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Hanoi Bicycle Tour & Hanoi
Homestay Vietnam 3days
Hanoi Bicycle Tour & Hanoi Homestay Vietnam 3days
Hanoi Bicyle Tour around the countryside, the cultural symbol for the people here.
Bicycle Tour Hanoi is a good opportunity for you to enrich real life.
Summary Bicycle Tour Hanoi Bicycle Tours Enjoy the day cycling tour in peace time around some village see the
daily life of Vietnam
Cycling Duong Lam ancient village of Duong Lam on the outskirts of Hanoi, about 300
houses built three and four centuries ago with lateritic bricks " of laterite Museum" .
Duong Lam ancient village has also been described as the last stronghold of the culture
of rice farming in northern Vietnam .
bike journey to Duong Lam is a trip to find out the source of the culture and traditions of
Vietnam .
A great opportunity to explore architecture of ancient houses while wandering cycling along
its narrow alleyways ,
Visit the beautiful and exotic temples dedicated to the two kings born there , and most
interesting of all is the conversation with the locals here in the home of their ancient
ancestors .
Ba Be National Park has many hills, scenic beauty. Located on the western outskirts of
Hanoi.
Cycling for viewing three traditional agricultural landscape and diversity (ponds, streams,
lakes and rivers), a lot of wet rice civilization of the ancient world.
Hoa Binh has many beautiful landscapes, with enormous chain of mountains stretching to
the horizon, mysterious caves, winding lines and impressive rock waterfall looks like a fairly
land on earth. Hoa Binh One Day to go to, you will be impressed.
Hanoi Bicycle Tour
Itinerary Bicycle Tour Day 01: Cycling Distant 40 - 55km, Hanoi - Duong Lam village
Day 02: Cycling Distant 40 - 55km, Duong Lam village - Ba Vi
National Park
Day 03 Cycling Distant 15 - 30km, Ba Vi National Park - Hoa
Binh - Hanoi
Hanoi Bicycle Tour
Detail Itinerary
Day 1: Hanoi – Duong Lam village (Cycling Distant: 40 – 55km) (L, D)
Option01: Duong Lam Homestay
Our tour starts at 08.00am, we travel west of Hanoi to visit Duong Lam village, a purely agricultural village
of the Northern Red River delta where still preserve many hundred-year-old houses. It will be your unique
experience as you walk along tiny ancient alleys; visit Mong Phu temple in Mong Phu hamlet – the only
hamlet whose original village entrance gate remains intact, dedicated to national heroes. Have some talks
with the locals in their ancient houses by visiting the ancient houses of Mr Lam, Mr Ha and Mr Huyen.
Enjoy your special lunch with Vietnamese foods in an ancient house.
After resting, we continue driving to visit Mia Pagoda (other hamlet in Duong Lam village), is built in 15th
century and admire 287 statues of all sizes, among with are famous sculpture such as the statue of
Buddha in the Himalayas and the statues of the Eight Vajra Deities. Then visit Ngo Quyen temple and
Phung Hung temple, places dedicated to two national heroes Ngo Quyen and Phung Hung. Homestay
Option02: Moon Garden Homestay
You start the day from your hotel at 08.00am and travel west of Hanoi to visit Duong Lam village, a purely
agricultural village of the Northern Red River delta where there are, still preserved and in use as family
homes, houses – some over 400 years old.. It is a unique experience to walk along tiny ancient alleys and
visit Mong Phu temple in Mong Phu hamlet – the only hamlet whose original village entrance gate
remains intact, dedicated to national heroes. Have a talk with the locals in their ancient houses by visiting
the ancient houses of Mr Lam, Mr Ha and Mr Huyen. Enjoy your special lunch of the most authentic
Vietnamese food in an ancient house.
After resting, we continue driving to visit Mia Pagoda (other hamlet in Duong Lam village), built in 15 th
century and admire 287 statues of all sizes, among with are famous sculptures such as the statue of
Buddha in the Himalayas and the statues of the Eight Vajra Deities. Then visit Ngo Quyen temple and
Phung Hung temple, places dedicated to two national heroes Ngo Quyen and Phung Hung.
Continue to Ky Son village (4 km). Welcome to the old mandarin house.
