12 Day

Ha Giang Motorcycle Tour

Eastern Tearaway

Hanoi - Bac Son - Ban Gioc - Cao Bang - Bao Lac - Dong Van - Du Gia - Hoang Su Phi - Bac Ha - Sapa - Hanoi

Overview

This is a huge loop of the eastern territories. Experience Bang Gioc Waterfall and Ha Giang, the north’s most famous riding destination. Pass through several geographic and ethnic regions, stop at local markets and visit significant historical sites, including Uncle Ho’s Cave (Pac Bo) and the H’Mong King’s Palace, before heading up to Fansipan, the highest peak in Southeast Asia.

Itinerary

Day 1: Hanoi - Bac Son

Breakfast in the hotel, up to the shop to collect bikes. Then over Nhat Tan bridge and out of Hanoi as quickly as possible. We need to take the highway for the first half of the day and then stop for lunch. After lunch we turn off onto the smaller road and wind through villages. We take a small detour to a lake to look around and then head for QUinh Son, we stay in a family run homestay in a private room. If time we can climb the hill to look a the view.

Day 2: Bac Son - Ban Gioc

Out of the village and over the pass to gia binh, then we go thru the cave. Take pics in the cave. We take the back road up to van mich but prob not the dirt road, so we get back on tarmac for that. We head to that khe or dong khe and have lunch there in a local restaurant. We now turn off onto the smaller roads and head for the ban gioc waterfall. There is a lot of karst scenery here and we go through a lot of small villages. We see the fence with china and can take a pic by the border post markers. If time we cna look at the falls and take a boat trip but probably tomorrow morning as it is a shorter day tomorrow.

Day 3: Ban Gioc - Cao Bang

We go to the falls if we haven’t already of we look at Tiger cave and then head out to Evil eye maountain. We have lunch in a homestay there and then head over to cao bang on easy road where we stay in a boutique hotel and have dinner in a local restaurant.

Day 4: Cao Bang - Bao Lac

We head to Bao Lac and can take two routes. The road past the 14 story pass is being repaired so we soucl go to the commie cave and then through lung pan bamboo forest and back up the main highway, or we could take the highway and then go through the forest. Lunch is tricky on this stretch so maybe we try to picnic somewhere.
We stay in a small family run hotel near the market and eat in the market in the evening.

Day 5: Bao Lac - Dong Van

Again two choices we can take the tricky off road that allows us to go on the bamboo ferry or we can take the easy high way which gives us time to get to meo vac for lunch and then visit the ma pi leng pass and the harder route also allows this so long as nothing bad happens
We are moving from lowland karst hills to grand mountain and karst scenery as we ascend on to the karst plateau we stay in the best hotel in town.
We have dinner in a western or an italian restaurant

Day 6: Exploration Day

Exploration day. We get to take a short ride around to see don cao fortress, the border with china and whatever else riders want. Or to chill in the same hotel.
We have dinner in a western or an italian restaurant

Day 7: Dong Van - Du Gia

We have an easy day winding along the smaller roads inside the loop and stopping at will. There are small goat trails that we can follow. We can visit the waterfall and relax in our resort hotel.

Day 8: Du Gia - Hoang Su Phi

A small stretch of bad road where there is road works but then we go on good road to get to ha giang. We can have lunch there. Then we take the highway and a few side roads to get to hoang su phi and look at the unesco world heritage site and its rice terracing.

Day 9: Hoang Su Phi - Bac Ha

We take small roads through the hills. Lots of rice terracing, locals and few foreigners in this area. We end up in Bac Ha, hopefully on a saturday night because market is sunday. If not we can visit another market tomorrow there is one every day in thearea. We stay in a boutique homestay.

Day 10: Bac Ha - Sapa

Visit a market if close and then take the back roads to Sa pa. We stay of the highway and come front he south up the valley throught the rock geopark up to sa pa
We stay in a hotel and we have an exploration day next day, they can visit Ham Rong, the church, fansipan, take a ride to bat xat or silver waterfall. Or chill in the hotel.

Day 11: Exploration Day

There is plenty to see in and about the town silver waterfall, rock church, ham long viewpoint and we can go to visit a few of the small villages. We can also take the cable car to the top of fansipan. Generally we hang out in the hotel and have a rest after riding so far.

Day 12: Sapa - Hanoi

we ride down in the morning to Lao Cai and then we have lunch and get on out 6hr vip minibus to hanoi. Go to the hotel for a night. Evening meal and then leave the next day.

Motorcycles

Honda XR 150

$140/day

Lightweight dual-sport

Honda CRF 300

$180/day

Powerful dual-sport

Honda CB 500X

$180/day

Capable mid-sized tourer

BMW GS 1250

$280/day

Iconic German tourer

Inclusions/Extras

Reviews

Karl TV 4 weeks ago

I want to thank the owner Dany for all the advices and recommendations he gave us during our motorcycle rentals. He told us which places to visit and routes to take for scenic views.
We also needed to use the assistance line for repairs and translation, and the service was really quick and efficient.

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Itachi Uchiha 1 month ago

Great place, lovely staff, got a nice bike and a good deal

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Hải Anh Phạm 1 month ago

Dịch vụ tốt ạ. Giá cả tốt lắm ạ

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Philippe Guitton 1 month ago

Motos en très bon état
Très bon accueil et pleins de conseils pour notre road trip
Les prix sont très corrects

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Jim Brandeau 1 month ago

Rented a Honda CB500 for 4 days as I wanted to do some longer distances. It was the perfect size for both city and country riding. Rental process was easy and quick. Bike was well maintained and I had no issues I put about 1500 kms on it in the 4 days. Great people to deal with. Jim, Napanee, Ontario, Canada

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Sơn Hồ 2 months ago