HANOI FULL-DAY COMBO: HALF-DAY CITY BY VINTAGE MINSK MOTORCYCLE & HALF-DAY BAT TRANG POTTERY VILLAGE

Overview

If you want to “kill two birds with one stone,” travel in style by veering off the beaten path when taking a city tour of Hanoi to see all of the city’s famed attractions, and then enhance your travel experiences in Hanoi by heading further outside of the city to the countryside of the Red river. The tour for you is Full Day Hanoi by Vintage Motorcycle & Countryside Jeep Tours.

A wonderful way to explore Hanoi’s sights, sounds, and tastes is to take a full-day excursion on a vintage motorcycle or in a Jeep through the countryside. The ideal approach to experience and learn about Hanoi’s true character as opposed to merely the typical tourist attractions. We would take you to many areas of Hanoi that you would not otherwise see or even think about, including the maze of winding backstreets, the busy streets, the old French boulevards, the off-roads along the Red River, and tasting the best meals Hanoi has to offer. You could also explore some of Hanoi’s well-known landmarks and attractions!

Then, we would take you on a Jeep tour across the countryside to the 1,000-year-old ceramic village of Bat Trang to show you what life is like outside of the city and to experience the quick changes that urbanization and industrialization have had on Vietnam.

Time departure: 08:00 – 16:00

Group size: 1 minimum and 6 maximum

Style of Tour: Join-group, however depending on the size of your group, you can request a specialized, PRIVATE tour.

Pick-up and drop-off services from hotels in the area of the Old Quarter in Hanoi. If not, we will pick you up at our Meeting Place – Hanoi Opera House at No 1 Trang Tien Street (https://goo.gl/maps/rZiqPyJqtk75gpR8A)

Price of the tour is USD 45 per person; children under 11 are discounted by 30%, and children under 5 are free.

HIGHLIGHTS: Full-day Jeep and Vintage Motorcycle Tours of Hanoi

Morning motorcycle tours around Hanoi include the following four sections.

Part 1: Discover Hanoi’s lesser-known areas    

– Riding through the tangle of backstreets, markets, and tight passageways.

– Diving into the motorbike rivers and the Hanoi street music.

– Travelling with your five senses at their peak: hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling…

– Taking in all that the city has to offer, good, bad, and weird.

– Viewing several slides of life behind the scenes, the unnoticed portions of the iceberg.

– Interacting with people where they reside, work, study, and pray.

– Creating cultural and interpersonal exchanges.

Part 2: The Best of Hanoi’s Classic Romance

– Travelling through Hanoi’s history chronologically, from the city’s ancient sections to its more recent sections.

– A tour of the captivating French Colonial Quarter and the energetic Hanoi Old Quarter.

– Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Presidential Palace, Ba Dinh Square, Temple of Literature, Tran Quoc Temple, West Lake, Truc Bach Lake, HoanKiem Lake, Opera House, Saint Joseph Cathedral, and railroad tracks are just a few of the must-see sights in Hanoi.

Part 3: Food Culture Experiences in Hanoi

– Indulging in 7–10 of Hanoi’s culinary delights

– Eating at impromptu street food stands and genuine neighbourhood eateries

– Heirloom recipes and special treats made by the family

– A special brand of egg coffee, moonshine from the area, green tea, sugar cane juice, puddings, and fresh local beer (Bia Hoi)

Hanoi countryside Jeep Tours in the afternoon

– Ride a vintage Jeep on a tour of the countryside surrounding Hanoi.

– Spend some time away from Hanoi’s busy streets.

– Gaining knowledge of Vietnamese farming and agriculture.

– Gaining knowledge of how rural life has changed as a result of urbanization and modernisation.

– Discover the history of the Bat Trang Ceramic village and the day-to-day activities of the locals.

Detailed Itinerary

Your hotel in or around the Hanoi Old Quarter is where our full-day Hanoi by Vintage Motorcycle & Countryside Jeep Tours begin.Our guide and driver will meet you in the lobby of your hotel or at the meeting location for a safety briefing before we start our journey.

Morning: Vintage Minsk Motorcycle tour of Hanoi

On the first leg of the journey, we introduce you to the REAL HANOI through day-in-the-life experiences, featuring the lesser-known areas of the city with snapshots of local homes, schools, random markets, and black markets, experiencing where & how locals live, work, and play. Other tour operators only show you the stunning parts of their destinations while warning you to avoid the unpleasant and bizarre ones. Along with highlighting the positive aspects of your destinations, Hanoi Backstreet Tours also exposes the negative and peculiar aspects of each place we visit.

For us, the typical tourist attractions are just the tip of the iceberg; the majority of your places are still undiscovered.

On the second part of the trip, you will come inside to visit the MUST-SEEE MUST-SEEE places of our beautiful city such as Ho Chi Minh mausoleum-the Mecca of Vietnamese, The 1000 year-old Buddhist and Toasist temples of Tran Quoc, 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.

Afternoon: Red River Delta rural exploration in a classic Gaz69 Jeep.

Take a picturesque route out of Hanoi’s congested streets, past the city’s outskirts, and into the countryside. We’ll cross the Red River bridge to get to the opposite side, where you can take in the calm scenery.

On our Hanoi rural trip, you will see the stunning countryside of Vietnam as you travel via backroads and alongside the Red River’s banks. Observe the locals at work as your guide introduces you to customary rural sights and activities.

We’ll continue our Jeep adventure by passing via Red River’s serene banana and vegetable agricultural region. Many opportunities to pause and take pictures of the stunning scenery and the villagers working on their fields will present themselves.

After that, we travel to Bat Trang, the largest pottery town in Vietnam with a 1,000-year history, where we stop by an established artisan family to learn more about Vietnamese cuisine and ceramics.

Inclusion

• Pick up and drop off.
• Vintage Minsk Motorbike & Russian Jeep.
• Experienced driver.
• Helmet & rain poncho.
• English speaking guide.
• All food & drinks.
• Entrance.
• All drivers are licensed and we provide local travel insurance, but we also recommend that you have your own.

Exclusion:

• Tips & personal expenses.