VIETNAM CYCLING HOLIDAYS

Amazing Vietnam Bike Tour

Wonderful Vietnam bike tour that starting in Saigon, discovering the city by foot, cycling to Cu Chi tunnels, Mekong delta, along the central coast stop over at Whale island, Qui Nhon city, Quang Ngai specially Hoi An…, end-up in Halong bay, Hanoi.

Day 1: Saigon meet up, walking city tour:

Our team will meet you in the hotel arranged by VN Bicycle Travel, starting to discover the city by foot. We will visit the most famous sites: Saigon Old Post Office, Notre Dame, Reunification Palace, war museum..

Having lunch at Quan Ngon- a must try restaurant, where Vietnam food culture display.

Walking back to the centre, stopping at Ben Thanh market and Saigon Square shopping…

This is the time you on your own adventure in Saigon, our team will come back tomorrow.

Inclusion :

• English speaking tour guide
• Hotel: Alagon boutique hotel
• Lunch
• Entrance fees

 

Day 2: Cu Chi Tunnels: cycling 25km

This is an excellent way to discover the world -famous tunnels-Cu Chi. Your tourguide will meet you up at hotel in Saigon ,transfer for one hour to beat the crazy traffic of the city.Then you will get on a bike and ride through amazing rubber tree plantations,that will lead you to the tunnels.

On the way you will stop to enjoy sugar cane juice,fruits with locals,taking photo and listen to the story of the rubber.

After 25km cycling ,you will arrive the tunnels and your experienced tour-guide will explain to you the history of  this famous site.

 

• The riding is flexible, it could be longer or shorter depend on your joy

Our local biking guide knows the area very well, he can take you through many small villages, rubber trees,ferries, there is lot of time to take photo, see local people before you arrive the world famous tunnels of Cu Chi, This is the best answer why the IGs couldn’t win the Vietnam war.

• Biking time : 2.5 hours
• Transferring time : 1hour15’

Inclusion :

• English speaking tour guide
• Hotel: Alagon boutique hotel
• Lunch, breakfast
• Water, fruits
• Entrance fees
• Bikes and gears
• Support Van, truck

 

Day 3: Mekong delta cycling

7:30 am: pick up and transfer away from the busy of Saigon,2 and 15 minutes

hours easy driving, our car will drop you with your bike at a local ferry

10:15 you can start an unforgettable ride on the narrow lane and loop through the villages.

The ride will take you through many fruit gardens, specially Durian, this also is

a adventure for you to taste this fruit, our guide will arrange this fruit tasting and

explain you about it.

Cai Be- Vinh Long is famous for fruits, this is a very beautiful land of the Mekong,

there are lots of canals,lots of green trees, and people is very friendly, they are

very happy to see you. Le Vietnam Travel offers you a chance to see the real

Mekong delta and peole, we will take you on small back roads,where it is not touristy.

Another water crossing after 7km riding, now you are on Tan Qui island, this

is an unspoiled part of the Mekong, people welcomes you with a big smile and

saying ‘hello’ along the way.

1:30pm Having lunch on an island in a garden, Elephant fish will be server with

some local dishes..

2:30pm experience rowing boat along small canals shaded by mangrove trees..

3:15 pm: get back to your boat to visit floating market

3:45 pm: stopping at the village to see locals making pop rice, rice paper…

 4:15 pm: Back to you bike and ride some more kilometers along the river bank

until you see our boat again and transfer back to Saigon

6:45pm: finish service at your hotel

• Highlight : See the back roads ,life,fruit orchards ,small ferries,beautiful country sides,local people making rice paper,floating market.
• Distance cycling : 25-30 kms
• Cultural : high
• Scenery : 100% back roads, most typical mekong picture.

