Located 40km from Hanoi along the North Thang Long – Noi Bai highway, Ham Lon mountain (belonging to Doc Ton range, Soc Son, Hanoi) is a quite familiar place with Hanoi youth.
Route
There are many different ways to go to Ham Lon Mountain. You can follow the map below:
– From Hanoi center, cross Thang Long bridge, go along Thang Long – Noi Bai highway to the intersection with National Highway 2, then turn left toward Vinh Phuc.
– Next turn onto the road leading to Thanh Chuong Viet Palace (Provincial Road 135 (35))
– Go straight for another 7km, there is a right turn leading to Viet Phu.
– If you want to go to Ham Lon Mountain, continue going straight, do not turn right according to the photo above until you see a sign leading to this road. So you are standing in front of the trail leading to Ham Lon Mountain.
The path you are looking at is the longest path, the longest one takes about 3 hours to walk. The road is quite bumpy and difficult to navigate. You can travel by foot or bicycle, but motorbikes cannot because the deeper you go, the narrower and overgrown the road becomes, making it difficult to navigate.
If you are afraid to go, instead of hitting this trail, from the green sign, you continue going straight in the direction of the sign pointing to Ni Street, another 1.5km to the trail turning to the Bau stream dam and lake. located at the foot of Ham Lon mountain. This is the shortest path up the mountain, taking about 1 hour and 30 minutes to walk.
This trail is on the left hand side of the road, and has no signposts. It’s located opposite a small shop specializing in renting out backpacking and camping gear, with a large advertising sign right on the street so you can easily see it.
The total time from Hanoi center to the trail leading to Ham Lon mountain/Bau stream lake as above by motorbike only takes about 1-1h30 minutes. The road is straight, wide and easy to walk.
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There are two paths to the top of the mountain. The first path is a fairly flat trail, easy to walk and has few bushes. Travel time only takes from 2 hours to 2 and a half hours. The second path is along the stream with many challenges suitable for those who like adventure and exploration.
With a travel time of about 4 hours, visitors will have to cross small streams or go through bushes. Although there are many sections where you have to pave your own way, that is the attraction of the road to conquer this mountain.
With streams, rapids, mossy rocks and bushes, it will make your trip a little more adventurous and interesting.
It’s not an easy road, but it’s not too dangerous for those who want to practice for bigger and farther trekking trips.
OrYou can also conquer Ham Lon by bicycle
You can also conquer Ham Lon by bicycle
This 426m high wild mountain peak is a quite suitable place for trekking enthusiasts. On top of Ham Lon, there is a spacious, green and quite flat field of land that is very suitable for camping, sleeping and grilling food.
Camping and waiting for sunset
And:
You will feel a special feeling when watching the sunset at the beautiful and peaceful “roof of the Capital” camp
If you don’t like climbing, you can stop at the foot of Ham Lon mountain, where Ham Lon lake (also known as Suoi Bau lake) is located among green pine and acacia hills and is quite wild. This is an extremely suitable place for camping and taking beautiful pictures. If you camp overnight here, you can also watch the mist spread out at dawn, or the beautiful scene at sunset here.
There are many places where you can camp and stay.
You just need to choose a relatively flat piece of land to set up a tent with your friends
Nightfall will be a time of singing and campfires
Campfire by the lake
You can also take advantage of the campfire to grill food
Services:
– Motorbike parking service for 15,000 VND/motorbike.
– Tent rental service: at the foot of the mountain there is a shop that rents tents, tarpaulins, sleeping bags, tent lights, stoves, grills, pots and pans, bowls and chopsticks at a reasonable price: 70,000 VND/tent for 2 people/ day and night, 100,000 VND/tent of 4 people/day and night… (the larger the camp you rent, the lower the price).
If you prepare a tent and takeout food in advance, you will reduce costs.
– DTour guide rental service (directions, sightseeing, luggage assistance, etc.) with prices ranging from 250,000 to 450,000 VND depending on the service.
– If you want to light a fire overnight, you can buy a truck of firewood for 150,000 VND, charcoal for 10,000 VND/kg or pick up dry branches from around.
Surely you will have an extremely interesting weekend picnic without being too expensive.
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