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Experience Authentic Vietnam By Motorbikes – 12 Days

Duration: 12 Days/ 11 Nights
Destination: Mai Chau - Mu Cang Chai - Sapa - Ha Giang - Meo Vac - Cao Bang - Ban Gioc Waterall - Ba Be lake -Thac Ba lake

This is one of our most beautiful Vietnam motorcycle tours, spanning 12 days of riding through the ‘must-see’ destinations in Northern Vietnam. Across some of the most imposing mountain passes in the Northwest and Northeast of Hanoi, you’ll have the chance to visit the most beautiful terraced rice fields, the unique Rock Plateau in Ha Giang – Dong Van, and Vietnam’s largest waterfalls – Ban Gioc, as well as its most stunning natural lake – Ba Be Lake. Additionally, this 12-day experience of authentic Vietnam by motorbike combines both on and off-road riding with the exploration of local culture. Although the weather in North Vietnam can be changeable, it consistently offers stunning vistas, ensuring this trip will be the journey of a lifetime. It is always one of the most favored choices in our North Vietnam Motorbike Tours collection so Let’s do it!

Day 1: Hanoi – Mai Chau Velley: 170 km

Depart from western edge of Hanoi at about 9:00, start motorbike riding to the Northwest of the Hanoi on the big free way. After one hour ride we’ll be in the countryside where the motorbike holiday is really enjoyable with riding on easy countryside back roads, seeing green nature and meeting smiling local people. The motorbike ride in the afternoon is surely the highlight of this North Vietnam motorbike tour with a lot of stop for beautiful pictures. We’ll be in Mai Chau valley at about 5:00 pm. Home stay in the villages of the Thai People.

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Day 2: Mai Chau – Phu Yen: 160 km

After breakfast and saying good bye to the Thai host, we keep motorbike touring up North Vietnam to Phu Yen. Today’s ride is short but offers some easy off-road challenge and many stops for picturing of landscapes and visiting the villages of local hill tribes. This ride also takes you to Moc Chau plateau in which you can see the large and green tea fields that become well-known to the Vietnamese people, in the afternoon, the motorcycle riding to Phu Yen offers amazing view along the beautiful Da river. Finish the enjoyable second day of the Motorbike tour in North Vietnam in a peaceful town Phu Yen at around 5:00 pm.

Check in the standard hotel in town.

Day 3: Phu Yen – Mu Cang Chai – Than Uyen: 210 km

For many riders all over the world, Northern Vietnam includes some of the best routes for motorcycle touring and the route from Phu Yen to Than Uyen via Mu Cang Chai is one of them. The road today is all what you wish to have on a motorbike tour in Vietnam with beautiful rice terrace fields, colorful hill tribes along the road, quiet traffic and long mountain pass with imposing view. The ride offers many stops for picturing and visiting the local people. This promise to be one of the best Vietnam motorcycle tours. We’ll be in Than Uyen town and finish a great day riding at a hotel at around 5: 00 pm. Hotel stay.

Day 4: Than Uyen – Sapa: 110 km

It’s another amazing day of motorbike touring in North Vietnam, this short motorbike tour to Sapa offers a great view of mountain with large green tea fields and imposing Fansipan peak, the ride will cross the O Qui Ho – one of the longest and most beautiful mountain passes in Northern Vietnam. You’ll have chance to take many pictures of breathtaking view of mountain at the level of around 2000 meters above sea level, riding a motorbike on this famous pass is surely a great experience, it’s surely one of the best part of this Vietnam motorcycle tours. We’ll finish riding in Sapa at noon then spend another half day to discover Sapa by foot of just take it easy to relax in town. Stay in hotel or home stay (optional)

Day 5: Sapa – Bac Ha: 160 km

After breakfast in Sapa, we’ll hit the road all the way down from Sapa on another side of the Hoang Lien mountain range. It also offers a great view of nature with more terrace rice fields. The motorbike ride today is almost on the smooth roads along the Chinese border through some rustic villages and nice terrace fields. We’ll end the fifth day of Northern Vietnam motorbike tour in the little town of Bac Ha at around 4: 00 pm. Check in a standard hotel in town.

Day 6: Bac Ha – Ha Giang: 190 km.

