VIETNAM CYCLING FROM SAIGON DMZ HANOI 18DAY17NITES

Trip Profile:

Start from Saigon and end in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. Down to the sea, ride along the magnificent coastlines along the S shaped of Vietnam,  pedal northward to the incredible sights of UNESCO Heritages, Leaving the coast behind, inland into rural countryside.Vietnam is very long,thin country,and we traverse it from the coast almost all the way to its boder with Laos for visit the DMZ(1954-1975). This trips is a great combination of adventure on bike to challenge those with great passion on two wheels and discover the variety of natural scenes, local ethnic cultures, history of the war and of course the ultimate relax moments at the beaches of Vietnam where hosts over 3,000 of km coastlines. 18 days is not a short trip especially for those who are time poor but it's essential to capture different angles of lives in Vietnam through eyes of the cyclists. Not a rush program and this is definitely a trip to discover & have yourselves a bit of challenge on the road.We have 3 relax days to enjoy the beauty of Nha Trang,Hoi An,Halong Bay.which is the highlight must see places along the routes. Have a great fun.

Trip Profile:
This cycling tour starts in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and finishes in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. We cycle over 1000km on the most paved road. We do not cycle on Highway 1. Our routes are scenic to enjoy the views of the central highland, the sea, the long graves to Hue. Leaving the coast behind, inland into rural countryside.Vietnam is very long,thin country,and we traverse it from the coast almost all the way to its boder with Laos for visit the DMZ(1954-1975) .We have 3 relax days to enjoy the beauty of Nha Trang,Hoi An,Halong Bay.which is the highlight must see places along the routes.

Tour itenery:
DAY 1: HO CHI MINH –MUI NE
In the morning,after breakfast the cycling tour guide will see you in the hotel .transfer around 2hours to vung tau city. Ride from Hon Ba cape, along the sandy beach coast. Lunch at local restaurant. Folow the Beach roads to hotel. Free at leisure and overnight.
Activities:
• 80km cycling.
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,diner
Day 2: MUI NE-DALAT
In the Morning transfer out of the city. The ride is on the main road, uphill and tarmac downhill, mixed of gravel and hard pack clay through plantations we can see the Dragon fruit farm and coffee and tea farm. We will have a small transfer to Dalat city. Overnight in Dalat.
Activities:
• 75km cycling
• Visit Dragon, coffee and tea farm
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,diner
Day 3:DALAT – NHA TRANG
After the big breakfast in the hotel we will starting to warm up the muscle by 8 km cycling around the Xuan Huong lake in the middle of Dalat city from the hotel and we start our ride in a pine tree forest with breathtaking views of the natural landscape and deep jungle forest on both sides of the road. The fantastic ride runs along the road until the top of the hill (1600 meter from the sea level) before preparing for a fly down the mountain on wheels with 30 km non-stopped down-hill section to reach the end of the pass and finish this challenge .45 minute stransfer to Nha Trang city. Overnight in Nha Trang.
• 100km cycling.
• Free swimming at Nha Trang Beach
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, diner
Day 4: NHA TRANG

A day with a boat trip to island.experience the coast of nha trang aboard a boat as we set out in the morning.We  head out to the Hon Mun island where we have a chance for swimming and snorkeling in the crystal clear water.Our lunch stop is at the fishing village of Lang Chai (From Ocean to plate in 10 minutes) before boarding our boat back to nha trang habor.overnight in Nha trang.

Activities:
• Free snorkeling & swimming at Mun Island
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,

