Summary
Trip Profile:
The Mekong Delta, the southernmost region of Vietnam, is often referred to as the country's rice bowl, producing three rice crops per year. This fertile area is also renowned for its tropical fruits and flowers. The Delta marks the end of the Mekong River's 4,500 km journey through six countries. In Vietnamese, the Mekong is called Cuu Long, meaning Nine Dragons, due to the nine river branches flowing into the sea.
The Delta comprises 12 provinces and has been a hub of thriving agriculture and industry since the 1800s when the Nguyen lords transformed the marshland into a network of canals. Today, the area is home to a diverse population, including Khmer, Chinese, Chams, and Vietnamese people.
Exploring the fertile Mekong Delta by bicycle allows us to witness its wonders at a leisurely pace, ideal for absorbing its many splendors. This journey is informative and interesting, helping you understand the daily life of the local people. Experience the geographic beauty of the Delta with its green rice fields, orchards, vegetable gardens, rivers, and canals. Embrace the cultural diversity of the four ethnic groups living together and enjoy the friendliness of the local people.
This program is hosted by Vietnam Cycling Adventure.
Departure Dates | Guaranty start with minimum 2 pepple . |
Total Distance | 700+ km |
Number of cycling days | 08 day of cycling |
Group Size | Maximum 25 people |
Support | All buses with A/C and experienced Driver, one 16 seats regarding group size of less 6; one 25 seats of less 12 or two 16 seats regarding group size of less 12; and one 25 seats plus a luggage van for group size of up to 24. |
Road Surface | Mostly rural,small,follows asphalt roads, dirt road,concrete road passing the countryside and the rice field. The back road along the river and village is small but good enough for cycling, less busy.narrow road, tiny lane, rural road along river side and concrete road |
Biking guide | Experienced English speaking-biking guides with enthusiastic, friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. Biking guides are first aid qualified and can maintain bikes. Their role is to deliver a safe and enjoyable tour to the clients, they manage the group, co-ordinate the driver and support vehicle, buy snacks and fruit along the way, look out for clients needs. They are cultural guides as well as pure biking… |
Accommodation | Hotels range from standard to superior classes, 3 star and 4 star hotel one night in the local homestay ,guesthouse in some remote areas. |
Food | Included (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner). |
Entrance fees | Included |
Boat & ferry | Included |
Snacks, fresh fruits, water | Provided (daily) |
Safety | Our people take the best cares & safety for your trip. The first aid kits are provided. |
Photo taking | You can stop wherever you want for 'Kodak moment'! |
Cycling pace | Are you a beginner or professional biker? we all care with our best efforts to make your trip superb. Enjoy your riding speed from 10km per hour up to as many more as you can. |
Climate | Biking all year-round |
What is not included | Travel insurance, personal expenses, Tip( recommend 5 usd/day/person) alcoholic drinks, flight ticket to/from Vietnam, visa to Vietnam,Laos,Cambodia...and what is not mentioned as above itinerary |
Itinerary
Day 1: HO CHI MINH - WELCOME TO VIETNAM
upon on arrivel time Vietnam Adventure Cycling Tour guide will be at the airport for pick you up and transfer to hotel for checking in. free and leisure . in the afternoon we will spend a bit time for bike fitting before welcome dinner. Our guide will briefing the general information for our journey .overnight in Ho chi minh city. Activities :
- Bike fitting
- Meals: welcome Dinner.
- Accommodation : Orchid saigon hotel or similar .
Day 2: HO CHI MINH - CAI BE
Our day will start with the 2 hours transfer out of Ho Chi Minh To Cai Lay , from here the team will be ready and we cycle along the back road follow the bussy networth of Cannal in mekong detail . getting deeper into the village passing orchard garden to visit to ricepaper , poprice making factory have some local tea to recover and learn more about mekong living life. jump on the boat and cruising crossing the mekong river to the local restaurant after back to the cruise to continue the journey cycling to local family who run the homestay , Mr Ba Linh , you will have a chance to stay in the typical mekong traditional house. dinner and over night in the homestay. Activities :
- 40 km cycling
- Meals: Breakfast, lunch, Dinner.
- Accommodation : Balinh Homestay or similar
Day 3: CAI BE - TRA VINH
You could wake up early morning to see children rush to school and morning activies not only in land but also on water,your day will start with a boat trip to cycling point from there we cycle on tiny concrete road along the river bank get through the orchard garden with so many type of fruit , here you will have a chance to try to local fresh fruit ,30 second from the tree to the plate, continue heading east to Ben tre where we going to have lunch , after lunch the scenery will be changed a bit from the orchard gardern to the coconut gardern, crossing the several local ferry from this village to another ,and the last fery will crosing mekong river again to Tra Vinh city and keep paddling to our hotel in Tra vinh for overnight . Activities :
- 90 km cycling
- Meals:breakfast ,lunch, Dinner.
