• Hanoi to Danang has “the best” road for most drivers, the Ho Chi Minh Road
• Hanoi to Danang has both the famous Hai Van Pass
• Hanoi to Danang has Ninh Binh, Phong Nha and Hoi An all of which are primary tourist hotspots
• Hanoi to Danang has extremely beautiful scenery whilst also being accessable to casual riding

Routes

• The roads between Danang and Hanoi – The best route
• Motorbike Hanoi and the North
• Hai Van Pass
• Son Tran Peninsula 

• Ho Chi Minh to Danang has the best all round weather
• Ho Chi Minh to Danang has both mountain and coastal roads
• Ho Chi Minh to Danang takes between 7-10 days, or 5 days in a rush.

Routes

• Danang to Nha Trang – The best route
• Saigon Motorbike Loops
• Discover coffee plantations
• Dalat Waterfalls

The Hai Van pass is a road between Danang and Hue, and has been made famous by the Top Gear Vietnam Special.
Today it is full of travelers enjoying the pass. A short one day journey has become a quick and easy way to tick the box of motorbiking Vietnam.
Please read here for a our full article on the Hai Van Pass.

We personally feel the Hai Van Pass is over-rated. Its popularity is due to the Top Gear TV show combined with the roads easy accessibility for casual drivers. It is not famous due to its organic beauty (although it is a nice drive, there are far better roads in Vietnam).

As a general rule, the audience of quick one day motorbike rentals is not hugely interested in quality motorbikes. This allows local companies to pump out very cheap 1 day motorbike rentals between Hoi An and Hue on worthless scooters. This is great for a quick one day trip for enjoying the pass, but the motorbikes are not suited or equipped for anything further than this one day drive!

Tigit does not have a specific service for Hai Van Pass rentals, but it is possible to pickup from Danang and use our return city of “another location” to ship the motorbike back to Tigit.
With a quick Google, it can be seen there are companies that specialize in the Hai Van Pass rentals.

Read and download the map on the follow page.

The best way out of Saigon.

If you are worried about driving in Saigon, you can always book a motorbike lesson to get started.

• There is no right or wrong choice.
• Our main summary can be found on the routes and maps article.
• People come back here every year and treat driving Vietnam as if it was their “annual ski holiday”.
• Tigit attempts to document slightly less known routes. The Tigit blog section for routes.
• For commercial routes, then visit the website VietnamCoracle.
• The South has coast and mountains/ more variations. The mountains are great, but not “spectacular”.
• Danang to Hanoi has the Ho Chi Minh road which is amazing.
• The North above Hanoi is all twist and turn mountain roads. Beautiful, but quite tiring on the driving front.

For the North of Vietnam read Tigit’s inhouse about the North of Vietnam.

Also read about Ha Giang loops on Vietnam Coracle.

• Driving the Highway (boring) Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi, around 4 days driving 10 hours a day.
• HCM to Hanoi, Driving mountain / coastal roads (fun), is 10 days of around 8 hours a day of driving.
• The fastest client of Tigit is 7 days. Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh.
• HCM/Hanoi to Danang (half way) is between 7-10 days. (5 days in a rush)
• HCM/Hanoi to Danang is around 1000km doing mountain/coastal roads.
• HCM to Hanoi is around 2500km doing mountain /coastal roads.
• The North above Hanoi is around 1 week – 3 weeks driving.
• “Ha Giang” (famous area of North), is 1 week to do. The North East – 1 week. The North West – 1 week. Combined 3 weeks.
• A minimum of 3 days is needed to experience some of “The North”.
• A minimum of 3 days is needed to experience some of “The South”.
• Danang has 1 days rentals “Hai Van Pass”.
• Dalat has 1 day rentals (waterfalls)
• The Mekong Delta takes 1 day to get to the “floating markets”. Two days to get to “Phu Quoc”.

• To navigate Vietnam we recommend googlemaps or maps.me.
• Road maps / Traditional maps don’t really exist here.
• Read our page how to navigate Vietnam for a detailed guide.