DAZZLING HANOI MOTORCYCLE TOUR TO NHA TRANG VIA DMZ AND CENTRAL COASTLINE – 10 DAYS

* BRIEF ITINERARY:

Day 1: Hanoi Motorbike Tour to Pu Luong Nature Reserve 

Day 2: Pu Luong Nature Reserve motorbike 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 in Quang Tri (Roughly 250 Km – 7 hours of riding)

Day 5: Khe Sanh Motorcycle Tour to DMZ & Vinh Moc Tunnels – to Hue (200 Km – 6 hours of riding)

Day 6: Hue Motorcycle Tour to Hoi An

Day 7: Hoi An city tour & My Son tour by motorbike

Day 8: Hoi An Motorbike Tour to Quy Nhon

Day 9: Quy Nhon Motorbike Tour to Nha Trang

Day 10: Nha Trang – Departure

Day 1: Hanoi Motorcycle Tour to Nha Trang via Khe Sanh, Hue, Hoi An, Quy Nhon: Hanoi Motorbike Tour to Pu Luong Nature Reserve

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 in village

Day 2: Hanoi Motorcycle Tour to Nha Trang via Khe Sanh, Hue, Hoi An, Quy Nhon: Pu Luong Nature Reserve motorbike tour to Tan Ky (Nghe An)

Ride on a small, spectacular and paved trail along the Ma river until Cam Thuy town where we stop for lunch. Hit the Ho Chi Minh trail (now a newly built highway) all the way to Tan Ky town where we spend the night in a hotel. Along the road, you’ll take chances to stop by nice places for photos as well as communicating with locals to understand more their daily life.

Summary:
Distance:  260 km
Accommodation: Hotel in Tan Ky
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Hanoi Motorcycle Tour to Nha Trang via Khe Sanh, Hue, Hoi An, Quy Nhon: Tan Ky motorbike tour to Phong Nha (Quang Binh)

Ride on Ho Chi Minh Highway until Pho Chau where we stop to visit the Vietnam Motorbike Tour from Hanoi to Saigon for 12 DaysHCM 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:  230 km
Accommodation: Hotel in Phong Nha
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Hanoi Motorcycle Tour to Nha Trang via Khe Sanh, Hue, Hoi An, Quy Nhon: Phong Nha motorbike tour to Khe Sanh in Quang Tri (Roughly 250 Km – 7 hours of riding)

Continuing west on highway 9, we will climb into the Truong Son foothills, pass the Rock Pile and stop at some villages and beautiful natural springs and waterfalls near the highway.Boating and exploring World Heritage site of Phong Nha where local civilians and military sheltered from incessant bombing during wartime. Then after having lunch, we will keep riding on Ho Chi Minh Trail and have short stop at Truong Son cemetery to pay respects to the soldiers who fought and died on the trail during the American War.

Approx 5pm we arrive in Khe Sanh which was established as a forward base by General Westmoreland near Laos to secure highway 9.
Check in to hotel, free time at night

Summary:
Distance:  250 km
Accommodation: Hotel in Khe Sanh
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Hanoi Motorcycle Tour to Nha Trang via Khe Sanh, Hue, Hoi An, Quy Nhon: Khe Sanh Motorcycle Tour to DMZ & Vinh Moc Tunnels – to Hue (200 Km – 6 hours of riding)

In this morning, we ride along highway 1 to Quang Tri town, visiting Long Hung Church and Quang Tri Old Citadel which was a battlefield in 1972 between North and South Vietnam for 81 days and nights. We ride along the coast from Cua Viet Beach to Cua Tung Beach a long stretch of beautiful and peaceful coastline.

Next we visit the Vinh Moc tunnels and explore the Demilitarised Zone, stopping for lunch at the Doc Mieu Firebase. And then wee will keep on riding on Ho Chi Minh Trail via Dong Ha town, where we will stop by to take a look at Dong Ha market known as one of the most hassle and bustle markets in Central. Later on, we will ride directly to Hue and en route, our guide will stop by to show you more war relics before reaching Hue

Upon arrival in Hue, if time permits, we will take a ride to visit Imperial Citadel and one of Royal Tombs then enjoy sunset on the bank of Perfume River. Check in to hotel, free time at night
 
Summary:
Distance:  200 km
Accommodation: Hotel in Hue
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6: Hanoi Motorcycle Tour to Nha Trang via Khe Sanh, Hue, Hoi An, Quy Nhon: Hue Motorcycle Tour to Hoi An

Today, we’ll have an easy motorbike trip to weave around the city to visit some more royal tombsVietnam Motorbike Tour from Hanoi to Saigon for 12 Days as well as other important travel sites & relics in Hue.
 
