The Best Hiking Trails in Vietnam

TrekSuoi Tranh Waterfall + 1 km further (Hàm Ninh, Phu Quoc)

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Heinrich Rotkiefer

Distance

3.05mi

Elevation +

344f

TrailRank

41

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First 1 km, cosy walk through a garden with flowers, huge Bonsai trees and sculptures of animals and people. Beyond the waterfall, the trail becomes very natural through the jungle next to the river. I did the trek at th...

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Ta Van - loop (waterfall & remote village)

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Jappies

Distance

5.69mi

Elevation +

1066f

TrailRank

41| 3.67

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Nice loop to the waterfall and a remote village. Way back is through ricepaddy's and along the river. Begin is difficult to find (feels like jumping in to someones garden), but so nice to do. In the and you can cross the...

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The trail of a lifetime

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Dejosh

Distance

6.96mi

Elevation +

1089f

TrailRank

40

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The trail starts at civilization and takes you along a path flanked by cloud capped mountains, through pristine villages, up steep wooded forests, across a stream and eventually back to civilization. A trail that you’ll ...

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Dong Van 3hours hike

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Florence R

Distance

6.02mi

Elevation +

1634f

TrailRank

39| 5.0

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Hike with nice viewpoints I took me 3 hours including the stops for drinking, eating and taking pictures

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Thị Trấn Tam Sơn (Heavens gate)

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Espen Albert

Distance

5.31mi

Elevation +

331f

TrailRank

39

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Heavens gate roundabout, but started at wrong location. Move a bit further down to walk on the designated trail

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Si Phai Mountain Village

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tomprudd

Distance

5.87mi

Elevation +

1526f

TrailRank

39| 3.0

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Easily accessible via an old road walk although downwards route I took a more adventurous track. Downward route not for the feint hearted at sections steep and overgrown. Views at the top made the walk 100% worth it! S...

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Sapa-CatCat-Lao chai-Ta van-waterfall-Sapa

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RubioSer

Distance

15.76mi

Elevation +

3383f

TrailRank

39| 3.0

Hiking from Sapa to ta van. Beautiful landscape crossing rice fields. 1: in our opinion cat cat is totally unnecessary. Is more like a folk market than a village; tourist trap. 2: is easy to follow the track. There are...

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Ta Van valley loop

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txopomix91

Distance

6.06mi

Elevation +

971f

TrailRank

39| 5.0

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Easy loop starting in Ta Van. We did the trek without guide an we didn’t have troubles. The way was easy to follow and there were many people walking on it.

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Phú Quốc, senderismo por el parque nacional.

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Zipirot

Distance

1.75mi

Elevation +

217f

TrailRank

39

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We left the motorcycle in the parking lot of a restaurant that has guided tours of the park. Shortly after starting to walk, a young lady comes who wants to sell us the guided tour. As we are Spanish and we don't underst...

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Hanoi Red River Loop

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bisbj

Distance

6.48mi

Elevation +

92f

TrailRank

39

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A pleasant loop that gets you out on the banks (well actually onto an island) of the Red River, where there are banana groves, house boats and the odd nudist! The hike starts from the Long Bien Bridge designed by Gustave...

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Route from Sapa

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rodolfo langostino

Distance

11.28mi

Elevation +

2110f

TrailRank

38

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Once you are out of the town turn right when we did and you will find the counter to pay the local support fee. First half of the trekking is mountain and second half road back(walkable but of course not as nice as keep ...

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Sa Pá Off road!

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Eluxton

Distance

5.41mi

Elevation +

1460f

TrailRank

38| 2.33

Avoid the entrance fee to Cat Cat! This route takes you through a tiny village and some rice farms, past paddies and water buffalo, and down to a river. We walked along the river barefoot and climbed up a little further ...

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Tả Van Đáy - NO GUIDE

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Atay.and.revolution

Distance

5.28mi

Elevation +

1293f

TrailRank

38

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Easy hike to make. You need some good shoes as some parts are slippery. I stopped a lot for photography but overall you don't need more than half a day.

