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PASSIONATE SAIGON MOTORBIKE TOUR TO HUE VIA SOUTHERN COAST AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
Destinations: Saigon - Lagi - Mui Ne - Bao Loc - Dalat - Lak - Buon Me Thuot - Pleiku - Kon Tum - Kham Duc - Hoi An - Hue
Price: Contact Duration: 12 Days
Highlights:
This 12-day Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Southern Coast & Central Highlands brings you a best chance to explore the landscapes in Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An, Buon Ma Thuot, Kham Duc…additionally, there will be some parts of the trip that you will be riding on Ho Chi Minh trail where you can explore some remarkable war relics…
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Outstanding Features of 12-Day Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An:
Being escorted by our very professional English-speaking guides who are so much experienced about all types of motorcycle tours and well educated about the history, culture, terrains …
Riding our like-new bikes which are always well maintained at the garage by our skillful mechanics
We’ll be riding throughout almost Vietnam from Saigon to Hue via Central Highlands along the beautiful white sandy coast and Ho Chi Minh trail
Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue along Ho Chi Minh trail
Stopping over many nice places such as Lagi – Mui Ne in Ninh Thuan, Da Lat, Cu Jut, Pleiku, Kon Tum, Cultural World Heritages of Ancient Hue citadel & Hoi An, Nha Trang …
Visiting lots of breathtaking natural sceneries along the white-sandy coast and Ho Chi Minh trail cum historical sites to understand more about Vietnam’s history
Lazing yourself on beautiful white sandy beaches as well as soaking yourself under the cool waterfalls en route
Occasionally riding on backroads through unspoiled places & unknown remote villages to learn more about the local cultures, traditions and habits
Experiencing & Challenging your riding skills on the winding roads, spiral passes, sharp curves
Touching local cultures, communicating with the locals to know more about their daily life
Tasting a variety of great local foods / specialities in the places where you will travel by
Enjoying the cozy homestay ambiences at villages to see how welcoming the hosts would be
Throwing yourself into the wild nature with rides on dirt tracks, narrow single tracks
Cheering up together by the end of the day with cold beer
Participating some unexpected charity programs at remote villages/schools
And so on …
Brief Itinerary of 12-Day Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An:
Day 2: Lagi motorbike tour to Takou and Mui Ne (130 km – 4 hours riding )
Day 3: Mui Ne motorbike tour to Bao Loc ( 160 km – 5 hours riding)
Day 5: Dalat motorbike tour to Lak ( 165 km – 5 hours riding )
Day 6: Lak motorbike tour to Cu Jut ( 100 km – 3 hours riding)
Day 7: Cu Jut motorbike tour to Pleiku ( 230 km – 8 hours riding)
Day 8: Pleiku motorbike tour to Mang Den and Kon Tum (180km – 6 hours riding)
Day 9: Kon Tum motorbike tour to Kham Duc ( 170 km – 6 hours riding)
Day 10: Kham Duc motorbike tour to Hoi An ( 130 km – 4,5 hours riding)
Day 11: Hoi An motorbike tour to Hue ( 175 km – 6 hours riding)
Day 12: Hue ( around 100 km – 3 hours riding)
Day 1: Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An: Saigon motorbike tour to Lagi ( 140 km – 6 hours riding )
Leaving the busy Saigon for Lagi, we visit Minh Dam Army Base, Thuong Chieu Monastery pagoda, dip your body in the hot water springs, Binh Chau, we will learn more about Buddhism when you go to visit Long Ban old pagoda and the historic vestige Dinh Mountain . Stay overnight in Lagi
Day 2: Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An: Lagi motorbike tour to Takou and Mui Ne (130 km – 4 hours riding )
Heading to Mui Ne after vising Thay Thim temple, Takou mountain, colorful fishing market, learn more about the Champa history and culture when you visit their old towers. You can cool off in the ocean in Mui Ne beach after a hot day traveling. Lagi motorbike tour to Takou and Mui Ne
Day 3: Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An: Mui Ne motorbike tour to Bao Loc ( 160 km – 5 hours riding)
Leave Mui Ne in the early morning to visit the fishing village, fairy springs, red canyon, white sand dunes, drop by the local families to know the daily life of farmers who plan the dragon fruits. Continue traveling to the Central Highlands and stop in the K’ho ethnic minority village to learn the culture of their wild life in the edge of the Central Highlands. Arrive in Bao Loc after visiting Dambri waterfall – about 90 meters high. Over night in Bao Loc.
Mui Ne motorbike tour to Bao Loc
Day 4: Bao Loc motorbike tour to Dalat ( 140 km – 4,5 hours riding)
Leaving Bao Loc for Dalat, visit the green tea farms, the cascade waterfall, Pongour, mushroom farms, silkworm villages and silk processing chains, tea plantations, coffee, vegetable and flower farms. Arrive in Dalat around 4 p.m.
