Want a suggestion of Motorbike Driving Places In The Central Of Vietnam? If you are taking a long day vacation, want to make a trip that is affordable and memorable, why not try riding motorcycle from South to North on Highway 1? Travelling through the central of Viet nam sounds challenging, right? Motorcycle lasts about 7 days, so you have to have a careful preparation and here’s a detailed itinerary:
Day 1: Ha Noi – Mai Chau
Day 2 : Mai Chau – Tan Ky
Day 3: Tan Ky – Phong Nha
Day 4: Phong Nha – Dong Hoi
Day 5: Dong Hoi – Khe Sanh
Day 6: Khe Sanh – Hue
Day 7: Hue – Hoi An
Day 1: Ha Noi – Mai Chau ( 140km)
Choosing Hanoi – Xuan Mai – Luong Son – Hoa Binh – Muong Khen – Mai Chau, just go along the national highway 6 to get to Mai Chau. As experienced of driving to Mai Chau by motorcycle, this is the shortest and fastest route to Mai Chau, besides there are countless beautiful scenery for you to watch along the road, sometimes it’s great to stop for a photo shoot as memory. The best way is to go through the sloping hill, where you can see the whole scenery of Hoa Binh and Thung Khe Pass, which is one of the most beautiful streets in Vietnam.
Motorbike driving to Mai Chau, drivers can stay in stilt houses , hostels or resorts. Stilt house in Mai Chau is mainly in Lac village and Poong Coong village of Thai ethnic group. Stilt house capacity of 40-100 people, full of blankets, pillows that are clean and cool.
Dining in Mai Chau, you can choose the restaurant in the town or hire cooks at stilt house who are very enthusiastic. The dishes you should enjoy are boiled fish and rice, forest shoots.
Day 2: Mai Chau – Tan Ky ( 290km)
Driving along the Ma river in the spectacular and paved trail to Cam Thuy town. You can have a lunch here and take a rest and keep going on Ho Chi Minh trail to Tan Ky town. When getting there you can stay in hostels or hotels.
Tan Ky is a province with many beautiful natural scenery, abundant tourist resources and a land of rich history. This place has both indigenous cultural colors and unique cultural identity, diverse in many regions.
Day 3: Tan Ky – Phong Nha ( 280km)
Motorbike driving on the Ho Chi Minh highway can lead you to Phong Nha – the well-known destination for majestic caves. Travel Phong Nha – Ke Bang you will admire one of the two largest limestone mountains in the world with a population of more than 300 large and small caves, known as the “cave kingdom” contains the beauty of creativity.
Day 4: Phong Nha – Dong Hoi (60km)
Phong Nha – Ke Bang belongs to Bo Trach district, about 50 km northwest of Dong Hoi city. Before driving to Dong Hoi by motorbike there is something interesting to play in Quang Binh, invite you to enjoy the moments immersed in the immense blue sea, discover the smooth sand shore at Nhat Le beach. With romantic lyrical scenery, Nhat Le beach is the most beautiful beach of Dong Hoi city and one of the top 10 most beautiful beaches in Vietnam.
Day 5: Dong Hoi – Khe Sanh ( 200km)
Quang Tri is a land of the central region of the country . This place has a peaceful landscape with the people of nature, rustic and historical memories are still clear.
Located on Highway 9, in Huong Hoa district, 63 km west of Dong Ha is Khe Sanh, a place that is extremely famous in history lessons due to its importance to the war. Khe Sanh is located in the middle of the Truong Son mountain, so it has an ideal climate, often like Da Lat climate.
Day 6: Khe Sanh – Hue (180km)
Approaching to the highway 9 and highway 1, you can get to Hue. You could have a breakfast to get energy to discover many things in Hue. And then you should check Hue Citadel out and stop by Thien Mu pagoda. After having lunch, you could visit Dong Ba market to buy souvenir and necessary stuffs. It would be missing if you don’t try Vy Da coffee in a romantic atmosphere. In the evening, you can have dinner while listening to music in Perfume River and then stroll around Truong Tien bridge which will make your motorbike driving memorable.
Day 7: Hue – Hoi An ( 145km)
If you drive along Hai Van pass, you can stop at the back pass to admire the scenery as Lang Co, Hai Van, … This will be a very interesting motorbike driving trip.
A Banh Mi and a cup of coffee in sidewalk is an ideal start for a travelers to set a beginning in Hoi An. Visiting Ancient House is next destination and checking out rice with chicken while having a cup of tea. Next, you could visit Kim Bong village and try street food.
Take a walk to see the old town at night, enjoy the fun activities such as boat (boat) on the Hoai River, drop flower lights, eat something in the food street near the bridge. There are lots of fun things to do in one evening and these activities are not expensive.
Day 8: Hoi An – Kon Tum (290km)
It’s a long day driving to get to Kon Tum. Firstly, striking back up to the mountains and reach to Lo So pass. You have to go through remote areas with Ba Na ethnicity and border with Laos and continue to Kon Tum.
