4 Days Northwestern Vietnam Cycling Tour to Than Uyen and Sapa
Tour Overview
This 4-day great challenging cycling adventure tour in Vietnam is arranged in northwestern Vietnam taking to such places as Yen Bai – Nghia Lo, Tu Le, Than Uyen, Binh...
Code of Tour: TAD0000027997
Length of Travel: 6 Day
Destinations of Tour:
Departure City: Hanoi
Price of Tour: Request
Type of Tour: Private
Features of Tour: Cycling
This 4-day great challenging cycling adventure tour in Vietnam is arranged in northwestern Vietnam taking to such places as Yen Bai – Nghia Lo, Tu Le, Than Uyen, Binh Lu, Sapa, and Lao Cai province. Finish the cycling tour with an overnight train trip to Hanoi.
TOUR ITINERARY
Day 1 – Ha Noi Challenging to Nghia Lo ( Yen bai ) (L/D)
Leave Ha Noi at 7:00 you will be met up with our team at your hotel in Hanoi. Depart for Yen Bai. Stops will be made en route for you to cycle. Our cycling is a spectacular ride on back roads that take us to Nghia Lo through a terrain of tea plantations, lush forests, rice fields, and gum trees. The town sits on a mountain ridge overlooking the Red and Black Rivers and is home to the Thai, Nung, Hmong, La Ha, and Ma peoples. Stay in Nghia Lo hotel .
Total Distance: 180 Km
Biking Distance: 100 Km ( 20 km road flat, 80 km mountain 4 to 10 % )
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Nghia Lo
Transportation: Support Bus and Truck
Day 2: Nghia Lo Challenging Tu Le – Than Uyen (B/L/D)
Breakfast, Today we will tough cycle out of Nghia Lo passing large white limestone mountains as we explore the “Real Vietnam”. Following the rolling road, to end the day in Tu Le. Leaving Tu Le we travel through rugged terrain with dense vegetation and come into contact with the Black Hmong and the mysterious White Tay people, who are famed for their folk music, poems, and songs. The road winds down out of the hills and we descend into the valley to end the day at Than Uyen.
Total Distance: 160 Km
Biking Distance: 100 Km ( 10 km road flat, 90 km mountain 5 to 12 % )
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Than Uyen
Transportation: Support Bus and Truck
Day 3: Than Uyen Tough to Sapa (B/L)
From Than Uyen we begin with a gentle 30km ascent to ride along with the Hoang Lien Son mountain range through magnificent landscape. Then, from Binh Lu Junction there is another hard ascent of 30 km to the top of the Tram Ton Pass, on our way to Sa Pa. We stop on route to visit the “silver waterfall”, before descending into Sapa for the final 15kms. Check-in beautiful hotel view. explore dinner on your own.
Total Distance: 75 Km
Biking Distance: 75 Km ( mountain tough 6 to 13 % )
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa
Transportation: Support Bus and Truck
Day 4: Sapa Cycling to Villages – Lao Cai for Night Train to Hanoi (B/L/D)
Breakfast, Cycling from Sapa to Lao Chai – Ta Van and Ta Phin village is inhabited by the Red Dzao, Hmong, Giay people. You start the bicycle ride right from Sapa town and pedal downhill to the village. Cycling on paved roads; taking pictures of beautiful terraced rice fields; meeting up with the Red Dzao and Hmong people offers a real-life experience. The uphill back to Sapa town, Lunch at the local restaurant, start downhill to Lao Cai and then visit Vietnam and China border, arrival around late afternoon for a quick shower at the local hotel before dinner and Transfer to Lao Cai Station for overnight train back to Hanoi. Early arrival at Hanoi station. Take a taxi to your hotel or airport on your own account. End The Tour.
Total Distance: 65 Km
Biking Distance: 65 Km ( mountain tough 35 Km, 30 km downhill )
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Express train – On A/C cabin ( 4 persons / Cabin )
Transportation: Support Bus and Truck
