EXCEPTIONAL VIETNAM MOTORBIKE TOUR FROM HANOI TO SAIGON

DAY 1: HANOI MOTORCYCLE TOUR TO PU LUONG NATURE RESERVE

DAY 2: PU LUONG MOTORCYCLE TOUR TO TAN KY – NGHE AN

Day 3: Tan Ky Motorbike Tour to Phong Nha (Quang Binh)

Day 4: Phong Nha Motorbike Tour to Khe Sanh (Quang Tri)

Day 5: Khe Sanh Motorbike Tour to Hue (Thua Thien Hue)

Day 6: Hue Motorbike Tour to Hoi An (Quang Nam)

Day 7: Hoi An – Relaxation by Yourself

Day 8: Hoi An Motorbike Tours to Kon Tum Town (Central Highland of Vietnam)

Day 9: Kon Tum Motorbike Tours to Buon Ma Thuot (Dak Lak)

Day 10: Buon Ma Thuot Motorbike Tours to Nha Trang City

Day 11: Nha Trang – Relaxation by Yourself

Day 12: Nha Trang Motorbike Tour to Mui Ne

Day 13: Mui Ne Motorbike Tour to Saigon

Day 14: Saigon Motorbike Tour to Mekong Delta

Day 15: Saigon – Departure

In this morning, after having breakfast at hotel you’ll jump on your iron horse to ride along the dyke of Red River where you can have a chance to witness our peaceful & green villages with bamboo trees, gardens of flowers, paddies & local markets. Later on, you’ll turn your way to a very scenic road to get to Quan Son lake which is known as another Halong bay located to the West of Hanoi. We’ll spend more than 1 hour here to ride offroad a bit around the lake to see the magnificent beauties of the lake, mountains, islands & people feeding poultries or catching fishes.

After a short break by the lake, we’ll merge into the Ho Chi Minh trail to ride to Pu Luong Nature Reserve. We’ll have a lunch at a local restaurant on the way. En route, you’ll stop by to visit other spectacular destinations with jungles, waterfalls, streams, bridges & villages of Thai ethnic people.

The Pu Luong limestone landscape is an area of outstanding beauty, culture interest and high biodiversity value stretching from Mai Chau in the North to West to Cuc Phuong national park in the South East. It is blessed with rich forest, limestone panoramas, magnificent rice terraces and breathtaking scenery. And established in 1999, Pu Luong Nature Reserve is primary tropical forest. This is also living place of ethnic Muong and Thai people. Pu Luong means the highest peak of the village, in Thai language.

At around 17:30, we will get to Hieu hamlet located inside the Pu Luong Nature Reserve where you’ll be hosted by the locals with smiles & great foods.
Overnight at the local’s village (traditional houses on stilts)

Summary:
Distance: 160 km
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Home-stay

Say goodbye to the villagers we then head south on a beautiful winding road which follow the banks of the Ma River. After some hours riding on undulating quiet road we join the new Ho Chi Minh Highway. This newly carved route leads us due south, through remote back country, not far from the Laos border. Lunch will be on the way with local foods. In the afternoon, we’ll keep rolling on this legendary road to Tan Ky for overnight

Summary :
Distance:  200 km
Accommodation: Hotel in Tan Ky
Meals:   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 

Ride on Ho Chi Minh Highway until Pho Chau where we stop to visit the HCM Trail victory monument which is in fact the real starting point of our HCM Trail ride. Motorcycle all the way to Phong Nha – Ke Bang, the biggest and also the most beautiful cave in Vietnam and Indochina and is now a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site. The karst formation of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park has evolved since the Paleozoic (some 400 million years ago) and so is the oldest major karst area in Asia.

Subject to massive tectonic changes, the park’s karst landscape is extremely complex with many geographic features of considerable significance. The vast area, extending to the border of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, contains spectacular formations including 65 km of caves and underground rivers.

Summary
Distance:  280 km
Accommodation: Hotel in Phong Nha
Meals:   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After having breakfast at hotel, we’ll be boating and exploring World Heritage site of Phong Nha where local civilians and military sheltered from incessant bombing during wartime. Here, you can have a chance to witness one of the best caving systems in the world with beautiful stalagmites and stalactites.
We strike south through foothills which were once sprayed heavily by Agent Orange towards the former DMZ. There is still much evidence of bombing on the mountain sides and from time to time we will see remnants of the original Trail.

We take in the Vinh Moc tunnel, the famous Hien Luong Bridge (former demarcation line between North and South Vietnam, the Truong Son Cemetery and finally Khe Sanh (former US Marine base).
Overnight in Khe Sanh.

Summary
Distance:  200 km
Accommodation: Hotel in Khe Sanh
Meals:   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

In the morning we head south over the Da Krong Bridge (built by the Cubans in 1973) into the infamous A Shau valley, an area of intense wartime activity. Passing Hamburger Hill and mountains still barren due to the extended effects of Agent Orange, we arrive at A Luoi, where there are many Bru Van hill tribe people. Then, cruising through green back country down the steep Me Oi Pass, we continue on to the beautiful city of Hue which lies along the banks of the Perfume River.
Overnight in Hue.

Summary
Distance:  180 km
Accommodation: Hotel in Hue
Meals:   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

See the Forbidden Citadel in the morning. Join the National Highway 1 and head up the Hai Van Pass (Cloudy Pass) before the World Heritage site of Hoi An, a major trading centre in SE Asia in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Overnight in Hoi An.

Summary
Distance:  150 km
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An
Meals:   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Whole morning exploring the old town of Hoi An. Afternoon at the Cua Dai beach, about 6km from the old town.The former harbour town of the Champa people at the estuary of the Thu Bon river was an important Vietnamese trading centre in the 16th and 17th centuries, where Chinese from various provinces as well as Japanese, Dutch and Indians settled down.

