
Mountain Biking
Ha Giang Cycling Tours- Lao Cai to Ha Giang- Ba Be Lake- Hanoi
Meet in Ha Noi, and your guide will brief you about the tour, take the bike store to check bikes and take a city tour of Ha Noi. The city with more than 1000 years of history and has become Vietnam's cultural and political center. Visit the Temple of Literature, Hoa Lo Prison, and Lunch break in town. In the afternoon, visit the National History Museum, walk through the Old Quarter of Ha Noi, Watch the Water Puppet Show, and have dinner before boarding the night train to Lao Cai in the evening with your guide.
The train arrives Lao Cai's station at 5: 30 am. Be met by the team with the support van pick you up for early breakfast at the local restaurant. Then, you'll transfer to the outskirt of Lao Cai. Enjoy spectacular mountain views and lush hillside orchards before a big challenge day—our biking adventure on paved, mountainous roads challenges some hills and farmland. Discover the mountain hills, meet tribes at their farmland, view breathtaking landscapes, and learn the rich ethnic culture at tribe local markets on the way to the Coc Ly market. (On Tuesday) We'll spend time seeing how Ethnic people exchange goods. Locals bring their buffaloes, cows, dogs, horses, chickens, and cates to trade with each other. Animals could exchange if they are the same value. The Weekly market is open every Tuesday. It's an imposing market. Then we continue to ride on single tracks to Bao Nhai Bridge and turn off to Bac Ha town. Upon arriving at hotel, check-in and explore the city on your own for the rest of the day.
Today, we start with a short vehicle transfer west to Lung Phin for an off-the-beaten-track mountain ride to Xin Man. the rural Dist, located right on the Vietnam & China border. Some hills have incredible picturesque landscapes between Ha Giang and Lao Cai provinces. We bike to explore one of the most remote parts- a homeland of local ethnic groups; Nung, the Flower Hmong, the Tay, and the Ha Nhi tribes. Enjoy every minute on today' ride; breathtaking view of the Hoang Su Phi terraced fields, a national heritage, and one of the most beautiful landscapes in Vietnam. The epic landscape of rice-terraced fields and architecture of the peaceful scenery created by man and nature over thousands of years. In the after, we carry on our mountain biking adventure along a quiet road that gently climbs and follows the river to Thong Nguyen- Hoang Su Phi Dist.
Today is another great ride as an adventurous journey. We ride to smell and taste Hoang Su Phi, Dong Van karst plateau Geopark, and Mu Chai, the National Rice Terrace Heritage. We'll ride on fascinating routes and challenge incredible passes before we ride to Ha Giang. We'll feel that we are on top of the world. Hoang Su Phi is one of the areas of outstanding natural beauty and unspoiled traditional life. It is also the removed East-West region of Vietnam. Most of the ethnic groups are still using traditional ways of cultivating rice plants. Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark is world-famous. It is a mysterious landscape along the Chinese border- a natural combination of conical limestone peaks and deep, beautiful valleys. Mu Cang Chai- the most beautiful of rice terraces fields, and it had listed as the National Heritage of Northeast Vietnam
After your healthy breakfast, we do check out for another great ride to discover the fantastic natural scenery of Ba Me and Bao Lac. Riding up gentle hills takes about 10km, and the rest of the distance to Ba Me is on undulating roads. We cycle and enjoy fascinating landscapes passing through villages to Bac Me Township. After lunch in town, we continue riding on the tarmac road to Bao Lac. Plenty of impressive views are surrounded by limestone formations, villages, farmlands, and mountain peaks undulating the road along Gam River. Stay a night in Bao Lac town.
Have breakfast at 7:00 am and check out for our last day adventure trip with a short support vehicle that transfers us to the peak; we ride on quiet undulating roads and enjoy beautiful mountain views and scenic villages. Lunch is in the town of Nguyen Binh. Our adventure cycling will continue, but our guide will figure out and choose the best time to transfer to Ba Be Lake. We'll stay overnight in the beautiful village of Pac Ngoi.
After breakfast at the homestay, take a private boat ride to discover the natual beauty of Ba Be Lake and the jungle's wildlife. We get on board to cruise on the lake. On this boat cruising, we will listen to many species of birds' singing and enjoy the peaceful landscapes. The boat comes to Puong Cave which is a massive 30 meters high. The cave is an impressive feature of the area; if you are lucky, you can see some of the bats. Then, our enjoyable boat trip will continue to Cam Ha village, where the home of Tay people. The cruise continues upstream of the Nang River. The boat trip ends at the gate, where we pick up the bike and cycle through the National Park. Lunch en route, and your guide will figure out to end up the ride for a transfer back to Ha Noi in the late afternoon.