Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City – Cau Ke – Tra Vinh (80 - 100 km). Morning drive to Vinh Long with a stop at the Bonsai garden to have a coffee. After lunch at Phuong Thuy restaurant, we bike out of the town on HW53 to Cau Vi (or Bung Truong bridge) with the distance of 27 km. Off the bridge, veer right to go straight to Cau Ke and reach Ta Thieu pagoda (Khmer's), another 29 km. After visiting the pagoda, shuttle to Tra Vinh. Overnight in Tra Vinh.
Day 2: Tra Vinh – Vinh Long – Can Tho (50 - 70km). After breakfast, ride and shuttle to visit the Ba Om pond and some Khmer pagodas before leaving Tra Vinh for Vinh Long. On arrival, have lunch and head onto the village of Ba Ke where we turn into the country road and enjoy the cool air and breeze along the road; there are a lot of photo moments of the smiles of Mekong people and working farmers at the velvet green rice fields and fruit tree garden, the peaceful scenery of the rivers and villages. At about 3 pm, we get back to the busy road and shuttle to our hotel for a cool drink at the poolside. Tonight dinner is at the hotel. Overnight in Can Tho.
Day 3: Can Tho (70 km). Shuttle out of Can Tho to the village of Tam Vu, start the loop of 140Km Biking today along the paved road toward Vi Thanh. Turn off the road and keep riding on a dirt road along the Rach Ngoi canal. After riding through the busy market, Khmer community, get back to the pavement at Vi Thanh at lunch time, followed by a shuttle back to Can Tho. Stay overnight in Can Tho.
Day 4: Can Tho – Thot Not – Chau Doc (30 Km Biking). Morning take a 2 hour boat cruise (bikes are left in our shuttle) along the lower part of the Mekong River (Hau Giang) visiting the busy floating markets of Cai Rang and one fruit garden. Leave the boat 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.
Day 5: Chau Doc – Vinh Long – Ho Chi Minh City (50 Km Biking). Shuttle and bike the loop of 50 to 90 km around Nui Sam and from there to Tri Ton – Ba Chuc with visit to the Cavern Pagoda en route. The main views are hills, mountains, rivers and Cambodian pagodas along the way. Then from Ba Chuc, shuttle and bike to Sadec via Vam Cong ferry, visiting Rose Garden en route. Lunch in Vinh Long before driving back to Ho Chi Minh City. On arrival transfer to the hotel. Overnight in the City.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- Support truck
- Mineral water
- Helmets
- Accommodation in twin-sharing room
- All the meals (B, L, D): B= breakfast / L= lunch / D= dinner
- Sightseeing fees and permits
- English/French-speaking guide
Price Excludes:
- Drinks, tips, personal expenses
- Insurance and other services not specified.
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