Vietnam Motorbike Tour to Sapa and Ha Giang – 8 Days

Day 1: Hanoi Motorcycle Tour to Phu Yen:  170 km.

Start this amazing Northwest Vietnam motorbike tour with a short ride to Phu Yen – a peaceful town in the green valley of Son La province. At around 9:00 am, get on the bikes from our shop in the western outskirt of Hanoi, strive to be on a quiet and small road as long as possible to get away from busy traffic. After 2 hour riding, we will be right in mountain area with countryside back roads between green rice and tea field. Lunch is in little town Thu Cuc after passing small corner of Ba Vi National Park. After lunch, we will have an enjoyable offr0ad motorcycle ride crossing some hills and villages of the local hill tribes before getting down to Phu Yen
We arrive Phu Yen town at about 4.30 PM. Get the room and enjoy a short walk around peaceful town or take another easy motorcycle ride to some rustic villages nearby the town.
Overnight in Hotel – Phu Yen.

Day 2: Phu Yen – Than Uyen:  210 km.

After breakfast, we continue this North Vietnam motorcycle touring at around 8:30 am. It’s quite long ride with a lot of picturesque stops and many interesting things to see on the way. Right after the Phu Yen town we will be on the winding and beautiful Lung Lo pass and, after the pass, we will have amazing fun offroad Vietnam motorcycle tour up and down on some hills with nice view of green tea and rice fields and then hit the quiet road to Tu Le – a charming little town where we have lunch. The second half of the day could be best part of this motorbike tour in Vietnam. After 50km from riding, will be in Mu Cang Chai in which we have great chance to take pictures of the most beautiful terrace fields in north Vietnam. Arrive Than Uyen at about 5.PM.
Dinner and stay in Hotel – Than Uyen.

Day 3: Than Uyen Motorcycle Tour to Sa Pa. 100 km.

This ride today is short but very enjoyable and it must be the highlight of this North Vietnam motorbike tour. The first half of the day, we will enjoy an easy off road motorbike tour through some green tea and rice fields of the local people and then have joyful ride on the smooth roads crossing some villages of the colorful hill tribes along the way. And the other half, we ride on Qui Ho pass to cross Hoang Lien mountain range- the highest one in Vietnam including Fanxipan peak with the height of 3142 meters above sea level. It’s sure that you will have great pictures of the most beautiful valley in north Vietnam. We will be in Sa Pa at lunch time. After luch in Sa Pa town, we have half day to discover lovely town in cloud – Sa Pa by walking or having a short Sapa motorbike ride along the Muong Hoa valley .
Diner and Overnight in Hotel – Sa Pa.

Day 4 : Sapa – Ha Giang. 200 km.

Today is a long day with more activities and stops. We start this North Vietnam motorbike tour to Ha Giang at about 8.30 Am. After breakfast, we will hit the road down to Lao Cai town – 40 km from Sa Pa. This 40 km motorbike ride offers a great view of rice terrace on mountains made by the H’mong people. We can take many breathtaking pictures from the height of around 1.500 m above sea level. Take a café stop at Nam Thi River bank – the river is also the border between Vietnam and China. After that, we keep riding down on the winding road No 70. Lunch is in Pho Rang town. Then take an on and offroad  motorcycle tour up to Ha Giang with many stop along the roads for pictures and visits to local ethnic villages.
We will finish this good motorbike tour to Ha Giang in a beautiful and peaceful village of the Tay – 3 km from Ha Giang City.
Home stay – Ha Giang

Day 5: Ha Giang – Dong Van. 160 km.

The ride today is surely one of the best part of this motorbike tour in north Vietnam. We will be in the center of the Dong Van – the Karst Plateau Global Geopark, the scenery here is hard to describe by words. After getting out of Ha Giang city, we will ride motorbike slowly on the winding, “up and down” roads along the Karst Plateau, enjoying incredibly beautiful scenery, we can also take the ride on some single tracks along the plateau, doing some stop to visit the colorful and happy people live long the tracks. These single tracks here can make it become one of the best offroad Vietnam motorbike tours. Especially, after lunch we can take a visit to Palace of the H’mong’s king to learn more about the Indochina War and the life of the local people during the war time. This motorbike ride to Dong Van Rock Plateau is surely the highlight of this 8 day North Vietnam motorbike tour.
Arrive Dong Van at 5 PM. Overnight in Hotel.

Day 6: Dong Van – Bao Lac: 150 Km.

After breakfast, we will take a short trek to the top of the hill about 1 km from the hotel. The hill was used as a Fortress of the French during war time in the 1890s where we can have best view of Dong Van Town. Back to the hotel, get on the bikes and keep enjoying beautiful North Vietnam motorbike touring. Today we have chance to ride motorbike on Ma-Pi-Leng pass –one of 4 most beautiful passes in north Vietnam. The Ma Pi Leng pass is also one of the longest one in Vietnam and it’s hard to describe by words or few pictures but it’ surely a ‘must’ in any beautiful motorbike tours in Vietnam. Lunch is in Meo Vac town, and then motorbike down all the way to Bao Lac.
Overnight in Hotel – Bao Lac town.

Day 7: Offroad Vietnam Motorbike Tour To Ba Be Lake. 150 km

This is the short but great offroad motorbike tour to Ba Be. Right after the town we will take a small road to Son Lo village. The road is up and down , small and almost empty but the mountain view somewhere is amazing. Especially, we have a chance to do some offroad motorbike ride to cross some small streams. We will be in Pac Ngoi village at about 1 PM. Lunch is with the local people. after lunch we spend the rest time of the day for the boat ride and swim on the Ba Be lake. End this fun offroad motorbike in North Vietnam with some cold beer next to the Ba Be national park waiting for the dinner made by the local Tay family.
Home stay in Pac Ngoi – village of Tay people.

Ba Bể Lake (Vietnamese: Hồ Ba Bể, Ba Bể meaning “Three Lakes” in the local Tay language) is the largest natural fresh water lake, stretching about 8 kilometers in the north-south direction. The surface area of the lake fluctuates between 3 and 5 km² between dry and wet season. Unlike many lakes in Karst limestone areas, Ba Bê Lake never falls dry. Its average depth varies between 17 and 23 meters, the maximum depth is 35 meters. The lake lies about 150 meters above sea level, making it also Vietnam’s highest. The name “Three Lakes” refers to the three parts of the lake named Pe Leng, Pe Lu, and Pe Lam. All these three parts are connected into a single continuous body of water, however. The Ta Han, Bo Lu, and Leng Rivers feed into the lake from the south and the west. During the dry season, water is drained from the lake northwards into the Nang River. During high floods in the wet season, the latter flow is reversed however, and the lake takes up water from the Nang River thereby acting as a buffer regulating flooding.

Day 8 : Ba Be – Hanoi. 240 km.

End the great North Vietnam Motorbike Tour by taking a big ride back to Hanoi. After early breakfast, we will try to be off the big and busy road as long as possible. Unlike the motorbike tour in days before, the tour today is in much busier traffic but in different way we will find something interesting. We will try our best to keep you away from big roads with busy traffic but the last 60 km is hardest part of this tour by riding on big and busy roads with local scooters/cars, bikes…
Arrive Vietnam Motorbike Tour Expert‘s shop in Hanoi before rush hours and then take a taxi to the hotel in city center Tour ends!