Incredible Vietnam Bike Tour 15 Days

Enjoy a leisurely breakfast before spinning outside of Hue, riding along the river (or in the van if the traffic is too busy), then into the countryside through remote villages. Along the way, a possibility to stop at a kindergarten to visit school children who will be delighted to practice their English with.

Continue on to visit two of the finest examples of Imperial architecture, the Tu Duc and Khai Dinh Royal Tombs, spend some time walking through the garden courtyards, learning about the history of Vietnam’s emperors and enjoying the feng shui settings. Afterwards, continue to bike across the Eastern bank to visit the sublime Thien Mu Pagoda, observing the novice monks, who live here, and strolling the pleasant grounds. Bid farewell to Thien Mu, further our ride into the massive Citadel, where Vietnam’s emperors ruled between 1802 and 1945. Afterwards, breaking for lunch at a beautifully restored Ancient Hue restaurant located deep inside a quiet alley in Kim Long village.

In the afternoon, discover the Southeast quarter of Hue with visit to Thanh Toan covered bridge, riding past serene villages along the Nhu Y river, rice fields, fruit gardens, family chapels, village communal houses. Dinner is on your own.

This morning we’ll ride across the Perfume River, entering and weaving through the Imperial Citadel on our way out of town, heading south through rice farms to visit a restored traditional village before continuing towards the coast via An Bang – My Loi – Vinh Hien route. After reaching a side route, we’ll enjoy a wonderfully scenic ride along a beautiful coast passing emerald green rice fields fronting blue lagoons. Here are also white dunes, covered with colorful traditional burial tombs (although the larger ones are new, a symbol of Vietnam’s rising economy). Here are numerous small villages and farms, and again we’ll pause to meet with locals and stop into a local school.

After a couple hours of flat, meandering ride, we’ll break at Lang Co Lagoon for a seafood lunch before — uh-oh — conquering the six-mile Hai Van Pass (below). Thankfully, the pass was graded gently and is also now closed to motor traffic. After pausing on the summit for panoramic views north to Hue and south over Danang, we’ll descend then continue onto Hoi An, skirting busy Danang and out to the coast again south to Hoi An, a quaint town that is typically everyone’s favorite stop in Vietnam on this tour.

Start biking from the hotel to explore the ecological quarters of HoiAn including Cam Kim fishing village, Kim Bong wood carving & boat building village. The ride takes us past numerous fish, shrimp farms, rice paddies, bamboo bridges, Buddhist monasteries hidden in the backstreets, until we reach Cua Dai bridge spanning across the ocean mouth taking us back into Tra Que organic herbal village for lunch. The afternoon ride covers the Cam Nam island to see more fishing farms, rice fields, river reeds, and cobblers. Return to hotel and the rest of the day is at leisure. Dinner is on your own.

You will be free today, any best advice which may be attracted you: Walking through the Hoi An Town and visit the top highlights in Hoi An: Tan Ki Ancient House, Bai Choi Traditional Bingo Game, Japanese Covered Bridge, Futian Pagoda, Boating on Thu Bon River.

Take a leisured cycling on paths from HoiAn through Thanh Ha, Dien Ban onto My Son site of Champa ruins. Share the paths with kids cycling to school, walk some morning local markets along our biking route and experience ancient architecture of My Son and its history. Lunch is at a local restaurant in Cau Mong. Afternoon, transfer by support van to Chu Lai and continue our last biking mileage to visit the My Lai massacre village. Then, ride to hotel for check in and the remainder of the day is at leisure. 

After early breakfast, depart hotel by minivan to Chau Me and mount bikes to ride on backroads meandering through numerous colorful fishing villages with thousands of fishing boats, sand dunes. Venture on single tracks, even deserted roads among aromatic rice paddies. Sometimes along the ride, you might want to challenge on some sandy off-roads around Tam Quan. There are also opportunities to see hundreds of salagan bird farms for nest cultivation. Stop en route for swimming opportunities at one of the most serene beaches en route to Quy Nhon that other travelers rarely visit. This long day ends with passing through the former American port base in Qui Nhon. shuttle from De Gi to hotel. If it’s early, time for swimming and massage. Dinner is at a local restaurant.

