Vietnam Mountain Biking Holiday

Upon arrival, Viet Prestige travel’s tour guide will pick you up and then transfer to the hotel for relaxing. Free at your leisure to discover and overnight in Hanoi.

Following breakfast, today cycle to visit Hanoi ‘s main cultural attractions, including the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, his House on Stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda, the Fine Arts Museum and the Temple of Literature. In the afternoon, explore the fascinating Old Quarter and its hundreds of specialty shops selling silk clothing, lacquerware, embroidered linens, furniture, bamboo, cooking utensils, ceremonial objects and more. Your adventure trip to Sapa begins with an overnight train from Vietnam ‘s capital city to the border town of Lao Cai. Overnight on train.

Today, our cycling begins with 45km on gently inclining sealed road towards an uphill route over the mountain pass to Bac Ha. As we cycle up to the pass the final 15km are a tough 800m climb on unsealed road as the terrain becomes more challenging. Our efforts are rewarded with panoramic views of surrounding mountains.
Cycling Distance: 62km
Total Climb: 1,115m
Total Descent: 202m

Today is a day off the bikes to relax after our exertions yesterday. Free to explore Ha Giang by your own. Situated on the banks of the Lo River just below its confluence with the Mien River and in between the Mo Neo and Cam Mountains. Tay, Nung, Red Dao and White Hmong people all inhabit this region We have a day off the bikes today to relax after our exertions yesterday. The town has an ancient culture dating back to the Bronze Age and the tradition, still alive today in the local tribal communities of making bronze drums, dates back to this era. Ha Giang saw a number of minority uprisings against the French during colonial times. More recently it was badly damaged during war with the Chinese in 1979 and there are many new buildings. Ha Giang is a market centre; much of the tea grown in North East Vietnam is produced in the surrounding area and sold in the town. As well as green, yellow, black and scented varieties the specialty tea is Shan Tuyet.

Setting off this morning and head out of town cycling for the first 25km on relatively flat road through the landscape of terraced rice paddy fields. Passing through minority villages, cycle the next 25km up winding roads into the vast limestone mountain range with its perpendicular walls of rock, climbing 800m towards the mountain road pass ‘Heaven gate’. As we pass through mountain villages sometimes covered by cloud, we will receive a friendly greeting from the local communities. From the pass we can look down at amazing views, including the famous vista of the Tam Son valley with the ‘Twin Hills and can spy Quan Ba town, our destination, in its beautiful location. It’s mainly downhill for the last 15km into Quan Ba.
Cycling Distance: 50km
Total Climb: 1,107m
Total Descent: 349m

Today, take time to beautiful surroundings offer numerous photo opportunities and the rocky limestone and karst terrain is as diverse as it is beautiful. We cycle uphill for the first few km before a descent of around 10km and then relatively flat terrain for the next 10km. It’s a challenging up and down terrain to an altitude of 1.025m before we make a final descent for the last 15km into Yenh Minh. Have the chance to see the traditional homes of the local hill tribes.
Cycling Distance: 53km
Total Climb: 665m
Total Descent: 1,131m

There is a long day heading south to BaBe lake today. Our van will transfer to mountain summit, then we start our ride on new paved road, some part on dirt road. In the afternoon we take two boat trips to BaBe national park. Overnight in BaBe.

Today, continue to discover the beautiful landscape. Take a ride to BaBe lake and cross over Peleng stream to Pacngoi village. Nice scenery of limestone mountain from this area to ChoDon. We keep on cycling to reach BacKan town and start to pack up our bikes, refresh for lunch break. Then take a drive the rest of the way to Hanoi. Overnight in Hanoi.