4 Days Ho Chi Minh City Cycling To Travinh -Cantho -Sadec – Caolanh
Tour Overview
Saigon Cycling To Travinh -Cantho -Sadec – Caolanh to Southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, buses emerge from the city’s unkempt urban sprawl and into the pastoral surrounds of...
Code of Tour: TAD0000028083
Length of Travel: 4 Day
Destinations of Tour:
Departure City: Ho Chi Minh City
Price of Tour: Request
Type of Tour: Private
Features of Tour: Cycling
Saigon Cycling To Travinh -Cantho -Sadec – Caolanh to Southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, buses emerge from the city’s unkempt urban sprawl and into the pastoral surrounds of the Mekong Delta’s upper plains. The delta is too modest to flaunt its full beauty so soon, but glimpses of rice fields hint at things to come, the brilliant emerald green dotted withSouthwest of Ho Chi Minh City, buses emerge from the city’s unkempt urban sprawl and into the pastoral surrounds of the Mekong Delta’s upper plains. The delta is too modest to flaunt its full beauty so soon, but glimpses of rice fields hint at things to come, the brilliant emerald green dotted with the occasional white ancestral grave. There are over a dozen towns in the delta with facilities for tourists, though most are rarely visited. the occasional white ancestral grave. There are over a dozen towns in the delta with facilities for tourists, though most are rarely visited.
TOUR ITINERARY
Day 1: Sai Gon – Ben Tre – Tra Vinh (L/D) (25 – 45 km)
8:00 AM picked up at the hotel by our Mekong Biking Tours team, relax an hour and a half driving on A/C van/bus through modern HCM city from Tra Vinh, Mekong Delta. We will arrive in the countryside of Ham Luong at about 10:00 am. To begin the morning ride with off-road cycling adventures on mixed asphalt country back road, smooth concrete paths, and a short distance on a single track. We ride through quiet villages into many branches of the Mekong River. Talk with locals when waiting for a ferry coming back to take us to a further side. We will have our lunch served in the village. The routes in the afternoon are shady, small concrete paths, narrow, just enough for two bicycles but the scenery is nice. We will have many stops at some family workshops making coconut fibers, and another making furniture before we cross the Mekong River by ferry to Tra Vinh city.
Day 2: Tra Vinh – Cau Ke – Can Tho (B/L/D) (60 – 85 km)
Tra Vinh is a small town and it is not a touristy destination for tourists traveling by bus. So it is really quiet at night. After 8:30 pm everything seems to be closed and almost asleep. Tra Vinh province is considered the homeland of Khmer and there are numerous Khmer temples in the province. A full day cycling of today is a chance you are not only learning cultures but also cycle on deeply to traditional villages of Khmer, stopping and visiting some thatch houses, experiencing the ways of living, and visiting some colorful temples on our way cycling through Tieu Can to Cau Ke. After we have lunch in town, a fantastic bicycle begins after just half an hour’s transfer by van/bus to Vinh Xuan. We continue to explore beautiful countryside villages by cycling along canals, rivers fruit orchards, and rice paddy fields. We end upcycle and getting on a van/bus to Can Tho to check in the hotel.
Day 3: Can Tho – Sadec- Cao Lanh (B/L/D) (35 – 50 km)
There are two most interesting sites that we must see because one has funs and the other is related to French Indochina. The first site is a busy floating market in Can Tho and we are going to go there by boat. The second site is an ancient house of Huynh Thuy Le. Who was in loved with Marguerite Duras then the story became a movie. After we watched the floating market of Cai Rang, a short drive took us to Can Tho bridge to start biking. From Binh Minh to Sadec town, we bike on country back roads, through sweet potatoes, family workshops making rice powder, brick factories, and pedaling along canals busy with many boats moving up and down. Our delicious lunch is served at Huynh Thuy Le’s house and we have a rest before we ride to Cao Lanh city. We bike through the village of flowers in the countryside of Sadec, then we keep our afternoon’ cycling through many small villages through mango gardens, rivers and we have a van/bus transfer to Cao Lanh city.
Day 4: Cao Lanh – Xeo Quyt base – Ho Chi Minh (B/L) (20 – 45 km)
Cao Lanh is a new town after Vietnam War. Foreigners are rarely seen in this town because it is not a nice place for bus tours. But bike routes are so unique. The place we start biking is about 30 minutes transfer by vehicle from Cao Lanh city. The quiet rural back road by small rivers gives you a fantastic ride with beautiful scenery along the way to Xeo Quyt, the former base of the Viet Cong. A local guide will lead you the way to see some shelters and a sampan rowing boat taking you into the forest. If time permits, our last ride is about 25 km on a single track, through rice fields, irrigation networks, and fruit orchards. We end up cycling on the high road and having lunch before two hours and a half returning to HCM by vehicle.
