Day 1: Arrival Hanoi ( D)
On arrival at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International airport, you will be greeted by our guide and transferred to your hotel in Hanoi. Free on leisure and check all bikes for availability . O/N in Ha Noi
Included services: Transfer, Tour guide, dinner and hotel
Day 2: Ha Noi City Tour (B, L) (Biking about 20Km/20Km)
8:30 am: Tour guide picks up from the hotel, Cycling to visit Ho Chi Minh Complex: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho Chi Minh Museum, one pillar pagoda and President Palace. Continue to visit Temple of Literature, Museum of ethnology, Hoa Lo Prison Museum, Tran Quoc Pagoda. O/N in Hanoi
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, hotel and bike - safe equipments
Day 3: Cultural Handicraft Tours.(B,L) (Biking about 30Km/30Km)
8.30 am: Tour guide pick up from hotel, cycling to But Thap Pagoda, .Lunch time.Transfer to Dong Ho folk painting Village (40 km), visiting Mr Che’s family (Vietnamese artist) – He is a member of UNESCO. Have a look and discover folk pictures with Vietnamese folk cultural topics. Then bike to Batrang pottery Village, visit ancient ceramic products show area and productive place or restored products area, back to Hanoi. Have a water puppet show before get back hotel. O/N in Hanoi
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, hotel and bike - safe equipments
Day 4: Ha Noi – Hoa Binh (B, L) (Biking 60Km/60Km
In the morning we cycle out of Hanoi and head for Hoa Binh town. Along the way we will make several stops, the first of which is the Van Phuc silk village, approximately 12km southwest of the capital. From Van Phuc we continue on to the Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum. Our third and final stop is at the Dau Pagoda, whose origins date back to the 3rd century. From Dau Pagoda we cycle the remaining 50km to Hoa Binh town, where we spend the night
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, hotel and bike - safe equipments
Day 5: Hoa Binh – Mai Chau – Lac village (B,L) (Biking about 65Km/65Km)
Today we set off for Mai Chau town. As the road becomes very steep in parts we combine cycling with driving in the support vehicle. Upon arrival in Mai Chau we move to the nearby White Thai village of Lac where we have lunch in a traditional stilt house. After lunch we take to our bikes to discover some of the neighboring villages in the valley. Later we return to the village of Lac where we spend the night.
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, homestay and bike - safe equipments
Day 6: Mai Chau – Son La (B,L) (Biking about 70Km and Bus 100Km)
Today, we will bike about the same distance as we made to Mai Chau, the road to Son La is lined with fruit orchards, tea plantations, towering mountains and chance to meet and talk to the black Thai, white Thai, H’mong and Muong hill tribe people on their way to work or local markets.
In the afternoon, we visit the Prison Museum in Son La, which remains as a poignant reminder of the inequities of the former French colonial rule. Dinner and sleep in the Cong Doan Hotel
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, hotel and bike - safe equipments
Day 7: Son La – Dien Bien Phu (B,L) (Biking 70km and Bus 100Km )
The further we bike the more impressive the mountain scenery will be, we will be visiting villages meet more tribal people here along our journey to Dien Bien Phu city. Stop for lunch in Tuan Giao. Continue on to Dien Bien, enjoy the wonderful scenery in Pha Din pass.
Afternoon, Free to discover Dien Bien Phu City.
O/n in Muong Thanh Hotel
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, hotel and bike - safe equipments
Day 8: .Dien Bien – Muong Lay (Lai Chau) (B,L) (Biking 70Km and Bus 50Km)
In the morning: After breakfast and check your bike. Taking the bike as City tour in Dien Bien Phu town to Visit museum and some historistic tourist sites to learn about Vietnam War. Then biking head to Muong Lay town belonging Lai Chau province. Stopover some H`mong, Red Dzao ethnic groups along the way to see daily activities of them.
Arrive Muong Lay town at 5p.m. Check in and O/N in the hotel
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, hotel and bike - safe equipments
Day 9: Muong Lay – Sapa (B,L) (Biking 80Km and Bus 60Km)
Morning: Bike to Tam Duong town, a small walk around this peaceful town and the market before hitting the road up hills as we wind through Tram Ton pass, the highest mountain pass in Viet Nam. As rewarded, we will have the magnificent views of the great mountains, passes and valleys and experience a dramatic change of climate as we mount approaching Sapa – an old French hill station, a busy market town for the regional minority groups, the town is encircled with towering peaks, often shrouded in cloud, and the air is cool and crisp.
