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9 Day Cycling Vietnam - Meandering Mekong Delta
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
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: Yes
Minimum Per Person Price: 704 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 854 US Dollar (USD)
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Óc Eo is an archaeological site proposed to be named by the French archaeologist site Louis Mallaret in Thoi San District in southern An Giang Province, Vietnam, in the Mekong River Delta region of Vietnam. It is also one of the modern day Communes of Vietnam. This site may have been a busy port of the kingdom of Funan between the 1st and 7th centuries AD.
The excavation of the site began on February 10, 1942 after the French archaeologist had discovered this site with aerial photographing. The excavation covers 450 ha and contains in it many artifacts of the Funan kingdom. Oc Eo is placed between a network of ancient canals that crisscross the low flatland of the delta. One of the canals connects Oc Eo to the town's seaport while another goes 42 miles north-northeast to Angkor Borei. Oc Eo is longitudinally bisected by a canal, and there are four transverse canals along which pile-supported houses were perhaps ranged.
The Vietnamese historian Ha Van Tan has questioned whether the vestiges excavated at Oc Eo belonged to the Funan kingdom, in view of the complete lack of any Khmer records relating to a kingdom of this name: he argues that Oc Eo gradually emerged as an economic and cultural center of the Mekong Delta and, with an important position on the Southeast Asian sea routes, became a meeting place for craftsmen and traders, which provided adequate conditions for urbanization, receiving foreign influences which in turn stimulated internal development.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh - My Tho - Ben Tre (50km Cycling). Includes: (L), (D).
Day 2: Ben Tre - Tra Vinh - Soc Trang (85km cycling). Includes: (B), (L).
Day 3: Soc Trang - Bac Lieu - Ca Mau (60km cycling). Includes: (B), (L).
Day 4: Ca Mau - Rach Gia (100km cycling). Includes: (B), (L).
Day 5: Rach Gia - Ha Tien (55km cycling). Includes: (B), (L).
Day 6: Ha Tien - Chau Doc (85km cycling). Includes: (B), (L).
Day 7: Chau Doc - Cao Lanh (60km cycling). Includes: (B), (L).
Day 8: Cao Lanh - Can Tho (65km cycling). Includes: (B), (L).
Day 9: Can Tho - Ho Chi Minh city (30km cycling). Includes: (B).
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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