Vietnam · City Tours

Best Hanoi Motorbike Tour: Local Guide, City Center & Countryside

4 Hours Round trip from Hanoi Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Explore Hanoi by motorbike with a local English-speaking guide
  • 02 See major landmarks including Tran Quoc Pagoda and the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum area
  • 03 Cross historic Long Bien Bridge and visit local streets and markets
  • 04 Pass Hanoi Opera House, Hoan Kiem Lake, and Ly Thai To Statue
  • 05 Visit Hoa Lo Prison Museum or an alternative site such as the Temple of Literature
  • 06 Enjoy one Vietnamese traditional dish during the tour
  • 07 Experience parts of Hanoi that tour buses and cars cannot easily access

Discover Hanoi from the back of a motorbike on a guided tour that combines well-known landmarks with everyday local life. Ride through the city center and beyond to see historic sites such as Tran Quoc Pagoda, the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum area, Long Bien Bridge, Hanoi Opera House, Hoan Kiem Lake, and Hoa Lo Prison Museum, while also exploring local streets, markets, and neighborhoods that larger vehicles cannot easily reach.

Along the way, your local English-speaking guide shares stories about Hanoi’s history, architecture, and culture. The experience also includes a Vietnamese traditional dish, making this a lively and immersive way to see both the iconic sights and hidden corners of the capital.

Discover Hanoi from the back of a motorbike on a guided tour that combines well-known landmarks with everyday local life.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 4 Hours
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access No
City Hanoi
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

8 A.M or 2 P.M: Pick up from pick up points. Our guide will tell you  brief guidance of safe sitting in the back of motorbike + Itinerary of your tour that day, then drive to visit:Outside area of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum to learn about his life and the structure of this construction.Tran Quoc Pagoda - the more than 1500 year old pagodaCeramic Mosaic- which holds the Guinness World Record for being the largest ceramic mosaic on the planet.Long Bien Bridge - It was built from 1899 to 1902, At 1.68 kilometers (1.04 mi) in length, it was one of the longest bridges in Asia ( at that time )Visiting local market, and sightseeing in Ngoc Thuy District.Hanoi Opera House- One of the remains of French architectural construction left in Vietnam.Lý Thái Tổ Statue  and Hoan Kiem LakeHoa Lo Prison Museum ( Hanoi Hilton)- was a prison used by the French Colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners and later by North Vietnam for U.S Prisoners of  War during the Vietnam War .During this later period it was ironically known to American POWs as the Hanoi Hilton.

(This place can be replaced by The Temple of Literature or the other places in this city with 5 km from Hoan Kiem lake)

12:00 or 6 P.M: Lunch time or Dinner with 1 ( one) Vietnamese Traditional dish like Phở or Bún Chả or Bún Bò Nam Bộ…

Tour ends at the hotel in the Old Quarter.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Hanoi 1 city · 4 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • One English speaking tour guide (only) who will provide you information.
  • Almost drivers can speak English
  • Pure water
  • Helmet (compulsory)
  • Entrance fees for sightseeing mentioned in itinenary

What's Not Included

  • Personal expense of the guests
  • Food in tour
  • Tips for team ( If you enjoy the tour)

Know before you go

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not stroller accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • No public transportation nearby
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • Free of charge for children from 1-3 years old ( seat on the same motorbike with the adult)
  • 50 % rate of adult for children from 4-6 years old if they seated on the motorbike with the adult
  • 100 % rate for children from 4-6 years old if they need a private driver
  • 100 % rate of adult for children from 7 years old.
  • 1 guest maximum on the back of motorbike according to Vietnam’s law.
  • Ticket provides direct entry
  • We will pick up customers from all hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter. If your hotels/stays outside Old Quarter Area, please come to Our Tour Office at 39 Ngo Huyen Street for pick up point

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Hanoi, VN
Tour start
Hanoi, VN
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 4 hours finish where they began, in Hanoi.

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