This Vietnam motorcycle tour to Ha Giang today gives you a completely different taste of riding. It has more off-road motorbike riding options and also offers a different view of mountain from the ones you’ve seen before. In addition, the ride via Hoang Su Phi could give you one of the best view of rice terraces if you come at the right time, it will surely make you feel worthy to be here with the motorbikes. This could be the highlight of this 12 day motorbike tour in North Vietnam. We’ll arrive Ha Giang at around 5:00 pm. Hotel stay.

Day 7: Ha Giang – Dong Van – Meo Vac: 170 km

Ha Giang

Ha Giang – North Vietnam is always the best choice for any bikers who are looking for Vietnam motorcycle tours, being famous for the large and breathtaking plateau of rock with colorful and friendly people living around, Ha Giang and Dong Van Global Geo-park is always an attractive destination for motorcyclists whenever they come, you can see here the different beauties in different times and seasons. This Vietnam motorbike ride around Ha Giang should be the best part of this motorcycle tour in Vietnam. We’ll end the day in the middle of the rock plateau – little town of Meo Vac at around 5: 00 PM. Hotel stay.

Day 8: Meo Vac – Quang Uyen: 200 km

Leaving the amazing rock plateau of Dong Van – Ha Giang for Quang Uyen – where you can experience another beauty of North Vietnam. The motorbike tour today offers quite different view of nature in another part of North Vietnam where the mountains are more green but lower with more villages and ethnic people. We’ll corss Cao Bang city to get to little town named Quang Uyen where we stay overnight at a homestay.

Meo Vac is one of the poorest and higheast district of Ha Giang province, Meo Vac is one of the important points in the development of tourism in Ha Giang in general in recent years. The main terrain of Meo Vac district is limestone mountains, with Nho Que river flowing through. Agricultural land occupies about 12,100 ha. Agricultural activities are the cultivation and exploitation of medicinal plants, fenugreek, pecans, etc., Beside there are some ethnic groups who are very friendly and has colorful traditional culture living in the peaceful villages on the mountains here making it become one of the hotest places for the fans of  motorcycle touring who are looking for fun and authentic Vietnam motorcycle tours.

Day 9: Quang Uyen – Ban Gioc Waterfall – Cao Bang : 180 km

The ride today is another highlight of this motorcyle tour North Vietnam. We’ll motorbike on almost quiet backroads through some peaceful villages with green peaceful view of nature. After having lunch nearby the Ban Gioc waterfalls, we’ll take some pictures of this largest waterfall in Vietnam before heading on another scenic road back to Cao Bang. Arrive at Cao Bang city at around 4:30. Check in the hotel then spend sometime to try some local beer in the city.

Day 10: Cao Bang – Ba Be lake: 150 km

We’ll have an easy riding day. Leaving the city, we’ll ride almost on smooth mountain passes to the largest natural lake – Ba Be lake, we’ll be there at lunch time then spend the afternoon with the team of Vietnam Motorbike Tour Expert to discover the lake by boat, swimming on the lake or having a short walk around the villages nearby the lake and the Ba Be National Park. We’ll stay with the Tay people at a nice house on stilts.

Ba Be Lake have a area of water surface around 500ha, with 8 km in length and 1 km in width it is known as the biggest natural lake in Vietnam, situated in Ba Be distric – around 250 km away from Hanoi .The Lake has very original and special features compared with other world-wide karster lakes: world karster lakes are spent or only with one-season water, while Ba Be Lake has its permanent full-water. There are 417 species of trees including 300 branches, 114 families. Also, you can see popularly hundreds of orchids and species of medicine-plants. The system of animals including; land, aquatic and flying animals covering 319 species of animals in 27 forms, 85 families in which 42 species recorded in Vietnam Red Book. In addition, the tracks around the Ba Be lake is so beautiful that make it an attractive destination that any Vietnam motorcycle tours must include.

Day 11: Ba Be lake – Thac Ba lake: 170 km

The motorcycle ride today from Ba Be lake is almost on sealed back-roads with green view of nature and countryside, the ride is quite easy, it’s up and down on not so high mountains but offers many things to see and some interesting visits to rural villages of the hill tribes. We’ll arrive at a nice village of the Dzao people where we stay overnight at around 3:30 pm, leave the bikes at the homestay then spend the rest time of the day for the boat ride around the Thac Ba lake or easy walk around that peaceful village. Stay overnight in the stilt-house of the Dzao people’s village.

