See & Do

Villages & Culture

Villages you can visit as a respectful guest. Read the Visitor Pledge first.

Before visiting any village, please read the Visitor Pledge.

Ha Giang Town

A Tay village of stilt houses and rice fields just outside Ha Giang town — a gentle first or last night before or after the mountain roads.

A Hmong linen-weaving cooperative in the Quan Ba area where you can watch hemp fibre become cloth, step by step.

A small Dao community tourism village below Quan Ba Heaven Gate, known for herbal baths, quiet homestays and a preserved way of life.

The weekly Sunday-morning market in the middle of Dong Van old quarter, where people from the surrounding villages come to trade, eat and meet.

A Lo Lo village of old rammed-earth houses right below Lung Cu flag tower, named one of the Best Tourism Villages by UN Tourism in 2025.

A small, slow old town in a valley near the border — a few kilometres off the main road, quieter and less visited than Dong Van.

A wide valley on the road to Dong Van, home to Lung Cam village and the old Hmong house made famous by the 2005 film Pao's Story.

A once-a-year festival market near Meo Vac, held around the 27th day of the third lunar month — part legend, part reunion, part highland fair.

The weekly Sunday market in Meo Vac town, where Hmong, Lo Lo and other communities from the surrounding highlands come to trade, eat and meet.

A Hmong community-tourism village just below the Ma Pi Leng Pass — a quiet base for riding the pass in the early morning.

A Sunday market in Coc Pai town in the Xin Man area, far west of the main Loop — one of the most authentic highland markets in Ha Giang.