VIETNAM - LAOS - VIETNAM EPIC

 
 
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16 DAYS, 2000k & 24,000m SOUND GOOD?

We can make it longer or shorter, but for the full epic, these are the numbers. This ride was born of a dream to ride out of Hanoi, over the mountains that mark the border between Vietnam and Laos; then down through the old capital of Luang Prabang and into the Plain of Jars. Not content with that, we added an epilogue from Champaasak, over the Central Highlands and down to our spiritual home of Hoi An.

Landslides, rivers, washed out bridges and overturned trucks weren’t going to stop us. We rode it. Then we rode it again. And now it’s ready: an unpolished diamond for those who aren’t afraid of a bit of dirt, a few hills and some rustic accommodation deep in the Vietnamese and Lao back country.

Read about tyre choice for this ride here.

One of the many lake or river crossings on this gravel bike adventure - Norco gravel bicycle pictured
Laos river scene
Dirt road with Emma Pooley on her Sonder gravel bike
Emma Pooley enjoys a river crossing with Philip on her Laos Vietnam Gravel Bike Epic
Part of riding the Laos Vietnam Gravel Bike Epic is getting dirty
On the shoulder - some river crossings require carrying your gravel bike not a boat
Serenity - a boat crossing on the Laos section of the Vietnam Laos gravel bike epic adventure
Velo Vietnam's Ashley in broken cycling tour guide mode
In Thanh Hoa Vietnam enjoying some dirt road on the Open gravel bike

ARE YOU IN?

We are now planning ahead to 2022-2023 when we will offer this ride as a bespoke tour for small groups between November and February. For those who don’t have time for the whole 16 day odyssey, we can tailor it for a week to ten days, finishing in Luang Prabang or Vientiane.

To ask about booking your Vietnam - Laos - Vietnam Gravel Bike adventure, please either send us a mail via ride@velovietnam.cc or use the form..

The starting cost for the full 16 Day experience is USD3900 based on a minimum of two people.

Read more about our adventures in Laos here.

 
Emma Pooley does some hike a gravel bike with Philip somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Laos
It feels pretty good to ride your bike into the Laos capital, Vientiane, having started in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi
The Open Gravel Bike in its natural habitat - this one being a nature reserve near Hanoi that has awesome trails and gravel roads
Cycling tour plus Vietnamese or Laos coffee ? Emma Pooley says yes !
Emma Pooley with her bike on her shoulder again ! This time somewhere in Laos
It is not all rough road on the Vietnam Laos Vietnam gravel bike epic there is some very good smooth stuff too
Some culture on the Laos section of the epic cycling adventure
More boat crossings for the gravel bike tour in Laos
Strade Bianche it is not, Laos gravel it is - cycling heaven for the rough road fans
Beautiful rivers abound on the Vietnam Laos Vietnam gravel bike epic
A great cycling tour needs great coffee and that is what you get at Mia Coffee in Hoi An
That bottle may look innocent, but it contains lethal rice wine. Happy Hmong New Year!
Don't lose traction like this guy - choose your gravel bike tyres wisely
100k to go and the bike tour brings you to Vietnam
Super beautiful dusk rice paddy scene somewhere near Vang Vieng in Laos
Velo Vietnam's Ashley Carruthers and David Lloyd enjoy a well earned prosecco at the end of the gravel bike tour epic
A river runs through it - and so does an awesome mixed surface road ideal for gravel bicycles in Vietnam