The better way to experience Northern Vietnam than riding a motorbike and that is absolutely true. Our Motorbike tour North Vietnam 9 Days from Hanoi offers you the full experience with Ha Giang Loop, Ba Be National Park, Ba Be Lake, Sapa, Mu Cang Chai – the most attractive destinations in the North of Vietnam.
It is a wonderful destination with majestic landscape mountain, breathtaking natural and colorful local culture. You will have an unforgettable experience on the motorbike path, enjoyable scenery and experience the true rural life. You also have the chance to meet the friendly ethnic people in the mountainous area, who still keep their unique and interesting customs and culture. This tour is designed for active travelers and photographers.
Our program has well organized and flexible for every driving skill level, so to have program math your inquiry, let discuss with Zonitrip – local Tour operator Expert before booking the tour.
Noi Bai International Airport (Google Map)
Your hotel in Hanoi
Morning: Pick-up at your hotel at 7:30 AM, prepare the motorbike, our guide introduces the rule and the plan, start the trip Motorbike tour Ba Be- Ha Giang 5 days. After that, we will follow the road to the Thai Nguyen province. Have lunch at Thai Nguyen.
The afternoon is the time for enjoying great fun of motorbike touring on the winding roads, mountain passes crossing some hill tribe’s villages
At the end of the day, we arrive Pac Ngoi village – a community consisting of Tay people on the side of Ba Be Lake. If you like swimming or kayaking, we can arrange 1-2hrs for these activities.
At the homestay, you can relax and unwind from the day and enjoy a meal with local food.
Sum up:
Distance around 230km,
Terrain: ~70% asphalt, 30% concrete and offroad.
Morning: After breakfast with the Tay family, we take a short walk to the Babe lake pier to start the 2hours boat cruise around the largest natural lake in Vietnam – Ba Be lake.
Ba Be Lake (Vietnamese: Ba means “Three”, Bể is from the Tay language word Pe, meaning “lake”) is the largest natural lake in Vietnam. Ba Be Lake is a featured geographical science and is a biodiversity reservoir. It is a part of the Ba Be National Park. It is home to a range of animals and plants.
During the relaxing time on the boat, you can see the wildlife of the animal and fishing life of locals. Or if you need to cool off, you can jump into the cool, clean waters for a refreshing swim! As you float in Ba Be Lake, you can take in the scenery of the surrounding karst decorated with patches of wild vegetation and inhabited by all sorts of interesting creatures. Then you will do a short trekking to Dau Dang waterfall – the fresh air and green life of the jungle.
Afternoon: After lunch at Ba Be, we will continue ride to Bao Lac, Cao Bang. Today is exactly the best offroad Vietnam motorbike tour. To reach Bao Lac, we follow the local path, less traffic, ride through the narrow and bumpy road with a breathtaking view on peak mountain, forest and travel through the ethnic villages.
Arriving Bao Lac town in Cao Bang province in the late afternoon. Sleep in a hotel.
Sum up: Distance around 130km, Terrain: ~50% asphalt, 50% concrete and offroad.
Leaving Bao Lac, we continue to run to Meo Vac – one part of Dong Van Karst Plateau Geo Park, where has the amazing karst.
Option 1: If you don’t want to be much dangerous, we will arrange around 2hrs for motorbike, trekking down and boating or Kayaking time on Nho Que river.
Sum up: Terrain: ~70% asphalt, 30% concrete and a little bit offroad.
Option 2: If you like offroad and challenging your driving skill, and using the offroad bike, we will arrange the road travel down to Nho Que river ( following the road from Khau Vai ( Meo Vac) – Bao Lac). The road leads you through the muddy trail, local path, cross the river by bamboo raft.
Sum up: Terrain: 30% concrete road, 70% offroad.
Overnight at Meo Vac.
Today we will have one of the best North Motorbike Vietnam route in Ha Giang. The ride today is mostly on small challenging mountain roads (but incredibly beautiful) on the land of colorful hill-tribes. We will be on some of the most beautiful passes in Vietnam such as the Ma Pi Leng, ‘Heaven Gate’ pass.
We will drive to the peak of Ma Pi Leng which gives stunning views of the mountains and sweeping valleys. It’s the most beautiful part of the whole journey, located on the Happiness road connecting the towns of Dong Van and Meo Vac, Ma Pi Leng Pass. The legendary pass is well known for craggy cliffs and breath-taking views. It is the greatest pass in the north, often referred to as the “king” of the passes in Vietnam! The whole road is winding through the cliffs and overcomes Ma Pi Leng pass at an altitude of 2,000 meters.
The road has been cut into the side of the cliff face and far below are the distant waters of the Nho Que river.
Leaving Ma Pi Leng pass, coming back to Ha Giang, through the winding mountain road, beside the Karst Mountain. You are expected to arrive at Ha Giang around 17:00.
Overnight in a homestay at a village or hotel in the city.
Sum up:
Terrain: ~70% asphalt, 30% concrete and a little bit offroad.
