Day 1, Hanoi Mai Chau, 140 km, ~4-5 h.
Heading out of Hanoi on road number 6 to Mai Chau, and idyllic valley populated by mainly White Thai ethnic people. Visiting Mai Chau, you have a chance to enjoy folk songs and traditional colourful culture of White Thai in Mai Chau. The scenery of the arrival to Mai Chau is characterized with beautiful limestone mountains and colourful hill tribes who can be seen and visited on the way. We also have an opportunity en route to learn about the culture of the rice-cultivating inhabitants in the Red River valley and Da River down stream. From the top of Thung Nhuoi pass there is a beautiful view of Mai Chau valley, often engulfed by clouds but still a sight to be enjoyed. After visiting this wonderful site, we drop down to explore more of the area of White Thai people.
In the evening, we can enjoy a local dinner and overnight in a beautiful village at the edge of a river. After dinner, you can spend the evening sitting together around a fire and join in a Thai traditional music show. In their traditional attire, typical of their culture, Thai women invite visitors to participate in the Xoe dance. To the rhythmical and ebullient music, the hosts and guests will dance for hours hand-in-hand. When they get tired, they stop for a while to drink special sticky rice liquor called "ruou can". Visitors who participate in the Xoe dance once, especially by the light of a fire at night are likely to remember it forever.
- B,L,D + Entrance fee + traditional dance show
- Overnight in Thai family
Day 2, Mai Chau Huong Khe, 270km
Follow the route No 15 passing Pu Luong Nature Reserve, we meet Ho Chi Minh Highway at Cam Thuy then heading south to Huong Khe on the new Ho Chi Minh Highway.
- B,L,D
- Local Guesthouse
Day 3, Huong Khe Phong Nha, 150km, ~3h
Continue to visit Dong Loc intersection, during the anti-US war, Dong Loc was the main junction of the supply lines from the North to Ho Chi Minh Trail. US aircraft concentrated a great numbers of bomb and ammunitions in repeated efforts to destroy the junction and the surrounding areas. This section of road was undergone of 2,057 bombardments. Ten young female volunteers, aged from 17 to 20 was assigned to maintain the road and kept it open to traffic. Despite repeated heavy bombardments of the road by US air force, they stayed at their post, using only shovels and hoes to level bomb craters. Tragically, they all were killed during an air attack of the road on July 24, 1968. There is a monument right at the placed they were
We head southwest to follow this famous historical trail along the Laotian border to Phong Nha National Park, the latest Natural World Heritage Site of Vietnam.
- B,L,D
- Local Guesthouse
Day 4, Phong Nha Khe Sanh, 180km, ~4h.
After visiting Phong Nha caves by boat we keep riding along the Laotian border on the western lines of the trail to visit Khe Sanh, one of the most fierce battlefields in the Vietnam War. Visit Khe Sanh battle-field
- B,L,D
- Local Guesthouse
Day 5, Khe Sanh Cua Tung, 120km, 3h
Follow the route No 9 to visit Darkrong, Lang Vey, Camp Carol, Truong Son Nation Cemetery where more than 10,000 Vietnamese soldiers died, most unknown when US troops occupied the area during the war.
Park your bike on the side of quite Hien Luong Bridge on Ben Hai River...
- B,L,D + Entrance fee
- Hotel standard
Day 6, Cua Tung Hue, 130km ~4h
In the morning, ride along the coach up North to visit Vinh Moc tunnel. This tunnel wasn't setup as army tunnel in Cu Chi. It was a shelter for fishing and farming villagers lived and hidden from the extirpation of American bombardment.
We continue our trip to Hue with stops at two other battlefields - Thach Han and Quang Tri citadel - during the year of 1968 and 1972 respectively. After dinner, enjoy Hue traditional folklore-song on a private boat on Perfume River.
- B,L,D + Entrance fee
- Hotel standard
Day 7, Hue,
Hue was known as the political and cultural centre of the Feudal State of Vietnam during the Nguyen Dynasty. Boat ride along the Perfume River from where you can appreciate the exuberance of this ancient imperial city. Along the river, you will visit Thien Mu Pagoda, Minh Mang, Tu Duc Tombs
No riding
- B,L,D + Entrance fee + boat trip
- Hotel standard
8, Hue A Luoi Danang, 270km, 5h
We will make one loop to the West direction of Hue on mountain road. Pass by Aluoi, Prao then turn to Danang. Enjoy some nice walk in villages of Ta Oi, Ktu ethnic
Visiting these remote areas, we will bear witness to how hard the local people struggle with their environment for their survival and development. Because the living conditions are extremely hard, there is barely any arable land within the rocky mountains; the people who live there survive on a diet of corn, which is about the only crop able to grow in the rocky soil. Even through this hardship, the local people are very friendly, simple yet have developed a strong attachment to other people. They are the soul of this remote area.
- B,L,D
- Bamboo green Hotel 3***
Day 9, Da Nang Hoi An My Son Hoi An,
Visit Cham ethnology museum in Da Nang before riding to Hoi An, leave our staff in Hotel. After lunch we ride to visit My Son the World Heritage site to discover the Cham history of Cham and their architecture.
- B,L,D + Entrance fee
- Hotel standard
Day 10, Hoi An,100km, ~3 - 4h
Full day exploring the World Culture Heritage site Hoi An, the old town, a unique combination of architectural monuments of various forms: residential house, assembly hall, communal house, pagoda, shrine, temple, water well, bridge, wharf, market...has been preserved intact. Hoi An is a good example of a symbolic oriental city in the Middle Age, so wonderful with its aged and traditionally maintained habits and customs. The town is now an excellent model of a living museum of architecture and urban lifestyle
- B,L,D + Entrance fee
- Hotel standard
Day 11, Hoi An Da Nang,
Free for shopping in Hoi An before return to Da Nang for your connecting flight to other destination.
- B
COST
* Including:
- Motorbike Minsk, all fuel;
- Tour guide / Translator;
- Motorbiking protective pants, jacket, gloves, helmet, rain gear, and other safety equipments;
- Sleeping bags, mosquito nets, sheets, pillows and accommodations;
- Third party motorbike insurance;
- All food;
- All entrance fees, permits, tickets, boat trips, ferries, bamboo rafts, etc...
- Voyage Vietnam assistance throughout your trip;
- We also love to celebrate our guests' birthday... well any excuse for a celebration on the open road.
* Personal expense (such as souvenirs), personal insurance, drinks, train or flight tickets, food and accommodation in Hanoi and tips are not included in our fee.
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