Day 12: Thac Ba lake – Hanoi: 180 km

Saying goodbye to the family then start the ride at around 8:00 AM. We’ll take some easy off-road to get out of the villages then keep stay safe and relax on the dyke road along some little rivers to go down to Hanoi. Around last 15 km should be more difficult because we get closer to Hanoi city. We’ll end this great 12 day Vietnam motorcycle tours at around 4:30 PM at our bike shop in the western edge of the city. Leave the bikes at our shop then the Motorbike Tour Expert team will take you back to your hotel by car or taxi.

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TOUR PRICE:

Our tour price is determined by two factors: the NUMBER OF RIDERS (the more people in the group, the lower the cost per rider) and the TYPE OF BIKES (choosing a smaller bike results in a reduced price). For more information and accurate pricing, please contact us. Below, you can find a sample price for our regular North Vietnam motorbike tour using 150cc bikes

  • Tour for a group of 1 (solo rider): 210 USD/Day
  • Tour for a group of 2 riders: 160 USD/Day/Person
  • Tour for a group of 3 riders: 150 USD/Day/Person
  • Tour for group of 4 – 10 riders: 140 USD/Day/Person

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • We can tailor a tour to your preferences and desired dates. Just share your expectations with us, and we will create your private tour
  • The tour price does not include support vehicle, air tickets, or airport pick-up/drop-off… but we can arrange these services for an additional cost if needed
  • We do have other bigger bikes for your tours, Please contact us for more details
  • The prices listed above are only for the Northern Vietnam motorcycle tours, Other special motorcycle tours on the Ho Chi Minh trail or crossing the border to Laos or Cambodia… will cost more. Please contact us for more details.
  • The tour price can be changed depending on the low/high tourist season or other special requests, Please contact us to get the right price for your tour.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

Tour price includes:

  • Experienced English-speaking tour guides (+ mechanic)
  • Quality Honda XR150L/CRF250L/CRF300L or other bikes with all fuel
  • Quality Helmets/Gloves/Knee, elbow pads/Rain jackets/pants
  • All meals on tour (All breakfasts, lunches, and dinners with local Vietnamese food)
  • All accommodation on tour (twin share room in a hotel or stay at a homestay as mentioned in itinerary)
  • Boat rides on lakes or crossing rivers as mentioned in the itinerary
  • All entrance fees / Permits
  • Hotel pick up/drop off before and after the tour
  • Quality video of the trip
  • Souvenirs from our team (Café Cup, Cap…)
  • Tour price excludes:
  • Medical insurance
  • Bike damages
  • Personal expense
  • Drinks/Tips

BOOKING CONDITIONS:

Reservation Process:

Your booking is confirmed upon receipt of the deposit. To secure your reservation, we request a small deposit, typically ranging from 10% to 30% of the total tour cost

Payment Policies:

When you’re ready to book a tour, we will send you a secure payment link, allowing you to pay the required deposit using your credit cards (3,5% will be surcharged for the bank service fee)

The balance will be paid in full at our shop just before starting the tour. You can pay in cash (USD or Euro) or by credit card (3,5% will be surcharged for the bank fee if you pay by credit card)

Cancellation and Refund Policy

  • The deposit was not refundable but you can postpone the booking to another time.
  • No refunds in case of bad weather conditions and customers’ reasons. Tour may be delayed by adverse weather conditions, but we take no responsibility in case of tour cancellation
  • If your bike has a technical brake down, we will replace it with the same type of bike and our guide/mechanic will attempt to fix your bike within a day. For technical reasons, your tour may be shortened, You will get a refund for the day you can’t finish
  • If you need to cancel your booking, you have the option to postpone to another time or transfer it to another person. Please note that you will be responsible for any associated administration costs, and it is your responsibility to ensure that your nominee pays the full amount

Age Limitation and License Requirements:

Although we do not have a specific age limit or license requirement, Vietnam Motorbike Tour Expert do require all participants to be in good health, physically fit, and capable of riding a motorbike

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