01 Day Hanoi – Ninh Binh Motorcycle Tour

Ninh Binh, Viet Nam
Excellent
Duration

01 Day

Tour Type

Specific Tour

Group Size

12 people

Languages

English, Francais, Vietnamese

01 Day Hanoi – Ninh Binh Motorcycle Tour – A wonderful day in which you will immerse yourself in the cultural space of a rural region in the Red River Delta and draw attention to the beautiful landscape with limestone mountains formed like Ha Long Bay. We’ll travel 30-40 kilometers into rural villages, across rivers, and through lanes between mountains and dwellings.

You will be able to tour the Trang An complex by bamboo boat. Because you live in space on King Kong Island, it will be one of your most memorable experiences.

Highlights

  • Explore the impressive architecture of temples and the Nguyen Dynasty’s history in Hoa Lu ancient capital
  • Be mesmerized by the towering limestone cliffs, lush greenery, and tranquil waters as you glide through the stunning scenery.
  • Visit Bich Dong Pagoda, with three temples built into a mountainside with stunning views
  • Discover the hidden gem of Thung Nham, a nature reserve filled with diverse flora and fauna, with various species of birds.
  • Across rivers, valleys, rural villages, rice paddies fields.

7:30: Your tour guide will meet you at the lobby of your hotel, get a safety briefing on how to ride the motorbikes and head out towards Ninh Binh by riding along QL1.

9:30 Arrive at Tam Coc. Then, we'll start our journey through the stunning countryside.

Explore the beautiful limestone mountains in the 4 suburban villages and visit local families to learn about their daily lives.

Travel to Thung Nham, which is famous for its airy natural landscape. Take in the breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains and forests.

Visit the Bich Dong Temple, a unique architectural masterpiece that offers tranquil dreaming scenery. Climb to the cave and explore the beauty within. Savor a delicious Vietnamese lunch at a local restaurant.

13:00 Afternoon Experience the enchanting beauty of Tam Coc

Afternoon Experience the enchanting beauty of Tam Coc as you board a traditional sampan boat and drift along the river, surrounded by picturesque towns, majestic mountains, and verdant rice fields.
Pass through the well-known caves, Hang Ca, Hang Hai, and Hang Ba cave, with locals who will share their knowledge and stories

Move to Hoa Lu and visit the temple's dedication of the kings who were the founding emperors of the past dynasty. Learn about the fascinating history of the area.
We complete our Ninh Binh motorcycle tour and transfer back to Hanoi city, arriving late in the afternoon.

Summary:

Distance: 190 km / Meals: Lunch / Accommodation: None.

  • Experienced tour guide on motorbike (dirt bike).
  • Dirt bike Honda XR150L, CRF150L, CRF250L, CRF300L, CB500X.
  • Gasoline and spare parts.
  • Lunches with non-alcoholic beverages (Vietnamese food, Western food costs extra).
  • All entrance fees, permits, tickets, boat trips, ferries, bamboo rafts, etc.
  • Vietnamese tea and drinking water.
  • Support vehicle for luggage transport, back up bike and service.
  • Personal expenses, personal medical insurance.
  • Drinks other than tea and local rice wine.
  • Single room supplement if you request a single room.
  • Motorbike protection pants, jacket, gloves, helmet, rain gear and other safety equipment at favorable rental rate.
  • Train or flight tickets before and after your tour.
  • Breakfast on the departure day and dinner on the return day.
  • Accommodation and food in Hanoi.

Fullday (+7hours)
Multi day

English
Francais
Vietnamese

Tour's Location

Ninh Binh, Viet Nam

How far is Ninh Binh from Hanoi? How long does it take to travel?

Ninh Binh, a captivating tourist destination in Northern Vietnam, is approximately 100 kilometers (about 62 miles) south of Hanoi's city center. The journey from Hanoi to Ninh Binh can be covered in around 2 hours and 30 minutes by motorbike.

Do I need a motorbike license to ride in Vietnam?

“Do I need a motorbike license or which kind of motorbike license are legal to ride in Vietnam?” Is a quite popular question and it’s still complicated to give the clear answers.
Relating to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic in 1968, International Drivers Permits (IDP) are legal here in Vietnam if your home country has signed agreement at the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, and your motorbike license from your home country must be registered on the IDP. The UK, Australia and many other countries did not sign the agreement at the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic and their licenses are not recognized in Vietnam.
So depending on from which country you get the IPD, you can ride in Vietnam legally or not; however, it’s just the law, it’s pretty easy on the road. The local people and policemen are quite friendly with foreigner tourists so if you can ride a motorbike well and especially with a local tour guide, NOBODY will care about your license or stop you when you are on tour with a local tour guide.
In addition, it’s now easier to Convert your regular motorbike licenses into IDP or local motorbike licenses in Vietnam that you can ride legally in Vietnam.

