North Vietnam mountain cycle tours: Biking Sapa Binh Lu Tam Duong Paso Lai Chau (3 days)

The 3-day Vietnam mountain biking tour is customized for small group tours, adventure, intrepid travelers seeking an active, adventure holidays to the northern Vietnam. The 3-day tours starts from Sapa town and takes you through Tram Ton, the “Heaven Gate” where you start riding downhill to Binh Lu, Lai Chau province. The biking tour is provided with visits to ethnic villages, offering the opportunity to meet up with the Flower H’mong, the Giay and the Lu people. You sometimes bike on the back roads, single tracks and off-road biking trails. The mountain cycling tour can be arranged all year round. But the best time to travel this itinerary is April and October.

 Itinerary:

Day 1: Sapa – Tram Ton – Binh Lu – Ban Hon (L,D)

8:00: You will be met up with your Lotussia Travel guide at your hotel in Sapa. You  first  travel  by  car  uphill  toward Tram Ton. On  the way,  you  can  take  a  short walk  to  Silver Waterfall  and  then  head  to  Heaven  Gate,  where  you  will  be  amazed  by  breathtaking  view  to mountain  surrounding  included  Fansipan,  the  highest  peak  of  Indochina. Your  ride will be mostly downhill toward Binh Lu. Here you will have lunch in a local restaurant.

After lunch, you turn in a dirt road to the villages. You will have time to stop by Pa Pen village of Lu
minority and then Na Hum of Thai, two group ethnic minorities, who are not inhabited in Sapa area.
You are  in a beautiful valley of  rice paddy  terraces and Limestone Mountain  surrounded. You will
arrive in Ban Hon village of Lu minority, where you spend a night in a local house.

Day 2: Ban Hon - Tam Duong – Pa So (B,L,D)

The next morning, you cycle toward Tam Duong town. You pass by several villages stretching along
the way. The  ride  is  relatively  flat. You will be able  to visit  the market  in Tam Duong, where you
meet Flower Hmong, Black Dao and Lu minorities. You stop by a local restaurant for lunch.

You will start out from Tam Duong by cycling uphill along picturesque tributary of the Na River.  You
will  see  some  places  of  gold  exploration  along  the  river.  You  also  pass  by many  villages of Thai
minority spreading along the way before reaching to Pa So.  You will stay overnight in a newly open
hotel located by the riverbank.

Day 3: Pa So - Chinese border – Sapa (B,L)

After breakfast, you will cycle to Sino - Vietnamese border. The ride is flat on a bumpy road along
river until you meet a small border town. You will be back to the hotel for lunch.

After  lunch,  you  start  your  journey  back to  Sapa  by  either  cycling  downhill  as  far  as  you  can  or
sitting  in  the  car all  the way back. You will have  time  to enjoy beautiful scenery passing by.  You
might have chance to watch the sunset and take amazing pictures from the pass before you arrive in
Sapa. Arrive in Sapa around late afternoon. End of Lotussia Travel service.

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