VIETNAM CYCLING TOURS CYCLING FROM SAIGON TO HANOI 10 DAY 9 NITES

•Tour Cost: Please contact us : info@vietnamadventurecycling.com
•Country visit:Vietnam
•Total cycling distance:Approx 500 km
•Destinations: Saigon–Dalat-Nha Trang–Qui Nhon–quang ngai-Hoi An– Hue–Ha Noi

•Summary : From Saigon to Hue & Hanoi : the best of Vietnam on two wheels .This superb trip combines some of the best cycling routes in Vietnam with time for rest and exploration.Travelling on two wheels gets us closer to life in Vietnam and to the outgoing and welcoming Vietnamese who share our love affair with the bicycle. Over-laden bicycles and motorbikes typify Vietnamese life and passing encounters with local cyclists may leave us with some of our strongest memories.Vietnam is a beautiful country, with a long coastline of broad, sandy beaches, shimmering paddy fields and mountains cloaked in forests. enjoy the laid-back atmosphere and great shopping of Hoi An with its wooden merchant houses, pagodas, bustling market crowded with conical hats and women in the bright colours of their national dress,

TOUR INFOMATION
TOUR COST	Please contact us : info@vietnamadventurecycling.com Single room supplement: USD 450
BIKE RENTAL	USD 100(Trek or Giant) extra charge
Departure Dates	Guaranteed departures every day with a minimum group of 2 adults.
Total Distance	460 kilometers
No., of cycling days	06 days
Tour meets	Sai Gon
Tour End	Ha Noi
Road Surface	Mix of paved routes, roads in countryside, through jungles, hillside and valleys, undulate and mountainous terrains, riverbanks. Not on highway 1.
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.
Group Size	Minimum 2. Maximum 15.
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, 2 star or 3 star hotel (big room with partition off) in some remote areas.
Food	Included (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner).
Entrance fees	Included
Boat & ferry	Included
Snacks, fresh fruits, water, wet towels	Provided daily cycling
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	Rainy season from May to end of October, dry season is the rest of the year; we bike all year round while raincoat is standby in the rain season.
What to bring	Sun Block , Wide brim hat, Camera + Film, Comfortable shoes, Rain Gear , Warm clothes in winter, Original Passport, Bike Helmet ( compulsory ), Small backpack , Shoes and shorts for cycling ,Sunglasses , Gloves , Professional Pedal ,Insect repellent ,Wide brim hat ,Bike water bottle (if you don't want to use Indochina Bike Tours’bottle)
What included	domestick flight : Hue - Ha Noi, English – biking – speaking guide, Accommodation as itinerary, Food as itinerary (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner) (depending on condition of local area, we have picnic for lunch sometimes), Land transport as itinerary (one 16seats van to carry bike & biker), Train ticket Day 11, Good bikes rental for tour, Water, snacks, fresh fruits, cool towel for cycling days, First aids care and mechanic for bike, All entrance fees; ferry tickets and boat trips.
What is not included	Travel insurance, Tip (recommend 5 usd/person/day)personal expenses, alcoholic drinks, flight ticket to/from Vietnam, visa to Vietnam...and what is not mentioned as above itinerary

Notice: We can arrange additional customized trips for you if the above itinerary does not match your expectations. Please advise us of your passport details for visa processing at least 15 days working days in advance. The tour price does not include personal insurance so we highly you to take your own insurance before your departure for our cycling trip covering the cost of medical evacuation by air. And you will need a passport valid for six month and appropriate visas to enter our countries.

Tour Itinerary:

Day 1: Day 01: Saigon - Dalat

In the Morning transfer to Dalat. On the way, Stop for lunch in Baoloc – A town of hightland in central region full of tea and coffee plantations. Ride through plantations and back roads of Dalat. On the way we can see the tea farm and coffee farm, we stop for enjoy the local coffee & Tea . Arrival Dalat check in hotel . dinner and Overnight in Dalat.
Activities:
• 40km biking.
• Visit coffee and tea farm
Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Day 2: 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 (1630 meter from the sea level) before preparing for a fly down the mountain on wheels with 28 km non-stopped down-hill section to reach the end of the pass and finish this challenge we will have a picnic lunch there.
Afterthat we meet-up with our support vehicle to have a transfer to Nha Trang. Arrive Nha Trang around 4.30 PM. Overnight in Nha Trang.
Activities:
• 100km biking.
• Free swimming at Nha Trang Beach.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Dinner

Day 3: Nha Trang – Qui Nhon

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 Transfer by van to Qui Nhon city.Overnight in Qui Nhon city

Activity: 80km biking
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Qui Nhon – Quang Ngai

after breakfast at hotel we transfer by van out of the city and start our biking day along the rural & coastal road from Quy Nhon to Quang Ngai through the salt farm and fishing farm ,we will stop for luch at the family cook after that we will climming the Lo Dieu pass before we transfer by our van to Quang Ngai and check in hotel

Overnight in Quang Ngai.

Activities:
• 90km biking.
• Free swimming at the beach
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Dinner

Day 5: 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 biking.
• Short tour in my lai massacre
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6: 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 7: Hoi An- Da Nang - Hue

Morning, check out & pedal 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 and China Beach. Then keep riding up to Hai Van (Cloud Sea) Pass and climb 500 meters over 10 km. Reach Lang Co 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.

Activity: 100km biking
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 8: Hue - Hanoi by train
Morning, we visit Imperial Citadel, Thien Mu Pagoda, one of the oldest ancient architectural structures for religious worship in Hue. royal tomb of Khai Dinh King then transfer to the Train station to Ha Noi . arrival Ha noi . check in hotel. Over night on the train.

Activity: No biking
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 9: Hanoi city tours

Spend a whole day exploring Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. Visit the Temple of Literature, One Pillar Pagoda, the old town of Ha Noi, and Ho Chi Minh complex. See the Water Puppet Show in the evening. Overnight in Hanoi.

Activity: No biking
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 10: Hanoi Departure (B/)

Breakfast at the hotel, frre discover Ha Noi ( if the time avialable ) take a short walking along the Ho Guom (lake) early morning,
Bus to see the Ba Dinh complex, with Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, one pillar pagoda, museum, then transfer to the airport. End Of tour.