Day 5: NHA TRANG-TUY HOA(PHU YEN)
Breakfast at the hotel. We cycle 20km along beautiful coast line road. We do not cycle on Highway No. 1. After coffee break, we cycle from the top of the hill to go through the villages, passing schools. The children like to come out and say hello.We stop for packed lunch to enjoy Vietnamese sanwhich. After lunch, we cycle on another backroad through villages, passing the reunification express railroad.Then visit a brick factory in a small village before we reach Tuy Hao town, Phu Yen province. Dinner and overnight in Tuy Hoa..
Activities:
• 75km cycling
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,diner
Day 6: TUY HOA- QUANG NGAI
After breakfast at the hotel, we transfer about 30km, Cycle through the village where you could a small charity to local people(chăm people,ethnic minority,group)by small thing such as sampoo,toothpast,candy,book...to see the smilling and to know how cute they are. we have luch at the local restaurant transfer the rest way to Quang Ngai. Overnight in Quang Ngai city
Activities:
• 70km cycling.
• Do small charity to chăm people(ethnic minority groups)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch ,diner
Day 7: QUANG NGAI –HOI AN
Breakfast & check out then leave Quang Ngai city on bike to My Lai massacre, 14 km far from Quang Ngai. Here we will stop and take a short tour of the site and museum. Then back on bike and take a countryside road to My Khe Beach. Continue along the coastline to Chau O. Here transfer on highway A1 to Tam Ky for special lunch at The Tam Ky Baby Orphanage.
Afternoon, by van, transfer to Hoi An, one of the major trading centers of Southeast Asia in the 16th century. Overnight in Hoi An.
Activities:
• 50km cycling.
• Short tour in my lai massacre
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,diner
Day 8: HOI AN(freeday or 50 km cycling)
Today is a free day to explore on your own around World Heritage Hoi An town. The town is small and easy to walk around or head to the beach about 15 minutes away. Optional tour: Visit My Son, the ancient centre of Cham civilization. Transfer out of town to avoid the highway before cycling along country back roads along the Song Tranh River to Mai Son. Take lunch before spending the afternoon visiting the site. Transfer back to Hoi An in the afternoon. Overnight in Hoi An.
DAY 9: HOI AN-DANANG-HUE
Morning, check out & transfer from Hoi An via Cua Dai Beach and along the coastline, passing pretty fishing villages, sand dunes and green casuarinas forests to visit Marble Carving village,We will cycle from there 25km along the my khe beach Then keep riding up to Hai Van (Cloud Sea) Pass and climb 500 meters over 10 km. Reach Lang Co beach for lunch.
Afternoon, Transfer to Phuoc Tuong Hill (30 minutes). Ride off the main highway and take a coastal side to Cau Hai lagoon. Stop and take a van to Hue for hotel check-in.Overnight in Hue.
Activities:
• 100km Cycling.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,diner
Day 10: HUE-A LUOI-HAMBURGER HILL-KHE SANH
Leaving the coast behind us,we head inland into rural countryside.Vietnam is very long,thin country,and we traverse it today from the coast almost all the way to its boder with Laos,and then ride north.it along day ,so we drive the first busy section out of Hue.this is an area of beatiful dense jungle hill,and its easy to imagine how supplies coming via HO CHI MINH trail travelled undetectec.this area-around the A Shau valley and A Luoi-saw some firece fighting in the late 1960s.Probaly the most famous is the battle of HAMBURGER hill (1969) which saw many casualties on both sides for an outpost which was controversially abandoned by the victorious US soon after.we visit the site and pay our respects.now riding up north,roughly parrallel to the boder,we cycle through stunningly beautiful countryside.this area heavily napalmed durring the war- an estimate 69 tons of napalm were dropped durring the battle of HAMBURGER hill alone-and it’s astounding how well nature has recovered.the road we take was part of the HO CHI MINH trail this were not one contiuous road,but an extensive network of paths.we come to DAKRONG bridge ,famous for being the “start” of the trail;it was destroys many times but always re-built.despite heavily bombing this area,the supply rout never cut off.we continue to KHE SANH,where we will spend the night.
Activities:
• 100km cycling.
• Visit Hamburger hill,Dakrong bridge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Diner
Day 11:KHE SANH- DMZ- DONG HA
Our day starting with a visit to khe sanh cambat base,a US jungle outpost close to the Laos border and scene of a major siege and battle in 1968.there is the small museum here,and you still can see bomb craters in the ground.we have a talk by our guide and hold a small ceremony to pay our respects.we then visit the nearby site of TA CON airfield and LANG vei, scene of another battle in 1968in which besieged and defeat US Special Force survied against the odds and escaped thanks to daring Marines rescue mission.we then ride east,leaving the Lao border behind us,cycling through forest hill,coffee and banana plantation.the De-Millitarize Zone(DMZ) lay along the 17th Parrallel,which marked the divide between North and south Viet Nam.Situated along the DMZ were a string of combatbase,observation posts and airfield,remants of which still remain.we visit site including the Rock pile, Con Thien,Camp Carroll and Dau Mau base ad we ride toward the town of Dong Ha.Overning in Dong Ha.
Activities:
• 70km cycling.
• Visit khe sanh cambat, TA CON airfield and the Rock pile
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Diner
Day 12:DONG HA- VINH MOC TUNEL –DONG HA
Today we also focuses on the DMZ ,but our rout take us north of Dong Ha,crossing the Ben Hai river and 17th parallel.we ride to Vinh Moc tunel,an incredibel complex of tunel that were dug by local people to evade the constant US bombing of this area. The tunel include kitchens,wells and hospital, as well as living quarter for roughly 60 families.the tunel,which are at the depth of 30m,are still very good condition and save their villagers’s live.After visitting them we visit the ride south again,returning over the Hien Luong bridge (aslo know as the peace bridge)where there is a striking memorial to the victims of the war.Back on the southern side, we proceed to the Truong Son national cemetery,a vast burial –ground with over 10,000 vietnamese graves-many of them nameless –for the soldiers and civilians who died protecting the HO CHI MINH trail .After paying our respects here,we visit anothet sites including the US base at Con Thien and base Fuller,we return to Dong Ha.over ning in Dong Ha.
Activities:
• 95km cycling.
• Visit Vinh Moc Tunel,Hien Luong bridge,Truong Son Cemetery.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Diner
Day 13: DONG HA- QUANG TRI-HUE
Leaving Dong Ha,we ride south on the flatter road again,passing more town and village than we have seen over the past few day.we stop for Ai Tu airfield and Quang Tri; then 1972 “Battle of 81 day and nights” for the citadel here famous for the huge amount of ordnance drop bu the US.We also vist Long Hung church, catholic church in which american troops sought refuge as part of the battle to no avail.it has been left as it stood after the battle,with scars from grenades and bullet hole,and it poignant place to hold our ceremony.Continuing south,we head toward Hue on the section of road know as the “highway of horror”thousand of local refugees- most of which were old people,women and children-were cut down by communist NVA troops when they were trying to flee south.we stop at Truong Phuoc bridge where the worst slaughter occurred and pay our respects to mark the atrocity.Contuing south,we return to Hue.The Battle of Hue(1968)were one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war and we spend the remainder of the day visiting strategic site around the city before hopping off our bikes one last time.over night in HUE city.
Activities:
• 95km cycling.
• Visit Ai Tu air field,Long Hung church,Lavang church.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Diner

