INTRODUCTION
Although Laos is not rich of nature resources, but it has the most beautiful landscape in indochina. They should be preserved to serve the studied tourists about the heritage site, theravada buddhism, geography of karst’s caves & mountain range and battle of french at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
Highlights of Trip
- Enjoy up/down hill with numerous beauty landscapes, and any challenge to hill-tribe villages.
- Magnificent scenery of valleys, region of waterfalls and hot springs.
- Visit home of silk & panorama of terrace rice fields.
- Updating triangle of Vietnam, China & Laos international borders.
- History of important places as DienBienPhu, Oudumxai, Muang Khua, Luang Prabang.
Summary of Trip
| Tour Code | VBL11 |
| Duration | 11 days – 10 nights |
| Cycling Day | 9 days |
| Start Point | Hanoi Capital (Vietnam) |
| End Point | Luang Prabang (Laos) |
| Biking Route | Flat, dirt & rock trail, hill. |
| Biking Distance | Group’s ability |
| Group Size | from 2 to 15 cyclists. |
Price of Trip: (Unit: USD)
| Cyclist | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5~15 | Sgl Suplement |
| Price/cyclist | 2900 | 2800 | 2700 | 2600 | 2550 | 750 |
Services Included
- A/C transportation with support van (from more than 4 cyclists).
- Mountain bike of Trek or Giant with water cage, helmet, tools kit.
- All entrance fees, tickets and boat trips in tour.
- Meals as mentioned as B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner.
- Cold drinking water, energy drinks, snacks, fruits, cold tissue.
- Train tịcket from Hanoi to Lao Cai.
- Accommodation as hotel’s list below.
- Experienced english speaking cycling guide.
- Pick-up & drop off at the hotel & airport.
- Government taxes & service charge.
Services Excluded
- Travel insurance.
- Flight & visa to Vietnam, Laos.
- Personal drink at the restaurant.
- Personal expenses.
INTINERATY
1st day | Hanoi Arrival.
Team of Vietnam By Bike will be greeting you at Noi Bai Airport to Old Quater Of Hanoi. Take a leisure welcome dinner with vietnamese delicious foods and overnight at hotel in early evening for this challenge of Cycling Hanoi to Luang Prabang 11 days.
- Flexible Cycling Distance: N/A.
- Accommodation: Hotel.
- Meals: Dinner.
2nd day | Hanoi to Sapa with cycling.
Free morning to enjoy your first impression of Vietnam and prepare for the evening train to Lao Cai, Where bordered with China at elevation 1500m. Then, private car will pick you up transferring to Sapa and have a easy biking to valley pass some hill tribal villages. Overnight at Sapa Lodge.
- Flexible Cycling Distance: 35 ~ 50km.
- Accommodation: Hotel.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
3rd day | Cycling from Sapa to Tam Duong, and down to PaSo.
Warming up to the little hill to tailor your long descend to which has many picturesque sites along the road. Lunch & siesta at Tam Duong. Afternoon, we ride to the single track with challenging of mud – gravel and tar paths. We will be spending a wild night in Sapo.
- Flexible Cycling Distance: 5o ~ 90km.
- Accommodation: Hotel.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
4th day | PaSo – SinHo – Muong Lay – Mai Chau.
This photo road is started from here, we will take a brutal ride to SinHo with some corners of terrace rice-fields and spectacular views while traveling on the way uphill. Overnight in Muong Lay.
- Flexible Cycling Distance: 45 ~ 100km.
- Accommodation: Hotel.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
5th day | Muong Lay – Tuan Giao – Dien Bien Phu.
This big day of many challenges to Tuan Giao (guide will discuss with you to transfer at some hard cycle stages), we will collect some gentle hills which have the beautiful scenery with coffee break at remote village along Nam Ma river. Stay at Dien Bien Phu 1 night.
- Flexible Cycling Distance: 55 ~ 90km.
- Accommodation: Hotel.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
6th day | Dien Bien Phu – Across 113 Vietnam – Laos – Muang Khua.
In the morning, we explore the history sites of Dien Bien Phu as Museum, hill A1, especially cemetery where the sodiers left their lives for Vietnam Independence in 1954. Follow lunch, we bike 35km toward western to Laos and across Tay Trang border before riding along the Nam Ou River to Mouand Mai and descend to Muang Khua for overnight.
- Flexible Cycling Distance: 35 ~ 70km.
- Accommodation: Hotel.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
7th day | Muang Khua – Oudumxai.
Continue biking to Oudumxai by through numerous villages of Hmong and Khmu, pass the rice fields, jungle. A good chance for resting at Muang La hotspring (personal expense) or free swimming at neglected waterfalls. You can be made 100km on this day.
- Flexible Cycling Distance: 35 ~ 70km.
- Accommodation: Hotel.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
8th day |Oudumxai – NongKiaw.
Ready for a big challenge day, we start warming up while riding out of Oudumxai a few kilometers and then pedal up to Laotian mountain passes through wetland forest, Hmong village, Nam Beng tributary. Check your legs several time for some huge hills because you must be taken van over the pass and ride on the down-side to NongKiaw.
- Flexible Cycling Distance: 50 ~ upto 110km.
- Accommodation: Hotel.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
9th day | NongKiaw – Luang Prabang.
This is a longest distance of cycling day, “Vietnam Backroads’s team” will transfer to Namkene where begin biking on the gentle hills with beautiful landscape, sticking the Nam Ou river and photo site on Nam Ou bridge. Enjoy the motorized boat trip to visit the famous Pak Ou cave and local life on the side of the riverbank. Afternoon, we will ride more into Luang Prabang (a former capital and world heritage city) along the mighty Mekong River. Stay at Mekong Riverview hotel.
- Flexible Cycling Distance: 55 ~ 70km.
- Accommodation: Hotel.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
10th day | Visit Luang Prabang City (without cycling).
Discovering the specificity of this unique city, we will enjoy the most beautiful Laos style. We firstly visit the Morning Market with all the locals and exotic foods to see how laotian do business. Step further to Wat Mai which features a dazzling golden façade. We then move to the National Museum (also called Royal Palace) for history and learn about this country religion by the symbol of Luang Prabang of Wat Xieng Thong temple and taste ethnic lunch.
Afternoon, we continue to the Traditional Art & Ethnology Center which is another little museum as displaying about traditional costumes, agricultural tools and written artifacts which gain insight Laotian. We finally reach the summit of Phousi Mountain for a great sunset with the huge panoramic view of city and surrounding hills.
- Flexible Cycling Distance: N/A.
- Accommodation: Hotel.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
11th day: Luang Prabang Departure.
Free time for exploring by your own way before we take you to Luang Prabang Airport. Your room will be available until noontime and our service ends there.
- Flexible Cycling Distance: N/A.
- Accommodation: N/A.
- Meals: Breakfast.
PARTICIPANTS
Vietnam and Laos is similar weather & climate, we can run this cycling Hanoi to Luang Prabang 11 days in the whole year. But, for the best weather & enjoy the special atmosphere – you should choose this cycling tour from October until March Next Year.
You will be our first cyclist to open this Vietnam and Laos Adventure Holiday 11 days for more people joint group, the price will be minimized for the most satisfy.
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