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International geopark by UNESCO in Dong Van, Ha Giang Tours

Video - Discover the culture and people from Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark

Recognized by UNESCO as a Global Geopark in 2010. However, because the terrain is mainly rocky, indigenous people have to work very hard to get food and vegetables for life.

Recognized by UNESCO as a Global Geopark in 2010, Dong Van rock plateau (Ha Giang) owns many famous tourist attractions attracting tourists from all over the world. However, because the terrain is mainly rocky, the indigenous people have to work very hard to get food and vegetables for life.

UNESCO Global Geopark Dong Van Stone Plateau is located in the northernmost part of Vietnam, more than 320 km from Hanoi, in Ha Giang province and has a long border with China. Dong Van Karst Plateau Global Geopark includes administrative boundaries of 4 districts (Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Dong Van, Meo Vac). UNESCO Global Geopark Dong Van Rock Plateau has outstanding features with sharp cat ear rock ranges, deep and narrow ravines, soaring cliffs, pyramid-like peaks, valleys, and valleys. The deep hunks, caves, and rock gardens create incredible beauty, of great value not only for tourism but also of great value in science and education.

UNESCO Global Geopark Dong Van Stone Plateau is home to 17 ethnic groups, of which the Mong people account for the highest proportion. Although it is a tourist destination that attracts many tourists from all over the world, the life of the people here is still very difficult. Rare land resources for growing food and food crops are interspersed in rock holes, in each rock crevice, on rock formations, or on rocky slopes… Also due to scarce arable land, copper Ethnic minorities here had to put soil into rock holes to grow corn (a staple food crop) and some vegetables for daily living. Therefore, for thousands of generations, the ethnic people here have formed a unique farming method – the method of farming in the rock niches or cultivating on the rock fields.

Altitude of 1000 - 1600m

UNESCO's Global Geoparks Network GGN,

Located at an average altitude of 1000 – 1600m above sea level, Dong Van rock plateau spreads through 4 districts of Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Meo Vac, and Dong Van of Ha Giang province. According to the Advisory Council of UNESCO's Global Geoparks Network GGN, Dong Van Karst Plateau is one of the special limestone areas, containing typical imprints of the history of the development of the Earth's crust. , natural phenomena, unique aesthetic landscapes, high biodiversity, and long-standing cultural traditions of indigenous communities. In 2010, this plateau was officially recognized as a Global Geopark by the Advisory Council of the Global Geoparks Network.

Topography, geology

Dong Van - Topography, Geology

This geopark includes 4 districts of Quan Ba, Yen Minh, Dong Van and Meo Vac with a total natural area of ​​2,356km2, located in the North of Vietnam with over 70% of exposed limestone area.

This land is a spectacular and unique combination of soaring peaks and deep gorges at the extension of the Eastern Himalayas, with the highest peak – Mac Vac (1,971m) and gorges The deepest – Tu San is also the deepest canyon of Southeast Asia, with a cliff depth of more than 700m.

Dating from the Cambrian period (about 550 million years ago), up to now, Dong Van Karst Plateau has undergone 7 different geological periods. Visitors here can see firsthand the traces left in the paleontological, stratigraphic, geomorphological, tectonic, karst, cave, and important faults.

These “traces" also reflect two of the five major events in Earth's biogeographic history that are boundaries of mass extinction. In particular, the Late Devonian Event occurred at the Frasnian-Famennian boundary, about 364 million years ago, causing the extinction of 19% of the paleontological families and 50% of the paleontological genera, and the Permian-Triassic Event occurred. 251 million years ago, was the largest event of the 5 events of the living world, causing the extinction of about 90% of marine species and species.

If you are interested in geology, you will find it very interesting to observe the three groups of sedimentary rocks, igneous rocks, and metamorphic rocks, as well as the stratigraphic, lithologic, and biostratigraphic features.

For paleontologists, each limestone cliff still records fossils of 19 valuable groups of ancient creatures such as ancient fish, ancient flora, eurispirifer tonkinesis, two shellfish, foraminifera, corals, conodonta, crinoidea and molluscs. All recreate an ancient story about an ancient period of the earth.

