SPLENDID SAIGON SCENIC MOTORCYCLE TOUR TO HANOI, CAO BANG AND HA LONG BAY – 23 DAYS

Day 1: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Ho Chi Minh City motorbike tour to Cat Tien National Park: (L, D)

You will start the tour  in the morning and the first stop is Cat Tien National park which is one of biggest and most famous ones in Vietnam. This 720 km2 rain forest used to be famous for rhino and many other animals in danger. At present rhinoes and some of them are gone due to illegal hunting but the Cat Tien National park is still great destination for the nature lover and for the one who would like to be quiet away from the bustle Ho Chi Minh city.

The first day ride from Ho Chi Minh city to the National park of Cat Tien is the perfect start of this Vietnam motorcycle tour. After a short day ride out of busy city, we’ll have a peaceful time at the park in the middle of the green nature. Overnight in a guest house.
Distance: 160 km

Day 2: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Cat Tien National Park motorbike tour to Da Lat (B, L, D)

Day 3: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Da lat motorcycle tour to Nha Trang (B, L, D)

This motorcycle tour to Nha Trang offers some great motorbike ride on beautiful coastlines and amazing sea view via Ngoan Muc Pass. The tour also provide a great motorcycle ride on winding mountain passes in Central highlands with scenic view that you can have plenty of stop for picturing. We’ll be in Nha Trang at around 4:30, it’s good time to have beer at the beach or have swim at the white sandy beach of Nha Trang. Overnight in a hotel nearby the sea.
Distance: 170 km
 

Day 4: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay : Nha Trang free and easy (B)

Day 5: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Nha Trang motorbike tour to Buon Ma Thuot (B, L, D)

After getting on the bike, leaving the coastal city of Nha Trang, we’ll continue the Vietnam motorbike tour up to Central highland province of Buon Ma Thuat. Before motorcycling up to the high mountain passes, we can enjoy some more motorbike touring on scenic coastal roads. In the afternoon, you’ll see a different beauty of landscape.

The view of mountain is different from scenery you’ve seen on the days before: large and green coffee plantation, motorbiking cross by some rustic villages of the local hill tribes, more visits to the historical sites to learn more about the Vietnam war… We’ll end the Day 5 of this motorcycle tour in Vietnam at around 5:00 PM and Overnight overnight in one of the village of the local people.

Distance: 220 km

Day 6: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Buon Ma Thuot motorbike tour to Kon Tum (B, L, D)

Day 7: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Kon Tum motorbike ride to Hoi An (B, L, D)

Day 8: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Hoi An at leisure (B)

Day 9: Saigon Motorbike Tour to Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong & Hanoi: Khe Sanh motorbike tour to Phong Nha  (B, L, D)

Saying good bye to Hoi An, we continue the tour to Prao, after crossing through rice fields, bamboo bridges and visiting the Cham tower to learn more about the Vietnam history and the Charm culture. Then we’ll resume the Ho Chi Minh trail motorcycle tour to Prao, the ride is up and down passing through more hill tribes’ villages some waterfalls then we’ll be in Prao at around 4:30 PM.
Overnight in a guest-house in town.

Distance: 145 km

Day 10: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Prao motorbike tour to Khe Sanh (B, L, D)

Day 11: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Khe Sanh motorbike tour to Phong Nha(B, L, D)

We can choose to enjoy the day between the two options as below:

+ Eastern Ho Chi Minh trail Motorbike touring: Heading to the east, getting closer the sea to see more historical sites such as the Hien Luong Bridge – the one kown as the symbol of the border between the North Vietnam and the South, Vinh Moc tunnel or the famous Truong Son Cemetery…

+ Western Ho Chi Minh trail motorbike: Riding all the 220 km of the empty trail crossing the National park of Phong Nha-Ke Bang, it offers beautiful view of the limestone mountain with the rain forest and crossing some other, lunch is very simple at the rustic village of the Van Kieu people (picnic lunch is optional)

Overnight in a guest house neaby the National park

Distance: : 220 km

Day 12: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Phong Nha motorcycle trip to Tan Ky (B, L, D)

Continue the ride on Ho Chi Minh trail up to North Vietnam. It’s a long ride on the smooth road to Tan Ky, the motorbike ride in the morning still offers scenic views of the limestone mountain and the Phong Nha National park, in the afternoon, we’ll motorbiking crossing the the more populated areas with more villages and markets along the Ho Chi Minh trail and that offer a different view from the days before. We’ll end the long day tour at the peaceful town of Tan Ky at 5:00 pm, We stay overnight in a guest house

Distance: 280 km

Day 13: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Tan Ky motorcycle trip to Hanoi (B, L, D)

Tan Ky is known as the starting point of the Ho Chi Minh trail where all the Northern Vietnam troops with weapons and food and together heading down to the DMZ in the Central Vietnam on the Ho Chi Minh trail in both Vietnam and Laos.

