Overview
Instruction
We spend 4 days biking the Mekong Delta with our private bicycle holiday. We saw very different areas with all kinds of agriculture, the floating market, temples and more. With the van somewhere near, we never biked more than we wanted. Our biking guide is a local experienced leader with fluent English, well prepared service and creating the most beautiful biking loops along the ride with you.
🇻🇳 This Mekong Delta Cycling Tour 4 days will lead you on the bike to discover the eastern part of the Mekong Delta Region.
Take this holiday as the top of photographic tours of Indochina with bicycles in the countryside.
Have the greatest fun activities with locals at work in their farms.
Road-less travel destinations are chosen by most travelers as you want to enjoy the holiday in style.
Based on our experts, this bicycle tour is the best way to explore the destinations up close, at a single object, clear eye contact, art & antique corners.
Full itinerary
💢 Day 1: Saigon - Ben Tre - Tra Vinh (L, D/Cycling 55 km)
No longer 1,5 hours transfer to Tan An, where we start biking on the paved road to explore the world of fruit orchards. Dragon fruit is the most popular fruit that local farmers grow to improve their income. We bike 25km on this stage with some stops to experience the flavour of fresh fruits, villages with fun kids (you might see them on the way back home from school). Lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant.
In the afternoon, we drive about 1 hour relax in the comfortable van to Ben Tre’s most beautiful village with very easy paths and more than 70% coconut trees in the local farms: we pedal under the shady coconuts, small & narrow lane, many stops for enjoying a fresh coconut water/ fruits, pass many family workshops making coconut chopsticks and any kind of fibers. Take a ferry to cross the Mighty Mekong River with a very short transfer to the center of Tra Vinh Remote Town for overnight at 3 star hotel.
💢 Day 2: Tra Vinh - Can Tho (B, L/Cycling 55 km)
We should get up early in the morning to enjoy the sunrise at 6am. On the nice weather and clear sky you will have this great moment on the Mekong Riverside. Your breakfast will start at 7:30 with simple foods as bread, jam, milk, fruit and coffee or tea. Time to relax and ready for this biggest cycling 3 day tour. Leaving the guesthouse and saying goodbye to the hostess, from there we stun a hundred orchards of this island, we ride past people’s fruit yards of pomelo, guava, durian, rambutan and stop to chat with farmers. You may also visit a khmer pagoda.
We cycle further to the secrete khmer villages, learn more about their life influenced greatly by the Khmer big culture and many stops for photography in front of the art thatched houses, water coconut leaves. This is a really good experience with colorful temples and flowers along the way to Tieu Can. Then, we transfer and have lunch in Tra Met with a siesta. The afternoon ride is also a fantastic route under a thousand pomelos & 3 ferries, endless rice-fields on Luc Si Thanh & My Hoa. We drive to Can Tho for another night-stay at a 4 star hotel.
💢 Day 3: Can Tho - Long Xuyen - Chau Doc (B, L, D/Cycling 60 km)
Anyone who has been to Can Tho and seen a busy floating market and will never forget it!.
A boat ride will take you to the floating market before your biking starts. We cycle through Phong Dien’ countryside, the area owns many small natural creeks across many villages. After a fruit stop at Phong Dien, we continue to pedal your bike on track by river, enjoy daily activities of local on rivers; grocery boats advertising plastic household goods, cargo boats selling sands for building, small fast boat bring pigs, ducks to local markets and many small ferries taking passengers to further side. We will stop for lunch in the town of Thoi Lai. Then we continue to hit the paths and ride to Co Do and to Long Xuyen.
In the afternoon, you will cycle deeply into and bicycling on paths along man made canals as you race with local boats, and water taxi, cargo boats and sampan in the Tra Su cajuput forest. If time permits, you will enjoy the great sunset on the Sam Mountain on the western Chau Doc with some amazing pictures. Overnight in Chau Doc at 3* Hotel.
💢 Day 4: Chau Doc - Saigon (B, L/Cycling 45 km)
A large number of people know Mekong Delta is the biggest rice region in Vietnam, but this region is also the largest herbs and mango homelands!
Let's start early today at 7am, we take a short transfer to Binh Thuy hamlet to start cycling through the Cho Moi district which is a spirit of Hoa Hao religion and highlights of herbs, herbal medicine, incense workshops and any typical pagodas you see along the ride.
Following your lunch, you will cycle 10 km under the lush shade of the Mango (you may see and try the mango while harvesting by the local farmers) and we will finally transfer you from Cao Lanh to Saigon in the late afternoon. We’ll totally ride approximately 45 km today!
