💰Joint Group Price: US$/person.
🔑Tour Code: VBBSGLPR20A.
⛳️ Tour Start: Saigon in Vietnam - Tour End: Luang Prabang in Laos.
📌 Group Size: Min: 2 - Max: 20 People.
🗓 Departure Date: On 1st, 17th Of Each Month and Any Day for Private Group.
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⏰Pick-Up Time: 7h30 - 8h30am.
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Day 1: Saigon Arrival.
Meet Vietnam By Bike Team at Tan Son Nhat Airport (SGN Airport) with a short transfer to Saigon Center’s hotel for check-in and free exploration of the first impressive Saigon By Night. Overnight in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City.
Inclusion: Welcome Dinner, Codotel 4* hotel.
Day 2: Saigon - Madagui.
Day 3: Madagui - Da Lat.
Day 4: Da Lat - Nha Trang (B, D).
Start to ride from your hotel in Dalat. Ride through majestic mountains and valleys. Have a picnic lunch in Khanh Vinh town. In the afternoon, we ride on backroads through villages to Dien Khanh where we get on a van/bus for a short trip to Nha Trang. Overnight in Nha Trang.
Inclusion: Support A/C Vehicle, Mountain Bicycle, Biking Distance 65km, Transfer 80km, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Codotel 4* hotel.
Day 5: Nha Trang Snorkeling & Swimming (No Biking).
Day 6: Nha Trang - Qui Nhon
Visit the Po Nagar Cham tower in the city of Nha Trang and have a transfer out of Nha Trang city, pedal on quiet country roads through rice paddies and beautiful village coastal roads. Enjoy lunch on the way,then continue pedaling on back roads through fishing farms and villages to Tuy Hoa. Transfer 2 hours to Qui Nhon city.
Inclusion: Support A/C Vehicle, Mountain Bicycle, Biking Distance 60km, Transfer 150km, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Seagull 4* hotel.
Day 7 : Qui Nhon – Quang Ngai
Transfer 30 minutes out of the busy city of Qui Nhon. Begin with cycling through rice-paddy to mountain areas. Cycle past many little villages to ocean roads. Today you will have the opportunity to admire beautiful coastal roads. In the afternoon, cycle uphill through mountains, rice fields, and coconut plantations. Transfer by bus/van in the late afternoon to Quang Ngai.
Inclusion: Support A/C Vehicle, Mountain Bicycle, Biking Distance 70km, Transfer 90km, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Cocoland 4* Resort.
Day 8 : Quang Ngai – Hoi An
Have breakfast at the hotel and start to ride to My Lai village from the hotel. Have a short visit and talk to locals about the massacre of more than 504 locals in 1968. Continue riding 35 km on hilly roads before having lunch in town. After lunch, ride on back roads, passing by white sand dunes. Cycle on broken track trails along the ocean to fish farms. Then continue biking to Hoi An. Overnight in Hoi An.
Inclusion: Support A/C Vehicle, Mountain Bicycle, Biking Distance 75km, Transfer 90km, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Hoian Boutique 4*Resort.
Day 9: Hoian Sight-Seeing - Cooking - Cycling & Sunset on Boat.
Day 10: Hoian - Hanoi.
Free exploring Hoian yourself until taking a flight to Hanoi Capital in late afternoon. Check-in & enjoy the splendid atmosphere in Hanoi Capital.
Inclusion: Support A/C Vehicle, Mountain Bicycle, Biking Distance 75km, Transfer 90km, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, May De Ville 4*Hotel.
Day 11: Hanoi - HaLong.
Day 12: HaLong Bay - Hanoi.
Day 13: Hanoi - Mai Chau
Pick up at your hotel at 7:30 Am .Transfer out of Hanoi city to Luong Son – picturesque landscapes,starting cycling via Bai Chao village and Kim Boi hot spring until Doc Cun pass and then loading bike to local restaurant for lunch in An Lac town end then transfer by van to the top of Thong Khe pass to down hill to Mai Chau . Arrival in the late afternoon and overnight in the home stay of white Thai ethnic.
Inclusion: Support A/C Vehicle, Mountain Bicycle, Biking Distance 75km, Transfer 75km, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Minority's Homestay.