How about Vietnam Visa?

The most important thing is to make sure your Vietnam visa is stamped with the correct dates. The standard tourist visa is valid for a period of up to 30 days. If you’re going for less than 30 days you can either specify the exact dates, but it is probably best to ask for the maximum period to give yourself more flexibility. Processing normally takes between a week and ten days, but longer for overseas Vietnamese.

What exactly is a guided motorcycle tour?

Specifically referring to the “guided” tours, this means that a motorcycle-riding guide, a support truck driver, or some combination of specialists in the area you’ll be traveling will be guiding you along the way. Guided tours typically have the hotel package, meals, and other features included in the tour, so without a doubt, this is the most convenient type of tour to take. For guided tours, simply reserve your spot in advance, show up at the airport on the designated date with your motorcycle gear, and we take care of everything else for you then. Just relax, ride, and enjoy! 

What is a “private” group motorcycle tour?

It’s exactly what the name implies: A group that consists entirely of just yourself, or just the group of friends, family, or coworkers that you’d like to share a great riding experience with. When you see a guided tour listed on our website with fixed departure dates, those trips are open to the public, so anyone from around the world could end up riding together to fill out the group. In between those “public” dates, we have many opportunities to guide your private group without allowing outsiders. Please keep in mind, the more people you have, the lower the per-rider cost for a private group tour. As there are common or “fixed” costs like the guide(s), their hotels, food, salaries, etc., the more people you have in your private group, the less of the “fixed” costs each rider needs to pay.

Is it safe to ride motorbikes in Vietnam?

The most popular question and its hardest question is that “is it safe to ride in Vietnam?” It’s hard to give the correct answer because it’s depending on each rider’s riding skill or each person’s carefulness… but you should trust the ones who did a long motorbike tour in Vietnam. All the bikers after doing Vietnam motorbike tours with us usually say traffic in Vietnam is funny or crazy. Some people say you should forget all the rules when you ride in Vietnam “NO RULES in Vietnam”. It is almost right because the local people do not ride carefully, they get the license easily, some people can buy license easily so they don’t ride carefully with almost ‘No rules. We can say it’s not very safe to ride motorbikes in Vietnam. However, it’s only true for the one who ride themselves. If you can ride after a local tour guide who can take you on safe and unique routes, you will never die in Vietnam.

How to book a motorcycle tour with you?

To book our trip, please select your preferred trip and click on “Book now” on web page. Our booking form wizard will automatically call the trip name and ask you to fill out some fields for information. Once completed filling the form, you just click Submit to send us your enquiry or reset to cancel what you have filled up. After receiving your reservation request, we will immediately make all the necessary arrangements in accordance with your request. This will take less than 1-2 business days, and we will send you our confirmation message by e-mail with all the details of tours, the booking status and also payment term.

Tour Difficulty

Level 1 – These routes are the most basic we offer either as guided or self-guided trips. Such a route will be completely paved (except for a possible gravel driveway or road construction spot,) and generally don’t have much in the way of complicated twists and turns. Factors like altitude, weather, wind, traffic, etc. are of a minimum concern to the average motorcycle rider.

 

Level 2 – These routes are typically either completely paved, or almost completely paved, but may contain about 1-5% or so of simple hard-packed gravel/dirt necessary to proceed in spots along the same itinerary. (Customization may always be possible in

order to avoid this, so inquire further.) The riding will likely have some twists and turns, and factors like weather,

altitude, wind, and traffic are typically not a concern, but may not be perfect of course during your trip. (Please keep in mind, just because a tour might be a "Level 2" does not mean it is boring! All routes on our website are chosen for being the most fun, interesting, and beautiful ways to ride through each country or region shown.)

 

Level 3 – These routes can be anywhere from about 25-75% off-pavement (see your specific route’s description.) A significant amount of gravel, dirt, light sand, or riding on rocks can be expected, so generally speaking, motorcycle riders who have ridden on this type of terrain previously and successfully on the same or similar motorcycles won’t have a problem when on the motorcycles used for these routes. However, these routes might be graded as a Level 3 due to factors like rough weather, altitude, high winds, or some long days that will test a rider’s endurance.

Travel Insurance?

Personal/travel insurance is not inclusive in this tour, it requires that you have adequate and valid travel insurance covering medical and personal accidents, including repatriation costs and emergency evacuation. We recommend using World Nomads’ travel insurance.

What's included in the tour cost?

Motorbike.

English Speaking Guide.

All meals, water and soft drinks on tour.

Accommodation in Local home-stays and guesthouses – twin share.

Petrol, oil and mechanic on tour.

Riding gear: open / face helmets.

Rain poncho.

Spacious saddle bags & plastic bags to pack clothes in.

Bungee cords and tie downs.

Permits, tolls and entrance fees.

Food and Accommodation while touring Vietnam by motorbikes?

