Day 1: Hanoi – Mai Chau/bike to Buoc Village [L, D]

– Biking:   30km Depart from Hanoi at 8:00 am. Your private transfer vehicle takes you southwest to Mai Chau, the gateway to the impressive mountainous area of northern Vietnam. The drive takes most of the morning with stunning view of mountains, valleys, sugarcane farms and rice paddies. You would have a stop en route for refreshment. Upon arrival in Mai Chau you will enjoy your lunch stop in a local house at Lac village of Thai ethnic minority. After lunch you start the adventure on your bikes from the village to Buoc, a village of the same group. We will have dinner and overnight in a traditional stilt-house.

Day 2: Back road to Mai Chau [B, L, D]

– Biking:   35km This morning, you may be waken up by the roosters and have breakfast in the home stay. You start biking on beautiful country road through scenic villages of houses-on-stilts. Your lunch is prepared and served in a local house in Xo village. In the afternoon you carry on riding to Lac village. Dinner and overnight in Lac Village.

Day 3: Bike/drive to Ninh Binh [B, L, D]

– Biking:   30km This morning you have time at leisure to cycle around in the Mai Chau valley or shopping for Thai handmade fabric. Lunch is on the way to Ninh Binh. In the afternoon, you have opportunities to get back onyour bike for a beautiful ride through country side. Overnight at a hotel in Ninh Binh.

Day 4: Ninh Binh – Hanoi [B, L]

– Biking:   22km, Boat trip:  2 hrs Enjoy your breakfast in the hotel. Hop on your bike for a short ride to Hoa Lu, the first capital of Vietnam date back from 10th century. Visit the temples and climb some hundred steps to the top of a mountain for a great view over the “Halong Bay in land”, then you bike through an amazing area of limestone mountains to Tam Coc. Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, enjoy an interesting rowing boat trip on little river to admire the harmony of the mountain and water here. Drive back to Hanoi and finish the trip at the door of your hotel.

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