- Take shower with fresh herbs perfumed leaves (lemon grass, pommelo, huong nhu, etc.. that you can
chose and pick yourself in the garden)
- Dinner and talk with the owner of the house about Vietnamese culture
- Traditional “Foot spa” before sleeping (put your foot in the warm water with traditional medicinal leaves)
Day 2: Duong Lam village – Ba Vi National Park (Cycling Distant: 40 – 55km) (B, L, D)
We leave from Duong Lam Village at 7.00am, bikes packed in the minibus. After a 2-hour highway drive
out of the bustling capital, we reach a small tea village bordering Ba Vi National Park. Time for a cold
drink if you like while your guide preps the bikes.
The tea village lies within a woven network of surrounding various plantations connected by a web of
small roads and trails that make up our biking route. We start our ride around the lush green of the tea
plantations. Tea is everywhere in these surroundings with various other farms scattered across the
emerald landscape. We then cycle through other areas where lychee, cassava, corn, rice and pineapples
are grown, stop by the big old tree standing like a lighthouse alongside the Da river, and finally end the
loop on a small road that winds between corn fields along the river. Ba Vi Homestead or Tan Da Resort
Day 3: Ba Vi National Park – Hoa Binh – Hanoi (Cycling Distant: 15 – 30km) (L, D)
Option01: Ba Trai Tea Village
There are nine villages within an area of 500 hectares specialising in growing and making traditional dried
tea from fresh, tender tea leaves. You are welcome to pick and help process the tea in a typical northern
house. After enjoying the tea experience, you may like to ride by bicycle through the tea villages to see
the laterite houses and take pleasure in seeing the Da River with its gigantic red silk cotton trees
(Bombax Ceiba) and corn fields on the sandbanks.
In any season, you can witness the wet rice cultivation that has been going on for here thousands of
years thanks to the Red, Lo, Thao and Da Rivers.
Option02: Ba Vi National Park
Ba Vi National Park features three prominent mountains: Hung King, Son Tinh Mountain God and Ngoc
Hoa Princess. Legend has it that Son Tinh Saint’s family lived here after defeating Thuy Tinh to marry the
youngest princess of Hung King. Son Tinh preserved Ba Vi Mountain for the everlasting life of the nation
and is one of four immortal saints of Viet Nam.
Sightseeing locations include:
- Son Tinh Saint Temple (Thuong Temple) at the height of 1,200m
- Ancient French church at a height of 800m
- Visit the primeval forest and take pictures of Da and Red Rivers from 700m
- All see the Cactus Garden at 200m.
Option03: Herbs village of Dzao Minority
Ba Vi Mountain was settled by the migrating Dzao Minority people over 800 years ago. Originally from
Tibet they followed their ancestor’s skills and earned their living by growing herbs for popular Vietnamese
traditional medicines which are plentiful in the forest of Ba Vi Mountain. The Ba Vi commune has 450
households and 2,000 people who specialised in collecting, planting, trading and processing natural
herbs which are successful in treating many kinds of disease such as, rheumatism, calcification of the
vertebra, haemorrhoids, hepatitis, nephritis. They also produce, bath herbs for lactating woman in order
for them to have good health.
Sightseeing locations: Visit the herb gardens and Chinese transcribed Dzao bibliographies, and see
hand-made embroidery products. You have the opportunity to purchase popular herbs (Vietnamese
traditional medicine) for the treatment of ailments and diseases
Option04: Lotus Lake
Take a ferry boat across the lyrical Da River to take in the view and aromas of the vast lotus lake. With an
area of more than 89 hectares, this is the biggest lake in the region. Visitors could try to use a local
coracle to collect lotus flowers during the blooming season (April to July), or fish, or just relax on the
thatched watchtower houses during other seasons. No matter what time of year, visitors will still enjoy the
sweet aroma of the lotus flowers.
Sightseeing opportunities include:
Lotus Lake.
- Hoang Xa church – most ancient wooden church of Vietnamese pagoda architecture.
- Thanh Thuy Hot Spring Spa: Its temperature ranges from 50°C to 60°C. This rare and valuable hot
spring is considered among the top 200 hot spring spas in the world, and helps in the treatment of skin-
disease, bones, digestion, and stress
Option05: Ba Vi – Da River – Hoa Binh
we continue cycling to Military K9 – Da Chong to ferry boat where we will cross Da River after riding along
the highland of HoaBinh, discover the beautiful landscape such as rocks, river and rice fiels after arrival
Hoa Binh we finish cycling. Driving back Hanoi.
Price Bicycle Tour Price From: 284$ Duration: 03 Days Operates: Year Round / On Demand
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