Amazing Motorbike Tour To Ha Giang – 6 Days

Day 1: Hanoi Motorbike Tour to Thac Ba Lake – Vu Linh. 180 km

Start the Ha Giang Motorbike Tour – Northeast Vietnam at 8 am from the Northeast side of Hanoi. We will try to keep away from the crowd of the local traffic by taking a small, winding road along the Red river. Enjoy great view of river and rice paddies as we ride through country and extensive farming lands comprising a sea of paddy fields split by tree-lined roads. See the daily life of the local during the ride through some peaceful villages. Lunch at a local restaurant in  Doan Hung Town. After lunch we will have better ride with some easy off-road and better view of nature. Arrive in Vu Linh – nice village of the Dzao people that located nearby the Thac Ba lake – the largest man-made lake with more than 3000 islands. We will have boat trip around this beautiful lake  and this must be the highlight of this Ha Giang motorbike tour.

Home stay and dinner in Vu Linh village.

Day 2: Thac Ba lake –  Ha Giang. 180 km

After breakfast and saying goodbye to the local host, we will continue the Ha Giang motorbike tour at around 8:30 am. Get on the bikes and ride along the Thac Ba lake on a small road lined by palm trees and scenic mountain views. We will have some interesting offroad ride through some beautiful villages before joining the National road No 2 heading up to Ha Giang where we stop for the night. Before getting to the Tay village where we do home stay, we should stop at Ha Giang city to ask permit for the Motorbike tour to the Dong Van Rock Plateau and frontier area in following days .

Home stay and dinner in the Tay’s village.

Day 3: Ha Giang  to The Dong Van Rock Plateau. 160 km

Today is surely the highlight of this trip. We will have one of the best Vietnam motorbike tours today with amazing view of nature. The ride today is mostly on small challenging mountain roads (but incredibly beautiful) on the land of colorful hill-tribes. We will ride through the breathtaking Karst Geopark of Dong Van and on some of most beautiful passes in Vietnam such as the Ma Pi Leng, ‘Heaven Gate’ pass where we can stop anywhere to take amazing pictures. Experienced tour guides of Vietnam Motorbike Tour Expert also give you chances to learn and experience the colorful culture of local tribes. It is inspiring to see how they survive as they manage live in the rocks. When we reach town we will have some extra time to wonder the ancient streets lined with H’mong homes of clay bricks and tiles roofs built centuries ago.

Hotel stay in Dong Van.

Day 4: Dong Van – Bao Lac. 110 km

The motorbike ride in the morning is still winding along the Rock Plateau, after breakfast, enjoy slowly Vietnam motorbike tour on some beautiful mountain passes until Meo Vac where we stop for lunch. In the afternoon, we will motorcycle down hill along the river and see the different mountain view( less rocky and more green). Arrive in Bao Lac town at 5 PM.

Hotel stay in Bao Lac.

Day 5: Bao Lac – Ba Be Lake. 150 km

To save time for the boat trip in Ba Be lake, We should start the day earlier so after breakfast, we start riding at around 8.am . Today must be the best offroad Vietnam motorbike tour. Just after 20km from Bao Lac we turn to narrow and bumpy road with breathtaking view of terrace rice paddies. Especially, we have to cross few rivers instead of riding on some bamboo bridges. Finishing the memorable riding day with lunch in a peaceful village of  the Tay people nearby Ba be lake .
It’s time for relaxing on one of the most beautiful and biggest natural lake in Vietnam in the afternoon – Ba Be lake.

Day 6: Ba Be Lake – Hanoi. 240 km

Staying off the main road for as long as possible we head back towards the Red River Delta, passing through areas inhabited by Hmong, Dao, Tay and Nung minority peoples. A mixture of both challenging track and glorious sealed road all the way back to Hanoi. the great North Vietnam and Ha Giang motorbike tour will finish safely in Hanoi before rush hours. Saying goodbye to the guide team of Vietnam Motorbike Tour Expert then we will take you back to the hotel by taxi/bus. Tour ends.