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2 Days Cycling Mui Ne-Ho Chi Minh - Mui Ne
offered by supplier M19678 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 1
- 10
day(s)
Group Size: 1
- 20
people
Destination(s):
Vietnam
Specialty Categories:
Bicycle Touring
Cultural Journey
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: Yes
Minimum Per Person Price: 185 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 211 US Dollar (USD)
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Mui Ne is a coastal resort town in the Binh Thuan Province of southeastern Vietnam, located on an arm of the South China Sea. The town is close to the city of Phan Thit. Tourism has transformed Mui Ne into a resort destination since 1995, when many visited to view the total solar eclipse of October 24, 1995. Mui Ne Beach is a popular tropical beach. Strong sea breezes make it very popular for kitesurfing and windsurfing. The tourist season is from December to May. The average temperature is 27°C, and the climate is hot and dry for most of the year.
Mui Ne holds a lot of memories for me as it is the perfect escape from Saigon when the traffic and the noise all gets too much - if only it was just a little bit closer! A beautiful beach with an ever-growing strip of resorts lining the coast, Mui Ne strikes a good balance between having sufficient entertainments to justify a long weekend and being overcrowded. The hotels lie between the sea and the road, with many restaurants lining the opposite side of the road.
Fortunately the majority of the resorts are low rise and well covered by plenty of lush green foilage - most have tried hard to create attractive gardens around their bungalows, and the result is that from the beach there is not too much evidence of the booming growth in hotels - it still manages to look secluded and peaceful, without a concrete block in sight. It has a wide range of restaurants, with the local shacks providing some of the freshest, cheapest and tastiest seafood you will find in Vietnam, as well as many high-class restaurants selling top notch Italian, European, Indian and Thai cuisines.
There's plenty of bars too, and hot competition means you can often find two cocktails for $2 around sunset - a perfect way to end a gorgeous day. Some, like Jibes and Wax bar, are well connected with the watersports community and often run big beach parties on Saturday nights. The quality of music being played seems to be on the up too and it is one of the few places I have seen expats shrug off their cool and have a good dance. There are watersports a plenty as Mui Ne has consistently good winds, and it has become the kite surfing capital of Vietnam. There's plenty of windsurfing too, and for the less adventurous of us it means plenty of visual entertainment as you watch people flying 20-30 ft into the air while sipping a cool cocktail and enjoying the breeze.
No trip to Mui Ne is complete without a trip to the sanddunes, where young children with exceptional English skills encourage you to slide down the dunes at great speed on plastic mats - its great fun but don't forget to tip the kids - the fishing village of Mui Ne is very deprived. There's also a sandstone 'canyon' at the back of the dunes to explore, 'fairy stream' to discover and some wild, secluded beaches if you drive up past Mui Ne to the headland, where you can see the fisherman braving the waves in their corracles
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Sai Gon - Mui Ne Beach (50km+Cycling). Transfer out of a busy Hcm city to Thuan Nam town (3hours). Start riding to Hon ba cape and along the sandy beach coast to Phanthiet city. Have lunch at local restaurant. Ride under the lush coconut trees beach roads to hotel. Free at leisure and overnight. Includes: (L).
Day 2: Muine - Phan Thiet - Saigon (30km+Cycling). Having breakfast at the hotel. Cycle to the Sand Dunes for sand sliding, fairy stream; afterwards ride to visit the Cham tower, water tower and local market in Phan thiet city. Drive to Hcm city. Includes: (B), (L).
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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