The motorcycle Tour to Hanoi today is almost on the new Ho Chi Minh road, the road is quite smooth with beautiful view of rice fields and mountains on two sides but it will get busier and busier when getting closer to Hanoi. We’ll end the long motorbike ride on Ho Chi Minh trail in Hanoi at around 5:00.
Overnight in hotel in Hanoi downtown.

Distance: 290 km

Day 14: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Hanoi free and easy tour (B, L, D)

Day 15: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay : Hanoi motorcycle trip to Vu Linh (B, L, D)

Leaving busy Hanoi, we’ll continue the Vietnam motorbike tour to Northern mountain areas. The first day for the North Vietnam tour from Hanoi is riding to the beautiful lake of Thac Ba. After around one hour riding motorbike, we’ll be in the countryside where you can see green and large rice fields with colorful villages of the Viet people.

The ride is almost on the small roads along the rivers to avoid the busy traffic on the highways. When getting closer to the Thac Ba Lake, we can have some short off-road motorbike rides. We’ll arrive at the Vu Linh village at about 3:30 pm, leaving the motorbikes with the local family then enjoy a beautiful boat tour on Thac Ba lake.

Overnight on the stilt houses with the friendly Dzao people.

Distance: 180km

Day 16: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Thac Ba lake motorcycle trip to Ha Giang  (B, L, D)

Start the Ha Giang motorbike tour at around 9 AM, we’ll ride motorbike along the Thac Ba lake bank that offer nice lake view and mountain view with some rustic villages of the Muong and Dzao people…Lunch is served by local food in a small restaurant in Luc Yen town.

After lunch, we’ll keep motorbike touring on the back roads crossing more villages of the hill tribes and rice fields…we’ll be in Ha Giang city at around 4:30 pm.
Check in the room in a hotel in city.

Distance: 170 km

Day 17: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Ha Giang motorcycle tour to Meo Vac (B, L, D)

It’s one of the most beautiful riding days of this motorbike tour Vietnam. Ha Giang is a great place for motorbike touring in North Vietnam because of its beautiful natures and winding scenic roads. The motorbike ride from Hagiang to Meo Vac is only 170km but you’ll feel like a busy day with a lot of stops to take pictures and visiting to the local hill tribes.

This motorbike ride is surely one of the highlights of the trip that can awake you after a long ride and encourage you to ride more.
Overnight at the hotel in Meo Vac.

Distance: 170 km

Day 18: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Meo Vac motorbike trip to Cao Bang (B, L, D)

It’s quite a long but easy day riding motorbike on smooth back roads, mountain passes up and down hill, There will not be off-road rides today it will offer a lot of visits to the nice villages of the Tay, Dzao and Nung people.

This  motorbike tour to Cao Bang end at around 5 PM in Cao Bang city, Cao Bang’s quite big city where you can easily find a local shop with cold beer, big market to shop the local things or go to Karaoke after dinner party.

Overnight at the hotel

Distance: 220 km

Day 19: Cao Bang  motorbike tour to Ban Gioc waterfall and Quang Uyen (B, L, D)

The Ban Gioc waterfall is one of the largest and most beautiful waterfalls in Vietnam. It’s located in between the Vietnamese and Chinese border in North Vietnam. Today’s Northern Vietnam motorbike ride to Ban Gioc waterfall is another highlight of the trip. It does not only offer a great visit to famous waterfall but the road to ride motorbike to the waterfall also offer a amazing view of natural beauty.

We can ride to the waterfall on two different roads that offer some off-road or countryside roads with bamboo bridges. On any options of the road to Ban Gioc, you can see amazing view of mountain, natures between rustic villages of the local ethnic people who live mostly on the stilted-houses. Today’s motorbike ride is always one of the best parts of our North Vietnam motorbike tours.

We’ll ride back to Cao Bang after visiting waterfall and stop to stay overnight at the little town of Quang Uyen or a guesthouse or homestay.
Distance: 190 km

Day 20: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay Cao Bang motorbike tour to Lang Son (B, L, D)

Day 21: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay Lang Son motorbike tour to Ha Long (B, L, D)

Day 22:  Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Ha Long bay tour by boat – Overnight On Boat (B, L, D)

Day 23: Saigon Scenic Motorcycle Tour to Hanoi, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Halong Bay: Ha Long motorbike trip back to Hanoi: 160 km