Hue Riders Tour 4b - Central Loop

Hue - Prao - Kon Tum - Quang Nai - Hoi An

4 days / 3 nights

Day 1: Hue to Aluoi to Prao (165km)

Heading out of Hue by motorbike we travel on highway 49 to Aluoi town, we ride up to the top of Ma Oi pass, stop for swimming at Mau waterfall and see the handicraft sewing of the Van Kieu ethnic minority. After lunch at Aluoi town we spend the whole afternoon on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a legendary road in the war time. You will feel free and relaxed with beautiful landscapes, amazing views from the top of mountains, get off the main road trekking on the real dirt trail, visiting some ethnic minority villages that live along Ho Chi Minh Trail. Everywhere you go people are smiling and cheerful because they are happy to see foreign tourists. Overnight in Prao town, free time walking around the mountain town at night.

Day 2: Prao to Kon Tum (240km)

Today we follow the Old Ho Chi Minh Trail South through the Central Highlands from Prao to Kon Tum. Also known as Route 14, this scenic and seldom used road runs alongside the Lao/Vietnamese frontier (Lao is sometimes only a kilometre away to the east). The Central Highlands are renowned for their cool climate and beautiful mountain scenery with many lakes, rivers and waterfalls and throughout the day the scenery will be constantly changing and surprising and amazing you as we pass through mountain towns and hill tribe villages. We will stop at some hill tribe villages and visit Rong houses and see war monuments in the towns along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. In the late afternoon we arrive in Kon Tum where we will spend the night.

Day 3: Kon Tum to Quang Ngai (194km)

This morning we will explore the city of Kon Tum and some of its montagnard villages, visiting the Vinh Son orphanage where you can spend some time with the multi ethnic children, see Kon Tum's beautiful Black Wooden Church, visit a Bana minority village with their Rong houses, watch old men playing bamboo instruments and maybe visit the Hill tribe museum. Leaving Kon Tum we travel east on Highway 24 to the city of Quang Ngai arriving at our hotel in the late afternoon.

Day 4: Quang Ngai to Hoi An (105km)

A short distance from Quang Ngai is the the Son My Memorial, known to the world as the My Lai Massacre. On the morning of March 16 1968 United States Soldiers killed 504 unarmed people in this village, mostly old men, women and children, and later tried to cover up the massacre. At the Son My Memorial the village has been recreated to show the aftermath of that terrible day. The event was documented by a US military photographer and a museum at the site displays these graphic images. Leaving Son My we have head to My Khe beach a beautiful long stretch of fine white sand where we can take some time to relax and have lunch. In the afternoon we travel up highway 1a to Hoi An. On arrival in Hoi An your Hue Riders guide will orientate you with the town, perhaps taking you to the beach, around Hoi An Ancient town and showing you the best tailors and places to eat and drink. The tour finishes this evening in Hoi An.

Day 1 Start time: 9am
Day 4 Finish time: approx 4pm

Price per person: USD $260

Includes: 3 nights hotel accommodation, entrance fees, transport, personal Hue Riders guide, petrol, water and hundreds of amazing photo opportunities

Go with us and you will see, taste, smell and experience the REAL Vietnam