Day 9: Kon Tum – Buon Ma Thuot (270km)
Motorbike driving to the Central Highlands of Vietnam, we go on with Buon Ma Thuot where produces the most and best coffee in Vietnam. When coming here, you can discover the Eakao lake, it’s not only famous for coffee but also well-known with wine. If you are tired of the beautiful scenery at the canteen or the coffee shop, why not try to conquer this majestic Draynur?
Day 10: Buon Ma Thuot – Nha Trang (190km)
National Highway 26 starts from Buon Me Thuot, runs east through KRongPak district, EaKar district, across Chu Prong mountain range and then to Mdrak district. At this point, National Road 26 begins with the Phuong Hoang Pass with winding mountain cliffs such as Chu M’Ta, Chu Kroa, Chu Mu. The pass will go to the coastal plain with the end of the highway is the town of Ninh Hoa – down the National Highway 1A about 40km, we will go to Nha Trang.
The road from Buon Ma Thuot mountain town to the coastal city of Nha Trang as a blue line, the beautiful scene is open continuously to make visitors go back and want to return to explore the beautiful route. You can take a rest by swimming in the clear and fresh water in pristine and beautiful beaches here.
Details Of Destinations
Mai Chau
About 170km from Hanoi, Mai Chau is a cultural tourism destination that is highly expected to discover by domestic and foreign visitors. Mai Chau appears in the eyes of tourists is a beautiful valley with thousands of green fields, hidden in the folds of the house nestled in the mountains covered with clouds. The famous place is the Lac village, with 100% ethnic Thai living there.
Motorbike driving to Mai Chau is an ideal destination for those who like to travel landscapes, tourist resorts, cultural tourism. A destination full of tourist style meeting the needs of many different objects and interests. This is also a very suitable destination for many types of travelers, you can organize camp fire, team building, organize social activities to help local residents.
Tan Ky
Located in the West of Nghe An, Tan Ky district was given many beautiful landscapes, unique land with a rich history of culture. Especially the people here are rustic, sincere, warm and hospitable. These are favorable factors for the local development of ecotourism in association with community tourism.
Phong Nha
For a long time , the natural and cultural heritage of the world Phong Nha – Ke Bang is a tourist attraction of Vietnam. With a length of 7,729m, Phong Nha is one of the longest water cave in the world. Driving here by motorbike, visitors will immerse themselves in the mountains of charming water, the majestic nature with countless exotic images that appear as the imagination of human imagination.
Phong Nha – Ke Bang most suitable travel time from April to August because the weather is quite convenient for sightseeing and tourism.
When visiting Phong Nha, avid drivers should try some famous destinations such as Phong Nha cave . The cave is 8km long, the cave has the longest underground river system in the world. In the Phong Nha cave visitors to the motor boat to the Son River to the cave. When you come to Phong Nha cave you will feel the cool air, especially in the summer when in the temperature of 17-20 degrees Celsius. Tien Son Cave : Visit Phong Nha can not stop visiting Tien Son cave is considered a pair of creatures, the famous sightseeing spots in Phong Nha. Come to Tien Son cave you will feel like you are in the realm of heaven, mysterious mystery. the world’s most magnificent, and the longest dry cave in Asia, surrounded by Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park is Heaven Cave. Hang En is the cave which is attracting the most domestic and foreign tourists in Vietnam, with rare scenery. Hang En is more than 1.6 km long, including 3 gates, the ceiling is 100 m high, the largest is 170 m. In the cave is a green stream flowing around leading to Mount Son Doong. On the ceiling with stalactite stalks in the shape of hundreds of swallow nest, bat, cave Beautiful and attractive but not everyone has the courage to explore the road to the cave is very dangerous to get lost.
Hue
Speaking of Hue, people often think of palaces, ancient temples bearing the ancient emperors. Everyone wants to drive to Hue by motorbike once to see the vivid evidence of the last feudal dynasty. Not only that, relaxed gentle nature and slow pace of life are factors make people fall in love with this destination.
Boat trip to Perfume River : Boating, floating on the river, enjoying Hue music and dropping flowers, visitors can gradually absorb the flavor, tone of Hue. If you want to rent a boat to go on the Perfume River, you can contact the boat station. Prices depend on which boat you choose.
Citadel: Imperial Citadel located inside Hue Citadel is the first place you should visit when traveling Hue. After more than 100 years, the massive architecture in the Citadel is only less than half of the original figure, but still carry the majesty of a feudal one. The city is quite large, you should spend about a day to discover all.
The pagoda has a romantic and peaceful view . Visitors to Hue can book cruise on the Perfume River to visit the temple within 2h. The pagoda is about 5km away from Hue city center, on the left bank of Perfume river, Huong Long commune.
From ancient times to now, Ngu mountain and Huong River are two of the most beautiful landscapes of Hue. When it comes to the Perfume River, people think of Ngu Mountain, and when it comes to Ngu Mountain, people think of the Perfume River. With the natural beauty , Ngu mountain and Perfume River become a loyal couple glue paint, always together as shown with pictures and to be one of the beauty of Hue tourism.
