10 Days Mekong Delta Exploration Cycling Tour from Ho Chi Minh City
Tour Overview
Explore Mekong Delta Cycling Tours this region is known as Cuu Long, or “Nine Dragons”, a reference to the nine tributaries of the Mekong River that dovetail across plains...
Code of Tour: TAD0000028071
Length of Travel: 10 Day
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Price of Tour: Request
Type of Tour: Private
Features of Tour: Cycling
Explore Mekong Delta Cycling Tours this region is known as Cuu Long, or “Nine Dragons”, a reference to the nine tributaries of the Mekong River that dovetail across plains fashioned by millennia of flood-borne alluvial sediment. These rich soils have turned the delta into Vietnam’s rice bowl, an agricultural miracle that pumps out more than a third of the country’s annual food crop – not just rice, but also sugar cane, coconut and fruit – from just ten percent of its total landmass
TOUR ITINERARY
Day 01: Saigon – Can Duoc – Go Cong – My Tho
8:00 AM picked up at your hotels and 45-minute transfer by vehicles to the outskirt of HCM. Today’s bicycle riding is divided into 2 different sections. In the morning, we bike through Can Duoc’ countryside; biking through jasmine rice paddy fields, okra, and squash vegetable fields. We stop for lunch in the small town of Can Duoc. Can Duoc district is a major rice producer, particularly Jasmine rice (Nang Thom) which is grown nationwide. But, the most delicious is the Nang Thom Cho Dao variety cultivated in My Le commune. The taste is silky, soft, and delicate flavor from the unique exotic region. After lunch, we bike to the ferry where we cross the Vam Co River. Our pleasure ride is on unique paths along the Vam Co River; passing local farms which grow shrimp, and fish. The last ferry will take us crossing the small river. The lovely countryside in Cho Gao and its’ friendly people here makes your pleasant cycling become a highlight of today’s ride.
30 – 70 km, easy/moderate
Lunch/ Dinner
Day 02: My Tho – Ben Tre – Tra Vinh
After your breakfast at the hotel, a short transfer you over Rach Mieu Bridge to Chau Thanh Dist, Ben Tre for a morning ride. The area we cycle to explore today is Ben Tre’s countryside. Your guide will choose the shady path to lead you cycling through plantations of coconut and banana. It has bike paths criss-cross its land and these paths link village to village. Your guide will arrange a locally made lunch. After lunch, you can take a rest on hammocks/ a short nap before the afternoon’ ride continues. passing local primary schools, stopping at kindergarten to see parents picking up their kids from school. Then we keep cycling on smooth concrete paths through water palms, and villages to the Co Chien River.
40 – 75 km, easy/moderate
Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Day 03: Tra Vinh – Dai Ngai – Soc Trang
In the morning, we start biking from the hotel. We follow the small road links to a rural village, then we continue to ride through Khmer villages, and local markets to Cau Quan, you can see how rural lanes offer rural trails into the heart of the Khmer community. Your guide will lead the way through tranquil villages, pass shimmering rice paddies, observe farmers working in the fields, and visit some Vietnamese, and Chinese Buddhist temples and colorful Khmer temples. After we go across Mekong Rivers by 2 public ferries, then we enjoy lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, your adventure starts as we cycle through many of the wildest and untouched countryside; natural rural trails, a network of natural creeks, and tiny villages. The rural cycling routes in the areas are such wonderful rural back roads; smooth concrete along small branches of the Mekong River and they are wide enough for 2 bikes to get through. We end up today’s riding in urban Dist, not far from Soc Trang city.
30 – 70 km, easy/ moderate
Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Day 04: Soc Trang – Vinh Chau – Bac Lieu
Our adventure day is divided into two different separate parts after we have a stop at Bat pagoda, then we bike deeply to remote villages in the morning. A beautiful bike ride through gently undulating farmland filled with large shrimp and fish farms. You will enjoy and experience a leisurely way of local life, and friendly people in countryside villages until you reach Vinh Chau town. After lunch in town, we bike through tranquil villages and bustling riverside markets before we reach and cycle on quiet back roads close to the ocean side of Bac Lieu.
