ONE DAY SAPA MOTORBIKE TOUR TO SUNDAY BAC HA MARKET
Destinations: Sapa - Bac Ha Market - Sapa
Price: Contact Duration: 1 Days
Highlights:
This trip offers you an opportunity to explore the area by Motorbike, which makes the trip much more challenging and interesting. On this trip you will visit several villages. You will visit Bac Ha Market, the most famous and colorful market of the area. Here you will meet Flower H’mong, Black Dao, Phu La, Nung and Tay minorities. Although there were several ethnics at the market, the Flower Hmong women stand apart with their vibrant dress. They wear a number of skirts and underskirts all made with colorful fabric and some batiks. They are master of embroidery , often with flower motifs and their heads are covered with elaborately shaped and balanced scarf…
Itinerary:
Sapa Motorbike Tour to Bac Ha Sunday Market – On Sunday morning
Our guide will meet you at 07:00 a.m at the hotel for a short briefing and check all the condition of the Motorbikes. Then you start your journey from the hotel by Motorbike and head through Sapa Town then take the road to Lao Cai before heading further east towards Bac Ha. On the way you will see many ethnic minority tribes going to the market from the villages to sell or buy goods.
Sapa Motorbike Tour to Bac Ha Sunday Market
The Flower H’mong minority is the most common here, their colorful dress make it the most beautiful sight Bac Ha is the most popular and busiest market in the northern province where a vast variety of goods are traded including livestock such as cows, pigs, buffalos, and horses and daily items such as corn wine, vegetables and household goods. We will spend the whole morning in Bac Ha market untill lunch time. You will have lunch in the restaurant or at the Market with local food.
Bac Ha Market
You will take an easy ride to Ban Pho village the most famous village in Bac Ha. On the way the guide will tell you some stories about Flower H’mong people are living here and show you how they make the Corn Wine (one of the typical wine in the mountainous area). You have an opportunity to see the plum garden. In Spring Bac Ha valley covered in a carpet of white plum blossoms. That why the region called the White Plateau because it’s home to more than 1,000ha of plum trees.
You will ride back to Lao Cai station (or Sapa) in the late afternoon.
End of the trip.
* Included:
+ English speaking tour Guide
+ Automatic or Manual Motorcycle(s), spare parts and all fuel.
+ Lunch (Vietnamese Food).
+ Entrance fee + permits, helmets
+ Bottled water
+ Government taxes
* Excluded:
+ Personal expenses, insurance.
+ Drinks, Hotels
+ Motorbiking protective pants, jacket, gloves, rain gear and other safety equipment at favourable rental rate.
The best time to visit Vietnam is spring (February to April) and autumn (August to October). The temperatures are more moderate and rainfall is lighter. In spring, March and April have the lowest rainfall across all destinations and temperatures are pleasant, though still cool in the far north.
You must have a valid Vietnamese driver’s license to drive in Vietnam . including for motorcycle 50cc or more . International Driver’s Permits issued in Australia are not recognized in Vietnam.
Long term UK residents of Vietnam can qualify for a Vietnamese driving licence when they are in possession of a diplomatic ID, temporary residence card or residence card validity for 3 months or more and also a valid UK driving licence or UK issued International Driver's Permit
It is strongly recommended that Canadians consider carefully whether they should drive motor vehicles or motorcycles in Vietnam as unfamiliarity with local driving conditions may result in serious injury, or a heavy compensation payment(s) or imprisonment as a result of any accident
it’s always dangerous if you ignore our advices but quite safe if you respect to our local rules. Actually there simply are no rules. Stick to the basics… ride on the right side of the road, keep your eyes on the road and be alert. People often say “when you’re in ROME, just do like Romans do”. Riding a motorbike in Vietnam is different from driving in Europe or North America, so even if you stick to the rules, 99% chance the locals next to you won't. So be alert and stay safe! Wear a helmet. ... Honk at least 1000 times a minute, you cannot go riding around Vietnam without honking
You can just obtain our Vietnamese driving license once you’re long-term officials working & living in Vietnam under the business visa within 6 months or more. But if you are just regular travelers having short-term tourist visa, this seems to be impossible.
We’re not used to renting out bikes only but organizing private guided tours, however, in some typical circumstances, we can rent out manual dirt bikes at the cost of US$ 18/bike/day, US$ 28/bike/day and US$ 50/bike/day for the bikes of 125cc, 150cc & 250cc respectively.
Of course, you can do this but must show up your appropriate legal documents (Vietnamese driving licenses or IDP, validated Visa in Vietnam & copy of your passport).
Yes, you can totally buy & possess a motorbike legally as many other Vietnamese people as long as you act in the laws correctly. Foreigners living in Vietnam can have their national driving license translated to Vietnamese and will be granted a Vietnamese license without passing any exam. ... The cost to obtain the A1 license should not be more than USD 50 with an agent. In case you want to ride a “real” bike, a genuine A2 is required..
How experienced do you need to be to go on the one day Bac Ha full day SAPA tour? My wife has never been on a bike. Do you provide drivers?