•The cost:Please contact us : info@vietnamadventurecycling.com
•Countries visited:Vietnam
•Total cycling distance:Approx 230 km
•Destinations: Ho Chi Minh -Ben Tre -Tra Vinh -Cau Ke -Tra On – CanTho – Chau Doc – Ho Chi Minh
Trip profile:Cycling through the country roads in the Mekong Delta and the peaceful countryside landscape is the perfect way to discover the beauty of the rural Mekong Delta and especially, one night stay in the homstay will give you a chance to experience the real mekong delta life.its canals and plantations. Your journey cycling along paths lined with pineapple plantations, man-made canals, and rice fields. Watch as local farmers tend to their land and harvest rice and pineapples.It is also cycling through a traditional village, under the shade of coconut and star-apple trees. And we can enjoy the delicious traditional Vietnamese cuisine. Beside exploring the natural landscape and the life of local people who are in provinces of the Mekong River Delta bordering Cambodia
| TOUR INFOMATION | |
| TOUR COST | Please contact us : info@vietnamadventurecycling.com Single room supplement: USD120 |
| Bike rental | USD 40 |
| Departure Dates | Guaranteed departures every day with a minimum group of 2 adults. |
| Total Distance | 230 kilometers |
| No., of cycling days | 3 full days |
| Tour meets | Saigon, Ho Chi Minh city |
| Tour End | Saigon, Ho Chi Minh city |
| Road Surface | This tour follows a mixture of well-surfaced roads and the option to go off road onto single track. |
| 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 | 3 nights in hotels, double occupancy, twin share. (2 star class or 3 star class) |
| Food | Included (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner). |
| Entrance fees | Included |
| Boat & ferry | Included (boat-trip day3 in Cantho and day 4 in Chaudoc) |
| 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, one doctor for group size of 16 paxes up. |
| 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 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 |
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh-Mytho-Travinh
After breakfast you will transfer a couple of hours out of Ho Chi Minh City to
Mytho– the gateway of the Mekong delta. Today’s ride will lead you right into the heart of the rural Mekong. The cycling begins after journey across the Tien River at Mytho. The route takes you through narrow roads and lanes, past banana plantations, fields of sugar cane, through the lush green landscape of the delta under the shade of coconut tree, crossing rivers and canals by numerous, ubiquitous, fascinating ferries. A section of biking cuts off road onto gravel and dirt lanes, and weaves around hamlets, across water channels, and through quiet dense vegetation. This makes for superb biking. A final ferry across the gaping expanse of Cochien river leads us to Travinh, a pretty tree lined town with a large population of ethnic Khmer. Overnight in hotel in Travinh
Activities:
• 50km biking.
• Meals: breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 2: Travinh-Cantho
After breakfast at the hotel, we start our cycling day from the hotel to khmer museum
to learn more about the culture and khmer people in Mekong. You bike along narrow country lanes, easy dirt tracks and trails. This is biking at its most glorious-via the tiny concrete road deeper to middle of the rice fields, witness colorful life along the riverside, pedal pass picturesque delta homes, pause to chat with welcoming villagers, clack across innumerable wooden bridges. Cross narrow canals on a local sampan, afterthat we cycling in the fruite orchard island after we take ferry get on the island and get off the island . There will be plenty of time to explore side tracks and trails so we will get on the Van and transfer to Can Tho city ,the capital of southwest of vietnam. Overnight in local hotel in Can Tho
Activities:
• 90km biking.
• Meals: breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3: Cantho-Chau Doc
The Cycling day will start by taking the boat trip to visiting the busy floating markets
of Cai Rang the trip will take 1 hours and we leave the boat at the An Binh Local market so you will have a chance to understand the different between the floating and local maket.the bike will ready for us at the market and pedal from this garden taking the Vong Cung well-paved countryside road with Arch-shape (My Khanh area) for about 30 km. The road is really shady with banana and green bamboo trees growing all the way long on 2 sides of the road, especially the Mekong River is blending its way on the left hand side along with this road until we reach the National Highway 91. From here, shuttle to Chau Doc with a short hike of 25 minutes into the Bang Lang Stock sanctuary to watch the lively activities of stocks coming back home for the night. After that, drive directly to Chau Doc and enjoy the sunset on the top of Sam Mountain . Overnight in Chau Doc.
Activities:
• 50km biking.
• Meals: breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4: Chau Doc-Ho Chi Minh
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 Ho Chi Minh City
Activities:
• no biking.
• Meals: breakfast, Lunch.