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Núi Đá Bạc summit on Phú Quốc island

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Killian Harpocrates

Distance

0.91mi

Elevation +

1014f

TrailRank

37

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The beginning of the trail is rather hard to find. Firstly "official" start of the trail has a gate that was locked. One of the neighbour told us it is locked since to covid. (meaning the local authority closed it?). We ...

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Tả Van Đáy - nice hike up the mountain and down through bamboo forest

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jonathan1344

Distance

4.92mi

Elevation +

1460f

TrailRank

37| 4.67

This was based on another very similar hike we found on Wikiloc, but sometimes following the Wikiloc trail would have taken us off the actual trail. A little steep for half an hour, flat for half an hour and down for ha...

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Five Lakes Trail (Bach Ma National Park)

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Ivanpg

Distance

2.51mi

Elevation +

243f

TrailRank

37

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Easy to follow trail descending the river. You can have a refreshing bath on the ponds that you’ll find along the river. It might be challenging for children and old people. DIRECTIONS: Get to the park visitor’s center ...

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Du Gia Waterfall Loop

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Rutger & Casper

Distance

2.74mi

Elevation +

771f

TrailRank

36

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We start our loop at the waterfall 1, walking up on small paths and over tge rocks of the waterfall. Swimming naked at waterfall nr 2. After a bit more up we go left through a relatively mountain trail passing by some n...

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Jungle Boss Elephant Cave 1 day

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Rutger & Casper

Distance

16.14mi

Elevation +

2979f

TrailRank

36

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Trip with jungle boss to elephant cave, a wonderful blue waterwhole and swimming in Trang An Cave with life jacket and helmet with tourch. Cost 1.650.000 dong including food and drink, towel, shoes. Worth the money. You ...

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Lý Lào ChảI (10 km)

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Sander & Eline

Distance

6.27mi

Elevation +

1467f

TrailRank

36

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Very steep uphill in the first 2 km. Careful when it’s slippery. On clear days the view must be amazing!

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Tả Van - Cat Cat

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Robert Scholten

Distance

12.93mi

Elevation +

2598f

TrailRank

35

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Nice route from Ta Van to Cat Cat and back. All mostly easy roads, just a few small, or when wet, slippery paths. The route on the south side of the river has some beautiful sections and is less touristic than the way on...

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Núi Cấm (Forbidden Mountain)

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Killian Harpocrates

Distance

5.44mi

Elevation +

1906f

TrailRank

35

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a well deserved name for a weird monastery-mountain. First striking clues was small gambling machines disseminated across the land. Big local tourism industry at the top. Surprisingly a huge number of locals were camping...

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Sử Pán

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Harry Pallas

Distance

8.63mi

Elevation +

741f

TrailRank

35

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This trail combines good scenery (lake, terraced paddy fields, valley, river) with paths through village areas in North Vietnam where traditional activities can be viewed. Buffalo could be seen in many places. The only d...

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Cuc Phuong National Park - Thousand year old tree

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Rodolfo Lage

Distance

2.92mi

Elevation +

1001f

TrailRank

35

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Loop Trekking to see thousand years old tree at Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam. Easy trekking, totally marked trail. You can also go to see Palace Cave. The tree is nothing special, but the trekking is good, very in...

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Si Phai Mountain

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sofia.berto

Distance

7.44mi

Elevation +

1483f

TrailRank

35

Good hiking route if you want to spend a morning walking around Dong Van. There are some nice views along the way. On the top of the mountain you can stop at the village and get invited to drink some corn wine with the l...

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Cat ba national park - short trail

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Nara Torres Moreira

Distance

9.66mi

Elevation +

1414f

TrailRank

35

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We took the motorcycle until the entrance of the park and did the short trail until the top (amazing view point!). The hiking is not difficult, but it is quite steep. It took us around 45 min from the entrance until the ...

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