[2019] How To Get To Ha Giang From Sapa?

Visiting Vietnam is no longer complete without a stop to the northern mountainous enclaves of Sapa or Ha Giang. Riding along the mountainous rice paddies terrain overlooking miles of untouched nature is for many the highlight of their Vietnam trip, and just looking at the pictures it is not hard to understand why.

Sapa and Ha Giang are both located around 320 km to the north of Hanoi, just by the Chinese border. This area of Vietnam is where you will find the largest diversity of ethnic groups with eight different ethnic groups in Sapa alone. 

Before heading up north from Hanoi, take half a day to visit the Vietnamese Museum of Ethnology to get an overview of the incredible ethnic diversity in these regions and throughout Vietnam. Detail see at: Hanoi City Tour

Lots of travelers continue also from Sapa to Ha Giang. Travel distance from Sapa to Ha Giang is about 250km by roads. If you do not have a private taxi or travel company, you have to travel by bus or motorbike, there is no other way how to get to Ha Giang and these is no railway in Ha Giang province. Ha Giang has almost everything what the experienced travelers are looking for.

So,

How to get to Ha Giang from Sapa?

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1. Tourists BUS from Sapa to Ha Giang (Recommend)

You can book and join a tourist bus from companies who organise tours From Sapa to Ha Giang. Sapa & Ha Giang tours are now quite popular, you can easily book through travel companies. 

There are many tourists who trust and use the services of Vietnam Typical Tours. Vietnam Typical Tours specializes in providing and organizing professional, dedicated and reliable northern Vietnam tours, an recommned that will help you if you are looking for tours in North Vietnam. Detail see at HERE

2. Local bus from Sapa to Ha Giang

You can take a taxi to Sapa bus station to book ticket. Bus timetable is very flexible. Purchasing bus ticket by yourself, it means you have to arrange everything you do by yourself: taxis, contact driver, finding the right bus among hundreds buses in station... It is not very easy when you dont speak the language and local people here don’t speak English too.

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3. Travel by motorbike from Sapa To Ha Giang

You can rent motorbike in any travel agencies in Sapa to slowly driving to Ha Giang and back . For a good quality for roads motorbike, it costs about 10 USD per day which can be for 2 people sit on. You should drive slowly to enjoy landscapes and stop for photos shooting on the way. 

Note: You should give your passport to agency, read the contact carefully and choose good motobike, furthermore you should check careful with their mechanic service conection in case your motobike is broken on the way.

4. Private car/taxi from Sapa to Ha Giang

This option seems to be the most convenient one for you if you have a group of at leasts 3 - 4 people join with you. If not, it is kind of very expensive to go alone or too small group.

Going to Ha Giang from Sapa is a new routine which makes your trip is easier and shorter. This tour trip is the perfect link for thouse who wanting to connect the northwest with the extreme north, or as an alternative to, or extension of, the increasingly popular Ha Giang Loop.

Do not hesitate to explore the hidden gems of Vietnam tourism, there are many interesting things waiting for you to explore and experience. Any destination or travel information you need to know, send us an email.Do not hesitate to explore the hidden gems of Vietnam tourism, there are many interesting things waiting for you to explore and experience. Any destination or travel information you need to know, send us an email.

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