HANOI BICYCLE TRIP TO MAI CHAU

Best places to visit: Hanoi - Maichau

Durations

2 days

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

20 people

Departure

Monthly


This motorcycling tour offers a great opportunity to explore the outstanding nature beauty and culture richness of Mai Chau, the gate way to the impressive Northwestern area of Vietnam.As we ride to Mai Chau we encounter White Thai minorities and are guests in their traditional stilt-houses allowing us to see firsthand how these minority peoples live.


Itinerary :

This Hanoi Short Bicycle Tour to Mai Chau Valley For 2 Days offers a great opportunity to explore the outstanding nature beauty and culture richness of Mai Chau, the gate way to the impressive Northwestern area of Vietnam. As we ride to Mai Chau we encounter White Thai minorities and are guests in their traditional stilt-houses allowing us to see firsthand how these minority peoples live.

Hanoi Short Bicycle Tour Mai Chau Valley, Hoa Binh 2 Days Detail:

Day 1: Hanoi Short Bicycle Tour Mai Chau Valley, Hoa Binh 2 Days : Hanoi Biking Tour to Mai Chau

Mai-Chau-Biking-Tour HANOI BICYCLE TRIP TO MAI CHAU
Mai Chau Biking Tour

Leave Hanoi on dyke roads to avoid the heavy traffic around 9.am , we ride our bicycles west to Mai Chau, an area of beautiful landscape and home to the Thai ethnic minority.We will ride 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.

Ruou-Can-in-Mai-Chau HANOI BICYCLE TRIP TO MAI CHAU
Mai Chau: Enjoy Rice Wine with the Local

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

Day 2: Hanoi Short Bicycle Tour Mai Chau Valley, Hoa Binh 2 Days : Mai Chau cycling trips back to Hanoi

Mai Chau is one of the closest places to Hanoi where you can experience a ‘real’ Montagnard village. 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 back Hanoi by shorter way. Lunch’s on the way.

Summary:
Distance:  140 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

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INCLUDE

  • Transportation in private air-conditioned vehicle with driver
  • Accommodation in hotel ( base on twin share )
  • Meal as mentioned: B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner
  • English or French speaking guide
  • Entrance fee to indicated sights
  • Mountain bicycle 24 or 27Speed (LA bike or Trek bike. etc…)
  • Pump, bike tools, spares tubes. Spare bike
  • Cold water box, small fresh towel.
  • Mineral water drinking.

 

EXCLUDE

  • Other meals
  • tip
  • drinks
  • single room
  • personal expenses
  • insurance…

=> Please take a note that we are now in a process of updating the cost for this tour & this work will be completed soon after a time. If you need further details on our updated quotes, kindly email us at sales@vietlongtravel.com or vietlongtravel@gmail.com directly.

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