- Accommodation :Cuu Long hotel or similar
Day 4: TRAVINH - SOC TRANG
Our bike guides will tailor-make bike routes which you will be the first cyclists to cycle on. Explore hamlets on paths and meet extremely friendly farmers on your ways crossing rice paddy. Stopping at some old Khmer Temples and continue biking on back roads into villages with amazing landscape and learning Khmer cultures in countryside. Explore Soc Trang by night!. Activities :
- 70km cycling
- Meals: breakfast, lunch,Dinner
- Accommodation :Thuan Phat hotel or similar
Day 5: SOC TRANG - CA MAU
From the hotel we will paddle to visit Khmer museum, Clay Pagoda, and Bat Pagoda, before along ride to Bac Lieu. Stop for lunch at the former residence mandarin's son of Bac Lieu , whose parents were the richest people in the Mekong Delta region during the former time of Indochina. Named Tran Trinh Huy, he spent money like water. Transfer to Ca Mau in the late afternoon. Stay overnight in Ca Mau city. Activities :
- 70 km cycling
- Meals: breakfast, lunch, Dinner.
- Accommodation : Muong thanh luxury hotel or similar .
Day 6: CA MAU
Today will be the easy day , instead of cycling we will spending time to visiting and relaxing only ,we will transfer from the hotel to the ferry dot where we going to take the speed boat follow the river to the lowest point of vietnam by crossing the National Park of Cape Ca Mau, where there are about 150 hectares of mangroves had been plant. Mangrove trees form an important natural barrier against natural disasters and in some way protect the Mekong Delta. back on the boat and transfer back to the beautiful hotel free and leisure by your own .overnight in Ca Mau. Activities:
- no cycling
- Meals: breakfast, lunch.
- Accommodation: Muong Thanh luxury hotel or similar.
Day 7: CA MAU - RACH GIA
It depends on weather condition, We will arrange a bike ride to Upper U - Minh forest, spend 1 1/2 hours by row boat to a mangrove forest: taste wild honey and observe thousand of bats, storks and birds in a big mangrove forest. This is an opportunity for you to have special dishes such as, snake, eel and so on... After lunch, cycle Rach Gia.. Activities:
- 70 km cycling
- Meals: breakfast, lunch, Dinner.
- Accommodation: Saigon rach gia hotel or similar.
Day 8: RACH GIA - CHAU DOC
After breakfast at the hotel we will starting our Adventure cycling trip to Chau Doc city follow the boder line betwent Vietnam and cambodia .you will have chance to understand the different life between two country have lunch at the local restaurent.after that keep cycling until you reach the hotel.overnight in Chau Doc city.. Activities:
- 90 km cycling
- Meals: breakfast, lunch, Dinner.
- Accommodation: Victoria nui Sam lodge or similar.
Day 9: CHAU DOC - LONG XUYEN
After having breakfast at the hotel. We leave for the floating houses on upper Mekong river by boat where we can see plenty of catfishes, red snappers… breeding under right their houses. What is an amazing life! Then keep boating to visit the Cham village with about 12.000 people who those are weaving sarongs, hats…by hands as keeping their ancestral tradition. Walk to the mosques that Muslims pray and teach Cham kids in Arabic for a while. Cruising back to the Van for our cycling. The bike and the team will be ready to waiting for us.we will cycle along the tiny concrete road passing rice field, lotus swamp under the shade of the mangrove tree to The killing field in vietnam, Ba chuc, take a short time to visite and learn why it happend in vietnam in 1978. keep paddling to the local restaurant for lunch .then heading to Long xuyen city on the bike .we will do a short transfer when we get closer to the city to avoid the traffic Activities:
- 70 km cycling
- Meals: breakfast, lunch, Dinner.
- Accommodation: dong xuyen hotel or similar.
Day 10: LONG XUYEN - CAN THO
The easy cycling day starting with 30 minute transfer out of the city.We will follow the concrete road along the small canal in the mekong delta in the morning .we will stope for visit the bird centuary before we reach the retaurant for luch.After that we keep cycling untill we reach the hotel.the city we are going stay tonight that is the capital city in the southwest of vietnam so it depend on you.you could get on the bus transfer to the hotel Activities:
- 80 km cycling .
- Meal :Breakfast, Lunch,Dinner.
- Accommodation: victoria can tho hotel or similar.
Day 11: CAN THO - HO CHI MINH
The lazy day for all of you starting with the boat trip to sightseeing the floating maket name cairang floatting market,one of the big floatting maket in the mekong delta.we will introduce to you the way they do tradding on the water.you will know how the live ,how they do …..ect .. before you going back to the land to see our bus .then the bus will take you going back to Ho Chi Minh city Activities:
- no cycling
- Meals: breakfast, lunch, Dinner.
- Accommodation: Cuc Phuong resort or similar.
Day 12: HO CHI MINH - DEPARTURE
Free and leisure by your own until the time we have to transfer to the airport for your flight back home .End of The Journey. Activities:
- No cycling
- Meals: breakfast.
- Accommodation: .
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