Best time to visit Bac Son by motorbike

Bac Son fields have stunning beauty because of the splendid yellow color of ripe rice among the identical majestic mountains, and it is extremely hot destination to young people who love doing Vietnam motorcycle tours to the most beautiful places in Vietnam.

Bac Son looks the most amazing in the harvest season

Bac Son valley is located in Bac Son district, Lang Son province, about 160km from Hanoi, so it takes 4 hours for riding to this land. Most of Vietnam motorcycle tours to Bac Son will follow the rout from Hanoi to Thai Nguyen city, pass Gia Bay bridge and ride straight about 80km more to reach Bac Son town.

The road of your Vietnam motorbike rides which leading to Bac Son is very convenient to all means of transportation, even with bicycles. The road is flat and has not as many passes, slopes as the road leading to Hoang Su Phi or Mu Cang Chai…

Bac Son fields look the best in July. Rice in Bac Son has its own beauty because the fields are surrounded by limestone mountain ranges stretching almost endless. Sunrise and sunset are the best times to see the sunlight spreading on the fields and on the high mountains and create a fantastic picture of Bac Son in the harvest season.

Bac Son has an amazing small lotus lake. This kind of lotus is the same with that in the homeland of Ho Chi Minh leader. Although this year, lotus flowers in famous places as Xuan Dinh, Bac Ninh, Ninh Xa look very small and not beautiful at all, in Bac Son, the lotus flowers are very big, fresh, the lotus petals are thick and have light pink color.

If you love photography, do Vietnam motorbike tours to Bac Son in July. Up to now, the most popular place where tourists and photographers flocking to there to gain the best view of Bac Son is the viba station on Na Lay mountain.

However, this year, local people have just inaugurated a new place which is very convenient for hunting sunset and beautiful pictures: on a mountain peak which is 1,5km from Na Lay mountain. In the near future, backpacking riders doing motorbike tours in Vietnam have a plan to discover and conquer more and more wonderful mountain peaks to have better photos.

Accommodation in Bac Son is hotels and home-stay with very cheap price. Hotel and guest house is about 150,000 to 250,000vnd/room, home-stay is 70,000 per person. Backpacking riders love staying overnight in home-stay in Quynh Son cultural village.

In addition, if you want to enjoy local culture via dancing and singing, you can ask the host to organize the program. If you can not arrange time for a motorbike tour in north Vietnam to Bac Son in July, you can come here in October, the season of Tam Giac Mach flowers.

You can combine your Vietnam motorcycle trip to Bac Son with visiting Dang Mo waterfall which is 20km from the town center, where you can enjoy the cool water and contemplate the poetic beauty of mountains and forests. Riding to Bac Son, tourists should spend time on visiting hill tribe villages of the Tay, Nung, Dao and eating their special local food.

Sung La is a worth to visit in the itinerary of Vietnam motorcycle tours to Ha Giang

Believe in us that Sung La is a worth to visit in the itinerary of Vietnam motorcycle tours to Ha Giang province, Vietnam. Sung La lies on the National road No.4C which connects all towns in Ha Giang.

Riding from Yen Minh to Dong Van town, to the T-junction of Pho Bang, you can see a beautiful pass embrace an amazing green valley. It is also the highest and the most beautiful point of your Vietnam motorbike rides to contemplate the whole fantastic scenery of Sung La. Sung La is the most beautiful highland commune in Dong Van Karst Plateau.

From the high roads to look down to Sung La, you will see Sung La lies among the rugger rock mountain ranges, this land looks like a peaceful and charming natural picture with the solid houses with roofs faded because of time.

On the ground or on the upstairs, corn and soybean are dried. Doing your Vietnam motorcycle trip to Sung La, you will see many girls sitting and weaving at the loom. Although she can not speak much Vietnamese or English, she is willing to invite you a bowl of water to reduce your thirst.