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Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark and Ha Giang Tours

Day 01

Hanoi – Ha Giang

  • 8:00 AM: Impress Travel Team pick you up and drive to Ha Giang town. On the way you will admire the stunning view of beauty Vietnam country
  • Have lunch in Tuyen Quang
  • Wander to the peaceful villages nearby Ha Giang town
  • Overnight in Ha Giang town

Inclusion: Private transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, dinner, entrance fee, hotel

Day 02

Ha Giang – Quang Ba – Yen Minh – Meo Vac – Dong van

  • Begin a new day with breakfast in the local restaurant
  • You will experience beautiful landscapes, cultures, historical monuments, and famous landmarks. Impress Travel Team will take you through visit the small communities of Quang Ba, Yen Minh and Dong Van, some of the most picturesque villages in the northern tip of Vietnam
  • Having lunch in Yen Minh
  • After lunch visiting Meo Vac town & Ma Phi Leng haven gate
  • Keeping going to Dong Van & Overnight here
Inclusion: Private transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, dinner, entrance fee, hotel.

Day 03

Dong Van – Yen Minh – Ha Giang

  • Have breakfast at the local restaurant.
  • Visiting ancient hill-tribe towns, take part in the Xa Phin market, Meo Kingdom Palace
  • Next, we will visit the ancient town in Pho Cao. Stopover in Sung La where is home of white H’ mong to experience the lifestyle and customs of the ethnic minority.
    Continue keeping going a day by visiting Lung Cu Flag tower, where is the northern pole of Vietnam
  • Having lunch in Yen Minh and return to Ha Giang Town
  • Return to Ha Giang & overnight in Tay house on stilt

Inclusion: Private transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, dinner, entrance fee, homestay

Day 04

Ha Giang – Hanoi

  • In the morning, you’ll return to Hanoi on a route that takes you through Pa The in Quang Binh district
  • Having lunch on the way back to Hanoi
  • Return Hanoi at 5 PM

Inclusion: Private transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee

What's included in this trip:

  • Full transportation by private car  as tour program indicated.
  • Meals as indicated in the itinerary.
  • Trekking 
  • English- speaking guide
  • Entrance fees.
  • Twin-share accommodation with daily breakfast; ( AC room).

What's excluded in this trip:

  • Personal insurance
  • Expenditure of a personal nature, tips, such as drinks, souvenirs, laundry, emergency transfers & etc.
Hotels in Ha Giang Homestays in Ha Giang

David
October 2019

North Vietnam - Sapa, Halong Bay, Hanoi+ Bai Dinh

Mr Tommy, on behalf of our group, we thank you for your efforts in putting together such a memorable vacation and experience of Sapa, overnight train, Halong Bay, Hanoi + Bai Dinh, your tour guides are so knowledgeable, passionate + helpful. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and we will certainly recommend your tour agency to our friends and share our experiences in social media.
Thumbs up, best regards, 
David

Danipeja
April 2019

Amazing tour in Saigon Ho Chi Min

We took the two amazing tours, Cu Chi tunnels and Mekong Delta, the information was perfect, we learned a lot, the landscape was so beautiful and our both guides Mr. Lee and Mr. Law were the best in the world, very friendly and professional. Thanks!

Sollypoch
December 2019

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I booked with Impress Travel in July. My contact person was Tommy Thang. He is an amazing person. He was very helpful. He changed my program twice for me. Very accommodating!
We started our holiday in the north (Sapa)of Vietnam and travelled down to HCMC.
The tour was fantastic, Tommy's arrangements were to the"T".
I will always use them if I have to visit the area again and recommend them to one and all.
Thank you once again Mr.Tommy and the Impress Team.
Sulaiman Pochee
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ebrahim S
January 2020

Tour of Vietnam

Impress travel were amazing. Did my bookings with Daniel for our tour of Vietnam and I must say Daniel was very professional and prompt with his services. All the arrangement, plans, pick-up & drop-off services, hotels, vehicles, sightseeing tours and guides were spot on and excellent. Did 4 nights Hanoi, 1 night Hà Long Bay cruise, 3 nights Hoian, 4 nights Saigon and 1 night in Can Tho. It was totally awesome. Every part of the journey was superbly arranged and planned. I will highly recommend Impress Travel for anyone interested in visiting Vietnam. Very organized and reliable!

