Tour code: VN1D05
Tour Price: from $32
One day tour biking to the traditional pottery village and rolled rice pancake making village will pull you out of the hustle and bustle of Hanoi capital. Taking this biking tour, you will have the chance to visit Bat Trang village which is famous for its high-quality ceramic and pottery products, learn how to make a handicraft pottery and immerse yourself in traditional culture as well as the local's daily life. Another highlight of this trip will also help you taste and try making rolled rice pancake (Bánh Cuốn) which is a specialty of Hanoi in Thanh Tri Village.
Full itinerary
Tour Price: from $32
One day tour biking to the traditional pottery village and rolled rice pancake making village will pull you out of the hustle and bustle of Hanoi capital. Taking this biking tour, you will have the chance to visit Bat Trang village which is famous for its high-quality ceramic and pottery products, learn how to make a handicraft pottery and immerse yourself in traditional culture as well as the local's daily life. Another highlight of this trip will also help you taste and try making rolled rice pancake (Bánh Cuốn) which is a specialty of Hanoi in Thanh Tri Village.
Full itinerary
Our guide will pick you up at your hotel in Hanoi at around 7:30 and then we head to the meeting point for getting bike. A short briefing and instruction about biking skills and notes will be given to you before we start full day cycling tour.
Being ready, we will start the trip by cycling along the Red River dyke, passing the Red River through the legendary Long Bien Bridge, the pride and symbol of architecture in the Far East. After getting out of busy Hanoi center, we will join the small biking trail and spend your time leisurely on cycling through the scenic countryside passing the villages with lush rice fields, cornfields, vegetable farms and fruit farms to Bat Trang Pottery Village.
Reaching Bat Trang Village, we will first walk along the village to see the local life and the traditional handicraft and then get a chance to shop at the largest ceramic markets in Hanoi. After that, the tour guide will take you on a visit to the local oldest craftsman’s house to learn about the history of this handicraft village and steps of making a handicraft pottery product.
Being ready, we will start the trip by cycling along the Red River dyke, passing the Red River through the legendary Long Bien Bridge, the pride and symbol of architecture in the Far East. After getting out of busy Hanoi center, we will join the small biking trail and spend your time leisurely on cycling through the scenic countryside passing the villages with lush rice fields, cornfields, vegetable farms and fruit farms to Bat Trang Pottery Village.
Reaching Bat Trang Village, we will first walk along the village to see the local life and the traditional handicraft and then get a chance to shop at the largest ceramic markets in Hanoi. After that, the tour guide will take you on a visit to the local oldest craftsman’s house to learn about the history of this handicraft village and steps of making a handicraft pottery product.
Saying goodbye to Bat Trang, we will continue biking along Red River dyke and experience the local daily life - with your own eyes seeing “xetho” (pack bikes) – the local's means of transporting goods and commodities and other local means of transportation. A short trip on a local ferryboat passing the Red River to Thanh Tri Village will surely give you amazement. Located in the Southern Hanoi, Thanh Tri has been well-known for its rolled rice pancake for many years. Here we will stop by a local family to learn all the steps of making rolled rice pancake and have the opportunity to make your own one under the instructions of local villagers. Lunch will then be served with rolled rice pancake specialty. After lunch, we will cycle back to Hanoi passing some ancient pagodas and a busy local market. Arriving in Hanoi in the afternoon, we will return our bike and cheers up with some local drinks. Trip ends.
Inclussion
Pickup and drop off at hotel to bike store. If your hotel is at outside Hanoi downtown, please pay for extra taxi charge.
MTB 24 speed TREK or Giant bike or equivalent with helmet
Professional English speaking tour guide with mechanical support
Ferry fees (crossing Red river)
Local lunch and cooking class organization
Mineral water and snack
Local drinks
Admissions
Exclussion
Pickup from outside Hanoi downtown to bikestore
Personal expenses
Tips for guide
Insurance
Other services not mentioned in the itinerary
Children policy
Children under 5 years old: free of charge
Children from 5 to 10 years old: 70% adult's rate
Children above 10: full adult's rate.
Inclussion
Pickup and drop off at hotel to bike store. If your hotel is at outside Hanoi downtown, please pay for extra taxi charge.
MTB 24 speed TREK or Giant bike or equivalent with helmet
Professional English speaking tour guide with mechanical support
Ferry fees (crossing Red river)
Local lunch and cooking class organization
Mineral water and snack
Local drinks
Admissions
Exclussion
Pickup from outside Hanoi downtown to bikestore
Personal expenses
Tips for guide
Insurance
Other services not mentioned in the itinerary
Children policy
Children under 5 years old: free of charge
Children from 5 to 10 years old: 70% adult's rate
Children above 10: full adult's rate.