Check in a hotel with comfort and free to explore this famous town of Sapa
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, hotel and bike - safe equipments
Day 10: Sapa (B,L) (Biking and Trekking around Sa Pa Town and Villages 30Km)
Cycling rides along the rugged but spectacular road down hills from Sapa, we are dropped at the village of the Zay people – our trekking base, from here we will be trekking & hiking along the paddy fields, villages crossing streams, you will be introduced to a different way of life as we enjoy the genuine hospitality of these hill tribe people, we end our trek today at a Tay village called Ban Ho, where we will stay with on of the family here - a truly satisfying day filled with insight and the unspoilt beauty of nature.
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, hotel and bike - safe equipments
Day 11: Sapa – Ha Noi (B,L) (Biking 35Km and Bus 300Km)
Morning: Bike about 35Km to Lao Cai Town stopover for short break in half of hour and then take the Bus back to Hanoi. Arrive Ha Noi around 6 p.m. Check in Hotel again and the time for look after your bike. O/N in Ha Noi.
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, hotel and bike - safe equipments
Day 12: Ha Noi – Hoa Lu – Tam Coc (B,L) (Ninh Binh) (Biking 80Km and Bus 40Km)
After good sleep at the hotel I think. You continue to bike to enjoy the view of countryside in Viet Nam. Today good road so you can do biking about 80Km head to Hoa Lu ancient and Former Capital of Viet nam 1000 years ago! Learning some information of history, taking some photos of two Temple of Dinh and Le Kings. Then do bike forward Tam Coc- Place is consider as Ha Long Bay on Land (14Km distance). When you get to Tam Coc- time for lunch and then taking the boat to visit Tam coc caves for 2hours. When the boat trip finishs, you are free to take a bike to discover Tam Coc by yourself. Dinner time and O/N in guesthouse at Tam Coc.
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, hotel, boat and bike - safe equipments
Day 13: Ninh Binh – Ha Long Bay (B) (Biking 70Km and Bus 100Km)
Today If weather could be nice we do biking from Tam Coc to until Hai Phong (very good road). Programme is very open for you! You can do biking as long as possible you want.
Arrive in Ha Long Bay at 4p.m. Check in Hotel and freely biking around Ha Long City. O/N in Hotel at Ha Long
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, hotel and bike - safe equipments
Day 14: Ha Long Bay Cruise and sleep on board. (B,L,D)
Today! There is no activity for biking! Relax and Recover please!
After breakfast you transfer to boat Station get on board and cruising around the Bay. Today is wonderful day for relax!
Boat stops some caves you will discover Ha Long bay in your own style. Relaxing, sun bathing, kayaking, swimming, trekking…..
The junk stop in Bay center for sleeping! But you have a lots activities on boat. Enjoy it! O/N on Board
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, dinner, entrance fee, hotel and bike - safe equipments
Day 15: Ha Long - Ha Noi (B, L) (Biking 60Km and Bus 100Km)
In the morning: You still cruise on board visit Ha Long Bay in different way. Lunch on board. After lunch you say good bye Ha Long and biking back Ha Noi (Good road again). Along the way you can stop some where to take photo the countryside pictures of VietNamese people. That`s amazing!
Arrive back Ha Noi at 5p.m. The time for you to take a water puppet show in hour! Get back your hotel, after dinner you should bike one more time to discover Ha Noi by yourself. You should do! O/N in Ha Noi
Included services: Transfer, tour guide, breakfast, lunch, entrance fee, hotel and bike - safe equipments
Day 16: Ha Noi Departure. (B)
After long joyney in the North – West and Ha Long Bay in Viet nam. Now it`s time for you to check everything before taking a bus to the Noi Bai airport. Finish the trip with unforgettable time! Our tour guide will accompany all of you to until the airport and say a nice good bye to you!
Thank you and see you in the next time in Viet Nam
Recommendation!
What to bring: Passport, Rain gears (even rain coast for your bags), sunglasses, hats, sun cream, Good shoes for some walking, Camera with lots of films for pictures, Other personal needs and monies for drinks/food.
Best time to do:best from September to April of next year.