Most of our motorcycle tours in Vietnam are off the beaten tracks to noon touristy/ unknown attractions…so we hope you understand and do not expect too much to have luxury hotels with plenty choices of fancy meals. We do have some tours to big towns/cities in Vietnam where you can stay in luxury hotels with fancy meals are available…however, most of our tours have just basic hotels. We will surely choose the best hotel in the region where we stay but they’re just basic standard ones but as you know the experience to ride off the beaten tracks to these remote areas is worthless.

Accommodations:

As mentioned all of our motorbike tours are off the beaten tracks so we will do stay between hotels and home-stay.
+ Homestay: Staying at homestay is a special experience that you can’t miss during the bike tours in Vietnam. All the homestays are legally licensed by Vietnamese government to ensure the safety, hygiene…and they are well chosen by experienced guide team of Vietnam Motorbike Tour Expert to make sure your stays are worthy, enjoyable and memorable. All the homestay we choose are nicely wooden houses, they are all traditional typical houses in the region with friendly hosts who can cook great local food that can meet expectation of any foreigners. In addition, the view of the homestay is of the important factors for to choose. Most of the homestay have a great view of countryside /nature and well connecting with the community.

+ Hotel: We would like to say again, during our Vietnam motorcycle tours, we will pick the best hotels in towns but they’re almost in the remote areas where you can only find the basic standard hotels: They all will have free Wi-Fi, hot shower, clean and western-styled toilet…and a great view of nature.

 

Which season is the best time to ride in Vietnam?

Every season in Vietnam has its own beauty and unique color. Spring is from February to April and you will see different shades of green everywhere in the north. This is usually the best time to ride.

Summer lasts for approximately 5 months through to the end of November. It is also the rainy season.

The scenery in the mountains is both colorful and diverse and that is when the rice harvest takes place. September and October you will see stunning views of the rice terraces where the whole landscape turns yellow. The experience is amazing. Winter starts from mid-November and lasts until early February.

How can I meet you in Hanoi or somewhere else?

You should book your own hotel in Hanoi, you can try websites like Agoda.com, Booking.com…They have competitive prices with what you can book in person. We will meet you and take you to our office where you will be briefed on the tour schedule. You will be given a map, all riding gear including wet weather gear, helmets if required, waterproof bags, and saddle bags.

* We don’t endorse them they seem to do a good job.

Can you book me a hotel in Hanoi?

We can book you any hotel in Hanoi or in any other city that you request. We recommend a standard hotel (2-3) stars in order to save costs. The rates are usually $30-$50 USD per night.

We can also arrange airport welcome pickup and farewell departure to and from hotel, at your request.

Should we need to bring some cash?

In terms of costs, we cover everything except telephone calls, tips, souvenirs, alcoholic drink and personal medical insurance. As there are often some impressive minority crafts to be found in the markets or some more bizarre products of Chinese origin bank on US$150-200 extra.

Do I need to bring my own riding gear?

In almost every situation, “YES,” you need to bring your own riding safety and protective gear, as most of our operations do not offer gear you can rent. Please confirm this with us as you’re selecting a trip, and also if you want some riding gear recommendations, prepare for every situation possible and make sure you’re well protected for riding.

What kind of physical condition do I need to be in?

This answer actually does not vary from tour to tour, as we hope you are in excellent physical and mental condition anytime you plan on riding a motorcycle. As with other topics, let’s discuss what shape you’re in and the type of tour you’re planning on to make sure there’s a match.  However, our “approval” of your condition does not take the place of a trusted doctor’s evaluation, which is something we strongly encourage you to seek before any tour or rental.

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01 Day Hanoi – Ninh Binh Motorcycle Tour
Nellie C. Robinson
11/26/2024

Ninh Binh Motorcycle Tour : Amazing

We had an amazing trip in Ninh Binh. We tried the motorbike riding in Ninh Binh to admire all the beauty of the fairy land. All are amazing, majestic mountains, the poetic river. Our guide was also amazing and informative. He made me great day. Thank you. Ninh Binh Motorcycle Tour : Amazing
01 Day Hanoi – Ninh Binh Motorcycle Tour
Jason D. Silber
11/26/2024

Ninh Binh Motorcycle Tour - fun experience!

Wonderful and fun experience! Wonderful experience from start to finish! Got to see so much in a day. The tour was well organized and plan perfectly. Order of destinations gave us the chance to avoid crowds and enjoy a great weather. Ninh Binh Motorcycle Tour
01 Day Hanoi – Ninh Binh Motorcycle Tour
Glenn B. Matos
11/26/2024

Perfect Ninh Binh tour!

Perfect Ninh Binh tour! Our favorite part was the boat ride on the Tam Coc River. We got to relax while a lady rowed the boat with her feet. The river winds through a beautiful valley and passes through three caves. Highly recommended!
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