Tour
ACTION MEKONG DELTA CYCLING TOUR
Itinerary in brief
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City - Cau Ke - Tra Vinh
Day 2: Tra Vinh - Vinh Long - Can Tho
Day 3: Can Tho Biking Tour
Day 4: Can Tho - Thot Not - Chau Doc
Day 5: Chau Doc - Vinh Long - Ho Chi Minh City
Detail Itinerary
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City - Cau Ke - Tra Vinh (80 - 100 km)
Morning drive to Vinh Long with a stop at the Bonsai garden to have a
coffee. After lunch at Phuong Thuy restaurant,
we bike out of the town on HW53 to Cau Vi (or
Bung Truong bridge) with the distance of 27 km.
Off the bridge, veer right to go straight to Cau
Ke and reach Ta Thieu pagoda (Khmer's), another
29 km. After visiting the pagoda, shuttle to Tra
Vinh. Overnight in Tra Vinh.
Day 2: Tra Vinh - Vinh Long - Can Tho
(50 - 70km)
After breakfast, ride & shuttle to visit the Ba Om pond and some Khmer
pagodas before leaving Tra Vinh for Vinh Long.
On arrival, have lunch and head onto the village
of Ba Ke where we turn into the country road and
enjoy the cool air and breeze along the road;
there are a lot of photo moments of the smiles
of Mekong people and working farmers at the
velvet green rice fields and fruit tree garden,
the peaceful scenery of the rivers and villages.
At about 3 pm, we get back to the busy road and
shuttle to our hotel for a cool drink at the
poolside. Tonight dinner is at the hotel.
Overnight in Can Tho.
Day 3: Can Tho (70 km)
Shuttle out of Can Tho to the village of Tam Vu , start the loop of
140Km Biking today along the paved road toward
Vi Thanh. Turn off the road and keep riding on a
dirt road along the Rach Ngoi canal. After
riding through the busy market, Khmer community,
get back to the pavement at Vi Thanh at lunch
time, followed by a shuttle back to Can Tho.
Stay overnight in Can Tho.
Day 4: Can Tho - Thot Not - Chau Doc
(30 Km Biking)
Morning take a 2 hour boat cruise (bikes are left in our shuttle)
along the lower part of the Mekong River (Hau
Giang) visiting the busy floating markets of Cai
Rang and one fruit garden. Leave the boat and
pedal from this garden taking the Vong Cung
well-paved countryside road with Arch-shape (My
Khanh area) for about 30 km. The road is really
shady with banana and green bamboo trees growing
all the way long on 2 sides of the road,
especially the Mekong River is blending its way
on the left hand side along with this road until
we reach the National Highway 91. From here,
shuttle to Chau Doc with a short hike of 25
minutes into the Bang Lang Stock sanctuary to
watch the lively activities of stocks coming
back home for the night. After that, drive
directly to Chau Doc and enjoy the sunset on the
top of Sam Mountain . Overnight in Chau Doc.
Day 5: Chau Doc - Vinh Long - Ho Chi
Minh City (50 Km Biking)
Shuttle and bike the loop of 50 to 90 km around Nui Sam and from
there to Tri Ton – Ba Chuc with visit to the
Cavern Pagoda en route. The main views are
hills, mountains, rivers and Cambodian pagodas
along the way. Then from Ba Chuc, shuttle and
bike to Sadec via Vam Cong ferry, visiting Rose
Garden en route. Lunch in Vinh Long before
driving back to Ho Chi Minh City . On arrival
transfer to the hotel. Overnight in the City.
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| Days: | >= 5 days |
| Price: | N/A |
| Start from: | Ho Chi Minh City |
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