Itinerary

1. Day 1: Dong Hoi to Phong Nha National Park

   • Pick-up from the agreed-upon spot. Ride up to East Ho Chi Minh trail via some local villages to see rice fields as well as rubber & pepper plantations.
   • Go to Paradise cave and explore the geologically significant karsts that have been growing here for the past 400 million years. Trek 1.5 km to explore the region, take some beautiful pictures, enjoy the cool, fresh air in the cave.

   • Head to a local restaurant and enjoy a meal of BBQ meat and rice.

   • Visit the Dark Cave, where you can indulge in fun and challenging activities such as zip-lining, mud bathing, trekking in the cave, or kayaking and swimming in the Chay river.

   • In the evening, ride back to Phong Nha town to relax and enjoy local Vietnamese life with beer and BBQ.

2. Day 2: Phong Nha to Khe Sanh via West Ho Chi Minh Trail

   • After breakfast, start the journey from Phong Nha village and ride to Khe Sanh via the west Ho Chi Minh trail – a favourite stretch of road among bikers. The Ho Chi Minh Trail is a legendary road famous as the stretch from where the Vietcong used to supply arms to the south during the Vietnam War.

   • Travel along the banks of the Son River to the top of the national park, which is full of rice paddies and farmland cultivated by local farmers. You will ride the first 100 km through an old-growth jungle, with amazing waterfalls and beautiful landscapes, and get to explore the backdrop of Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park and the West Ho Chi Minh trail, a remote spot that tourists usually don’t get to see.

   • Stop at Van Kieu ethnic hill tribe village to see and understand how these people survive in the most remote place in Vietnam.

   • Continue driving, before stopping at another village for a scrumptious lunch.

   • After lunch, ride another 100km to the south to the town of Khe Sanh. Continue to follow the legendary Ho Chi Minh trail through the tops of the mountain range and fantastic valleys. There will be some stops at historic relics of the Vietnam war on the way.

   • Visit the Khe Sanh compass base before checking in at the hotel.

   • Upon arrival in the hotel, relax and have a cold beer, toasting to a fantastic day of adventure.

   Overnight stay in Khe Sanh.

3. Day 3: Khe Sanh to Hue via DMZ & Vinh Moc Tunnel

   • Set out for a ride towards Hue early in the morning. You will mostly be riding from West to East along Highway 9, and will pass famous Vietnamese war sites like Dakrong Bridge, Rock Pile, and the Doc Mieu base.

   • Visit the Truong Son National Cemetery; the biggest cemetery in Vietnam; to pay respects to soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the Vietnam war. 

   • After crossing the former border between North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel, arrive at the Vinh Moc Tunnel where villagers dug tunnels to move their village 23 meters underground to survive during the war.

   • Stop for lunch at Cua Viet beach, and go for a relaxing swim.

   • Drive along the coastline to arrive in Hue around 4:30 pm.