VB006: ADVENTURE NORTH WEST BY BIKE TOUR (11 Days/ 10 Nights)

Day 1 : Hanoi – Arrival

Arrive in Hanoi. Meet and greet by our guide. Dinner at your own.  Overnight in Hanoi

Day 2 : Hanoi – La Phu: 80 km (B)

Breakfast at hotel. You will bike along Red river bank to reach Son Tay town (50 km). Have lunch at Duong Lam ancient village. Take a walk in 40 minutes around the village. Continue to La Phu. Check in. You can swim or have bath with hot mineral water. Dinner  at local restaurant and overnight in La Phu

Day 3: La Phu – Nghia Lo: 116 km (B)

Have breakfast at guest house. you ride your bike to Thu Cuc. Have lunch at  local restaurant . After lunch, you will continue to Nghia Lo. There are a couple of steep climbs and a long trip in the day, so we will transfer by bus some part of the trip. Check in. Car will take you to have bath in hot spring. Have dinner and overnight in Nghia Lo

Day 4: Nghia Lo – Tu Le – Mu Cang Chai: 95 km (B)

Have breakfast, you escape Nghia Lo town by car. We will ride up and down hill many times to reach Tu Le (49 km). Have lunch in Tu Le ( If you want, you can have bath in Tu Le hot sping ). After lunch, you will ride up hill to one of highest pass in our trip (Khau Pha pass) but this is the most beautiful area in our trip. It is long 18 km up and 19.5 km down hill. We will finish 95km biking at Mu Cang Chai town. Have dinner and overnight in Mu Cang Chai.

Day 5: Mu Cang Chai – Than Uyen: 78 km (B)

Have breakfast, you can enjoy the life living of many ethnics such as H’mong, Thai, Dzao, etc… and it is easy day. Almost, you ride down hill to Than Uyen (38km). Have lunch in Than Uyen. After lunch, you can ride around Than Uyen to take photos of terrace field, built by The Thai (ethnic). And continue to bike to Than Uyen (40 km). Evening, have dinner and overnight in Than Uyen

Day 6: Than Uyen – Sa Pa: 73 km (B)

Have breakfast . This day is for climbing.  You ride to Binh Lu, visit Bo village (Lu minority people). Have picnic lunch in Binh Lu. After lunch, you will go up hill the highest pass in Vietnam (Hoang Lien pass) which is high 2050 m above sea level. From the top of this pass, you will go down hill to Sa Pa, stop over on the way to visit Silver Waterfall. Check in hotel. Have dinner in Sa Pa. Overnight in sapa

Day 7: Sa Pa – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Ban Ho ((B)

After Breakfast, 9:00 am you ride down hill to Lao Chai and Ta Van villages to see the village of H’mong and Dzay people. Have lunch in Ta Van. Continue to bike to Ban Ho village. Have dinner and overnight at homestay.

Day 8: Ban Ho – Sa Pa (B)

After Breakfast you will take a car to Sa Pa. you will walk to Ham Rong mountain, enjoy a hundred kind of flower there. You also take photo of Sa Pa over view from there. If it is possible, you can see the show of traditional folk sing and dance which is played by the minority people. Have dinner at local restaurant.  Overnight in sapa

Day 9: Sa Pa – Ethnic Weekly Market – Lao Cai (B)

Breakfast. you will take a bus to the market, depend on your starting day, you will see Bac Ha market. Have lunch at local restaurant. Then, you will walk to the village of Flower H’mong people. Tranfer  to Lao Cai. Have dinner in local restaurant. Overnight in Lao Cai

Day 10: Lao Cai – Hanoi (B)

Breakfast. and come back to Hanoi by Car ( around 400 Km). Overnight in Hanoi.

Day 11: Hanoi Arrival (B)

Breakfast . Free time for discovering Hanoi. Transfer to the airport for departure