Mai Chau & Cuc Phuong Motorbiking 4 days

From $/pax Mai Chau & Cuc Phuong Motorbiking 4 days

Attraction:

Mai Chau - Cuc Phuong - Ninh Binh

Duration: 4 days 3 nights

Country: 242

Code: MTB2

Theme:

Motorbiking Tours

4 days trip to Mai Chau and Cuc Phuong trip is really a short trip however you will get a lots of experiences in the areas off the beaten track, get away from the noisy city. Start your trip from Hanoi city, you will ride uphill to Hoa Binh and to Mai Chau It’s surrounded by a green valley and stilt houses. Many minorities, including the Thai ethnic group live here. After very interesting night stay in house on stilt, eat the foods prepared by the family, you will continue your riding trip to Cuc Phu national park in Ninh Binh, it’s one of Vietnam’s most beautiful and important protected area. You will have great experience when you stay in the guest house of the park, very calm and quite night. You then have time to do some trek through the forest to get chance to see rare animals. After that riding to Ninh Binh to visit the ancient capital of Vietnam and take the exciting boat trip in Tam Coc where you will feel the scenery similare to Halong Bay.

Itinerary in brief:

Day 1: Hanoi – Mai Chau (D) ~160km
Day 2: Mai Chau – Cuc Phuong (B, L) ~ 120 km
Day 3: Cuc Phuong – Ninh Binh (B, L) ~ 60 km
Day 4: Ninh Binh – Hanoi (B) ~ 110km

Itinerary

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Day 1 : Hanoi - Mai Chau (D) ~160km

Departure and wind our way to Hoa Binh town, before that we will be driving our own way through villages, valleys of Ha Tay and Hoa Binh province. Lunch break in Hoa Binh town, visit the power plant and continue hitting the roads up hills to Kun pass and onto nice roads offering spectacular views over the valleys and mountains. Arrive in Mai Chau in afternoon, take a short walk around and overnight in Thai’s house on stilts.

Day 2 : Mai Chau – Cuc Phuong (B, L) ~ 120 km

Morning after breakfast we will ride around 6 hours on and off the main roads to Cuc Phuong National Park, lunch en route. Get to Cuc Phuong in early afternoon. We visit to the Primate Rescue Centre, which is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, breeding, research and conservation of the endangered primates of Vietnam, then ride 20km through Cuc Phuong forest to the park center, tea break then trek. Overnight in the guesthouse in the middle of the park.

Day 3 : Cuc Phuong – Ninh Binh (B, L) ~ 60 km

Morning we start our real jungle trek through the national park. A national park ranger will be our on-site guide who makes sure that we do not get lost and he will tell us about the flora and fauna of the park. Picnic lunch in the shade of a giant tree. And afternoon jump on our bike for driving on sides of this park towards Ninh Binh town. Overnight in hotel in Ninh Binh.

Day 4 : Ninh Binh – Hanoi (B) ~ 110km

Morning we ride to Tam Coc cave for 3 hours boat trip in “Halong inland” then we will have lunch break in the river side restaurant, before riding through villages, rivers, rocks to Hoa Lu where we will visit the “ancient capital city of Hoa Lu”. Hit our road towards Hanoi. Arrive in Hanoi by 6 pm. End of services.