Day 1: Hanoi – Nghia Lo (Lunch, dinner)
7:30 Am In the morning pick up from your hotel in Hanoi, we transfer 2 hours to Trung Ha bridge, then start cycling along the Da river to Thanh Son. Lunch en route. Late afternoon we bike to Nghia Lo. O/N Nghia Lo hotel.
Summary
Accommodation: Nghia Lo Hotel
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Cycling distance: 90 Km
Day 2: Nghia Lo to Mu Cang Chai (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
First easy stage in the morning, we ride up north, passing some villages on the roadside. Tu Le valley has immense rice fields, a nice place for a lunch stop. In the afternoon we have the challenge to climb up to Khau Pha pass…, then downhill to a beautiful area of Mu Cang Chai rice terraces. Overnight at Suoi Mo Hotel
Summary
Accommodation: Suoi Mo Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Cycling distance: 80 Km
Day 3: Mu Cang Chai to Than Uyen (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Morning walks around the local market of the Hmong community. This is an easy day with rolling up and downhill only 50km to Than Uyen. O/N in Phuong Nhung guesthouse.
Summary
Cycling Distance: 50 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Duc Huy hotel
Day 4: Than Uyen to Pho Rang (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
After breakfast, we have about a 10km warm-up ride along the valley, then a sharp climb up to “Khau Co pass”, then we go down 10km to Van Ban, the region of the Red Dzao tribe. It’s time to visit the local market. lunch break. Then, we ride to Pho Rang O/N Pho Rang guesthouse.
Summary
Cycling Distance: 70 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Local guest house
Day 5: Pho Rang to Ha Giang. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Nice mountain scenery with the village of the Tay and Nung people. This is a nice military old road 279 to Tan Quang, an almost flat road with one hill. On arrival in Bac Quang, our van will pick us up for transfer to Ha Giang. O/N Huy Hoang hotel.
Summary
Cycling Distance: 80 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Huy Hoan Hotel
Day 6: Ha Giang to Quan Ba (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
This is the challenge day climbing up to heaven gates of the Hmong people (elve. +1,100m). Beautiful view from the summit of QuanBa heaven gate, and nice road along river Nhiem. O/N in QuanBa.
Summary
Cycling Distance: 48 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: 567 Hotel
Day 7: Quan Ba to Yen Minh (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
This is a difficult day again, but a short climb up about 14km to summit +960m, entering the DongVan Karst plateau Geopark. Then going downhill to YenMinh. O/N at YenMinh guesthouse.
Summary
Cycling Distance: 45 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Cao Nguyen Da Hotel
Day 8: Yen Minh to Dong Van (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Nice day going through the mountain with a stop at Xaphin to visit the House of Hmong’s King. Late pm we promenade around this small town. For more info about Dong Van plateau geopark, click here http://en.dongvangeopark.com/. O/N at Rocky plateau hotel.
Summary
Cycling Distance: 45 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hoang Ngoc Hotel
Day 9: Dong Van to Meo Vac (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
If Sunday we will spend the morning beautiful market and cycle to the Beautiful views of Ma Pi Leng pass. This is an interesting site of Geopark with the Nho Que river deep down the hill. Also nice Hmong village on your way down to MeoVac town. O/N Home-stay
Summary
Cycling Distance: 21 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Homestay
Day 10: Meo Vac to Niem Son and Bao Lac (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
There is also nice scenery of the Karst today. We have only a short climb up outside MeoVac, then we have a long day down to Niem Son and on to Bao Lac. Beautiful view of Gam river from Lybon bridge to Bao Lac. O/N Song Gam guesthouse.
Summary
Cycling Distance: 65 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Duc Tai hotel
Day 11: Bao Lac to BaBe National Park. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
There is a long day heading south to Ba Be lake today. Our van will help transfer to the mountain summit, then we start our ride on a newly paved road, some part on a dirt road. In the afternoon we take two boat trips to Ba Be national park. tonight we will stay in Tay people's house in Pac Ngoi villages. O/N Ba Be.
Summary
Cycling Distance: 60 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Pac Ngoi Home – Stay
Day 12: Ba Be to Thai Nguyen to Hanoi. (Breakfast, lunch )
The scenery continues cycling today from Pac Ngoi to Cho Don. We reach Bac Kan town and start to pack up our bikes, and refresh for a lunch break. Then we drive the rest of the way to Hanoi. Check-in at your hotel in Hanoi. O/N hotel in Hanoi. Tour Ending.
Summary
Cycling Distance: 45 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: None
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