Itinerary:
* Brief Itinerary:
Day 1: Hanoi Motorbike Tours to Mai Chau Valley (Hoa Binh) – Motorbiking Tours to Tribal Villages – Enjoy a Music Performance + Rice Wine
Day 2: Mai Chau Motorcycle Tours to Phu Yen (Son La) – Offroad Motorbike Tours to Remote Tribal Villages
Day 3: Phu Yen Motorcycle Tours back to Hanoi
Day 1: Hanoi Motorbike Tours to Mai Chau Valley (Hoa Binh) – Motorbiking Tours to Tribal Villages – Enjoy a Music Performance + Rice Wine
Start our motorbike tour by leaving Hanoi on dyke roads to avoid the heavy traffic around 9.am, we ride our motorcycles west to Mai Chau, an area of beautiful landscape and home to the Thai ethnic minority. We will motorcycle on Highway 6 passing extensive farming lands comprising a sea of paddy fields split by tree-lined roads punctuated by limestone karst scenery.
After a light lunch in Hoa Binh Province, we cross Thung Khe, one of the most beautiful mountain passes in North Vietnam then descent to the mountain valley settlement of Mai Chau. After dinner we join performance, where you can dance and share a range of special liquors (rice wine) with the locals. Overnight in a house-on-stilts of the Thai people.
Summary:
Distance: 160 km
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Home-stay in village
Day 2: Mai Chau Motorcycle Tours to Phu Yen (Son La) – Offroad Motorbike Tours to Remote Tribal Villages
In the morning, we take a short walk around village to discover local life. Life in the countryside starts early so by sunrise there is a wealth of activity. The Thai women are masterful weavers who ensure that there is plenty of traditional-style clothing to buy in the village centre. You will see women weaving on looms under or inside their houses in the village We can buy some handmade traditional-style clothing, knife or cross-bow. After breakfast in home-stay, we say goodbye to villagers and leave Mai Chau around 10 am.
We ride from Mai Chau to the direction of Moc Chau, where we have lunch. This highland town produces some of Vietnam’s best tea and is a good place to stock up. The surrounding area is also home to several ethnic minorities, including Green H’mong, Dzao, Thai and Muong. Moc Chau boasts a pioneering dairy industry that started in the late 1970s with Australian (and, later, UN) assistance. The dairy provides Hanoi with such delectable iuxur us as fresh milk, sweetened condensed milk and little tooth-rotting bars called “Banh sua”.
After lunch, we turn to the less travelled Road 43 leading to the Da River, crossing the reservoir of Da river at Van Yen ferry, then ride on a beautiful winding secondary road until Phu Yen where we stay in a basic guest-house.
Phu Yen is a rural district of Sơn La province in the Northwest region of Vietnam known as a small mountain town located on the altitude of more than 1000m high above the sea level. This beautiful town surrounded by weaving streams, high mountain ranges, panoramic rice valleys is a home to many different hill tribes like H’mong, Thai, Muong & Dzao …
Upon arrival, we’ll take a short ride around the valley to explore some rustic beauties of villages around and view the sunset far beyond the top of mountains.
Stay in guest house
Summary:
Distance: 140 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Guest-house
Day 3: Phu Yen Motorcycle Tours back to Hanoi
Finish our tour around 3 pm
Summary:
Distance: 160 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
* Inclusions:
+ Helmet(s) Driving gears
+ Gasoline on tour
+ English or French speaking guide
+ Mechanic (only for group from 6 passengers)
+ Accommodation as indicated in the itinerary (based on twin or/and triple shared)
+ Homestay permission
+ Meals as indicated in the itinerary
+ Entrance fees & Sightseeing fees
+ Fruits and Coffee on tour
* Exclusions:
+Visa
+Air-ticket
+Tips
+Personal expenses
Note: We provide support truck (120$ per day) for emergency and for your safe riding in Vietnam – Most of other tour operators do not offer that. Contact us if you think it’s necessary.\
