Lao Cai Trip Overview
This 3-day mountain biking tour provides you with a chance to enjoy the beauty and peace of countryside landscape and villages in Sapa. Joining this tour, you will ride the bike and stroll around the northwest of Sapa with the most picturesque and inspiring valley of the growth forest, tea plantations and green rice fields. You can visit some hill tribe villages and observe their everyday activities. Let join us for memorable experiences.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Lao Cai, Vietnam
Trip Category: Walking & Biking Tours >> Bike & Mountain Bike Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Lao Cai, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam
This 3-day mountain biking tour provides you with a chance to enjoy the beauty and peace of countryside landscape and villages in Sapa. Joining this tour, you will ride the bike and stroll around the northwest of Sapa with the most picturesque and inspiring valley of the growth forest, tea plantations and green rice fields. You can visit some hill tribe villages and observe their everyday activities. Let join us for memorable experiences.
Itinerary
Day 1: Lao cai – Sapa – Than Thuoc
Stop At: Thac Bac Waterfall (Silver Falls), Sapa Vietnam
Once you arrive at Lao Cai Railway station, you will be greeted and picked up there by a local guide and a driver.
Then, you will be transferred to the starting point of the tour which is the stunning Silver Waterfall.
Once you arrive there, you will take the 3-km climb up to the highest mountain pass in Indochina. Reaching at the top of the mountain pass, you will have the chance to enjoy and marvel at the fantastic view of Hoang Lien Mountain. Don’t forget to keep your camera handy to capture these spectacular images of nature
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
After that, you will be equipped with a quality mountain bike to experience a biking journey of 20km to Than Thuoc which is a charming small tea town. You will challenge yourself with some rocky parts of the road. After exploring the town, you will spend a night in a local guest house.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at local guest house
Day 2: Than Thuoc – Than Uyen
Stop At: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
After having a big breakfast and charging enough energy for the coming adventure of the day, firstly, you will be driven up a steep mountain pass to the starting point of your biking tour. Upon your arrival there, you will start cycling downhill of 20km to reach Than Uyen village. You will pass through valleys and see the growth forest, tea plantations and green rice fields surrounding you. You can enjoy not only these peaceful landscapes but also the cool fresh air of the mountainous area.
You will stop and have lunch in Than Uyen. After a short rest, you will have the chance to experience a wonderful afternoon by cycling to some villages of local ethnic minority groups, including the interesting Lu people with their distinctively black teeth. You will follow some single track trails to get there.
After exploring all those villages, you will head back to Than Uyen. There, you will have dinner and stay for an overnight in a local guest house.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at local guests house
Day 3: Than Uyen – Lao Cai
Stop At: Lao Cai, Lao Cai, Lao Cai Province
From the guest house in Than Uyen, you will ride about 40km to discover the other side of the spectacular Muong Kim valley.
During the journey, you will stop at many beautiful villages of hill tribe communities to observe, explore and learn more about the traditions and daily activities. In addition, you will marvel at stunning sceneries there. Don’t forget to bring along your camera to take photos of them.
Once you arrive at Van Ban, you will enjoy lunch and a short rest in a local restaurant.
After lunchtime, you will get on a minivan waiting for you at Van Ban to transfer back to Lao Cai.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