After breakfast, we have a relaxed time and continue the beautiful journey from Lung Cu to Ha Giang city. The view is the wonderful mixture of karst mountains, winding road and graceful villages of the minority people.
After getting Ha Giang city in the late afternoon, we will take a rest, shower and eat dinner before moving your bikes to the sleeping bus.
Around 9:00 pm, our sleeping bus will run. Arrive Hanoi in next morning. End of Motorbike Ha Giang-Ba Be Lake 5 Days trip, see you in the future.
If it’s Sunday, you can have the chance to enjoy the unique and special local Market in Bac Ha, it only happens on Sunday and it is called SUNDAY MARKET. There are very colorful and various culture of ethnic minorities, it will be a special experience for you.
We have a full day to discover the beauty of Sapa.
This morning, we’ll start our motorbike tour by riding our motorbikes down the valley to visit Lao Chai village of Black H’Mong people and Experience the richest traditional culture of Black H’Mong people in the region, then continue riding a bit to visit the Zay minority at Ta van. Spending time to enjoy the picturesque scenery along the way, a mountainous area of stunning natural beauty and diverse ethnic minorities. We will keep on riding down the hill, enjoying the fantastic open views in Ban Ho the most beautiful valley in which we spend a night on the bamboo house of Tay people.
Vietnam motorcycle trip-Sapa- Mu Cang Chai
Motorbike through the Ta Van village, Sapa
We will keep on riding down the hill, enjoy the fantastic open views in Ban Ho the most beautiful valley. Following the Sapa loop from Ban Ho- Nam Cang – Ban Ho- Sapa which beside the small path of beautiful rice terraces.
Arrive Sapa, enjoy a relax day in a hotel in town.
After breakfast, we start to head to Heaven Gate, where you will be amazed by the breathtaking view of mountain surroundings including Fansipan, the highest peak of Indochina. The route connects Mu Cang Chai to Sapa is one of the most beautiful mountain roads for Motorbike in Vietnam. You will drive to Than Uyen, where you will meet the ethnic people, who are trading in the town’s small market in their black traditional dresses.
Our guide will take you to visit the tea plantation, a bike ride around the Tan Uyen town, a demonstration of the tea making process, and about a dozen cups of the local green tea! You will have an experience, how to tell when tea leaves and buds are ready to be picked and how to tell its quality grade.
We will drive to Ban Thai village, the village of White Thai people, one family here will be our host today.
Option 1:
The rest time of the day, you can choose Hiking activity, follow the village of Flower Hmong people, see the overview of rice terrace, town, explore and discover the real-life of local people. Our guide will show you to visit a house, explain the culture and difference between Hmong people groups.
It takes around 2,5-3hrs ~8km go up the mountain, through the forest, muddy path, through villages.
Option 2:
If you are skill & experienced driver, want to challenge your riding, we can choose to ride a motorbike on the trekking route to Sang Nhu village– where is a perfect place to see the sunset and stunning rice field. It’s also challenging for your riding skill with mud, high and winding road.
We keep riding up and down into a forested and high mountain region populated by H’mong peoples. We will hike up a very high mountain pass before descending into a mountainous tea-growing region. Soon after we follow a long the valley floor covered in a sea of rice surrounded by Hmong North Vietnam Motorbikeand Thai’s villages all the way to Phu Yen. Especially, after lunch in Tu Le – a famous land for terrace fields so the ride through the villages and rice terraces. This is another highlight of this Motorcycle tour North Vietnam.
Arrive Phu Yen town at 5:00Pm. Overnight at hotel.
Today, there will be full of fun and excitement. After leaving Phu Yen city, you can spend wonderful moments to wander around Da River Lake, with winding roads and less traffic. After crossing the Da River by ferry, our team will head to the Moc Chau plateau for lunch.
After lunch, riding back to Hanoi. After 2 beautiful mountain passes – Thung Khe and Doc Cun we will have lunch and then join the high way back to Hanoi. We will be back to the hotel before rush hours in order to end the 9 Day motorbike tour in north Vietnam safely.
One of the most remarkable tours I`ve been on.
I`m from Norway, and have for a while been playing with the thought of doing a “motorbike tour in Vietnam”, a country which has fascinated me since I was a child. By searching Google I found the company “Zonitrip” offering different options for such tours. I chose the “9 day motorbike tour in North Vietnam”. And I was picked up at my hotel in Hanoi by Nghia, the owner of Zonitrip. On each our bike we started the tour from there. Nghia is a nice, service minded, flexible and easy going person. And even from the start, I felt I had known her for my whole life(it was like travelling together with an old friend).
A lot of beautiful nature, lake, rivers, rice fields and terraces, mountains, villages, cultures, towns, people, food and fun. Driving on mountain roads and trails, from town to town, village to village and areas with different groups and tribes. Experiencing the villages and its people, how they live, how they produce their food, and also a lot of information and legends about the groups and places(from Nghia). Thank you Nghia, I`ll never forget this tour.
