Itinerary Brief                               Detail 1 Monday Hanoi to BaBe lake. 2 Tuesday BaBe to BacMe 3 Wednesday BacMe to HaGiang 4 Thursday HaGiang to HoangSuPhi 5 Friday HoangSuPhi to XinMan 6 Saturday XinMan to CanCau-BacHa. 7 Sunday Around BacHa. 8 Monday BacHa to LaoCai. Night train to Hanoi. Tour end   Left: Riding through a minority village, water buffaloes on your way. Middle: Russian motorbike crossing the stream.

Distance of biking:  450 Km. Difficulty: Hard. Road condition: 70% paved road, 30% dirt road. Features: Remote area, boat & bike through National park, waterfalls, primitive tribe villages. Colorful Sunday market.  When to ride: September to Mid December, March to end of April.   Open air shop - CanCau

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Day 1: Hanoi - BacCan - BaBe national park. ~60km (L,D)

Am: We transfer 4hours to BacCan. Afternoon we cycle off highway 3 to a quiet road, great view small village of Tay and Thai on the opposite of the river. Scenery of palm trees with village of Tay and Nung a long the way. O/N guesthouse of BaBe national park.

Day 2: BaBe - BacMe  ~ 70km (B,L,D)

Morning boat cruise with our bike to DauDang waterfalls, we have breakfast on board. Then we start a cycling adventure on a small trail to BacMe. This is the most challenge day but beautiful route through forest and tribal villages, up and down hill all day long. Our van can not support on this route, so we have "Minsk" russian motorbike to carry our food & water. O/N BacMe guesthouse.

Day 3: BacMe - HaGiang ~ 63km (B,L,D)

Good paved road along Gam river, no dirt road today. Several gentle hill to climb on. There is one last mountain pass to enter HaGiang town. O/N Khanh Huyen hotel.  

Day 4: HaGiang - Heaven gate pass - HoangSuPhi  ~60km (B,L,D)

Transfer by van 45km down highway 2 to TanQuang where we turn left and start cycling 60km up hill to the mountain again. Best mountain view today, challenge climb over two "Heaven gate" pass (alt. + 815m and +895m) to HoangSuPhi town. O/N HoangAnh guesthouse.

Day 5: HoangSuPhi - XinMan ~40km (B,L,D)  
Good paved road, great view along Chay river. We are very closed to China border. Afternoon free time to explore XinMan market.                                                                                      
Day 6: XinMan - CanCau - BacHa  ~80km (B,L,D)

Challenge climb all way up to +1450 meter above sea level. This is totally a dirt road - built on the former trail of the flower Hmong tribes. We stop over a colorful Saturday market at CanCau. Afternoon we cycle down hill to BacHa. O/N SaoMai hotel.

Day 7: Sunday Market  ~ 20km (B,L,D)

A relaxing day promenade around BacHa Sunday market, see a market day for all tribes: Tay, Nung, Dao, Flower H’mong, Giay, PhuLa etc… Afternoon we ride bike around H’mong village. O/N BacHa.

Day 8: BacHa - LaoCai - Night train to Hanoi  ~ 60km (B,L)

Ride down the mountain pass to BaoNhai and onto LaoCai. Late afternoon leisure time at the Chinese border. Have shower and dinner. Night train to Hanoi. End of tour.

 

Tour quote:

Number of Person	2	3	4 to 7	Single Supplement
Price in $US	1,100	950	800	100

 

Services include:

*  All entrance fees, travel permit.

*  Accommodation: Standard hotel & Guesthouse / twin share.

*  Meals: Full board: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner with local Vietnamese food.    

*  Transportation: Air-condition bus or minivan support with cool drinking water.
*  Hybrid bicycle or Mountain bike.

*  Guide: Experienced cycling tour guide.

 

Not Including: Insurance, personal expenses.

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