Discover Mekong by Bike 4-Day Tour

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Ho Chi Minh – Ben Tre – Tra Vinh (L/D) CYCLING 55KM⌄

   In the morning our car and guide will pick you up at lobby your hotel then departure to Tan An, here you will start Biking tour.

   Tan An, where we start biking on the paved road to explore the world of fruit orchards. Dragon fruit is the most popular fruit that local farmers grow to improve their income. We bike 25km on this stage with some stops to experience the flavour of fresh fruits, villages with fun kids (you might see them on the way back home from school). Lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant.

   Afternoon: In the afternoon, we drive about 1 hour relax in the comfortable van to Ben Tre’s most beautiful village with very easy paths and more than 70% coconut trees in the local farms: • we pedal under the shady coconuts, small & narrow lane, • many stops for enjoying a fresh coconut water/ fruits, • pass many family workshops making coconut chopsticks and any kind of fibers. Take a ferry to cross the Mighty Mekong River with a very short transfer to the center of Tra Vinh Remote Town for overnight at 3-star hotel.

   Meals: Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Overnight 3star hotel

2. 2Tra Vinh - Can Tho (B/L/) Cycling 55 km⌄

   Afternoon: The afternoon ride is also a fantastic route under a thousand pomelos & 3 ferries, endless rice-fields on Luc Si Thanh & My Hoa. We drive to Can Tho for another night-stay at a 4-star hotel.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch

   Overnight: Overnight 3star hotel

3. 3Can Tho - Long Xuyen - Chau Doc (B/L) Cycling 60km⌄

   Morning: Anyone who has been to Can Tho and seen a busy floating market and will never forget it!. A boat ride will take you to the floating market before your biking starts. We cycle through Phong Dien’ countryside, the area owns many small natural creeks across many villages. After a fruit stop at Phong Dien, • We continue to pedal your bike on track by river, enjoy daily activities of local on rivers; • Grocery boats advertising plastic household goods, • Cargo boats selling sands for building, small fast boat bring pigs, ducks to local markets and many small ferries taking passengers to further side. • We will stop for lunch in the town of Thoi Lai.

   Afternoon: Then we continue to hit the paths and ride to Co Do and to Long Xuyen. In the afternoon, you will cycle deeply into and bicycling on paths along man made canals as you race with local boats, and water taxi, cargo boats and sampan in the Tra Su cajuput forest. If time permits, you will enjoy the great sunset on the Sam Mountain on the western Chau Doc with some amazing pictures. Overnight in Chau Doc at 3* Hotel.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch

   Overnight: Overnight 3star hotel

4. 4Chau Doc - Ho Chi Minh (B/L) Cycling 45km⌄

   Morning: A large number of people know Mekong Delta is the biggest rice region in Vietnam, but this region is also the largest herbs and mango homelands! Let's start early today at 7am, we take a short transfer to Binh Thuy hamlet to start cycling through the Cho Moi district which is a spirit of Hoa Hao religion and highlights of herbs, herbal medicine, incense workshops and any typical pagodas you see along the ride.

   Afternoon. Following your lunch, you will cycle 10 km under the lush shade of the Mango (you may see and try the mango while harvesting by the local farmers) and we will finally transfer you from Cao Lanh to Saigon in the late afternoon. We’ll totally ride approximately 45 km today!

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch