Ma Pi Leng Pass has a length of over 20km. At the foot of the pass is Nho Que River formed more than 5 million years ago. In the center area of Ma Pi Leng Pass, there is Tu San Canyon, the canyon has a depth of about 800m, a length of 1.7km, cliff slope of 70-90o. Looking down Tu San Canyon from Ma Pi Leng Pass, tourists will admire spectacular beauty of mountains, deep green Nho Que River winding long pass foot, immense green corn fields or mossy stilt houses hidden in clouds and mountains...

According to local language (Quan Hoa), “Ma Pi Leng” means “horse nose” to say about the dangerousness of the pass. In the past, the only means of transportation to over Ma Pi Leng Pass (with the 2,000m height of the peak) was horse. In 1959, the State decided to develop the road route named Hanh phuc (Happiness) connecting Ha Giang City with Dong Van and Meo Vac districts with a length of 200km, of which including Ma Pi Leng Pass with a length of 24km.

Ma Pi Leng promises great tourism potential by not only the spectacular, magnificent beauty of nature, but also the people living here still preserved almost intact the traditional culture, the festival bolding colors of the karst plateau region. Ma Pi Leng is the ideal destination for tourists to explore and understand highland culture.