After leisurely breakfast, enjoying the beach views until departure. Our ride from Quy Nhon to Nha Trang covers some of Vietnam’s most scenic coastline, featuring blue lagoons with stone promontories overlooking the languid waters below. Fishing villages under rows of palms dot the coast here, their bays are filled with brightly colored boats. Not many travelers make it here, so lots of attention can be expected.

Another long day in the saddle, beginning with a ride down the quiet road from the hotel all the way to Song Cau with many uphill and downhill, until arriving in Tuy Hoa, where we will rendezvous for lunch. From Tuy Hoa, van shuttle to picturesque Dai Lanh Beach, pausing for a dip in the water and refreshments. In the late afternoon, arrive on the waterfront in picturesque Nha Trang. After arrival, On arrival in Nha Trang, bid farewell to the members of module HAN/NHA, HUI/NHA, HOI/NHA.

*** For new members of modules NHA/SGN-a, NHA/SGN-b, NHA/MKG-a, NHA/MKG-b starting from today, please make your way to the hotel and our biking team will be greeting you at the hotel for a welcome briefing at 8.00PM.

Let’s see how big your challenge is if you want to conquer the Hon Giao Pass from hotel to hotel about 130km. This day will be started at 7:30am in Dien Khanh village. We warm your leg up on the easy road before pedaling 33km to summit for picnic lunch. In the afternoon, we cycle roll up and down hills and along a part of Ho Chi Minh Trails to Da Lat Valley.

Around Dalat, onto Suoi Vang, Thung Lung Vang, Tuyen Lam lake, downhill to Prenn pass A bottom and return to Dalat via Prenn pass B, uphill and some bumpy sections.

Dalat ride to Buon Chuoi, Nam Ban, Elephant waterfall, continue onto Duc Trong. Lunch. Afternoon, shuttle to Madagui and ride from here via the Nam Cat Tien park down to Dinh Quan.

We advise any Saigon City Post Tours and Cu Chi Tunnels to explore the beauties, foods, history, culture and the customs which are attracted the most. You will be advised from our expert local guide about that at your real timeline.

Shuttle from Saigon to TanAn where we fit our bikes and start our exploration of the second biggest dragon fruits in Vietnam. The highlights of the biking routes are friendly farmers shooting “hello” to you, through a village known for “hu tieu” (vermicelli) in My Tho and the splendid Vinh Trang pagoda. On arrival the dock, take a private boat to the Mekong Riverside restaurant for lunch. Then, hop on a horse-cart to the Hương Dừa workshop in which you will learn more about how locals make the best use of coconut into a variety of products. Afterwards, we ride under a shady path to BaLai and onto BenTre city (if time permits). Overnight in Tra Vinh Khmer Town.

Tra Vinh is famous for The Forest City and it is not touristy destination for tourist. So it is really quiet at night. After 8:30 pm everything is seem to be closed and almost sleep. Tra Vinh province is considered the homeland to 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 cycling on deeply to traditional villages of Khmer, stop and visit some thatch houses, experience the ways of living and visit some colorful temples on our way cycling to through Tieu Can to Cau Ke. After we have lunch in town, a fantastic bicycling begins after just half an hour transfer by van/bus to Vinh Xuan. We continue explore beautiful countryside villages by cycling along canals, rivers fruit orchards and through rice paddy fields. We end up cycle and get on van/bus to Can Tho to check in hotel.

Embarking your motorized boat trip to a very well-known CaiRang Floating Market, a bustling one on the river of CanTho. Explore numerous rural canals before getting back on our steel-horse from DongThanh all the way to TamBinh. Your lunch will be served at one of the most hospitable farmer’s home where you can have a quick shower before a 3-hour ride in van to bring you back to Saigon around 5pm.