har3866
January 2020

So glad I found Impress Travel

At first, I was just planning a trip to Hanoi, Halong Bay, and Ninh Binh for my small family.
Some close friends heard about our plans and wanted to join the trip. Eventually the group grew to be 7 families, with 25 adults and children of varying interests and expectations.
 While I was excited at the prospect of touring Vietnam with good friends, I felt anxiously responsible to ascertain that everything must be well organized and everyone satisfied. This is why I am so very, very glad to have found Impress Travel. Mr. Mark responded quickly to all my inquiries, customized a wonderful trip according to the group's preferences, tirelessly worked out every detail for our 7-day trip, all at a reasonable price. Our guide, Trung, is knowledgeable, helpful, quick to respond to any need, and well-loved by everyone in the group. All my friends found this a marvelous trip, filled with beautiful memories, very much to my delight and relief!

Dave Chia Hong
November 2019

Vietnam Travel with Mr. Mark

It was amazing place to visit in the north of vietnam , we really enjoy all the trip especially their foods , culture, beautiful view and so on.

Road46
November 2019

Hanoi,Sapa,Hanoi,Danang,Hanoi 8D7N Online searching for a reliable travel agent n come across Impress Travel. Contacted

Accommodations were good especially Thang Long Espana Hotel (the Hotel Management automated upgraded us to VIP rooms.Is really unexpected). Overalled tours n places visited very well but only local guides r not good organizing the itineraries. Especially at Sapa Lao Cai and Cat Cat Villages walking tours push to the same day about 8hours for 7km (which is on 1st&2nd days arrival) so tiring. Lunch not good enough 4 so many hours of walking. In Danang Bana Hill the local guide shd arrange 2 visit Bana Hill 1st n not last coz' spend a short time n not nice photos taken due to rain (went in morning time no rain).
Overall tours, hotels, transportation, prices are strongly recommended. Especially Daniel Dang Impress Travel for welcoming and bye-bye wishes.
Daniel Dang tks from 8 of us having a wonderful time n memorable trip for 8D7N Sapa, Hanoi, Danang with Impress Travel. Meet u all again.

Jonh
November 2019

5days Hanoi-Tam Coc-Ninh Binh-Halong Bay

We are family of 6 from Singapore and Malaysia joining Hanoi Impress Travel on 30 October-04 November 2019. We are really impressed with the company and tour guides with their professionalism and well organised arrangement. Lily is our guide for Hanoi, Tam Coc and Ninh Binh. She is excellent and very informative. She even taking care of us until late night. We walk us from Old Quarters to the hotel and brought us to try the famous road side foods. She even helped us to pay for our order to avoid overcharge by the stall. Another guide, David BK (Swan Cruise) brought us to Halong Bay cruise. He is excellent and humorous. He handles everything throughout the trip. He served meals for guests on the cruise, organised happy hour, guiding us for Kayaking, teaching Taiji and cooking class on cruise. The cruise ship is ok and the hotel in Hanoi-Adamas Hotel is small but new and clean with reasonable ok breakfast. Anyway thank you for the wonderful arrangement.

Mariet
November 2019

Professional and well organized

We booked a 8 day private tour package for 9 persons for Northern and Central Vietnam . We experienced great and very professional service from the Impress travel team. Tommy was very easy to contact and accommodated our requests.
All the tour guides were very good, spoke good English, friendly and patient. All the vehicles were very clean , spacious enough for our group of 6 adults and 3 children. The drivers were extremely safe and ontime.
Meals were served in clean restaurants.
Overall we had a good holiday .Thank you Tommy and Impress travel for a great experience.

