Hanoi Trip Overview
Let’s experience the hidden path of Mekong Delta on two wheels on our cycling trip and intermingle with the local in their daily life. Getting off the popular one-day boat trips and cycling on the tracks across countless rivers, orchards can leave you unforgettable feelings.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 days
Starts: Hanoi, Vietnam
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Let’s experience the hidden path of Mekong Delta on two wheels on our cycling trip and intermingle with the local in their daily life. Getting off the popular one-day boat trips and cycling on the tracks across countless rivers, orchards can leave you unforgettable feelings.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival Vietnam – Hochiminh City
Stop At: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City
On arrival in Hochiminh City we will pick you up and transfer you to your hotel. We will first adjust our cycles to your height and then you can either rest from your journey or wander around central Hochiminh City. Hochiminh City is the vibrant and commercial hub of Vietnam. It is a diverse city of the old and the new with many street food stalls, coffee stops, bars, restaurants and colonial French buildings. Feel free to stop for a cool beer or an iced coffee and watch the world go by
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city: Liberty Parkview hotel – 3 star or similar
Day 2: Hochiminh City – CaiBe (Tien Giang) (B/L/D)
Stop At: Cai Be, Cai Be, Tien Giang Province, Mekong Delta
You will be picked up by your bike guide at 7:30 AM from your hotel and take one and a half hour drive to out of Saigon/ Hochiminh City to visit Cai Be floating market (one of the famous floating market in the Mekong Delta!). This is a whole sale market, where tropical fruits and vegetables are sold. iIf you want to know what they sell we can recognize from bamboo poles, they hang what they sell in front of the boats. Stopping in riverside villages and then take a short walk around to see how locals make coconut candy, pop- corn, rice crispy…and lunch stop at local restaurant.
Afternoon bike ride around Cai Be and along the system of the Upper Mekong River, we will see local riverside market (CaiBe market) on the ways, it is the best local market for tourist to have a look around. Then transfer to your accommodation in Tien Giang for relax and overnight.
Distance: 25km
Trail Difficulty: 3/5
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Tien Giang: Mekong Rustic home-stay – local 3 star or similar
Day 3: Vinh Long – Bentre – Travinh (B/L/D)
Stop At: Vinh Long, Vinh Long, Vinh Long Province, Mekong Delta
We will pass the Rach Mieu Bridge and keep cycling on country roads towards Que Son. The roads are remote winding roads under a green canopy, which are coconut palms that make this region of Ben Tre famous – and it is far from tourists and the bustle of Hochiminh City! On arrival in the town of Ben Tre, we will take a boat trip around the village and have lunch at a local house. In the afternoon, we will shuttle by minivan over the Ham Luong River and use the ferry following which we will keep cycling to Tra Vinh where we stay overnight.
Distance: 65 km
Trail Difficulty: 3/5
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at TraVinh: Cuu Long hotel – local 3 star or similar
Day 4: Travinh – Cantho (B/L/D)
Stop At: Tra Vinh, Tra Vinh, Tra Vinh Province, Mekong Delta
Our first destination today is Tieu Can, where we will discover the beautiful Theravada Pagodas and encounter the Khmer monks (who are originally from Cambodia). A short cycle ride later, we will visit the fascinating Ang Pagoda. From there, we will cycle about 32km to Cau Ke where we will have lunch.
We continue our cycle another 21km to Tra On and take a short ferry trip to Luc Si Thanh islet. Once there, we will drive with the van to the Cai Cu harbor and take the ferry to Can Tho, where we will have dinner at a local restaurant and stay overnight.
Distance: 53 km
Trail Difficulty: 3/5
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Can Tho: West Can Tho – local 4 star or similar
Day 5: Cantho at leisure (B)
Stop At: Can Tho, Can Tho, Mekong Delta
Breakfast at hotel.
Free all day for relax, swim or shopping in the town center. Lunch and dinner at your own arrangement for more flexibility. Overnight in Can Tho.
Distance: 0km
Trail difficulty: 0/5
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Can Tho: West Can Tho – local 4 star or similar
Day 6: Cantho – Long Xuyen (B/L/D)
Stop At: Cai Rang Floating Market, 46 Hai Ba Trung Near Cai Rang Bridge, Can Tho 900000 Vietnam
After a very early breakfast, we ride on a narrow paved road via Cai Rang floating market. Weave through the morning traders, as we pedal along the banks of the very busy river. Taking in another market, we continue on to Phong Dien Village and eventually stop for lunch. There’s a 30 minute transfer to the town of Long Xuyen. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Distance: 95km
Trail difficulty: 3/5
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Long Xuyen: Hoa Binh Hotel – local 3 star or similar
Day 7: Longxuyen – Triton – Trasu – Chaudoc (B/L/D)
Stop At: Chau Doc, Chau Doc, An Giang Province
After a short early morning transfer to Tri Ton, the cycling starts to undulate as we ride closer to Chau Doc. This afternoon we cycle to the killing fields of Vietnam at Ba Chuc, where Pol Pot’s regime massacred over 3,000 Vietnamese in 1978. The route loops around to Chau Doc along the border. Dinner and overnight in hotel for the final night in Vietnam.
(If we will have some spare time, we can also visit the Tra Su Forest, which has a great variety of birds and animals, of which some are listed in Vietnam’s Red Book.)
Distance: 110km
Trail difficulty: 3/5
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Chau Doc: Chau Pho hotel – local 3 star or similar
Day 8: Chaudoc – Ho Chi Minh Or Phnompenh (B/L)
Stop At: Chau Doc, Chau Doc, An Giang Province
Breakfast at hotel, then you will transfer Hochiminh City for departure or continue your trip to PhnomPenh depend on your program. Lunch at local restaurant.
Note: Standard check-out time is 12h
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
