Cycling Trip From Hanoi To Luang Prabang

Itinerary

• Day 1 -

  Ha Noi

  Arrive Ha Noi. Attend tour briefing and take an overnight train to Lao Cai.

  Dinner will be provided en route.

• Day 2 -

  Lao Cai - Sapa

  The train will arrive in Lao Cai in morning, the border town to Yunnan province.

  Reach Sapa after 40 kms ride uphill. Enjoy biking through tribal villages and valleys, then cycle back to Sapa.

  Overnight in Sapa. You would have cycled a distance of 20 kms.

  All meals provided

• Day 3 -

  Sapa – Tam Duong – Pa So cycling for 90 kilometers

  Start cycling from Sapa, pedal uphill to the highest pass of Tram Ton ‘’Heaven Gate’’.

  It's about 2000 meters above the sea level, then cycle downhill through breathtaking scenery to Binh Lu. In the afternoon, continue to pedal to Pa So via Tam Duong.

  Overnight in Pa So and all meals provided.

• Day 4 -

  Pa So – Sin Ho - Muong Lay cycling for 90 kilometers

  Ride uphill to Phing Tho and Sinh Ho, one of the highest mountains in the area, and also the homeland of the Red Hmong, Mang, Dao ethnic minorities.

  Pedal cross the mountains, beautiful valley and tribal villages, particular scenery on the way.

  Crossing the junctions of Da and Na rivers and keep pedaling to Lai Chau, Muong Lay.

  All meals provided.

• Day 5 -

  Muong Lay – Tuan Giao - Bien Dien phu cycling for 100 kilometers

  Take a short transfer to Tuan Giao, start to cycle on the back roads, dirty tracks and bumpy rural roads, cycle to visit remote minority villages.

  Visit tribal village and continue cycling to Dien Bien Phu.

  All meals provided.

• Day 6 -

  Dien Bien Phu by Bike cycling for 34 kilometers

  Ride to the Museum of Dien Bien Phu, A1 hill and the cemetery of Dien Bien Phu, where several Viet Minh soldiers died before 1954.

  You will also visit the big bunker of the general De Castries, old Muong Thanh’s bridge and Man Rom River.

  All meals provided

• Day 7 -

  Dien Bien Phu - Muang Khua, Laos and cycling for 70 kilometers

  Ride to the Tay Trang border of Vietnam, continue riding on alongside Nam Ou river to Mouand Mai, keep riding on mainly downhill to Muang Khua.

  Overnight in Muang Khua.

  All meals provided.

• Day 8 -

  Muang Khua - Oudomxai and cycling for 80 kilometers

  Ride through jungle and rice paddies to Oudomxai. The town is good for visiting Hmong and Khmu villages, and it also known for its natural hot springs in Muang La and some spectacular waterfalls, most of which are still untouched and undeveloped.

  All meals provided.

• Day 9 -

  Oudomxai - Pak Mong cycling for 70 kilometers

  Pedal up the Laotian mountains into the Hmong villages, then ride through rolling hills and particular scenery on the way.

  You will pedal pass small villages where people are friendly and will be surround by little kids. In the afternoon, downhill through the rainforest to the town of Oudomxai.

  All meals provided.

• Day 10 -

  Pak Mong - Luang Prabang cycling for 90 kilometers

  Cycle on the hilly roads along Nam Ou River to Luang Prabang. Luang Prabang is a city located in north central Laos, on the Mekong River about 425 km north of Vietnam.

  All meals provided.