During this period of the China trade, the town was called Hai Pho (Seaside Town) in Vietnamese. During the French colonial period (1883 – 1945), it was called Faifo. Originally Hai Pho was a divided town, because across the “Japanese Bridge”, it used to be the Japanese settlement (16th – 17th century). The bridge (Chua Cau) is a unique covered structure built by the Japanese, the only known covered bridge with a Buddhist pagoda attached to one side.

The town is known to the French and Spanish as Faifo, and by similar names in Portuguese and Dutch. A number of theories have been put forth as to the origin of this name. Some scholars have suggested that it comes from the word “Hai pho” meaning “sea town”, while others have said that it seems more likely to simply be a shortening of Hoi An pho, “the town of Hoi An”, to “Hoi pho” which became “Faifo”.

In 1999, the old town was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) as a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th centuries, whose buildings display a unique blend of local and foreign influences.

Today, Hoi An is still a small city, but it attracts a fair number of tourists, also being a well established place on the backpacker trail. Many visit for the numerous art and craft shops and tailors, who produce made-to-measure clothes for a fraction of the western price.

Summary
Accommodation: Hotel in Hoi An
Meals:   Breakfast

We strike back up to the mountains, rejoining the Trail at Phuoc Son (also known as Kham Duc). From there we head up the towering Lo So Pass, passing through remote areas thinly populated by peoples of the Ba Na ethnicity. Edging close to the border with Laos, where a number of Trail arteries crossed over in Laos, we continue on to Kon Tum. Overnight in Kon Tum.

Summary
Distance:  290 km
Accommodation: Hotel in Kon Tum
Meals:   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

In the morning we motorcycle head south through the Central Highlands, passing Pleiku and the Ia Drang valley battlefield, before continuing onto Buon Ma Thuot (also known as Buon Me Thuot), the city where northern forces launched their final assault on the then Saigon. Buon Ma Thuot produces most and best coffee products in Vietnam. Overnight in Buon Ma Thuot.

Summary
Distance:  240 km
Accommodation: Hotel in Buon Ma Thuot
Meals:   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

We take an easy motor ride back down off the Tay Son highlands towards the coast, arriving at Highway 1 some 30 km north of Nha Trang. Taking in this scenic coastal stretch past turquoise waters and scarlet fishing boats, we arrive in the bright lights of Nha Trang and its relaxing holiday options.Overnight in Nha Trang.

Summary
Distance:  190 km
Accommodation: Hotel in Nha Trang
Meals:   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

A free day by the beach before gathering for a seafood feast to recount our adventure and toast the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Summary
Accommodation: Hotel in Nha Trang
Meals:   Breakfast

After swim in the morning sunlight on the beach, we’ll say goodbye to Nha Trang to depart for Mui Ne on the amazing coastal road, passing over Ca Na Beach (One of the famous beaches in Vietnam). Right here, we’ll stop for a while to take a bath & photos before riding straight to Mui Ne.
Upon reaching to Mui Ne, you’ll get rooms for a check-in.
The rest of time, you’ll be free by yourself to relax at hotel or on the beach.

Summary:
Distance:  220 km
Accommodation: hotel in Mui Ne
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Morning, after breakfast & check out, we will leave beautiful Mui Ne Cape to ride straight to Saigon.
Upon getting to your hotel in Saigon, we’ll help you check in then you’ll be free on your own

Summary:
Distance:  230 km
Accommodation: hotel in Saigon
Meals: Breakfast, lunch.

In the morning, our motorbike tour will be started from your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and depart to Can Duoc Market – a stunning rural market (40 km). The scene changes from bustling streets with buildings and noise to peaceful rice paddles with cottages and small houses on the way – in the open air of “steel horses”.

Then take a rural route to My Loi Ferry. Some stops en route to see farmers working on paddy fields. Cross Vam Co river by the ferry then ride to Go Cong then Tan Hoa (25km). Have some stops en-route to visit an incense workshop, through some remote villages and reach Tan Thanh beach for seafood lunch. Then continue riding from this Mekong Delta beach to My Tho(45km), the heart of the Mekong Delta.

Arrive My Tho, stop by the bank of Tien Giang River. Take a boat trip on Mekong River to Phoenix Island where local handicrafts and sweets from coconut are being produced. Enjoy fresh seasonal fruits and traditional live music and songs performance. Take a short ride to a typical local house to taste some homemade honey-tea. Proceed by small sampan boats through the small canals and side arms of the river to observe the Tiengiang motorbikie toursdaily life along the river banks with a stop and short leisurely walk at the Turtle Island. Ride through Rach Mieu suspension-bridge for a breath-taking view of the Upper Mekong and transfer to Ho Chi Minh city (70 km).

Summary:
Distance: 190 km
Meals: Breakfast Lunch
Accommodation: hotel in Saigon

Today, you’ll be free on your own until transferred to the airport for a flight home. End of the whole trip

* Inclusions:
+ Motorbike(s) (Honda or Yamaha)
+ Helmet(s)
+ Driving gears
+ Gasoline on tour
+ English speaking guides
+ Mechanic (only for group from 6 passengers)
+ Accommodation as indicated in the itinerary (based on Twin or Double room)
+ Homestay permission
+ Meals as indicated in the itinerary
+ Entrance fees & Sightseeing fees
+ One-way air ticket from Hanoi to Saigon for our tour guides
+ Train carriage for bikes from Saigon to Hanoi.
+ Coffee or bottled water or 1 soft drink for every stopover en route.
+ Government’s taxes