Red River Cycling Tour 4 Days

Cycling distance: up to 60km  

You will be met up a guide at your hotel in Hanoi. Leave the Hanoi busy town behind. You cycle across the Long Bien Bridge, the first steel bridge spanning the Red River in Hanoi, built by the French (1899-1902) and named for Doumer, read as though-love (the name of Governor Paul Doumer Indochina).  Once you are on the other side of the town, you will cycle along the dyke, goring into the rural area of Hanoi. Visiting an ancient village that is located by the Red river will help you know further the real life of Vietnamese people. You may want to visit a master of martial who practices Vietnamese Kungfu for years or a retired person who has lots of beautiful Bonsai. Then take a ferry crossing the Duong river. You will arrive in the area where people live in agriculture. You cycle from villages to villages, through rice fields and friendly people. You will arrive at Co Loa citadel around noon. This old fortress attracts many foreign tourists for its historical and cultural value. It would be interesting for tourists to find that this Citadel is not only built on a large scale but also took a very long time to construct. Especially, it has also been the source of various relics of the Dong Son culture of the Bronze Age. This would be a precious chance for tourists to explore such a large site and its potential beauty. This spiral-shaped complex will take you to the mysterious ancient Vietnam thousands of years ago. Lunch will be provided in a local restaurant or picnic lunch can be arranged. In the afternoon, it is possible for you to cycle for some more kilometers before being picked up and brought back to your hotel in Hanoi.

Meals: Lunch
Tour guide: English speaking guide

(Cycling distance: up to 60km)

Depart for Ninh Binh enjoying the beautiful landscape of the Red River Delta and firstly visit Hoa Lu old capital (968-1009) with two temples of two Kings. After that, we start cycling to Tam Coc through beautiful villages and landscapes. We will arrive in Tam Coc around noon. Lunch will be provided in a local restaurant in Tam Coc. After lunch we take the boat trip to see Tam Coc that means ”three lakes” and is called ” Halong Bay on land ”, really amazing with the rocky mountains, and you will be completely dazzled when paddling through the green paddy fields on two sides of the lakes and more interesting to go through three caves. It takes about 2 and a half hour to discover the beauty of nature here before getting off the boat to visit an old temple (Thaivi Temples), That is located on a nice scenery and more interesting to know about its history. Check-in hotel. Take the rest before cycling through the rice fields and beautiful rocky mountains to visit Bich Dong pagoda and a cave. Overnight in Tam Coc in a hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Tour guide: English speaking guide

(Cycling distance up to 60km )

Today we cycle about 30 km on the panoramic road to Cuc Phuong National Park. We will go through the pineapple plantations, valleys, villages, meeting friendly locals along the way. Arrive in Cuc Phuong national park about at noontime, we enjoy our lunch at the local restaurant here.

Afterward, we cycle about 2 hours through the National Park and make a couple of stops to visit Cave of Ancient Men and take a walk (optional) in the tropical rain forest. Overnight in Cuc Phuong.

(Cycling distance up to 60km )

Spend the morning riding into the center of the park, with a chance to take some short treks into the forest. Visit the animal rescue center, home to a wide variety of native monkeys and gibbons currently being rehabilitated to return to the wild. Continue cycling from the park through small towns situated along the banks of the Boi River. After lunch, transfer one and a half hours back to Hanoi, wrapping up the cycling excursion.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Tour guide: English speaking guide