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BA BE NATIONAL PARK

Babe naitonal park is located in Bac Kan province. The distance from Hanoi to Babe natioal park is about 240km, it takes 7.5 hours to get there by bus.

Getting to Babe national park, you can do a lot of interesting activities:

- Visit caves
- Boat trip to visit Babe lake, kayaking

- Trekking Babe National park

- Biking to a small countryside villages, try farming with local people

- Enjoy time on homestay with fresh air.

- Taking only transportation to Babe national park is a good way for you to do those things by yourself with more freedom. We offer 3 ways bus which are everyday departure.

HANOI TO BA BE NATIONAL PARK, BA BE NATIONAL PARK TO HANOI

- Vietnam Local Bus has pick up service from your hotel to bus station with English speaking guide.

- Vietnam Local Bus has contact with many good buses at the bus station, you will not have to worry about your belongings.

- Easy to purchase ticket, you can book online 1 day, 2 days or longer in advance if you travel during Vietnam holiday time.

- Vietnam Local Bus works with a lot of bus companies for years, so we always have available seats. Even you go on our holiday, as long as you let us know before 48 hours (on holiday time).

- Flexible and convenient in payment, you can pay online by Visa, Master, American Express card (3% bank fee will be added), Paypal, Western Union

- You can check all detail, useful information from our website: vietnamlocalbus.com before you decide to take your ticket.

- Vietnam Local Bus will not charge you if you change departure date, as long as we are informed 24 hours in advance by confirmation to you. Here is all information of our bus that you need to know.

1/ BUS FROM HANOI TO BABE NATIONAL PARK

TIME TABLE

SCHEDULE	PICK UP TIME	ARRIVAL TIME	PRICE
HANOI TO BA BE NATIONAL PARK	8.00	17.30	20 USD
	12.00	20.00	17 USD
	17.00	00.30	22 USD
INFORMATION	- Pick up: From hotel in the Old Quarter - Drop off: Ba Be national park - Duration: 8 hours. - Bus type: + Morning: Seating bus, change bus in Thai Nguyen city + Afternoon, evening: Seating direct bus

HOW IT WORKS

HANOI TO BABE NATIOAL PARK BY MORNING BUS

8.30: Our guide and car picks you up at the hotel in the Hanoi Old Quarter then takes 30 minutes to My Dinh bus station

9.00: At My Dinh bus station, get on bus to Thai Nguyen bus station.
11.00: At Thai Nguyen city, change to another bus to Babe lake (last stop) at Thanh Binh hotel - In front of Ba Be national park gate
17.30: Arrive in Babe nation park.

PRICE: 20 USD/ PERSON.

Included: English speaking guide picks up from your hotel to a mini car/ taxi/ motorbike to the bus station, bus ticket to Thai nguyen, bus tickets to Babe lake.
Excluded: Insurance, meals, drinks, tip to guide, personal expenses.

HANOI TO BA BE NATIONAL PARK NOON TIME BUS

12.30: Our guide and car picks you up at the hotel in the Hanoi Old Quarter then takes 30 minutes to My Dinh bus station.

13.00: At My Dinh Bus staion, get on bus to Babe national park on the way we have shortbreak.

20.00: Arrive at the gate of Ba Be national park.

PRICE: 17 USD/ PERSON

Included: English speaking guide, taxi to My Dinh bus station, bus tickets to Babe.
Excluded: Insurance, meals, drinks, tip to guide, personal expenses.

HANOI TO BA BE NATIONAL PARK BY AFTERNOON BUS

17.00: Our guide and car picks you up at the hotel in the Hanoi Old Quarter then takes 30 minutes to My Dinh bus station.

18.00: At My Dinh Bus staion, get on bus to Babe national park on the way we have short break.

1.00 am: Arrive in Babe national park.

PRICE: 22 USD/ PERSON

Included: English speaking guide, taxi to My Dinh bus station, bus tickets to Babe.

Excluded: Insurance, meals, drinks, tip to guide, personal expenses.

Note:
- Our bus stop at the gate Babe national park nearby Thanh binh hotel, if you want to go to Pac Ngoi villages,you should pay extra 50.000 vnd for motobike.

- Afternoon bus is sleeping bus.

- If you want to order meals in Babe, you should order eraly.

BUS ROUTINE HANOI TO BABE NATIONAL PARK

Hanoi Oldquarter – My Dinh bus station – Dong Anh district – Soc Son district – Thai Nguyen city – Bo Dau (shortbreak) – Ba kan provience – Cho Gia town – Babe Lake(last stop).

2/ BUS FROM BABE NATIONAL PARK TO HANOI

TIME TABLE:

SCHEDULE	PICK UP TIME	ARRIVAL TIME	PRICE
BA BE NATIONAL PARK TO HANOI	5.00 am	11.30	17 USD
	6.00 am	12.00	22 USD
	8.00 am	15.30	20 USD
INFORMATION	- Pick up: From Ba Be national park gate - Drop off: Bus station in Hanoi - Duration: 8 hours. - Bus type: + 5.00 & 7.00 am: Seating bus + 8.00 am: Seating bus, change bus in Thai Nguyen city

HOW IT WORKS

BA BE NATIONAL PARK TO HANOI BY MORNING BUS

BUS SCHEDULE 1:

5.00: Our guide and car picks you up at the hotel or homsaty in Pac Ngoi village then takes 7 hours to My Dinh bus station. On the way we have shortbreak.
11.30: Arrive in My Dinh bus station (last stop).