Inclusion :

• English speaking tour guide
• Hotel: Alagon boutique hotel
• Lunch, breakfast
• Water, fruits
• Entrance fees
• Bikes and gears
• Support Van, truck
•  

Day4 : HO CHI MINH-DA LAT(18 miles biking)(B,L)

An early morning departure is necessary to get the first riding of the trip completed. Drive straight to Da Lat and cycle fantastic country lanes and back roads in the shadow of Langbian mountain.The roads will be virtually traffic less, and it is a great way to get the feel of cycling in Vietnam. Dalat was established as a hill resort at the beginning of th last century by homesick French colonials who were attracted to its cool, spring- like weather, pine forests, water falls and lakes. Many reminders of Dalat’s colonial past can be seen in the hundreds of European style villas, chalets and other buildings still standing around town. One fine example is the cream-colored art deco villa that was onec the summer home of  vietnam’s  last emperor, BAO DAI. Another slightly grander example of Dalat’s colonial architecture is the superbly restored Dalat Palace Hotel overlooking the central Xuan Huong  lake. On the opposite side of Xuan Huong Lake is Vietnam first golf course, originally built for Emperor Bao Dai and recently restored, it is now one of the top courses in the region. Apart from its colonial heritage Dalat is known in Vietnam for it market gardens growing, everything from carrots and cauliflowers to avacado and bananas as well as many varieties of flowers. For Vietnamese Dalat means romance, and with attractions like the valley of love it is the destination for choice for local honeymooners. A few kms from Dalat,at the base of Mount Langbian is the village of the Lat ethnic minority from whom Dalat takes its name.The Rugged country around MountLang offers some great off road and on road biking opportunities. From Dalat the fertile plateau of the Central High land stretches northwards for hundreds of kilometers

Over night at Dalat Hotel Du Parc

-HIGHLIGHTS:

• Cycling undulating hills, cool air of the central highland, pine forests
• Mountain view
• Da Lat the honeymoon town, the summer holidays for colonials.., the Swiss town in Vietnam…

Inclusion :

• English speaking tour guide
• Hotel: Du Parc or Merpercure
• Lunch, breakfast
• Water, fruits
• Entrance fees
• Bikes and gears
• Support Van, truck

Day5: - Dalat-Nha trang(50miles cycling)(B,L)

Today’s the ride is predominantly downhill through pine forests ,villages and tea plantations as we descend nearly 1500m from Dalat  to Nha Trang in the afternoon.overnight in Nha Trang. We have two options: cycling from Hotel to the peak, it is 65km up and down, for those quite fit, or we transfer out 35km , then ride to the peak, it is 30km climb, when we get to peak, we only have down hill 40km with amazing lanscape like waterfalls, forest, cloud, valeys..

-HIGHLIGHTS:

• Cycling undulating hills, cool air of the central highland, pine forests, tea and coffee plantations
• The best mountain view, national forest
•  Mountain in the morning, ocean in the afternoon..

Inclusion :

• English speaking tour guide
• Hotel: Comodo hotel
• Lunch, breakfast
• Water, fruits
• Entrance fees
• Bikes and gears
• Support Van, truck

Overnight at Nha Trang at 4 star hotel: Codomo hotel

Day 6: Nha Trang-Whale island(12 miles cycling)(B,L,D)

Avoiding cycling on H1 we drive in the morning to the HON GOM penisular, some 80km north of Nha Trang.Unloading the bikes we ride a short way past shrimp farms out along the penisular.Board a 15minutes boat to Whale island, an eco resort owned by a Frenchman and his Vietnamese wife. The island is small but there are plenty of optional activities to do such as catamaran sailing, snorkeling. relaxing, hiking the short nature trail around the island, and diving. The food is a fusion of French and Viet cuisine.

Overnight in simple but very comfortable bungalows of Whale island.

Inclusion :

• English speaking tour guide
• Hotel: Resort
• Lunch, breakfast
• Water, fruits
• Entrance fees
• Bikes and gears
• Support Van, truck

-HIGHLIGHTS:

• Cycling beautiful coastline and fishing villages
• Beautiful sandune: SUN-SKY-SEA-SAND
•  Hidden island, unspilted

Day 7: Whale island –QuiNhon(40miles cycling)B,L,)

After a leisurely morning on the island, return to the main road and drive northwards a short distance to a void the main traffice,Cycle back roads to the coastal town of Qui Nhon. meeting friendly people along the journey. The areas of La Hai, Chi Thanh, Van Canh..lots of cows on the way, children going to school, doing 'hi five' with you.

we will stop to visit a minority village, we can do some charity if we like to, traditional  women with black teeth, chewinhg betal nuts..