Day 14: ROYAL HUE DISCOVERY – HANOI BY TRAIN
Morning, we take the boat trip on the perfume river to Thien Mu Pagoda, one of the oldest ancient architectural structures for religious worship in Hue. the bike will be ready for us and cycle trip will be starting from there to the Imperial Citadel a long the village where the people making the incense and Khai Dinh royal tomb then transfer to the Train station for depature to HANOI. Overnight on the train.
Activities:
• 25km cycling.
• Visit Thien Mu,Citadel,Khai Dinh tom
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Diner set box on the train.
Day 15:NAM DINH- CUC PHUONG NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast at the hotel. We transfer out of the city for the Ride to the national park from Tam coc Cave ,We cycle along the country road to the rice paddy and you have to prepare the camera for the kodak moment  because the stunning view waiting for you on the way cycling to Cuc Phuong national park
Activities:
• 40km biking.
• Discover Cuc Phuong international park
• Meal :Breakfast, Lunch,Dinner
Day 16: CUC PHUONG- HAI PHONG
Enjoy the breakfast at the hotel and then we transfer deeper inside the national park for visitig the monkey rescue center and prehistory man cave.after that the bike will be ready for us.we will cycling from there follow the country road passing through the pineaple plantation, the lush green grass and there a lot of small village sitdraw behind of the mountains on the way .have lunch and transfer to Haiphong.
Activities:
• 40km biking.
• Meal :Breakfast, Lunch ,Dinner
Day 17: HAI PHONG- HALONG BAY
In the morning after breakfast we will transfer by van around 3h toward halong bay. At the halong port our cruse crew welcom you on boar Huong Hai Junk,check in registration
12h45: star cruise
13h00:have lunch on board
13h30:A fantastic cruise in Halong bay,visit Dinh Huong island,Ga Choi island,Dog island,Sail island,visit Sung Sot cave and a swim at titov beach.
17h30:drinking vietnamese wine and enjoy the sunset.
19h30:enjoy diner on board and free..

Day 18:HALONG BAY-HANOI
Early risers can enjoy a morning view of Bay’s landscapes. Sitting on ther upper deck we can enjoy the breath - taking beauty of the rocky Islands rising from the crystal-clear waters of the Bay.The quiet is almost eerie, we can hear birds singing, cicadas chirping ashore and the gentle lapping of the waves against our boat, the perfect soundtrack to accompany the fresh air & gentle breez, Breakfast at 7h00: Have breakfast
7h30 : A morning cruise to visit Man’s head island, Tortoise island, visit Luon cave by small bamboo boat, Bai Tu Long bay
10h00: Arrange luggage and check-out
10h30: Have lunch on board
11h45: Arrive Halong wharf for transferring to Hanoi
17h30: Arrive hanoi .End of tour.

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