Day 1: Hanoi City Tour.
Full day to discover the pearl of South-East Asia: Hanoi. With charming streets lined with dozens of old trees, beautiful lakes, colonial architecture and countless interesting monuments, this city will impress you with its lively characteristics.
We finish our city-tour by participating in one-hour ride in a traditional cyclo around Hanoi's old quarter. After dinner in a local restaurant, we enjoy the famous water puppet show.
Day 2: Hanoi - Mai Chau.
Heading out of Hanoi, we travel by road to Mai Chau, and idyllic valley populated by the many White Thai ethnic people. Visiting Mai Chau, you have a chance to enjoy folk songs and traditional colourful culture of White Thai in Mai Chau. The scenery of the arrival to Mai Chau is characterized with beautiful limestone mountains and colourful hill tribes who can be seen and visited on the way.
Day 3: Mai Chau - Huong Khe.
Follow the route No 15 passing Pu Luong Nature Reserve; we meet Ho Chi Minh High Way at Cam Thuy then heading south to Huong Khe tow.
Day 4: Huong Khe - Phong Nha.
Drive ahead to the South, stop to visit Dong Loc intersection, during the anti-US war, Dong Loc was the main junction of the supply lines from the North to Ho Chi Minh Trail. US aircraft concentrated a great numbers of bomb and ammunitions in repeated efforts to destroy the junction and the surrounding area. This section of road was undergone of 2,057 bombardments.
We head South West to follow this famous historical trail along the Laos border to Phong Nha National Park, the World Heritage.
Day 5: Phong Nha - Khe Sanh.
After visiting Phong Nha caves by boat we keep riding along the Laos border on the western lines of the trail to visit Khe Sanh, one of the fiercest battlefields in the Vietnam War.
Day 6: Khe Sanh - DMZ - Cua Tung.
DMZ - The Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam was established in April 1954 as a result of the Geneva Conference ending the war between the Viet Minh and the French. The DMZ in Vietnam is on the 17th parallel. In reality, the DMZ extended about a mile on either side of the Ben Hai River and west to east from the Laos border to the South China Sea. This was one of the fiercest battles for the local people during the American War in Vietnam. Hundreds of locals were killed while trying to swim to the other banks for family unification.
Follow the route No 9 to visit Darkrong, Lang Vey, Camp Carol, Truong Son Nation Cemetery where more than 10,000 Vietnamese soldiers died during the US war were installed there, most unknown. Continue to visit Hien Luong Bridge on Ben Hai River.
Day 7: Cua Tung - Hue.
In the morning, ride along the coach up north to visit Vinh Moc tunnel. This tunnel wasn't setup as army tunnel in Cu Chi. It was a shelter for fishing and farming villagers lived and hidden from the extirpation of American bombardment.
We continue our trip to Hue with stops at two other battlefields - Thach Han and Quang Tri citadel - during the year of 1968 and 1972 respectively.
Day 8: Hue.
Hue was known as the political and cultural centre of the Feudal State of Vietnam during the Nguyen Dynasty. Boat ride along the Perfume River from where you can appreciate the exuberance of this ancient imperial city. Along the river, you will visit Thien Mu Pagoda, Minh Mang, Tu Duc Tombs…Back to visit the Imperial Citadel of Nguyen Dynasty.
No riding today, just relax.
Day 9: Hue - Da Nang.
Ride up the Me Oi pass to A Luoi in order the rejoin the Ho Chi Minh Trail. We will visit many villages of Ta Oi and Co Tu ethnic minority, near Laotian border on the side of a large mountain covered in thick jungle.
In the afternoon ride back on ward to the east direction to Da Nang. End of the trip.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
* Including:
- Motorbike, all fuel;
- Tour guide;
- Motorbiking protective pants, jacket, gloves, helmet, rain gear, and other safety equipments;
- Sleeping bags, mosquito nets, sheets, pillows and accommodation;
- Third party motorbike insurance;
- All food;
- All entrance fees, permits, tickets, boat trips, ferries, bamboo rafts, etc...
- Voyage Indochina assistance throughout your trip;
- We also love to celebrate our guests' birthday - well any excuse for a celebration on the open road!
* Personal expenses (such as souvenirs), personal insurance, train or flight tickets, drinks, food and accommodation in Hanoi, motorbike back to Hanoi by train and flight ticket(s) for the guide(s) back to Hanoi are not included in our fee.
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