Tour Details
Facts
| Total Cycling Distance | 195 km |
| Avg Distance/Day | 50 km |
| Avg Climbing/Day | 270 m |
| location_on | Destinations | Mekong Delta |
| flag | Tour Meets | Saigon |
| flag | Tour Ends | Saigon |
| flight_land | Fly In To | SGN Airport |
| flight_takeoff | Fly Out Of | SGN Airport |
| group | Group Size | 2-10 Riders |
| vertical_align_bottom | Minium Age | 14 |
Experienced Profile
What's Included/Excluded
- check Comfortable A/C Transportation: carry the bikes & transfer the riders
- check Mt.bicycle with helmet, water cage, tools kit
- check All entrance fees, sight-seeing tickets, local ferries and boat trips
- check Meals as mentioned above: B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner
- check Cold mineral water, energy drink, snack, fruit, wet tissue on day tours
- check Shared double/twin room: 1 night at 4 star hotel & 2 nights at 3 star hotels
- check Experienced English speaking cycling guide
- check Pick-up & Drop-off at your hotel
- check Private boat trip for the floating market
- close Travel Insurance
- close Personal expenses such as laundry, phone
- close Drinks at meals
- close Late check-out and early check-in
- close Single Supplement 134 US$
- close Private group (please contact us)
- close e-Bike surcharge: 80 USD/person
Booking Info
✅ BOOKING
If this is your favourite tour here's what you need to do to confirm your place with all departures are appear, you just select your best date you'd like to travel by clicking on "BOOK NOW" link. Once we receipt your inquiry, one of our member will send you the full proposal with the traveler's information in details, if you request for your solo traveler, we will let you know the tour is "available" to "Guaranteed to Departure" or "Standby" to wait for more traveler joining to go ahead with the minimum 2 people are reached. If the trip will be reconfirmed guaranteed to departure, you are free to book your flight, Visa (as this advice for Vietnam Visa if you need) and make all other travel arrangements. If you are unsure any thing about the tour status, please email us at Ops@vietnambybike.com or call (+84)888541515. You also provide us the extra information such as passport numbers, height, weight. If your child is under 14 years old, please note their birthdate in the message at the end of the booking form. All of the problems will be assisted via above hotline and general email.
✅ DEPOSIT
For less than 5 day tour to secure the service, we require deposit 100 USD/person & for Longer 5 days Tours to guarantee your place we require a 500 USD deposit, whichever is the greater. We also require that you take out travel insurance when you book your holiday. Besides covering you during your holiday it will also enable you to claim for any money that you have paid to us, including your deposit, should you have to cancel your trip.
✅ BALANCE
Deposit must be paid 15 days before the departure date with fees for any bicycle rental(s), single supplement(s) and extra hotel nights. Our confirmation will include personal details you provided us (including your flight information), visa application advice, a packing suggestion list and a detailed tour itinerary. It will also include a checklist to ensure you get everything ready for your holiday.
✅ CANCELLATION POLICY
On the rare occasions when we, VietnamByBike, must cancel a trip, all payments received to date will be 100% refunded, which constitutes full settlement. There will be absolutely no deductions. If you, the client, must cancel your reservation, your cancellation fee will be determined according to when you cancel. For full details, please read our cancellation policy.
✅ LOYALTY RIDERS CLUB
For those who have been on several long tours with us we reward customer loyalty by offering repeat customers a special discount off the tour price (excludes single supplement and bike rental). If this is your fourth scheduled tour or more you will receive a 5% discount. If this is your eighth scheduled tour or more we will extend a 10% discount. The discount will be reflected in your online booking, but please contact us if any questions. Loyalty discounts can not be used in conjunction with any other offer. Note: Only tours of 5 days or more will be applicable for loyalty discount.
✅ INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS
International flights, to and from the start and finish points are not included in the tour price. Once your tour is Guaranteed to Depart you can book your flight. Please contact us for advice before arranging flights for the best arrival and departure times. We would only cancel a trip for an extreme circumstance, but in that case, where we cancel your trip, we cannot be liable for losses incurred relating to any flight booking you have made. Please claim any losses from your travel insurance that you acquired when you booked your holiday.
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Date 15 June, 2024 Availability Available | 15 June, 2024 | Available | ||||
Date 08 June, 2024 Availability Available | 08 June, 2024 | Available | ||||
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