Cultural Motorcycle Tour Vietnam

Take a chance on Vietnam and you will discover wonders you will remember in a lifetime. Among lush jungles, emerald fields and forests, cascading waterfalls, and mountains that go on and on, serving as the best backdrops in a spectacular panoramic view, Vietnam's history awaits to be told as well as the stories of its people. Nature provides an unparalleled serenity against the hum of your motorbikes as you travel the country. Explore caves and tunnels, old war sites, and infrastructure among the many military engineering you will come to find. Visit pagodas and awe at the magnificent way they have been tucked into the mountains. Lastly, be one of the lucky ones to experience the warm hospitality of the people and somehow take part in their living.

Key Information

Bike: rental (motorcycle or semi-automatic scooter)
Mileage: 770 kilometers / 478 miles
Daily rides: 150 to 225 kilometers / 93 to 140 miles
Riding gear: included: helmet
Meals: all meals included

Highlights

Starts and ends in Hoi An
Get to know the ethnic minorities
Visit to old war sites, caves, and tunnels
Ride through jungles, plantations, and highlands
Visit the Marble Mountains and its pagoda
Cross the floating Bamboo Bridge
Experienced guided services
3 nights accommodation

Styles

4 riding days in English

The organizer also speaks: French

Program

Itinerary

Day 1: Hoi An - Prao (150 kilometers / 93 miles)

You will leave to Hoi An by motorbike through the rice fields, crossing on a floating bridge as well as the 320-meter Bamboo Bridge. On the way, you will stop at the Cham Tower, an 11th Century building. You will also visit historical American war sites.

You will then ride along quiet roads and see farmers working while you are engulfed with fresh air and beautiful scenery, filling your senses. You may stop to take pictures. Then, you will be on your way to the mountains where you will stop for a swim.

You will then continue the adventure across the hills of tea plantations, one of the specialties of the Vietnam. Along the way, you will be very happy to see children waving to welcome you. Visiting the villages of ethnic minorities, you will meet, talk to them, and spend time with them, observing how the Co Tu ethnic minority work.

Day 2: Prao - Khe Sanh (225 kilometers / 140 miles)

Leaving Prao, you will go to the houses-on-stilts belonging to the ethnic minorities on the roads to Khe Sanh, visiting another minority village out near the town of Ta Rut. You will visit the Co Tu and Pa Co minority people and take a walk through their village. You will continue the adventure along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The trail system was "one of the great achievements of military engineering of the 20th Century.”

You will visit another minority village then ride through the pristine jungle along the border of Laos, enjoying spectacular mountain passes, stopping for swimming, and relaxing in the waterfall. Then, you will continue in to the highlands to visit the ethnic minority village before continuing on to Aluoi for lunch.

You will ride through one of the longest and most stunning passes in Vietnam while travelling on a new and quiet road, through an amazing scenery of primitive forests in the imposing Truong Son mountain range. You will be surprised with the jungle, mountains, and the quietness, peace, and amazing views across the famous Dakrong Bridge on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, before reaching Khe Sanh.

Day 3: Khe Sanh via Dmz - Hue (220 kilometers / 137 miles)

You will leave the Ho Chi Minh Trail and drive through the place where you can see the famous rock piles and Carroll Camp, sites active during the American War. Then, you will be off to the Hien Luong, known as the "Peace Bridge," a beam bridge built from steel by the French in 1950 at the border between North and South Vietnam before Here and Ben Hai River.

It is an important landmark in the partition of the country into a northern and a southern zone along the 17th Parallel by the Geneva Accord of 1954. You will arrive at the Vinh Moc Tunnels, where an entire village went underground in the 1960 to survive the bombing.

The complex of tunnels, located deep in the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone, include wells, kitchens, and rooms for each family. After exploring the Vinh Moc tunnels, the tunnel that will lead you to the local beach. There, you will be free to choose for your lunch. After you drive along the coast and to Hue, on the way, you will visit the Quang Tri Citadel which suffered 81 days and nights of firebombing in 1972.

Day 4: Hue - Hoi An via Hai Van Pass (175 kilometers / 109 miles)

You will ride to Hoi An and stop in the Elephant Springs for relaxation and swimming. Then, you will ride to Lang Co Bay which has beautiful scenery. You will have lunch before you go to the Hai Van Pass, the highest point on Highway 1.

From there, you can see the Da Nang dynamic city with some of the most scenic landscapes in Vietnam. You will go down along the China beach and stop at the Marble Mountains, exploring the caves, pagoda on the mountains, and sculptures which were made by hand from passion stone before arriving in Hoi An.

Included excursions

Explore the Marble Mountains
Get to know the locals by visiting the villages of ethnic minorities
Go down the Vinh Moc tunnels
Have a stopover at American war sites
Have fun in the Elephant Springs
Relax by the waterfall on the way to Khe Sanh
Stop for a swim on the way to the mountains
Tour the Cham Tower
Trip to the Quang Tri Citadel
Witness the rock piles and Carol Camp

Food

During this cycling holiday, meals will be provided.

The following meals are included:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

The following drinks are included:

Water
Soda

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

Regular (typically includes meat and fish)

If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

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