Welcome to Hanoi, Vietnam's bustling colonial capital. Your driver will meet you when you touch down at Noi Bai International Airport and you’ll be taken to your hotel. Check-in and spend the rest of your time at your leisure.

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

7:45-8:15 am: Our guide will meet you at your hotel. The shuttle bus picks up. Enjoy the peaceful scenery as we travel through the countryside, farmland, and Red River delta.

12:00 – 12:30 Arriving at Tuan Chau Marina. Welcome aboard the cruise. Meet the captain, and crew, and join us for a welcome drink as we tell you about life onboard.

12:30: Check-in your cabin. Time to refresh.

13:00: Served a delectable lunch while cruising ahead to Ha Long Bay

14:00: Explore the Surprising Cave – the most beautiful cave in Ha long Bay. It is one of the widest grottoes in Ha Long Bay with thousands of stalactites and stalagmites.

15:30 visit Titop Island – swimming, climbing up to the Top of the Island – take the best view of Ha Long Bay. Continue cruising to the quiet area while enjoying the beautiful seascape on the way.

18:00: Enjoy the Sunset Party on the sundeck.

19:00 Dinner is served.

20:00 Socialize with other guests or just laze around

p/s: Please bring your passport, you can leave your luggage at the hotel.

Accommodation: Cruise in Ha Long Bay

6:30 – 6:45 Do Tai Chi or a photo hunt

7:00 Have breakfast on board while the boat starts cruising to the Natural Preservation Zone.

8:00 Kayaking to explore around the area or visit a floating house and learn about the daily life of the local fishermen who live there.

9:00 We board the cruise again. Take time to refresh and relax before checking out. Bags can be left in the luggage store.

10:00 Join in the Cooking Class, teaching you how to make our specifically (Spring rolls) before an early lunch is served.

11: 30 – 12:00 Disembark at the harbor, Tuan Chau Marina.

17:00 Arrival back at your hotel in Hanoi

Note: Timeline is just approximate

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Leave Hanoi for around a 6-hour scenic drive to Sapa, home to the ethnic minority people and famous for its breathtaking views of cloud-woven mountaintops and gaping valleys. Upon arrival, you will leave your luggage at the hotel and then do trekking to the Cat Cat Village.

Transfer to Sapa then spend the rest of that day on your own.

Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa

Have breakfast at the hotel and prepare a light pack for trekking

9.30: Trek from Sapa to Y Linh Ho then trek through the rice terraces and along Muong Hoa Stream to the Black Hmong village of Lao Chai to see the spectacular landscape of Hoang Lien Son Mountain.

12.30: Picnic lunch at Lao Chai Village

13.30: Heading to Ta Van village - home of Dzay ethnic people.

14.30: Bus picks you up at Ta Van Bridge to Sapa.

Accommodation: Hotel in Sapa

Today, you will have a whole day free and easy to enjoy and discover the Sapa town on your own.

In the afternoon, you will be taken to the bus station and take the bus back to Hanoi.

Arrive in Hanoi at about 9 pm, recheck in the hotel.

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Our tour starts at your hotel in and around Hanoi Old Quarter. You will be greeted by our guide and driver at your hotel lobby or our meeting point for a safety briefing, we then begin our adventure!

In the first part of our Hanoi motorcycle tour, we expose you to the REAL HANOI with a day-in-life experience, featured with the parts-unknown of the city with slices of life in the maze of backstreets, tiny alleyways, local homes, schools, random markets, and the black market, experiencing where and how locals live, work and play. Other travel companies show just you the beautiful and tell you to run away from the bad and the weird of your destinations. On Hanoi Backstreet Tours’ journeys, not only do we show you the good but we also expose the bad and the weird of your destinations as it is what it is. For us, the run-off-the-mill tourist sites are only the tip of the iceberg, the majority of your destinations remain hidden in the parts unknown.

In the second part of our Hanoi Motorcycle Tour, we pass by & stop at the MUST-SEE places of our beautiful city such as Ho Chi Minh mausoleum-the Mecca of Vietnamese, The 1000-year-old Buddhist and Taoist temples of Tran Quoc, the temple of Literature, the historical training track, the enchanting French Quarter, The hustling & bustling Old Quarter, the romantic lakes of Hoan Kiem, West lake, Hanoi Opera House & famous Long Bien bridge, etc.

In the third part of our Hanoi motorcycle tour, we also take you to the poetic & peaceful villages and floating communities along the Red river to enrich your experiences of the contrast in the harmony of life between the city and the countryside of Hanoi.

In the last part of our Hanoi motorcycle tour en route, you gonna stop at different AUTHENTIC LOCAL restaurants, eateries, and food stalls so you can savor the tastiest of the tasty dishes of Hanoi, including family heirloom and secret recipe dishes, local delicacies, and specialties.

Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi

Today, you will take the flight back home as per your schedule. Please provide us with your departure time, we will arrange a car to the airport for you.

Check in time: 14.00pm and check out time: 12.00pm