The H’mong people which are very familiar to you through your Vietnam dirt bike tours in Sung La grow Tam Giac Mach flower on the high hills and grow corn and rice at the flat land of the valley bottom. The picture of Sung La is very colorful with green color of corn, violet color of Tam Giac Mach flower, yellow color of sunlight and dark green color of Samu forest.

Spring is the best season in Sung La when many kinds of flower bloom everywhere. The white color covers the whole karst plateau. The flower gardens make the cold and severe land become very lively and amazing.
The simple and friendly local people make Sung La become more attractive. The children with many colorful scarves are playing and singing near their houses, on the roads or along the fields, they are always smiling with tourists who ride Vietnam motorbike tours to this land and very happy to take pictures with them.

The beautiful and unique scenery of Sung La make it becomes the place appear in many famous films of Vietnam. A lot of tourist when doing Vietnam motorbike trip to Ha Giang spend their time to ride to Sung La to take fantastic photos because Sung La is very beautiful.

People in Ha Giang compare Sung La as an oasis because this village lies totally inside Dong Van Karst Plateau. Although life here is very hard, you still see big smiles on the H’mong girls’ faces.

Lying highly and dangerously on the mountain sides covered by cloud and fog all year round, although life here is very hard, you still see big smiles on the H’mong girls’ faces. Riding Vietnam motorcycle tours to this land, you will never forget your time in here.

Travel to Hoi An and unforgettable 15 experiences

Along Hồ Chí Minh trail, you can do Vietnam Motorcycle Tours from Hanoi to Hội An, a very famous and stunning destinations that most of foreigner wish to come when they visit Vietnam.

And here are some fantastic experiences that you should have when stopping in Hoi An for about 1 or 2 days. It is no doubt that Hoi An is a highlight in the whole motorcycle tour in Vietnam.

1. Riding bicycle to discover the ancient town: The ancient town is quite small with very special ancient style architecture; therefore, so many tourists choose bicycles as the main mean of transportation to discover Hoi An.

2. Eating roadside sweet soup:  Hoi An is famous for corn sweet soup, black bean sweet soup, green bean sweet soup, lotus seeds sweet soup... These kinds of lotus seeds sweet soups are very cheap and tasty.

3. Having breakfast in the market where selling so many local specialities: The popular dishes for breakfast here are Cao Lau, Quang noddles, Beo cake…After having breakfast, you can walk around the market to discover the kinds of vegetable and some kinds of simple cakes the local sell.

4. Enjoying the best bread in the world through your Vietnam motorbike rides: Phuong bread: Hoi An bread is very small. The main ingredient is meat. The highlight of Phuong bread is its very delicious inside: pork, fresh herbs, salad and sauce. Although you have try different kinds of breads in different destinations in the itinerary of your Vietnam Motorcycle trip, you will find Hoi An bread is the best.

5. Drinking street vendor coffee: Tourists will drink short cup of coffee. The milk coffee is usually divided into 3 different levels: milk, coffee and ice. When drinking, visitors have to stir it to have the best taste.

6. Sewing clothes in the old town: Many tourists agree that sewing service in Hoi An is very fast and beautiful. After requesting only several hours, the tailor finishes his work and you will have very beautiful clothes. Even when you can not wait, the shop will send your clothes to the address you provide.

7. Swimming at Cua Dai beach and eating fresh seafood. In addition, you can come to Cua Dai in the evening to see the shimmering sea under the oil lamps.

8. Reading books at An Bang beach, one of the most untouched beaches in Vietnam voted by CNN.

9. Taking a boat trip on Thu Bon River to contemplate gorgeous sand dunes, smell the scent of rice, and look at mountains on the both sides of the river ... Also have a dinner with friends, singing guitar on the drifting boat are also interesting.

10. Visiting Tra Que vegetable village to learn more about the characteristics of different kinds of vegetable planted here.

11. Riding Vietnam Motorbike Tours to Kim Bong carpentry village in Cam Kim commune to hear the story told by artist about their ancestors who were invited by Nguyen kings to the capital to build and renovate many buildings.

