Ba Be Nature Escape 3 days 2 nights

7:30 - 8:00: Our tour guide will pick you up by car at your hotel in Hanoi to start our adventure pack by driving in the direction of Ba Be National Park for about 5 hours. Have lunch on the way to the park. Arrival to the Boc Lom pier, you will learn how to paddle a kayak on rivers, take dry bags, sports equipment and life jackets... From here, you will continue to travel down the Nang River to explore the huge Puong cave by boat and kayaking. Then, pass through some steep terrain with many cat ears cliffs and visit the unmissable spots on Ba Be Lake such as Widow island, Cam village. We can return to Ba Be Lake by motorboat. Swimming is available here. Getting to Ba Be Jungle Houses and enjoy your night with BBQ dinner.

07:00 - 07:30 Pick you up at your homestay. After a thirty-minute drive, you'll reach Tham Phay Cave, the hike starts with a steep uphill leading into the forest. Some rock at the top, and then a similar slope before the trail fades and you enter the valley. Turning west of the trail is a large patch of rock for you to find your way with the help and direction of your guide and safety team. The precarious entrance is at the end of the forest. Enjoy some snacks before starting to explore the cave. Going deeper into the cave, you will find many unusual features of the cave such as the ceiling dome and many layers of rock, giving the walls a striking appearance. You will spend about five hours exploring this 5km deep river cave, which geologists have not discovered so far. Enjoy a few snacks before continuing the journey to explore the 2nd path of the river cave system that possesses miraculous stalagmites millions of years old, dangerous sinkholes and heat flows at the bottom. Leaving Tham Phay, you will return to the cave entrance and return to the homestay.

Classic Tour Option: Cycling & Sightseeing in Ba Be National Park
At around 08:30, after breakfast at Ba Be Jungle Houses, our tour guide will take you on the boat to cruise to the opposite bank of Ba Be Lake. Your cycling journey will start here! You will get bike fitting and off to Pac Ngoi village and jungle rides. Pac Ngoi village is home to the Tay ethnic group, known for their traditional stilt houses and green fields. Enjoy the beautiful scenery and fresh air of this peaceful village. Here, you’ll have the chance to meet the local people and learn about their daily lives.
Continue to take a ride to Hua Ma Cave a dry cave with numerous stalactites like a forest of rocks, but to conquer this cave, you have to climb more than 300 steps. Visit Silver Waterfall which is about another 5 km by bike.
You will have a picnic lunch beside the waterfall, enjoy the sound of cascading water and the nature surrounding you. If it’s hot, copy the local kids and jump in and swim. In the afternoon, your return journey will lead you back through the picturesque landscapes through Bo Lu village.
Back to Ba Be Jungle House where you have dinner and spend the night.

Day 3: Trekking in Ba Be National Park - Hanoi (B, L)
7:30 - Breakfast at our homestay. Breakfast at our homestay. Begin a beautiful journey in Ba Be National Park from Bo Lu village. A guided conversation on local wildlife and flowers will expand your awareness of the unique Ba Be ecosystem as you walk through the beautiful jungle. Reach Tham Khit pathways to an ancient cave - wandering around the lake to the panoramic views of the ranger station's animal observation huts. Continue your hike for another 2 kilometers to An Ma temple, a sacred Tay temple dedicated to mountain gods, lake gods, and feudal generals. Have lunch and enjoy your time in Ba Be National Park. Return to Hanoi. Tour ends.

Have a good journey!