HANOI CYCLING TOUR TO MAI CHAU AND PHU YEN

Day 1: Hanoi – Cycling Tour to Mai Chau
Day 2: Mai Chau – Biking to Phu Yen
Day 3: Phu Yen – Hanoi

Day 1 – Hanoi Northern Biking Tour to Mai Chau and Phu Yen : Hanoi cycling tour to Mai Chau

Leave 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 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.

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

Day 2 – Hanoi Northern Biking Tour to Mai Chau and Phu Yen : Mai Chau Biking Trips to Phu Yen

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 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.

Summary:
Distance:  140 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Guest-house

Day 3 – Hanoi Northern Biking Tour to Mai Chau and Phu Yen: Phu Yen Biking Tour towards Hanoi

Easy way back from Phu Yen to Hanoi on most empty road, passing many rice and green tea fields in countryside until we reach Son Tay. We back to Hanoi on dyke roads to avoid the heavy traffic and breaking out of the delta plains, along Red river. Finish our tour around 3 pm

Summary:
Distance:  160 km
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

End of services!

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…

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