Day 1: Hanoi - Mai Chau, 160 km, 5 hr ride.
8.00AM. Meeting at your hotel and transfer by car to the starting point at the outskirt of Hanoi, from here you will take the bikes and start your first day ride to Mai Chau.
Leaving Hanoi and breaking out of the delta plains, we pass through endless limestone karts scenery as we travel up to the Northwestern region, the extensive farming lands comprising a sea of paddy fields split by tree-lined roads. Arrive in Mai Chau in late afternoon, diner and night on a stilt house of the Thais Minority peoples.
Day 2: Mai Chau - Son La, 185 km, 6 hr ride.
On good road looking high over distant mountains we head up into a forested region populated by H’mong peoples before descending into a mountainous tea-growing region. Soon after we follow a long valley floor covered in a sea of rice surrounded by Black Thai villages all the way to Son La with its bargain-filled market. Dinner in town. Night at hotel.
Day 3: Son La - Than Uyen, 150 km, 7 hr ride.
Continuing the road no.6 to Thuan Giao (the road is now under construction) then take a small paved road to Da River where we will take the ferry boat to get the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. Arrive in Than Uyen in the early afternoon. Dinner in town. Night at hotel.
Day 4: Than Uyen - Nghia Lo, 120 km, 5 hr ride.
On the very spectacular road going along the Hoang Lien Son mountain range where we discover the territories of the H’mong people. Many stops for taking photo of the rice fields on terrace. Arrive in Nghia Lo in the early afternoon. After a soft break, we take a walk to discover some villages of the Thai peoples living around the area. Dinner in town. Night at hotel.
Day 5: Nghia Lo - Hanoi, 200 km, 7 hr ride.
Depart early from Nghia Lo, we leave the Hoang Lien Son mountain range to reach the Red River Delta. We try to arrive in Ha noi before the rush hour.
