Pan Hou Village

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This wonderful ecolodge is tucked away in a hidden river valley in the High Song Chau mountains, with simple, solar-powered bungalows set in a riot of tropical gardens and fronted by a thatched restaurant pavilion (meals US$13). Traditional spa treatments and baths, infused with medicinal healing herbs, are available, and day hikes and longer treks to ethnic-minority villages can be arranged.

From Tan Quang village, 45km south of Ha Giang, head northwest on road DT177 towards Hoang Su Phi for 18km, then branch left up a gorgeously scenic, twisty-turny mountain road for another 12km, turning right en route at Thong Nguyen village.

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