Ha Giang Loop 2-Day Motorbike Tour: Ma Pi Leng Pass & Dong Van

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Duration2d

GroupUp to 8

PickupAt your hotel

Two days on mountain passes most 3-day tours cover, sleeping in town instead of a homestay

You’ll hop on a motorbike behind experienced riders to take on Ha Giang’s legendary passes, meet families in hidden villages, share home-cooked food, and sleep deep in your own private room after long days on winding roads. Expect laughter with your guide, honest flavors at lunch stops, and views that stay with you long after you leave.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Ha Giang City to Dong Van Town

Start tour at 8:00 am in Ha Giang City
Briefing on safety and itinerary
Ride to Pac Sum Pass, enjoy panorama and coffee
Drive through limestone mountains to Heaven Gate
Visit Lung Tam village and local family
Pass Quang Ba and Tam Son, view terrace rice fields
Lunch at local restaurant
Continue to Dong Van via Karst Plateau Geopark
Stop at Vuong family residence (Hmong King palace)
Arrive Dong Van town, check in hotel
Evening walk around Dong Van ancient town

Day 2 — Dong Van to Ha Giang City

Breakfast and check out at 8:00 am
Visit Ma Pi Leng Pass and Nho Que River viewpoint
Ride the Sky Path for valley views
Take photos at Ma Pi Leng Pass peak
Drive through M slope and Mau Due valley
Lunch at local restaurant
Return to Ha Giang City via Yen Minh
Tour ends around 5:00 pm
Wait for sleeper bus at 8:30 pm to Hanoi

The Experience

We rolled up to Ha Giang city just after sunrise—bags under our eyes from the sleeper bus and that weird thrill you get before something big. The Easy Riders were already waiting outside the office, helmets in hand. Our guide, Minh, grinned and handed me a coffee that tasted smoky and sweet at the same time. I remember his laugh when I tried to pronounce “Pac Sum” (I didn’t even come close). The first few minutes on the bike felt shaky—I kept thinking about how my knees were basically hugging the engine—but once we started winding up those mountain roads, it was just cool air and bursts of pine scent everywhere.

Pac Sum Pass hit me harder than I expected. We stopped at the top for photos—everyone quiet for a second except for some distant rooster echoing down below. Minh pointed out Lung Tam village tucked into a fold of green; he said the women there still weave hemp by hand. We actually got to meet one family—tiny kitchen, steam curling off bowls of soup—and their little girl kept giggling at my hair. Lunch was rice and pork at this roadside spot near Tam Son; not fancy but so much flavor, and I swear the chili paste nearly made me cry (in a good way?). The Dong Van Karst Plateau looked unreal—gray stone teeth biting into clouds—and it’s wild how people farm every inch of those slopes.

I didn’t sleep much that night in Dong Van town—too wired from all the newness—but having a private room with an actual toilet felt like luxury after hours bouncing along those roads. Next morning was all about Ma Pi Leng Pass. It’s hard to describe how high up you feel until you’re there—the drop-offs are dizzying but you can see forever: Nho Que River snaking blue-green far below. Minh let us walk part of the Sky Path while he fixed something on his bike (he shrugged and said “Vietnamese engineering!”). There’s this moment when you look out over everything and it’s just wind and silence and your own heartbeat thumping away.

On the way back toward Ha Giang city we passed more H’mong villages—bright clothes flapping on lines, kids waving as we rattled past—and stopped for one last meal together before splitting off for our buses. It’s funny how quickly you get used to riding behind someone who knows these roads like their own backyard. Even now I can smell that mountain air if I close my eyes.

What’s included

Your two days include hotel pickup in Ha Giang city, all rides with professional English-speaking Easy Riders guides (plus helmets and rain gear), fuel throughout the journey, bottled water whenever you need it, hearty local lunches both days plus dinner in Dong Van town, an overnight stay in a private room with its own toilet—and plenty of stories from your guide along every twisty pass before returning for your onward bus back to Hanoi.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePublic transport nearbyNot for back problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Authentic Ha Giang - Easy Riders - Motorcycle - Dirt Bike Tours

Is this one for you?Squeeze the Ha Giang Loop's best passes and plateaus—Pac Sum, Heaven Gate, Ma Pi Leng—into two days with a private room and English-speaking guide who knows where others need three.