PRICE: 17 USD/ PERSON

Included: Bus ticket from Ba Be national park to My Dinh bus station
Excluded: Insurance, meals, drinks, tip to guide, personal expenses.

BUS SCHEDULE 2:

6.00 - 6.30 am: Our guide and car picks you up at the hotel or homsaty in Pac Ngoi village then takes 7 hours to My Dinh bus station. On the way we have shortbreak.
12.00: Arrive in My Dinh at bus station (last stop), take a taxi back to hotel by yourself.

PRICE: 22 USD/ PERSON

Included: Bus ticket from Ba Be national park to My Dinh bus station.

Excluded: Insurance, meals, drinks, tip to guide, personal expenses.

BUS SCHEDULE 3:

8.00: Our guide and car picks you up at the hotel or homsaty in Pac Ngoi village then takes 4 hours to Thai Nguyen bus station. On the way we have short break.

12.30: Arrive in Thai Nguyen bus station. Get on bus to Hanoi.

15.30: Arrive in My Dinh bus station (last stop).

PRICE: 20 USD/ PERSON

Included: Bus tiket to Thai Nguyen, bus ticket to My Dinh bus station.
Excluded: Insurance, meals, drinks, tip to guide, personal expenses.

BUS ROUTINE:

Hotel or homestay in Pac Ngoi – Cho Gia town – Bac Kan province – Bo Dau (shortbreak) – Thai Nguyen city – Soc Son district – Dong Anh district – My Dinh bus station (last stop).

Note: Taxi from My Dinh bus station to Hanoi old quarter around 120.000 VND/ 4 seats taxi. You should choose these taxi companies:

Thanh Cong Taxi: 043257575, Mai Linh Taxi: 0438333333, Thanh Nga Taxi:0438215215.

PRICE FOR CHILDREN:

- Children under 4 years old sleep with their parents are free.

- Children from 4 years old and up pay same price as adult, have their own seat.

TRAVEL TO BABE NATIONAL PARK BY DIFFERENT WAYS

1/ HANOI TO BABE NATIONAL PARK BY MOTORBIKE

You can rent motorbike in any travel agencies in Hanoi to slowly driving to Bac kan city then Babe national park and back . For a good quality for mountain roads motorbike, it costs about 8 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. Therefore you should have a stop overnight somewhere on your 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.

!!! Warning: You should be carefully before renting because roads to Bac Kan are very dangerous with high passes, uphills way, specially in the dense fog.

2/ HANOI TO BABE NATIONAL PARK BY TOURIST BUS

You can book and join a tourist bus from companies who organise tours to Babe but it really depends. Because tour from Hanoi to Babe only departure on a fixed day in month. Therefore, sometimes you can book - sometimes you can not. And it can be cancelled in a short advance when they cant collect enough customers to make their tour run.

3/ HANOI TO BABE NATIONAL PARK BY PRIVATE CAR

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.

4/ HANOI TO BA BE NATIONAL PARK BY LOCAL BUS

You can take a taxi to My Dinh, Giap Bat, and Nuoc Ngam 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.

!!!Warning:

- At bus stations, there are many gangster men who are willing to cheat you to get you on a terrible or wrong bus, you have no idea where you are going to as you can not communicate to local people. Till you realise it, you are far away from the big city.

- There are a lot of buses, neither do you know them, nor do they know you. If there is anything happens to your belongings, you have noone to ask for help.

- During festivals time in Vietnam (Independence holiday, King ceremony holiday, New Year holiday...), local people often plan their holiday in advance. Bus tickets to Cao Bang mostly fully booked very soon. Therefore it is difficult for you to purchase ticket by yourself if you have a narrow plan.

BUS TO BABE NATIONAL PARK TRAVEL TIPS

It is very important to have a safe trip. Here are our tips:

- You should carry valuable things with you, incase your bags are picked up by other people by chance or by purpose.

- Remembering plate number of the bus is always good incase, you foget something on bus, we can find it quick & easy for you.

- Before leaving the bus, you should check your belongings again and again incase, it is picked up by othe passangers on bus before we find out.

- Our bus stops at Babe lake the centre of Babe national park. You can easy to find hotels .

- At Pac Ngoi you can rent a motobike or bike to discover Babe village , if you carry them with you you pay extra 22$.

THE BEST TIME TO VISIT BABE NATIONAL PARK

You can visit Babe national park all year, but the best time to travel to Babe park is in Summer and Autumn (From April to October). Because you can see this view very clear from the boat trip, and you also can enjoy the best swimming time on lake. You should avoid weekends because it is full of people on this small island,… All services here will be overcharged and the quality of them are not as good as week days.

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