Day 1: Hanoi – Mai Chau
08:00: get together at our bike store meeting point – 38c, lane 209, Doi Can street – view location.
Bike and helmet preparation to start our Mai Chau Pu Luong cycling tour
Our escort car will drive you to Luong Son where the national road 6 is quiet, the road face is alphalted
From Luong Son, you will start biking. Your first challenge will be the Kem Pass (Doc Kem) and to Hoa Binh and pass the second challenge of Kun Pass (Doc Kun – higher) to Muong Khen and approach Thung Khe pass (total 53km biking).
From there, we load our bikes into bus and continue driving to Mai Chau
Check in
Have some soft walk around the village
Dinner with traditional folk song of Thai ethnic minority performance
Homestay overnight in a house – on – stilt
Day 2: Mai Chau – Pu Luong – Kho Muong
Breakfast
Start biking on the national road 15c to Pu Luong Nature Reserve (46 km) then direction to Hieu village. This is a small but very nice village located inside Pu Luong
Dinner and homestay at Les Bains de Hieu Ecolodge.
Day 3: Guided walking and biking – Hanoi
Breakfast
Easy morning, depending on the season and your preference, you can stay at the lodge and relax, go for a walk or a bicycle ride around, or enjoy a nice canyoning itinerary. From the lodge, hike up the cascades to the village overlooking the valley. It is pretty easy, accessible to most of people and offers a unique experience in North Vietnam.
We have lunch at the lodge and then walk for about an hour and half to the road where our car can access. We drive back to Hanoi on the Ho Chi Minh road and should be there by 6pm.
Drop off at your hotel (accommodation here is not included)
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Destinations: Mai Chau (Hoa Binh), Pu Luong (Thanh Hoa)
Accomplished: 100 km
Elevation gained: Kun Pass, 1200m