Day 1: Hochiminh City (-/-/D)
AM: Meet up at Tan Son Nhat Int'l Airport then transfer your hotel
PM: 14:00 travel out the city center to fit & test your bikes.

Ho Chi Minh City


Tour

Bicycle Tour 15 days

Day 1: Hochiminh City (-/-/D)
AM: Meet up at Tan Son Nhat Int'l Airport then transfer your hotel
PM: 14:00 travel out the city center to fit & test your bikes.

Day 2: Hochiminh City - Loc An Beach: 102 km (B/L/-)
AM: Drive out of town for about 45 minutes, and then cross on the Cat Lai ferry where we start cycling to Loc An Beach. The roads are very quiet with good scenery, as you cycle towards the coast through rubber, cashew nut and black pepper plantations.
PM: Relax

Day 3: Loc An - Phan Thiet: 153km (B/L/-)
AM: Quiet roads take us to the coastal desert reserve at Phuoc Buu
PM: Cycle along side large sand dunes & plantations of the bizarre looking Dragon Fruit Gardens and rejoin the Highway No.1 from where we will drive the final 40km to Phan Thiet

Day 4: Phan Thiet Uphill to Bao Loc 121km (B/L/-)
AM: We head into some very scenic & isolated country today. As we climb up to the Central Highlands we pass through the lands of the K'Ho ethnic minority, although officially banned you will still see evidence of their traditional slash & burn agriculture. Have a picnic lunch
PM: Little visited by western tourists, this wild area has some great roads thanks to the Da Mi hydro lake. As you near Bao Loc the land becomes cultivated with tea & coffee plantations.

Day 5: Bao Loc Uphill to Da Lat 114km (B/L/-)
Today's ride takes us on a gradual uphill climb to Da Lat. At 1,475 meters above sea level, Da Lat is a temperate region dotted with lakes and waterfalls and surrounded by evergreen forests. Once known as "Little Paris", this was once a French hill station. The surrounding hills provide South Vietnam with the more temperately grown flowers, fruits, and vegetables.

Day 6: Da Lat (B/L/-)
AM: Ride your bikes to visit a silk embroidery village, travel by cable car to the Zen Pagoda
PM: Free for explore Da Lat is an excellent area to explore by foot or cycle. You may wish to visit the "Crazy House", Xuan Huong Lake, with its weird architecture, or the Art Deco summer palace built for former emperor Bao Dai in 1933. (A half-day tour to an ethnic village is an optional extra)

Day 7: Da Lat Downhill to Phan Rang 110km (B/L/-)
AM: Enjoy a wonderful downhill ride to Phan Rang, capital of the Ninh Thuan province. It is well known for growing grapes, and for the neighbouring town of Thap Cham, once the capital of the Cham kingdom and home to some of the best preserved Cham ruins. You have time to visit some of the ruins.
PM: Relax

Day 8: Phan Rang - Nha Trang 105km (B/L/-)
AM: Take a nice seaside ride to Nha Trang, the coastal capital of Khanh Hoa province.
PM: Free

Day 9: Nha Trang Islands (B/L/-)
AM: Take a boat trip to visit a fishing village where you will be rowed ashore in Vietnamese round boats and have time to swim and snorkel; the Oceanographic Institute and Tri Nguyen Aquarium & have lunch at a lovely offshore bamboo restaurant.
PM: Free

Day 10: Nha Trang - Qui Nhon: 241 km (B/L/-)
AM: Transfer to Doc Let then cycle the stretch of coastal road to Dai Lanh (93 km).
PM: We will have time for a swim before continuing to Tuy Hoa. The area around Tuy Hoa is the rice bowl of the province and you will pass many rice fields, shrimp farms and coconut palms. Few tourists stop on this stretch of road, so you will be a novelty - enjoy the contact. You will drive the final part to Qui Nhon.

Day 11: Qui Nhon - Quang Ngai: 178 km (B/L/-)
Cycle to Sa Huynh (118 km) before driving to Quang Ngai (for those that want distance, it is possible to cycle the whole way today). The small town of Sa Huynh is a pleasant fishing backwater perched on a broad curve of palm fringed, golden sand. Speckled with blue fishing boats, sleepy Sa Huynh is a convenient and relaxing place to rest en route to points north.

Day 12: Quang Ngai - Hoi An: 118km (B/L/-)
No major hills today. We will sample a slice of rural Vietnamese life as we take a lovely side road out of Quang Ngai. On the way, we will pass through My Lai, where you will have the opportunity to visit the memorial site. It is now a peaceful garden with stone carvings of some of the women and children who are buried nearby and a museum dedicated to the residents of this hamlet. We will also cycle through a fishing village & a lively local market. The route includes 12km of unsealed road, it is OK to cycle on but you will have the option to take a ride if you wish. The day finishes at the very attractive and historic town of Hoi An.

Day 13: Hoi An (B/-/-)
Have a full day to explore this delightful town with its street side cafes, artists and markets. Explore the historic architecture of Japanese and French origin. You can take a gentle ride (10km return) to fabulous Hoi An beach, or cycle to outskirts for a local speciality of Cu Lao Cham.

Day 14: Hoi An - Lang Co - Hue: 142 km (B/-/D)
Hoi An to Lang Co Beach: 75 km / 47 mi
AM: We cycle to Marble Mountain via a quiet back road, & then continue through Danang (you have the option of visiting the Cham museum) to China Beach where American service men went for their R&R during the Anti-American War. On the way, stopover to take photo at famous Hai Van Pass waits to be conquered.
PM: Stop at Lang Co Beach for lunch before continuing to Hue. Dinner tonight is an amazing traditional "Royal Feast" - you will literally be treated like Kings.

Day 15: Hue - Departure (B/L/-)
AM: Hue is steeped in 300 years of history and is a great place to explore by cycle. The city is built on the banks of the Perfume River. You will have time to briefly explore the Citadel by cycle. Return to the hotel to join the farewells lunch.
PM: Transfer to the airport for departure.


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Days:1-2 days
Price:< 100usd
Start from:  Ho Chi Minh City

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Name: Hanoi Toserco

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