Overnight at Grand Hyams Hotel

-HIGHLIGHTS:

• Cycling back roads
• Minority ethnic villages: farming,cows,friendly people, smiling children..
•  Mountain in the morning, ocean in the afternoon..

Inclusion :

• English speaking tour guide
• Hotel: Sea Gull or Grand Hyams hotel
• Lunch, breakfast
• Water, fruits
• Entrance fees
• Bikes and gears
• Support Van, truck

Day 8: QuiNhon-Quang Ngai(28miles cycling)(B,L)

After breakfast continue the journey along Vietnam’s only coastal road,to our next biking spot ,near the Quang Ngai town. Here we unload at the comfortable hotel and take lunch before a wonderful afternoon ride again on quiet country roads, The ride starts with a short steady 2 km climb to the top of Thien An Mountain where we enjoy the panaromic view of the surrounding countryside and visit an ancient working pagoda. From here we ride to the site of the My Lai massacre ,now a shrine and memorial museum dedicated to the families who lost their lives. After a guide tour around the site and museum we continue on quiet roads to the beach for a chance to swim and relax, then continue looping round through fishing villages back to the hotel.overnight in Quang ngai.

Visit :My Lai relic

Inclusion :

• English speaking tour guide
• Hotel: CoColand Resort
• Lunch, breakfast
• Water, fruits
• Entrance fees
• Bikes and gears
• Support Van, truck

 

-HIGHLIGHTS:

• Cycling back roads,through unspoilt villages
• The best coastline
•  Mountain in the morning, ocean in the afternoon..

Day 9: - Quang Ngai-Hoi An(cycle at leisure)(B,L)

After breakfast drive a couple of hours to Hoi An,a living museum, once known as Faifo, Hoi An was one of the orient’s major trading ports in the 16^th-17^th centuries.After the Thu Bon river linking Hoi An to the sea silted up,ocean going ships were no longer able to sail into town and trade moved 30km up the coast to Tourane(Da nang today).Despite the pass 200 years and the ravages of weather and war,the centre of Hoi An remains much the same as it was in its heyday. A walking tour is the best way to see the wooden –fronted houses that onece belonged to the town’s prosperous merchants, the Japanese-covered Bridge and the wonderful market. Hoi An is one of the best places in Vietnam to shop for souvenirs at bargain prices including silk, handicrafts, antiques and paintings.

Five kilometers from the centre of the town is Cua Dai beach,popular with both locals and visitors alike for its sandy beach, warm sea seafood stalls .Hoi An is known throughout Vietnam for its excellent seafood and it also boasts its own unique dishes such as Cao Lau,a delicious combination of noodles, port bean sprouts, mint and croutons.

-HIGHLIGHTS:

• Cycling back roads through small villages

Inclusion :

• English speaking tour guide
• Hotel: Hoian An Ancient House resortl
• Lunch, breakfast
• Water, fruits
• Entrance fees
• Bikes and gears
• Support Van, truck

Day 10: - Hoi An at leisure.(B)

The day is at leisure. alternatively take a bike ride to My Son Cham Tower located 70km from Hoi An or charter a local boatout to the beautiful Cham island set in spristine seas and with a gorgeous deserted beach..few tourists have yet visited this gem. An Bang Beach, Tra Que vegetable farm, is another option

Inclusion :

• English speaking tour guide
• Hotel: Hoian Ancient house Resort
• Lunch, breakfast
• Water, fruits
• Entrance fees
• Bikes and gears
• Support Van, truck

Day 11: - HoiAn –Hue(62miles cycling)(B,L)

Today we turn north again for the cycle to Hue(the rout passes over the spectacular Hai Van pass(pass of the ocean clouds),have lunch in Lang Co Beach, and enjoy the amazing ride along the penisular all the way to Hue.

