Description
Rural Hanoi Bike Tour 1/2 Day offers you the chance to get a good grasp of how local people’s lives unfold – from farmers working on their fields and gardens (wet rice cultivation) to children riding a bicycle to school (education system) and even daily chores such as shopping for grocery or communal gathering. Experience local history, culture, believes, relationship are well reflected by visiting or passing by pagodas, temples and shrines. You will be taken to visit 3 types of houses of local people : Traditional style house, French villa styled house, and popular narrow house or Tube shaped house. This is a unique opportunity as most tourists, especially those do not have long time in Vietnam, are not able to see a typical house of Vietnamese people.
Rural Hanoi Bike Tour Itinerary
8:00AM. Depart from hotel. Leave behind the hustle & bustle of the city to the outskirt where a small village locates, on the left bank of the Red river.
8:30 AM. Arrive in local guide’s house. Welcomed coffee, tea and snacks. Tour guides give a briefing session and self-introduction and about his village, tour, bikes.
9:00 AM. Start pedaling through small alleys to the Duong river’s bank. Then take a local boat ferry to cross the river to its left bank. Ride a bike along the dike, from villages to villages, where we can see many traditional typical houses; pagodas, temples, local market and be caught in the beautiful rice paddy fields, gardens of vegetables and corns.
Pedal up to a dike of the Red river, cross 2 villages outside of the dyke. We come in a local house in traditional style, have a conversation with the villagers to understand more about their lives, works. Cycling on the dyke along the Red river, we will see the meeting point of 2 rivers. We stop under an old tree by the river for drinks, snacks, and photos.
Heading back to the ferry. Crossing the Duong river by ferry again. Stop by a local temple, which is located by the Red river. By good luck, we have a chance to see a unique ceremony of Vietnamese people –“ Len Dong” or “ Going into a trance”. This ceremony is very interesting, and unique to foreigners.
Have a drink with a family in the village to know more about their life, and the changes of the village & surrounding area.
At around 12.30: take a taxi or car back to hotel.
Special Notes
This tour is flexible, so if you are in good shape, and if you are interested in spending most of the time for riding (not visiting houses & temple), the guide can lead you to Coloa – the ancient citadel to visit the vestige of the citadel, temples, beautiful back roads. Riding around villages then ride back to the dike of the Red river by different ways