Hoi An
It can be said, every time drive to Hoi An by motorbike is a time to enjoy the different emotions, light pace of life makes people just want to stay forever without coming home. In fact, Hoi An is a tourist attraction that is always crowded with travelers, you can visit there any season in a year.
Starting from January until March or April , the atmosphere in Hoi An town is very pleasant, it is less rainy, the scenery is very poetic. It’s perfect to make an album of photos.
From August to September is also a beautiful time to admire the romanticism and tranquility of Hoi An. As the sky turns golden, the roads that have already become yellow are becoming “more” and more prominent than ever with the golden leaves of trees along the road to the old town.
What’s better than holding hands with a person you love while strolling around the romantic atmosphere.
That is the end of October and early November, Hoi An immersed in the rain suddenly. With some people, this time it is not convenient to visit . Hoi An on the rainy day, you just need to find a corner and have a cup of tea , watching the rain fall is enough to turn the time seems to be tedious become the most memorable moment in life.
There’re so many options for accommodation in Hoi An, you can stay at hotels or hostels and homestay.
When motorbike driving here you can visit: Hoi An ancient town , Cau Temple, Ancient house, An Bang Beach, Clubs, Thu Bon River.
Kon Tum
Kon Tum is the northernmost province of the Central Highlands, the border province with Laos and Cambodia, also known as the Indochina Fork. The climate in this area is similar to other Central Highlands provinces so December is also a nice time for you to come to Kon Tum. This is dry season but not hot as March . In addition, this is the time to bloom brilliant, golden rice across the streets and festivals of many ethnic groups in this area.
The area of Kon Tum City has quite a number of attractive destinations if you can take a chance for motorbike driving in Kon Tum you can not ignore the following destinations:
Kon Tum Church is Kon Tum Cathedral on Nguyen Hue Street, built in 1913, located in the heart of the city. This work is a combination of Roman architecture and Ba Na style stilts with very close wood material, making it a religious site with a highland character.
At the end of Tran Hung Dao Street, you will see the Kon K’lor Rong House. This is the largest traditional culture in the Central Highlands.
Going over the bridge, 6km further, you will go to Kon K’Tu Cultural Village. If you have a lot of time, you can stay in the village for one night (in the form of homestay) to be able to participate in cultural activities of the people here. Enjoying the wine by the fire in the communal house listening to the gong with the friendly Ba Na people. The next day, you can go down the Dak Blar line by canoe sightseeing river, or visit H’Lay Waterfall about 2km from the village.
If you like climbing and adventurous, you may be interested in conquering Ngoc Linh, Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve. This mountain is 2600m, considered the roof of the South, is part of the Southern Truong Son range.
Nha Trang
Motorbike driving to Nha Trang, you do not have to worry about where to stay, by the system of motels, hotels in Nha Trang spring up a lot.
One of the great tourist attractions in Nha Trang that you should not miss is Mun island. Not only the beautiful natural scenery, with the blue beaches, but when you come here also participate in many interesting activities such as snorkeling, coral reef, glass bottom boat, floating bar.
Opposite to the hustle and bustle of Nha Trang city is the calm and peaceful space of Ninh Van Bay, which is suitable for relaxing. Beside, at this attractive resort there are many interesting activities you should not miss such as: Surfing, Kayaking.
Tam island is considered as a beautiful tourist attraction in Nha Trang attracted large number of drivers to visit. Perhaps because of the beautiful beaches, romantic scenery has made attractive points for Tam island.
A point that any visitor to Nha Trang should visit when it comes to Nha Trang Dam market, the largest shopping center in Nha Trang. Coming to the market, the visitors not only see the beautiful architecture, unique, but also have the opportunity to find the goods that you love.
Nha Trang not only attracts tourists by famous landmarks, great architectural works, but also attracts tourists by many delicious dishes, specialties in Nha Trang such as milk cake , fish noodle soup.
Da Lat
Every season in Da Lat is all beautiful, However, the most reasonable time is from early November to March, late autumn, early winter and spring begin. In late October, the beginning of November is the season of blooming flowers. Spring cherry blossom bloom and many other flowers bloom, this is also the most beautiful season of the year.
Dalat has many famous and beautiful tourist spots. This city not only has many landscapes, but also a paradise for adventure tourism.
Xuan Huong River is a destination that motorbike drivers should drop by. Da Lat Station is the French-built train station is no longer open, open to visitors free. This station was once the most beautiful architecture in Indochina. One of the places not to be missed when motorbike driving to Da Lat.
Love Valley is so famous, referring to Dalat is a reference to the valley of romantic love.
Besides, you can visit the flower garden , Domaine de Marie Church, night market, The old villa on Tran Hung Dao Street and crazy house.
Homestay is the best choice you can consider when motorbike driving to Da Lat because of reasonable price.
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