12. Walking to discover Hoi An: From 17:00 every day, all the main streets in Hoi An prohibit vehicles, only for walking people. The places that you should visit are Tran Phu str., Nguyen Thi Minh Khai str., Nguyen Thai Hoc str., Japanese bridge, Phung Hung ancient house…

13. Sitting in one of the coffee shops in your Vietnam motorcycle travel to Hoi An which have river view: In the daytime, you can look at many old houses, tourists who cycling leisurely. With the same location, in the night time, you will see a lot of lanterns, flower boats, and stream of people.

14. Dropping flowers: On the 1st and 15th days of each month, Hoi An has dropping flower festival.

15. Taking photos: The main color of this ancient town is the warm yellow color, so no matter style you choose to shoot the town, the photos are still very beautiful and soulful.

If you want to do Vietnam Motorcycle Tours in Vietnam, please add Hoi An into your itinerary.

How to spend your 2 days in Sai Gon, Vietnam

Here is a very interesting Vietnam Motorcycle trip itinerary in Sai Gon in only 48 hours:

Day 1:

Morning:
The first place to visit in the morning in your motorbike tours in Vietnam should be Ben Thanh market. You can have you breakfast here with a delicious bowel of Pho and please do not forget to order an iced coffee with condensed milk. It is very convenient to ride from Ben Thanh market to the Fine Arts museum in 97 Pho Duc Chinh str. The museum has a big collection of Sai Gon pottery, long lasting precious and rare pictures, historic arts ranging from 7th century to early 20th century…

After visiting the museum, you can ride Vietnam Motorbike Tours to Bitexco building, which is just 1km more. From the 49th floor of the building, you will have a chance to see the nice view to the big area of Sai Gon and you can take so many photos also. Then, if you feel thirsty, try to drink a cup of tea at Plantrip Cha, this tea shop has a lot of kinds of unique tea that make you feel relaxed after drinking. If you feel hungry, come to have lunch at Secret Garden restaurant (158 Pasteur, District 1), the restaurant is located on the terrace of a quiet house in an alley with so many tasty Vietnamese style dishes and countryside atmosphere.

Afternoon
After a short rest at noon, if the hotel is near Le Duan str., you can have a walk to this street to visit Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral, Sai Gon center post office – the symbol buildings of Sai Gon. Follow the 30/4 street to reach the Independence Palace, you will have time to discover the historical building with so many interesting stories.

Evening:
When the city is lightened, riding Vietnam Motorcycle Tours during this time will be very great. You can ride to District 2 to eat grilled seafood and drink some glasses of cold beer. Sai Gon has a great night life so you do not have to worry about where to go for entertainment. Have a stop at a live music bar to listen to music, enjoy cocktail and look at the city from the eighth floor of M Bar in Majestic hotel.

Day 2

Morning
Start your morning with a breakfast at Cho Lon in District 5, one of the oldest markets in Sai Gon and it is also the largest Chinatown in Vietnam. Here sells so many products made by Chinese and Vietnamese people; therefore, it is a good place for you to buy souvenirs. Besides, you can visit Thien Hau Temple and Phuoc An Hoi Quan pagoda to learn more about Buddhist architecture and culture here.

Vietnam Motorbike trip back to District 1 to have lunch, Propaganda Bistro restaurant in Han Thuyen str. is an ideal restaurant for lunch.

Afternoon
In the second afternoon, you should spend time of your Vietnam motorbike rides on visiting War Remnants Museum in 28 Vo Van Tan in District 3 to learn more about the fascinating history of the nation. In the late afternoon, visit Saigon Zoo And Botanical Garden in Nguyen Minh Khai str. district 1.

Evening
In the evening, please do not be miss the chance to enjoy cold beer with Da Lat flavor, lemon flavor, lemon grass flavor…at Pasteur Street Brewing Company (144 Pasteur, District 1). Finally, you can spend the rest of time of your Vietnam Motorcycle Tours in fantastic bars such as The Observatory in District 1 or Cargo Bar in District 4.