The North Central of Vietnam is an amazing area that is absolutely suitable for motorbike trips. Frontier Travel Vietnam is more than honored to introduce you to this wonderful trip to Vietnam, on the common motorbike, to discover the most beautiful places in North Central of our S-shaped country.
What is special about North Central Vietnam?
The North Central is located in the extreme northern region of Vietnam, bordering China to the north, Laos to the west and the East Sea to the east. The area has every required natural condition to form such magnificent landscapes, including green mountains, lovely winding hills and breathtakingly flowers. The winding roads have been made, so it is so much easier for tourists to travel around the area.
When referring to North Central Vietnam, many people will think of the impressive Ha Giang, the peaceful Mai Chau, or the foggy but attractive Sapa. Naturally, North Central Vietnam has all the places that you can come to and explore. If you are getting tired of the busy city life as well as wanting to have a change, to feel the relaxing vibe of nature and to feel calmer, this is the right place to be.
North Central Vietnam is all about the nature
In order to live up to the standards of tourism in Vietnam, the winding roads circling the mountains have been built. You can travel to North Central Vietnam easily. Most of the area of North Central Vietnam is land and hills so it will be easier to travel by motorbike because the roads are quite narrow and small and may make it hard for cars to move.
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Why choosing motorbikes?
As mentioned above, the roads in North Central Vietnam are quite small, so a motorbike will make it easier for you to travel and move. The cars can find some bigger routes to travel as well, but it will be less exciting because only small roads have the eternal beauty of the nature that you will love.
Motorbike is a common mean of transport in Vietnam
Besides, when traveling on your own on a motorbike, you will feel the adventurous, thrilling and lovely atmosphere of enjoying yourself in the middle of the wild. All in all, a motorbike is the most suitable mean of transport to go to Vietnam.
The exciting roads in North Central Vietnam are small
Frontier Travel Vietnam is honored to give you the 6-day exploring tour of North Central Vietnam, which will surely make you excited. The tour will give you everything you need to have a wonderful time, and with the professional of Frontier, you won’t have to worry about a single thing.
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6-days riding motorbikes in North Central Vietnam
On day 1, at about 09:300 PM the evening before, we take the night train 4-bed soft sleeper cabin to Lao Cai, which leads us to the place at 06:00 AM. After breakfast, we shall begin our trip to the center of Lao Cai, which is next to the international border with China, where important trading in North happens.
Have a short break at the border, before we head to Xi Ma Cai town. Xi Ma Cai is well-know for the century-old colorful market, of real mountainous people including the Dzao and the Flower H’Mong. The market only opens on Sunday morning. We then continue up north to Xiamen via a small trail that has, a deeply impressive scenery, while riding through the forest, take a short break at Laochai village, on top of the mountain to have a look at the overview of Chay river which is high up and hidden in the clouds.
The first day of the motorbike trip
On the second day, when we finish eating our breakfast at a local restaurant nearby, we visit the local market, buy souvenirs, take pictures, and mix with the local ethnic minorities. We will also be testing (and sharpening) our riding skills as the roads that go through the mountain passes are challenging! we have lunch in Hoang Su Phi.
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After lunchtime, we ride off-road up to the top of Tay Con Linh mountain range, this can be challenging your self to ride about 40 kilometers off-road through the jungle without seeing any village, this will be the most beautiful trail in our Vietnam motorbike tour.
In the afternoon, we get to the main road and heading 20 kilometers to Ha Giang are far more relaxing and easy, as we rejoin Road 2. Depending on the time, we may even manage to enjoy and relax in the waterfall in Ha Thanh.
The beautiful winding roads in Hoang Su Phi
The 3r day goes with continuing our trip to Quang Ba, Dong Van, and Yen Minh regions – which areas with amazing natural landscape and views of unspoiled surroundings. People living here are used to work hard and long hours, and they always find a way out of problems of any sort, judging by the fact that they have managed to live on rocky farmlands.
We have a quick break at an info coffee shop, and we could climb up some stairs, to get idyllic views of Quang Ba. We have lunch at Yen Minh, and then visit Pho Bang that was built hundreds of years ago and is home to multi-story clay brick houses with tiled roofs. While in Quang Ba, we can also visit the Vuong Palace, where the high-rank H’ mong family of Vietnam’s purported H’ mong King (Vuong Chi Sinh) used to live during the French colonial ruling.
The trip will only bring excitement and joy
On the 4th day, we traverse the 21-kilometer Ma Pi Leng Pass you’ll see why this is declared the most spectacular stretch of road in all of Vietnam. Giant cone-shaped limestone mountains tower, with brilliant green-clad cliffs cascading into the steep river valleys below.
Before we reach Bao Lac, where we stop for the day. Bao Lac is considered a great ethnic crossroad where ethnic groups of all Northeast Vietnam meet. The Sunday market is a great meeting point for many ethnic groups from both sides of the borders.
The trip ends in the 6th day
The 5th day, we ride on mixing between the broken road and off-road, river crossing numerous passes and once again challenge our riding skills on the meandering road. However, we can stop many times is needed. After a long riding day, we get a boat trip around Ba Be Lake which is the largest freshwater lake in Vietnam, after swimming and relaxing we comeback to Ba Be lake view homestay to have dinner with Tay's traditional food and rice wine (happy water).
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The last day is when we head back to Hanoi. We go past the city of Thai Nguyen in the Northland, the city famous for the high-quality of its tea. Then, we take a break at Tow, to visit the impressive Vietnamese Ethnic Group Museum of Cultures and see the colorful exhibitions on display that reflect the lifestyle of the 50 tribes that reside in the hills of Vietnam.
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