Motorcycle Tours: Hanoi – Mai Chau – Son La – Dien Bien Phu – Sa Pa – Hanoi

191 9hr

Our guide will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi at around 08:00 and head to Mai Chau, an area of beautiful landscape and home to the Thai ethnic minority. After about 3.5 hours passing expansive rice paddies, scenic villages, and spectacular limestone mountains as well as catching the daily activities of the locals along the way, it is time for you to catch the spectacular scenery of Mai Chau valley from the White Stone Pass. As winding the final downhill to Mau Chau Valley, you will find yourself really soaked into the bustling atmosphere of the Thai’s hamlets. We will then have lunch with local specialties at their house. Continue this day trip by spending the whole afternoon strolling around one of their picturesque villages, taking photos of local naive children or talking to the villagers working in their terraced fields. In the evening, we will enjoy a sumptuous dinner with the locals and don’t miss the chance to sample the local rice wine with a long bamboo straw. Overnight in a traditional stilt-house of a Thai family.

231 8hr

Today we will depart in the early morning for Moc Chau to participate in agricultural activities in O Long Tea Processing Factory and Moc Suong Tea Plantation. On the way, we will stop at a village of H’mong people to talk to the locals and take photos of the peach gardens and spectacular roads winding around mountains. Lunch will be served in Moc Chau Town before leaving for Son La City. Reaching Son La in the late afternoon, we will visit Son La Prison which was built in the French colonial period. Enjoy your dinner in a traditional stilt-house of a Thai family whilst watching the traditional local dancing. Overnight in a hotel in Son La.

160 7hr

Starting our 3rd-day tour with breakfast and a cup of local coffee, we then depart for Dien Bien at around 8:30. The path from Son La to Dien Bien with typical stunning sceneries of Northwest Vietnam will surely leave you unforgettable experiences. On the way, you will pass the expansive terraced fields of corn, bean or banana along with colorful souvenir booths of the locals along the roadsides. Continuing our way through the impressive Pha Din Pass at the height of 1,500m, admiring a fantastic panorama of the charming valley encompassed by the cloud all year round, and passing roads of colorful wildflowers, we finally reach Dien Bien – the land of rich history. Lunch is served en route to Dien Bien. Upon arrival in Dien Bien, we will spend the rest of the day visiting the Muong Thanh paddy field, historic sites of De Castries bunker, A1 Hill, explosive holes, etc. to understand more about the famous battle of the Vietnamese people. Check-in hotel and enjoy dinner with specialties of Dien Bien and then be free for relaxing and discovering the surroundings.

202 8hr30min

Continuing our way through sloping passes which are typical of the Vietnam Northwest Mountain Region, passing spectacular landscapes of various North-west passes, misty mountain ranges, the local markets and valleys of terraced fields on which the locals are working that all draws a stunning picture. There will be stops to visit villages of the H’mong, Dzao and Dzay nestled against the cliffs. Via these villages, you seem to be lost in a fairy space dotted with petite wooden houses standing out among the stretching green of the jungle, meeting the ethnic women with water barrel on their back climbing up the sloping path to their houses or pigs seeking for their food in the jungle, just the simple things but touch the hearts of all visitors. Arrive in Lai Chau Town, late afternoon, you will have dinner and overnight in the hotel.

115 5hr

Leaving the wild Lai Chau, we make our way through scenic scenery and villages and the most challenging pass, passing the legendary O Quy Ho pass, Hoang Lien Son Mountain Range that is famous with the Fansipan Peak – the highest mountain peak or the roof of Indochina, stepping on the Tram Ton Heaven’s Gate and the Silver waterfall, admiring the valley bobbed on the clouds and stunning routes before reaching Sapa. Check-in hotel in Sapa, you then have free time for discovering the charming town and walk around the ancient city with French architecture corners then a short visit to Ham Rong Mountain. Otherwise, you can join the local market and taste a cup of local coffee in a Western-style bar and enjoy the beautiful panorama of the town encompassed by the cloud.Dinner in a local restaurant and overnight at a hotel in Sapa.