Day 1: Hanoi Arrival Pick up at Noi Bai Airport and transfer to hotel. Enjoying a Water Puppet Show. Day 2: Hanoi- Hoa Binh - Mai Chau (160km) Bus transfer to Hoa Binh. Biking 20 km before Hoa Binh town, and 50 km before Mai Chau valley (mountainous road). Day 3: Mai Chau - Cuc Phuong National park (120 km) Riding about 20 km small trails around Thai and Muong villages. Afternoon we will be transferred to Lac Son, and we will then cycle 40 km to Cuc Phuong National Park. Day 4: Cuc Phuong - Ninh Binh (~ 60 km) Visiting the Primate Rescue center where you could have much joy with funny languor species and admire the eco-loved German scientist and others working here. We then ride 20km through Cuc Phuong forest to the park center, tea break, then trek in 3 hrs round trip to the Tetrameles nudiflora (Sequoia) 1,000 years tree. Transfer out of Cuc Phuong in the afternoon then ride through rice fields, limestone rocks to Ninh Binh. Day 5: Ninh Binh - Hanoi (~ 100km) Morning riding to Tam Coc for 3 hours boat trip through villages, rivers, rocks to Hoa Lu Old Citadel then onto Ninh Binh town. Bus transfer to Hanoi. Tour ends. |