you hold most European passports, a currency that makes the trip inexpensive once […]
Ha Giang Loop Group Size: 8 Riders vs 20 and Up
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours Every operator on the Ha Giang Loop says “small groups”. Almost none of them publish a number, and the difference between a trip with six other people and a trip with twenty five other people is larger than anything else you will choose. […]
Ha Giang Loop in the Rain: What a Jeep Day Is Like
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents You have a trip booked, or you are about to book one, and you have just looked at a ten day forecast covered in rain icons. That is why you are here. Here is the honest version, from people who run these roads through the wet season every year. […]
Cao Bang vs Ba Be Lake: Which to Add to Your Trip
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours You have worked out that northern Vietnam is worth more than the Ha Giang Loop, you have two or three spare days, and you have narrowed it to these two. It is a good shortlist and they are almost nothing alike. Cao Bang […]
Riding the Ha Giang Loop on Your Period: Real Talk
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours Nobody writes this page, so women planning a three or four day motorbike trip through mountain villages end up guessing about the thing that will actually shape their days: where the toilets are, what they are like, what to do with what you […]
Ha Giang Loop from Seoul, Taipei and Hong Kong
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours Northern Vietnam is closer to you than most of the places you already fly to for a long weekend. From Hong Kong it is roughly a two hour flight. From Taipei a little over three. From Seoul it is under five, which is […]
Cao Bang Trekking: The Best Short Hikes and Walks
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours Let us deal with the honest part immediately, because it will save some of you a lot of research. Cao Bang is not a trekking destination. There are no multi day routes, no waymarked trail network, no teahouse circuits and no established long […]
Vietnam vs Nepal: Mountains, Roads and Which Suits You
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours These two get compared constantly, usually by people with a fortnight of leave and one mountain trip in them, and the comparison is almost always framed as though they are competing versions of the same holiday. They are not. Nepal is a walking […]
Jeep Tour Comfort: Motion, Seating, Stops and What to Expect
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours Almost every photograph of a jeep tour is taken from outside the jeep. A vehicle on a pass, mountains behind, nobody in it. Beautiful, and completely useless if what you actually want to know is whether you are going to enjoy sitting in […]
Plus Size Travel in Vietnam: The Ha Giang Loop Guide
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours Adventure travel content has a habit of assuming a body type. Every photograph of the Ha Giang Loop shows the same lean twenty something on a motorbike, and if that is not what you look like, you are left guessing about the things […]