Day 14: Mai Chau - SonLa
We rose early to have another brief cycle before commencing our five hour drive to Son La. As we moved further from major population centres, the drives became more spectacular. Moc Chau is a major tea growing region along the way and definitely worth a stop though not as exciting as it was written up in our itinerary.
The most enjoyable parts of this entire trip were the improvised stops to walk down into villages and commune with minority communities. Those experiences were unforgettable.
We were especially fortunate to encounter a White Thai “cho coc” – a leaping market – as we neared Son La. “Cho coc” refers to a mobile market that sets up on a side road for a day and moves on to another location the following day. We spent close to an hour chatting, laughing and buying fruits from sellers who were incredibly hospitable.
We arrived in Son La at our hotel, The Cong Doan or Trade Union Hotel in the late afternoon. Rooms were as you would expect from a Trade Union Hotel in remote Vietnam – or perhaps a little better. Perfectly adequate in any case.
Inclusion: Support A/C Vehicle, Mountain Bicycle, Biking Distance 60km, Transfer 80km, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Cong Doan Basic Hostel.
Day 15: SonLa - DienBienPhu
Son La was once a very small mountain outpost. The French used it as a garrison and then decided that its harsh climate and remoteness made it a suitable location for a prison. These days Son La is expanding rapidly as Vietnam tries to bolster its population across the far north. Tourist arrivals are still tiny though. The town itself has little to recommend it except that it is a convenient stop between Mai Chau and Dien Bien Phu. The simple streetside market not far from the Cong Doan Hotel is friendly and colourful and an early morning visit is a nice way to start the day.
The French era prison is the most well known tourist sight in Son La. In the 1930s, French colonial authorities decided to use the prison for the incarceration of some of the country’s most militant revolutionary leaders.
Like its counterparts in Hanoi and on Con Dao Island in the south, the prison is a timely reminder for travellers overcome with Indochine nostalgia of the brutality of the French rule in Vietnam. It’s also a lesson in how not to quell an insurgency. Many of Vietnam’s most celebrated communist leaders did time in these barbaric prisons. I’ve often wondered whether these prisons in part shaped the harshness of Vietnam’s post 1975 national government – most of the country’s leaders at the end of the war were the alumni of French era prisons.
The prison at Son La is in ruins and features a small museum that celebrates the great achievements of its former prisoners and remembers those who never made it out.
Inclusion: Support A/C Vehicle, Mountain Bicycle, Biking Distance 75km, Transfer 90km, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, HimLam 4*Resort.
Day 16: DienBienPhu - Muang Khua, Laos
We depart Dien Bien and cross into Northeast Laos at Tay Trang. This is the least populated section of Laos. We continue on to Muang Khua on the banks of the Nam Ou river.
Inclusion: Support A/C Vehicle, Mountain Bicycle, Biking Distance 60km, Transfer 100km, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Villager's Guesthouse.
Day 17: Muang Khua - Oudomxay
This is a scenic lightly traveled road to bustling Oudomxay. Oudomxay seems to be undergoing a renaissance. Lots of construction and activity in the town these days. They have an airport here also (with less than daily service). We stay at the nicest place in town.
Inclusion: Support A/C Vehicle, Mountain Bicycle, Biking Distance 60km, Transfer 50km, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Villager's Guesthouse.
Day 18: Oudomxay - PakMong
A tough climbing day at the start and then rolling hills with magnificent scenery before a 29km Descent to Pak Mong.
Inclusion: Support A/C Vehicle, Mountain Bicycle, Biking Distance 60km, Transfer 40km, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Villager's Guesthouse.
Day 19: PakMong - LuangPrabang
On to the historic and enchanting city of Luang Prabang. We follow the banks of the Mekong before entering the city proper. It’s also possible, with advance planning, to bike the 20k in the opposite direction to Nong Khiaw and then take a boat down the Nam Ou River. This will take you right by the Pak Ou caves at the confluence of the Nam Ou and Mekong Rivers. End Of Out Service.
Inclusion: Support A/C Vehicle, Mountain Bicycle, Biking Distance 40km, Transfer 50km, Breakfast, Lunch, Manouk 3*Hotel.
Day 20: LuangPrabang Departure
Free time to relax before having a long flight back home.