In this afternoon, we will keep on riding along the coastal line via Hai Van Pass, where we could look down from the top to view the splendid beauties of Lang Co beach and ocean then time to refresh yourself by a cup of coffee. You will take time to visit Marble Mountains before heading straight to Hoi An via Da Nang coastline for a check-in. Free time on your own. Overnight at hotel in Hoi An
 
Summary:
Distance:  150 km
Accommodation: hotel in Hoi An
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 7: Hanoi Motorcycle Tour to Nha Trang via Khe Sanh, Hue, Hoi An, Quy Nhon: Hoi An city tour & My Son tour by motorbike

Today, after having breakfast at hotel you’ll keep jumping on your bikes to ride to explore Vietnam’s most evocative Cham site, My Son, lies 40km southwest of Hoi An, in a bowl of lush wooden hills towered over by the aptly named “Cat’s Tooth Mountain”. It has been recently added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List and richly deserves its place on the tourist map.

It is the former capital of the ancient Cham civilization that ruled Central Vietnam from the second to the thirteenth century. Their religion was primarily derived from Indian Hinduism. My Son is considered to be one of the best-preserved Cham structures in Vietnam.  It is comprised of seventy Hindu-like towers and temples dating from the second century. This site is  a Must-See for those people who are interested in architecture and ancient civilizations. We return to the hotel around noon.

Today, after having lunch  you’ll be taken to walk inside the old quarters of Hoi An to explore timeless beauties of monuments, relics like the ancient houses, pagodas, temples, markets…to understand more about the history of this fascinating ancient town as well as the lifestyle of the locals.
 
In the afternoon, you’ll be free on your own to laze on the beach. Overnight at hotel in Hoi An 

Summary:
Distance:  150 km
Accommodation: hotel in Hoi An
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

Day 8: Hanoi Motorcycle Tour to Nha Trang via Khe Sanh, Hue, Hoi An, Quy Nhon: Hoi An Motorbike Tour to Quy Nhon

Later on, we’ll keep riding along the coastline through coconuts homeland of central Vietnam Motorbike Tour from Hanoi to Saigon for 12 DaysVietnam & through rice fields and rural villages and mountainous area to get to city of Qui Nhon. Continue cycling to the hotel in the town of Quang Ngai. Have breakfast at the hotel and check out. We then will ride our bikes south of Hoi An to Cua Dai beach and cross Thu Bon river. Ride on back roads through yellow sand dunes to Tam Ky. Have lunch before we keep riding on country roads to My Lai village to visit the memorial of the massacre to remember 504 locals who died.
 
Summary:
Distance:  250 km
Accommodation: hotel in Quy Nhon
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 9: Hanoi Motorcycle Tour to Nha Trang via Khe Sanh, Hue, Hoi An, Quy Nhon: Quy Nhon Motorbike Tour to Nha Trang

Transfer 30 minutes to the suburb of Qui Nhon city then we’ll start riding along the coast and you could also race along a railway through hills to La Hai, have lunch on the way.
 
After having lunch, we’ll take a rest a bit before riding straight to Nha Trang. Upon getting to Nha Trang, you’ll be helped to get checked in
 
* Summary:
+ Distance:  230 km
+ Accommodation: hotel in Nha Trang
+ Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 10: Hanoi Motorcycle Tour to Nha Trang via Khe Sanh, Hue, Hoi An, Quy Nhon: Nha Trang – Departure

After swim in the morning sunlight on the beach, we’ll say goodbye to Nha Trang to depart for your next destination. End of the trip
 

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* 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) 
+ Meals as indicated in the itinerary
+ Entrance fees & Sightseeing fees
+ One-way airticket from Nha Trang to Hanoi for our tour guide
+ Train carriage for bikes from Nha Trang to Hanoi.
+ Coffee or bottled water or 1 soft drink for every stopover en route.