Day 1: Hanoi - Mai Chau (L/D)
At 7: 00 depart from Hanoi to be far away from the busy city. At 8: 30 arrive in Luong Son town, begin to ride from Luong Son over Ninh Binh to Muong Khen. After a long riding, we stop for lunch in Muong Khen. Leaving Muong Khen to Mai Chau. At 17: 00 arrive in Mai Chau. Check in the local house. Time to hanging around the village to watch the peasants coming back from work or take photo shot when the sun goes down in the valley. Dinner in Mai Chau. Overnight at house on stilts. Optional: you can join a folk dance singing and dancing of Thai people.
Day 2: Mai Chau - Cuc Phuon National Park (B/L/D)
Breakfast in the Thai local house on stilts then follow by a ride trip around Mai Chau’s villages up and down hills. At around 12: 00, we have lunch in the village. At 13: 30 bus ride back to Muong Khen, 14: 45 arrive in Muong Khen, begin to ride to Cuc Phuong. Arrive in Cuc Phuong, check in the brick built house at the gate of national park. Dinner in Cuc Phuong. Fire party by the lake (optional). Overnight in Cuc Phuong.
Day 3: Cuc Phuong - Ninh Binh ( B/L/D )
At 8: 00 have breakfast in Cuc Phuong then start our fantastic riding under the shadow of trees to visit Ancient trees and the cave of Prehistoric men. At noon, we ride back to have lunch. A short break and continue our visit to the Endangered Species Center – managed by a German. At 14: 45 depart from Cuc Phuong, bike trip to Ninh Binh via pine – apple farm and villages like off the beaten track. Arrive in Ninh Binh in the late afternoon, check in hotel in the town. With our guide to have dinner. Free time at your own to walk around the peaceful town to have a real filter coffee or a cool ice glass of sugar cane juice. Overnight in Thanh Binh hotel in Ninh Binh town.
Day 4: Ninh Binh - Hanoi ( B/L)
Breakfast at the hotel and begin our trip with the bike trip to Tam Coc (3 caves). Boat trip in Tam Coc along the paddy fields through the caves then lunch served by in the “River side Restaurant”. At 14: 00 depart from Tam Coc to Hanoi. At 16: 30 arrive in Hanoi. Tour finishes at your hotel.