Sylviasiscas
November 2019

Great service from Impress travel during in Hanoi

We booked package for 9 persons in Hanoi and i was experienced great service during my stay! the PIC (Mr. Mark) was very pleasant and so easily to contact, i was communicated so easily for trip preparation..the tour guide for Trang An was good, Mr Hiep was helped us very well, and he was so patient on witing us shopping! Thank you Hiep!!
during in Hanoi we were stayed in great hotel with nice service also, and during in Halong Bay, they also choosen the best cruise for us! Swan cruise and also the Mr Cong was great!! thank you!!
for transporation, the car was good and driver are pleasant, but only a little bit communication since the driver less good in english. but overall great!!
all the choosen food for lunch and dinner was delicious
Thank you so much Impress travel

Sulagna
November 2019

Excellent, Polite and Helpful Team

Impress Travels has been very helpful in making our vietnam travel amazing. We were a bunch of 7 friends wanting to go on a budget trip covering most locations. Hence, this subjected to a lot of changes during our discussion with the tour guide Daniel.
However, he has been patient enough in hearing out our needs - be it itienary , hotel bookings or even the mode of payment.

They really understand your needs. And needless to say our experience was amazing. All of this support and help has really made our vietnam trip the most memorable as far ❤️

Irene
November 2019

5D/4N Hanoi-Ninh Binh- Halong Bay

I was searching for a reliable travel agent and come across Impress Travel and the many reviews of them. I booked 5D/4N, Hanoi-Trang An-Halong Bay private trip for a party of 6. I communicated with Mr Daniel Dang throughout the time until the day we arrived. Mr Daniel is very patient, helpful, and accommodating to our requirements despite many changes made to the itinerary. The price is very reasonable unlike other travel agents.
Our tour guide, Lily was very friendly and efficientknowledgeable and speak good English.
Highly recommend “Trang An Boat Tour”. The caves was spectacular and beautifully.
2D/1N Halong Bay – Swan Cruise was awesome with amazing view of the cave. Our guide Mr David was hilarious, helpful, accommodating, and everything was well organized. Beside the normal
activities of kayaking, swimming, Tai Chi, culinary lesson, we are indeed very very fortunate to have
the chance to celebrate the “Mooncake Festival” while cruising and admiring the full moon.
Spread of mooncake, dessert, sweet snack, fruits, cocktail, beer and mini dragon dance complete the celebration. Tourists from all over the world party all night long.

Although we paid for a 3-star package, the hotel (Thang Long Espana Hotel), meals and transport provided were also above average. Our gang have a very enjoyable and memorable trip in Hanoi.
Impress Travel really impressed us with their service and will engage their service in future.
P/S:- Don’t worry, Impress Travel CAN be trusted.

Vojtek
November 2019

16 days Private Tour

Hanoi – Duong Lam - Halong Bay – Hue – Danang – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh city – Mekong Delta – Cai Be – Vinh Long – Can Tho – Phu Quoc Island - Ho Chi Minh city.
It is worth talking about details, say what you want to see, watch the hotels, indicate which rooms you want, the office will organize everything for you. I highly recommend!
The whole trip was arranged with the active help of Mr. Daniel Dang.

Jmarieck
November 2019

Our 3 week tour of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos was excellent

Thanks to Mr Tommy and staff for putting together an active and interesting tour in all 3 countries. In every city or town we had we met by very nice, friendly and knowledgeable guides. We went in June which was HOT HOT HOT and were always so happy to have an air conditioned vehicle with cold water waiting for us. We traveled by planes, trains, automobiles and boats and all were fabulously coordinated by Mr Tommy without fail. The selection of sites helped us enjoy so many aspects of all 3 countries!

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    Ha Giang land is located in the far North of Vietnam, Ha Giang is well-known for Dong Van stone plateau which is recognized as one of 77 geological parks in the world and second in the ASEAN region only to Langkawi Geological Park in Malaysia. Here the land is formed by green narrow valleys alternating with the rocky mountain range of the north. This land is famous alongside others such as Yen Minh, Quang Ba, and Meo Vac as a homeland for ethnic minority people/ Here mostly Hmong people live. A special treasure of this trip is visiting the great flag tower and its astonishing view and scene. Supposed to be the northernmost spot of Vietnam, located very close to the border of Vietnam and China. For a great trip to discover Ha Giang Land, you should book with Impress Travel for our trusted service and for making more savings!. Email: hagiangtours@impresstravel.com & call to Mr. Alex Impress Travel Manager at his cell phone (+84) 9123 79 189