HANOI MOTORCYCLE TOUR TO THAC BA AND BA BE LAKES – 3 DAYS

Destinations: Hanoi – Thac Ba Lake (Vu Linh, Yen Bai) – Ba Be National Park (Bac Kan) – Hanoi
Price: Contact Duration: 3 Days

Highlights:

Thac Ba is considered an area of ecological and cultural importance. The region is home to a number of ethnic minority groups, most notably the Dao but also Tay, Nung, Thai, Muong, Giay and others, with many living along the banks of the lake and earning a living from its waters. The area also has historical significance: in 1285 the Thu Vat Battle took place against Mongolian invaders and during the Vietnam/American war Thuy Tien cave was the base of Yen Bai provincial committee. The lake was created when the Thac Ba Hydropower Plant was constructed on the Chay River in Yen Binh district. It is immense: more than 23,000 hectares, 80 kilometres long, up to 10 kilometres wide and 42 metres down at its deepest point. The landscape is stunning, with 1,331 islands, mostly covered in forest, and still, clear water.
Ba Be is Vietnam’s largest natural lake and is now the centrepiece of an extensive National Park. The park and the surrounding area is limestone country, so lakes, waterfalls, caves and unusual rock formations abound. The whole area is richly forested and is home to many ethnic minority communities. Ba Be National Park has been recognized as a Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO. This tour offers you a fun combined adventure at easy grade. It is suitable for anyone at reasonable level of personal fitness.

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* Brief Itinerary:

Day 1: Hanoi motorcycle tour to Thac Ba lake : 170 km (L,D – Home stay)

Day 2: Thac Ba Lake motorbike tour to Ba Be lake in Bac Kan: 180 Km (B,L,D – Home Stay)

Day 3: Ba Be lake motorbike tour back to Hanoi: 240 Km (B,L)

Day 1: Hanoi Motorbike Tour to Thac Ba & Ba Be lakes: Hanoi motorcycle tour to Thac Ba lake : 170 km (L,D – Home stay)

You will be met and picked up at 8:00 AM, heading straight up to the northeast of Hanoi on the dike road along the Red river, the 60 km winding dike road offers a safe and interesting motorbike ride because it runs through some rustic villages on the river bank with rice fields around, after around 2 hour motorbike ride from Hanoi, we will have a interesting motorcycle ride on the mountain roads through some bustling town and then we will finish the ride at around 4:00 PM in Vu Linh village – the village of the Dzao people who stay closely to the Thac Ba lake. Leave the bikes and have boat trip touring on the lake if time and weather permits.

Hanoi motorcycle tour to Thac Ba lake

Day 2: Hanoi Motorbike Tour to Thac Ba & Ba Be lakes: Thac Ba Lake motorbike tour to Ba Be lake in Bac Kan: 180 Km (B,L,D – Home Stay)

Say good bye to the Dzao family in the village after breakfast. It’s a beautiful North Vietnam motorbike tour through the highlands, through the jungle and pass by some interesting historical sites in Tan Trao district, Tuyen Quang province. After lunch in Cho Chu town we have enjoyable motorcycle riding on the winding roads to the Ba Be lake. We arrive the Bac Ngoi village that is located nearby the largest natural lake in Vietnam – Ba Be lake. Leave the bike in the village and have a boat tour around Ba Be lake for 1 and half hour. We stay with the Tay people in Pac Ngoi village and enjoy a great dinner with them.

Vietnam Offroad Motorcycle Tour to Ba Be Lake

Day 3: Hanoi Motorbike Tour to Thac Ba & Ba Be lakes: Ba Be lake motorbike tour back to Hanoi: 240 Km (B,L)

Hanoi Motorcycle Tours to Thac Ba & Ba Be lakes - 3 Days — Ba Be National park

It is a big motorbike day tour back to Hanoi, so we will start the day early just in order to finish this Motorbike tour in north Vietnam safely before rush hours, we will try to motorbike on the small road as long as possible, and get away from the highway even it make the day longer but it’s surely better.

Hanoi motorbike tour to beautiful lakes ends in Hanoi at 5:00 PM.

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* Inclusions:

+ Accommodation based on twin or triple sharing at standard hotels or homestay

+ Motorbike(s) (Honda or Yamaha)

+ Helmet(s)

+ Driving gears

+ Gasoline on tour

+ English speaking guide

+ Meals as indicated in the itinerary

+ Entrance fees & Sightseeing fees

+ Boat trip in Ba Be and Thac Ba

* Exclusions:

+ Travel insurance

+ Visa

+ Air-ticket

+ Tips

+ Personal expenses

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