Trekking Tour Mount Ta Xua, Yen Bai – 4 Days - Adventure Travel Agents Family Tours Operators Companies Vietnam

Visited places: Hanoi, Muong Lo Nghia Lo, Tram Tau
Tour Activity/Theme: Trekking, Hiking, Mountain climbing, Sublime nature, Off the beaten track

Trekking the Mount Ta Xua is a hard and difficult mountain trekking tour for 4 days, 3 nights. This trekking adventure covers the 3 peaks at the Mount Ta Xua, of which the highest peak is 2,865m.

Trekking Tour Mount Ta Xua, Yen Bai Overview

The best time to do the trip is from December through March during which it is dry and there high chances of taking photographs of breathtaking clouds. October-November could be a great time to climb the Mount Ta Xua and adore the clouds but there may be tropical depressions or typhoons which cause bad rains sometimes. It is dry and quite warm in April and the rains between May-September, October make the trip not possible occasionally.

Accommodations on the tour are at a simple hotel on the first night and in a tent in the mountain on the second and the third night. Our local Hmong team will prepare necessary food and water for the meals on the trek. AdventureGreen also provides candies and biscuits… to help you with more energy. Important notes on what to bring and weather conditions are provided upon booking.

Accommodation

Simple hotel at Tram Tau/ 1 night
Rudimentary huts in the mountain/2 nights

{Inclusions
English speaking guide;
Local porters and cook;
Simple hotel room for accommodation at Tram Tau;
Hut with blankets for accommodation in the mountain as on the tour itinerary;
All car/van transfers as on the tour itinerary;
All admission fees and permits for the tour;
Meals as on the tour itinerary: B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner;
02 bottles of water/day/person on a trekking day;}

{Exclusions
Insurance of any types;
Drinks or personal expenses;
Others not clearly mentioned as included above;}

Detailed itinerary

Day1 Hanoi – Nghia Lo – Tram Tau (L/D)

0800 A.M : AdventureGreen team picks you up from the hotel in Hanoi and we travel via Route 32 heading north-west. The landscapes by the roadsides include rivers, tea plantations, valleys and sublime mountains.
Lunch at Thu Cuc.
Passing the Deo Khe and Deo Ach Mountain Passes we descend into the Muong Lo Valley which offers some photo opportunities.

Pristine rice fields at the Muong Lo Valley, Nghia Lo Town, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam

Then, the road gets smaller and goes higher the further we get close to Tram Tau Township. It is rivers, ravines, mountains all the way. Our accommodation is at a mini hotel in a quiet corner.
Dinner and overnight at Tram Tau.

Day2 Tram Tau – 4km motorbike transfer - Full Day Trekking to the First Peak of Mount Ta Xua (Dinosaur’s Spine)/Overnight at a mountain hut (B/L/D)

0730 A.M After breakfast our local Hmong team will transfer you by motorbike to Ta Xua Village where the trek starts.

0800 A.M Starts the trekking adventure to conquer the Mount Ta Xua. More splendid photos of rice terraces (if in the season) and ethnic villages in the backdrop of imposing mountains on the way. You’ll have a glance of the Tram Tau Township from above before venturing futher into the greenery of the mountain and forest.

It is steep (45o often) all the way to the mountain hut tonight. We’ll be trekking through a thin forest or bushes with no shade, and having a sun hat is recommended. Some parts of the path we’ll have to use rope to go up.

The first leg of the trail to the trek at the Ta Xua Mountain

12:00 Picnic lunch en route.

1300-1600 For most trekkers with averaged fitness, we should have passed the Dinosaur Backbone and arrived at the mountain hut by now. The scenery after the Dinosaur Backbone is with mossy trees in a dense forest which looks more like in a fairy tale. The forest stretches all the way to Peak No.3, hightest point of the Ta Xua Mountain Range.

More dirt path to the trek at Ta Xua Yen Bai

After arrival at the hut, have time to adore the breathtaking wilderness around you. Sunset provides magical moments for photography and relaxation.

Do not bother to think of a shower as it is not available up here.

1800 Dinner and easy time in the night.

Our trekking tour to the summit of the Ta Xua Mountain in Yen Bai starts from here

The dirt path could get muddy when it rains at the Ta Xua Mountain Yen Bai

Time to take on the most challenging part of the adventure today: the Dinosaur Backbone

The winds are strong here and our eye sights are blurred

Some day it is an ocean of clouds at the Dinosaur Backbone which makes us wonder if we should move on!

Our destination today is somewhere there behind the fog

Day3 Ta Xua Mountain: Peak No. 3 (B/L/D)

0700 A.M Get up, have breakfast and enjoy the fresh morning amid the wilderness of the Mount Ta Xua. Sunrise provides great moments for great photography, too.
0800-1000 Trek to Peak No.3, the highest with sensational landscape all the way.
1130-1230 picnic lunch.
1230-1600 Trek downhill mostly to hut No 3.
Overnight at the hut.

The amazing mossy forest at the Ta Xua Mountain in Yen Bai

Day4 Descend the mountain/ Tram Tau – Hanoi (B/L)

0700-0800 Breakfast.
0800-1200 Descend the mountain and arrive back at Tram Tau. The trekking terrain is mostly downhill and we will be passing by a nice waterfall today.
1230-1730 Lunch and Travel back to Hanoi. We trust you had an adventure of a life time with AdventureGreen!