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Day 1 : Hanoi Arrival
Transfer from airport to hotel and check-in.
Time permitting, enjoy a 90-minute traditional cyclo (pedicab) ride for a 90-minute tour of the city’s traditional “36 streets of 36 wares” in the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake vicinity.
5.00PM - Enjoy a traditional water puppet show before dinner at one of the finest restaurants in town. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2 : Hanoi City tour - Lao Cai (B, L, D)
9.00AM - After breakfast, begin a tour of Hanoi with a visit to Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum and traditional stilt house, the Ho Chi Minh Museum, and the revered One-Pillar Pagoda and other typical Vietnamese places of worship.
11.00AM - Just before lunch, tour Vietnam’s first university, the thousand-year-old Temple of Literature, followed by lunch.
1.00PM - Visit the Ethnology Museum
3.00PM - Choose a suitable mountain-bike, assisted by our mechanic to ensure your safety and comfort throughout your journey over the next 2 weeks.
4.00PM - Transfer back to the hotel for shower, check-out.
6.00PM - Dinner, then transfer to the Hanoi railway station for the night train up to Lao Cai. Overnight on the train.
Day 3: Lao Cai - Bac Ha (B, L, D)
5.00AM - Arrive in Lao Cai, followed by breakfast at the local restaurant
7.00AM - Transfer by car to the starting point of your bike ride to Bac Ha through small paths and single tracks.
5.00PM - Arrive in Bac Ha, check in hotel. Dinner and overnight at Sao Mai hotel in Bac Ha.
Day 4: Bac Ha - Can Cau - Bac Ha (B, L, D)
8.00AM - After breakfast, transfer up to Can Cau to visit the market of String H’mong people (Sartudays only).
10.00AM - After some shopping at the market, hop on your bike for some downhill riding from Can Cau to Ba Ha with a stop at the Castle of King H’mong near Bac Ha.
12.00PM - Lunch at the hotel.
2.00PM - An easy hike up to the H'mong village and the school for Ethnic Minorities groups in and around Bac Ha.
Day 5: Bac Ha - Lao Cai - Sapa (B, L, D)
8.00AM - visit Bac Ha market (Sundays only), one of the biggest market of Ethnic Minority people in northern Vietnam.
12.00PM - Lunch at the hotel or local restaurant.
2.00PM - Downhill riding to Bao Nhai for a 3-hour boat trip to Coc Ly.
6.00PM - Drive up to Sapa and check in to hotel. Dinner at local restaurant and overnight at the hotel in Sapa.
Day 6: Sapa (B, L, D)
8.00AM - Set off on a light and easy bike ride down into the lush Sapa Valley to explore the Black H'mong and Red Dao villages.
6.00PM - Return to Sapa at the end of the day. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 7: Sapa - Tam Duong (B, L, D)
8.00AM - Stroll through the market in Sapa, where you will meet many different ethnic minority communities.
10.00AM - Transfer up to Heaven's Gate by car and start riding downhill through a spectacular road to Tam Duong, with stops to visit villages of different ethnic minorities en route.
4.00PM - Arrive in Tam Duong. Free time after checking in until dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 8: Tam Duong - Lai Chau (B, L, D)
8.00AM - Depart Tam Duong by bike along a remote road, by a riverbank near the Chinese border. You will visit small villages inhabited by Red Dao, Black Dao, Man (Khmer), Black H'mong and Ha Nhi minorities.
12.00PM - Picnic lunch en route.
6.00PM - Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Lai Chau.
Day 9: Lai Chau - Son La (B, L, D)
8.00AM - set off by bike along one of the most challenging by beautiful roads in Vietnam, across mountain passes, including Pha Din—a famous Indochina War site. If it gets too challenging, you could be driven up on the top of the mountains and ride down on the other side.
5.00PM - Arrive in Son La and go for a refreshing swim in the Black River or choose to stroll through the meadows of Kh'Mu village.
6.00PM - Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 10: Son La - Mai Chau (B, L, D)
Morning: after breakfast, you will leave Son La for Mai Chau, the road mostly going down hill. Stop en route to take an easy hike to Co Tang village to visit Black H’Mong group. Lunch en route and from here, start to cycle 35 km through a pristine forest preserve along the road. Arrive Mai Chau in late afternoon. Dinner and over night at Thai Bungalow house.
Day 11: Mai Chau (B, L, D)
Full day cycling to explore Mai Chau valley and villages surround with picnic lunch en route. Return to the village at the end of the day. Evening enjoy traditional folk dance. Dinner and over night at Thai Bungalow house.
Day 12: Mai Chau - Kim Boi - Bai Chao - Hanoi (B, L, D)
Today, we say goodbye to the family where we spent 2 nights. Drive up to the top of the hill of Thung Khe then cycle down hill to Kim Boi. Lunch at Kim Boi. Continue with our bike again to Bai Chao. Drive back to Hanoi and arrive at the end of the day. Dinner free and over night at the hotel in Hanoi.
Day 13: Hanoi - Hai Phong (B, L, D)
Morning, we’ll leave Hanoi and cycle along the top of dike road, rice field and villages of the Red River Delta to Bat Trang ceramic village. This is a village where we can visit to the most famous artist and might have a chance to paint on some productions. Shopping is easy and recommended here, if it is heavy for your hand luggage, shipping is possible. Continue to one of the most beautiful ancient Temple located right on the bank of Red River. Picnic lunch in the garden of the Temple. Afternoon, we will follow the dike again to Hai Phong city. Arrive Hai Phong and check in hotel. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Hai Phong.
Day 14: Hai Phong - Ha Long kayaking (B, L, D)
Morning after breakfast, VietBambooTravel's tour guide will pick you up and leave for Hai Phong for Halong Bay on our bike, crossing 01 ferry boat and arrive around noon. We will leave our bikes behind and board a traditional wooden junk and begin an exploration of magical Halong Bay, one of Southeast Asia’s premier tourist destinations. An excellent, fresh seafood lunch will be served on the boat while cruising to the first point, where is a floating fishermen village. We will have safety instructions before starting with our kayaks, paddling for 2,5 hours through the most dramatically limestone formation, a giant cave, beaches and hidden lagoons. Relax and swim on a small beautiful beach upon on arrival. Dinner and overnight on a comfortable and charming junk.
Day 15: Halong - Kayaking - Hanoi (B, L)
Wake up early in the morning to enjoy the aquamarine water of the bay at its best. After breakfast and early swim, we will slip on our kayaks again for 2 hours paddling to explore hidden lagoons, isolated beach, floating fishermen village. Meet the Junk at lunch time and motoring back to the harbor in Halong. Transfer back to Hanoi by vehicle. Farewell dinner at the restaurant in town and overnight at the hotel in Hanoi.
Day 16: Hanoi departure (B)
Free until transfer to the airport for flight out. End of trip. | 