Overnight at  TTC  Hotel

-HIGHLIGHTS:

• The Hai Van Pass
• The best mountain view, coastline villages
• Cycling along Thuan An penisualar, villages

Day 12: - Hue in the morning- train to Hanoi.(B,L,D)

Hue is o-ne of the main cultural, religious and educational centre of Vietnam.Hue become the nation’s capital under the Nguyen Dynasty when  Emperor Gial Long, the first ogthe Nguyen Emperors, chose the location for the imperial city 1802.The city remained vietnam’s capital until 1945,when Bao Dai, the last of the Nguyen Emperors, abbicated.Many of Hue’s attractions are found along the banks of the romantically named Perfume river that flows through the centre town. on the north part of the Imperail is the Citadel ,built in along the line of Peking’s Forbidden City,enclosed by 10mete thick walls and surrounded by a moat.A few kilometers futher up the river perhaps Hue’s best-masusoleums of the Ngyuen Emperors, more like palaces than tombs,are scattered around the rural areas surrounding the city .The mausoleums of Emperor Tu Duc,Khai Dinh are particulary impressive being extravagant complexes of pavilions, temples, courtyards and lakes.Hue is also the enormous producing the Non La or conical hats in Vietnam and the places to buy these is at the enormous Dong Ba Market.

Spend the morning cycling to some of these top sights, having lunch in town. In the afternoon board the train to Hanoi.

Overnight on train

-HIGHLIGHTS:

• The world heritage, the last Dynasty of Vietnam

Inclusion :

• English speaking tour guide
• Hotel: TTC hOTEL
• Lunch, breakfast,DINNER
• Water, fruits
• Entrance fees
• Bikes and gears
• Support Van, truck

Day 13: Hanoi – Halong Bay (B,L, D)

08h00 – 08h30 Pick-up at hotel and start the scenic, 3.5 hour drive to Halong Bay.  Enjoy the landscape of the Red River Delta country side and have a short break on the way. 12h00 – 12h30 Embark on Cruise followed by a short cruise briefing 13h00 – 15h30 Savor a delectable lunch as Cruises among the limestone islands…

15h30 – 16h30 Kayak among the hidden areas of the bay, around the  Luon Cave area. 16h30 Back to the Cruise

16h30 – 17h30 Cruise to Soi Sim island. Go swimming and relaxing at the beach of Soi Sim or climp up to the top of the island for a panorama view of Halong Bay

17h30 Return to the main boat for a shower. Relax or snap photos as the sun starts to set  

19h00 Dinner is served. Socialize with other guests, fish for squid, or just laze around   Overnight on board.

Day 14: Halong Bay – Hanoi (B, L)

06h30 – 07h00 Start your day with Tai Chi exercises or a photo hunt

07h30 – 08h30 Have breakfast at sunrise.

 08h30 – 09h30 Explore the amazing Sung Sot Cave – the nicest cave in Halong Bay.

09h30 Return to the boat. Freshen up and check out of your cabin.

09h30 – 10h30 Continue your cruise exploring the Bay, passing Ba Hang fishing village, Dog Islet and more…

10h30 – 11h30 While heading back to the habor, watch the cooking demonstration before enjoying a traditional Vietnamese lunch.

12h00 Disembark V’Spirit Classic Cruise

12h30 Transfer back to your hotel in Hanoi city center.

16h30 – 17h00 Arrive in Hanoi.

Day 15 : Hanoi city tour in the morning and transfer out.

Picking up at your hotel lobby at 10:00 A.M then we drive to One Pillar Pagoda, dating back to the 11th century. The next stop is the Temple of Literature, the site of Vietnam's oldest university and dedicated to one of the world's most famous scholars, Confucius. Inside the temple grounds, huge steles rest on the backs of even larger stone turtles (in Vietnam's culture, the turtle represents longevity). The stele recorded the names of the successful candidates who later became mandarins in the Emperor's court. From here you will have a walking tour of Hanoi 's vibrant Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake, the focal point of the city. This is not only a beautiful spot but also is the historical site of the legend of Le King and the golden turtle in the lake. Our guide will tell you about the legend of the lake and how it became one of the must see places in Hanoi for both domestic and international tourists. Lunch will be served at the local restaurant. After that you will enjoy a one hour cyclo tour of Hanoi's vibrant Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake, the focal point of the city. 

 Finish trip.