Hoian to Dong Hoi via the Ho Chi Minh trail  

The tour is designed for you to have an opportunity to see the real Vietnam, the countryside, get in touch with the ethnic minority people, find their cultures, eat delicious foods, swim in waterfalls, discover many famous places as My Son sanctuary, Khe Sanh base, Cua Tung beach, Vinh Moc tunnel, Phong Nha cave and DMZ etc…

Brief:

– Duration : 4 days/3 nights

– Distance: 630km

– Price: $65/person/1 day

Draft itinerary:

• Day 1: Hoian – P’rao
• Day 2: Prao – Khe Sanh
• Day 3: Khe Sanh – Phong Nha cave
• Day 4: Phong Nha cave – Dong Hoi

Itinerary:

Day 1: Hoian – P’rao (150km)

Pick you up at the hotel you are staying in Hoian, ride to the countryside. You can enjoy fresh air out of Hoian after only five minutes and stop everywhere you want. Ride to My Son sanctuary where is is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Hindu temples constructed between the 4th and the 14th century AD by the kings of Champa (Chiêm Thành in Vietnamese). The temples are dedicated to the worship of the god Shiva, known under various local names, the most important of which is “Bhadresvara.”

Continue to ride to villages along the road, you can spend hours in a small farm, talk with local people, find their cultures and lives. You can swim in the waterfalls, walk to pineapple farm and rice paper tiny building. The end of the day, you will spend the evening at the guesthouse in P’rao town.

Day 2: P’rao – Khe Sanh (200km)

Breakfast at hotel, ride to the amazing landscape along the Ho Chi Minh trail. The route is a straightforward one, with the isolation and scenery making it one of the most enjoyable routes you would have taken. The road will pass through lush, green jungle, there are very few other vehichles. The people along this section of the road rarely see foreigners and are very friendly, with children waving and adults smiling and nodding when we pass. You can climb up the hill, look at an amazing landscape before coming to Aluoi, a town suitable for a lunch and coffee stop.

Khe Sanh itself is a pleasant enough place, where the people are friendly and the food more than fine. These hotel are comfortable, while some excellent “Chao ga” would be had around five minutes’ walk from the hotel along the main strip.

Day 3: Khe Sanh – Phong Nha cave (200km)

Before heading east towards Dong Ha, Khe Sanh base is also well worth to visit, almost being the site of America’s Dien Bien Phu.

In the summer of1967, the PAVN commenced a number of small attacks on the base, home to America’s III Marine Amphibious Force. This turned into a far greater attack in January 1968, when two PAVN divisions attacked the base, forcing desperate American and ARVN rearguard action, with Westmoreland increasing total American strength during the battle to 45,000, including the 6,000 Marines at the base. By the end of the battle in April 1968, the American and South Vietnamese forces had suffered 7,480 casualties and the PAVN between 10,000 and 15,000, with the result being American abandonment of the base despite repelling the PAVN.

All that remains now is the perimeter of the base, which contains some American vehicles and aircraft, along with recreated bunkers and a museum.

The next adventures is Vinh Moc tunnel after having lunch at Cua Tung beach. During the Vietnam War it was strategically located on the border of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The tunnels were built to shelter people from the intense bombing of Son Trung and Son Ha communes in Vinh Linh county of Quảng Trị Province in the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.

The DMZ is next place to visit after riding along the Highway 1A. The demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam was established in April 1954 as a result of the Geneva Conference ending the war between the Viet Minh and the French. The DMZ in Vietnam officially lay at the 17th parallel; in reality, it extended about a mile on either side of the Bến Hải River and west to east from the Lao border to the South China Sea.

The end of the day, we will spent at hotel near Phong Nha cave.

Day 4: Phong Nha cave – Dong Hoi (80km)

Before finishing the tour at Dong Hoi, Phong Nha cave is the place to visit. It is a cave in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam. It is 7,729 metres long and contains 14 grottoes, as well as a 13,969 metre underground river. While scientists have surveyed 44.5 kilometres of passages, tourists are only allowed to explore the first 1500 metres. It is the second biggest cave in Vietnam.

Prices:

Inclusive:

• Guide
• Bikes and Helmets
• Fuel
• Riding gloves and raincoat
• Entrance fee
• Hotel room

Exclusive:

• All meals and beverage unspecified
• Travel insurance

Don’t worry about your luggage. We take care of that by tieing them at a back of the mortocycle. Your luggage will make your back never hurt nor your bum.