30 – 75 km, easy/moderate
Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Day 05: Bac Lieu – Ganh Hao – Ca Mau
Today is a long day for us to benefit most from the real life of locals in untouched countryside, especially the way of earning a living. We pedal across salt fields and shrimp farms and mangrove forests before we stop at Ganh Hao for lunch. This afternoon gives you a chance to experience daily activities in the areas where the waterway is a regular transport; small and long composite boats with long-tailed engines are almost seen here. It is because they go fast and also could go on shallow water rivers and canals. The countryside of rural Dists in Ca Mau is beautiful. You can see farmers working on farmland with buffaloes and cows. Many shelters along the country back roads are small for ducks, cows buffaloes and we could stop for photos taken. We will end up our ride today in the outskirt of Ca Mau city and get on an A/C van/bus for driving to Ca Mau city
30 – 85 km, easy/moderate
Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Day 06: Ca Mau – U Minh – Rach Gia
Today’s ride is easy and lovely as we cycle on a smooth path through untouched villages and small jungles. Especially, we cycle the real back roads long remote rivers; see many stilt houses, timber factories, and mangrove forests. We ride past tiny villages where Vietnamese and Chinese and Khmer live along the river banks. You can see locals living to use boats as the main mean of transport; cargo boats, water taxis, and family high-speed boats with long-tailed engines moving from different directions. After we have lunch at a local restaurant, we get back to the bikes and continue to hit the path. We choose the best country back road to Tac Cau and have some ferry crossings in rural areas before we follow the coastal road to Hoa Rach Gia Resort. Another option for the afternoon ride: who love to rock and roll on a single track through the cajuput forest for 15 km before we reach a small town where we get on a van/bus for driving to Rach Gia city.
35 – 80 km, easy/moderate
Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Day 07: Rach Gia – Tri Ton – Chau Doc
Today’s cycling will begin after the A/C van takes you to Urban Dist where you ready for off-road cycling. We pedal on a path, single track across villages and wild grass fields, and cajeput forests along the river as you race with local cargo boats. Then we follow a single track along the eucalyptus field to the mountain To which is near Tri Ton. Passing some pagodas through palm trees close to the mountain. Stop for lunch at Tri Ton town. Tri Ton Dist belonged to An Giang province which owned many beautiful mountains and hilly single-track and country back roads in the Delta of Vietnam. This is a chance you can challenge your cycling skills and enjoy beautiful roads; see farmers harvesting chili, tapioca, and corns. Then we carry on our cycling adventure on the back road to Tra Su forest. This is the best time you explore this forest included; motor boat rides, sampan boat rowing, see many kinds of birds, and bats when they are going back home to sleep. Have a short transfer to the hotel after visiting Tra Su forest.
30 – 85 km, easy/ moderate
Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Day 08: Chau Doc – Cho Moi – Cao Lanh
Enjoy an hour motorized boat to catfish farms and floating villages before you discover the lowland of Dong Thap province. You will mingle with children on bikes on rural roads through villages of houses on stilts. Ride on a dirt track to Cho Moi, and pedal past Hoa Hao Buddhism holy temple. On your afternoon cycle, we ride to the Monastery, which was built 120 years ago by the French. The first monastery building site was established in 1874 in Indochina. Then we will explore Gieng Islet; enjoy cycling on smooth country back roads, stopping at local markets, and fruit garden before we get on a small ferry to Cao rural Dist of Cao Lanh. From here we will cycle leisurely through the countryside by the Mekong River, passing mango orchards sometime. Today’s ride will end up at urban Dist then we have a transfer to Cao Banh city by van/bus
30 – 70 km, easy, moderate
Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Day 09: Cao Lanh – Sadec – Can Tho
Cao Lanh is a new town after 1975 and Sadec was the main town before Vietnam War. You can see the difference between new and old. The drowsy former capital of Dong Thap province, Sadec is a comparatively peaceful city of tree-lined streets and fading colonial villas. Your guide will lead you to cycle a beautiful route through flowery villages, and flower plantations and will have lunch at the ancient house of Huynh Thuy Le. In this afternoon, cycling adventure through the countryside, we bike through sweet potato fields, a local workshop producing rice/ stick rice powders, and stopped at eel farms, and frog farms. This ride will bring you up close and personal with friendly local people, their unique culture, and the beautiful villages of Can Tho.
30 – 70 km, easy/ moderate
Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Day 10: Can Tho – Vinh Long – Cai Be – HCM
Can Tho is located in the center of the 12 provinces which make up the Mekong Delta. It is not only famous for rice but is also well-known for its many floating markets. We’ll have an early start by boat to a floating market, then head back to the hotel for breakfast. Transfer for an hour to Vinh Long town where we will cross the Co Chien River. Continue by bike to An Binh. Cycle 17 km to Cai Be town, then enjoy delicious lunch at an ancient house. After lunch, we will cycle another 15 km on back roads to Cay Lay, Tien Giang province. Transfer to Ho Chi Minh City for check-in hotel – End The Tour
Boat ride to the floating market
30 km+, easy
Breakfast/ Lunch