Bao Loc motorbike tour to Dalat
Day 5: Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An: Dalat motorbike tour to Lak ( 165 km – 5 hours riding )
Leave the ‘Le Petite Paris’ after visiting the highlights of the city like, Crazy House, Flower Market, Dragon Pagoda, leave for the countryside to explore the rural life of the farmers who cultivate on their lands, stop for lunch, try the different dishes of the Vietnamese cuisine.
Visiting the orange agent areas to learn more the Civil War of Vietnam before 1975, Trekking through the jungle to relax and enjoy the breath-taking nature of the Central Highlands, visit chopstick making factory, the rice agriculture of the M’nong ethnic minority village.
Lak Lake will be a place where you stay overnight, you can choose to homestay with locals or in the resort faces to natural lake with 6.000.000 square meters.
Day 6: Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An: Lak motorbike tour to Cu Jut ( 100 km – 3 hours riding)
Leaving Lak Lake for Buon Me Thuot City after learning thedaily life of locals, riding elephant to explore the area or riding boat around the lake to have some great shots of the sunrise on the lake, or fishermen, trekking to the top of the Elephant Rock mountain to enjoy the panoramic view of the area. Stop in the city to try Vietnamese fresh spring rolls for lunch.
Lak motorbike tour to Cu Jut via Dray Sap Waterfall
Heading to Dray Sap fall (the most beautiful waterfall) where you can dip your body into the Fairy Pool next to waterfall after a hot day traveling. Go to Virgin waterfall and stay overnight in the bungalow or in the Long House in the jungle.
Day 7: Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An: Cu Jut motorbike tour to Pleiku ( 230 km – 8 hours riding)
Traveling on the old Ho Chi Minh trail to learn more about the history of Vietnamese people during the French colony and the Civil War, the daily life of highlanders who live along the roads to learn how to make rice papers, noodles, Pleiku is place where you stay overnight after a long day ride.
Day 8: Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An: Pleiku motorbike tour to Mang Den and Kon Tum (180km – 6 hours riding)
Visit the highlights of the city then head to Sea Lake , which used to be a volcanic crater that stopped working a million years ago., a great place to take some good photos for the trip, also considered the ‘Eyes of Pleiku’. Continue traveling to Kon Tum where you visit Kon Tum Prison, wooden church, orphanage, especially the Kon Ktu village where you see the Ede hill tribes Rong house and learn their traditions and culture by their custom and daily life. Stay overnight in Kon Tum.
Pleiku motorbike tour to Mang Den and Kon Tum via Sea Lake
Day 9: Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An: Kon Tum motorbike tour to Kham Duc ( 170 km – 6 hours riding)
Continue traveling on the Ho Chi Minh trail to visit the well-known Phoenix Airport , Charlie hill to know more about the war between Northern and Southern Goverments . Learn more the different cultures of Ch’ru, Bana, Thai, some of the 44 different ethnic minority groups in the Western Truong Son Mountain . Reach Kham Duc, a small mountain town on Ho Chi Minh trail and stay overnight.
Day 10: Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An: Kham Duc motorbike tour to Hoi An ( 130 km – 4,5 hours riding)
Exploring the local market of the mountain town of Kham Duc tolearn more the rural life of the highlanders as well as other ethnic minorities. Leaving Kham Duc for Hoi An after visiting the marvelous Truong Son Mountain and Ho Chi Minh trail, the typical Rong houses of Tay hill tribe, My Son Holy Land Cham Towers. Arrive in ancient town Hoi An around 4 p.m
Kham Duc motorbike tour to Hoi An and My Son Santuary
Day 11: Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An: Hoi An motorbike tour to Hue ( 175 km – 6 hours riding)
Leaving Hoi An for Hue: Visit incense and mat making villages to learn more about the rural life of locals who live in the Center of Vietnam, Marble Mountain, ceramic making village…ect. stop on the top of Hai Van Pass to have some great shots of the panoramic views between beach and mountain, Da Nang and Hue . Having lunch and relax on one of the most beautiful beaches of Vietnam, Lang Co Beach, visit conical hat making village in Phu Bai before arriving in Hue around 5 pm.
Day 12: Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An: Hue ( around 100 km – 3 hours riding)
Hue was used to be an ancient capital of Vietnam , so it’s worth staying one day to visit and learn more about the Vietnamese traditions, history, customs, culture. Go to visit Linh Mu pagoda, Kim Long old village where you can learn the Vietnamese people make the traditional rice wine, the way locals harvest rice on the fields, Hue Museum , citadel, ride on the boat to listen to Hues folk songs at night. End of the tour!
End of the trip
* Inclusions:
+ Accommodation based on twin or triple sharing at standard hotels
+ 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 trips
+ One-way train carriage for motorbikes from Hue back to Saigon
+ One-way airticket for our tour guide from Hue back to Saigon
+ Government Taxes
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..
Being escorted by our very professional English-speaking guides who are so much experienced about all types of motorcycle tours and well educated about the history, culture, terrains …
Brief Itinerary of 12-Day Saigon Motorbike Tour to Hue via Mui Ne, Da Lat, Pleiku, Hoi An:
