CYCLING VIET NAM

2 Proposed 5-Day Itineraries

Please note: This is a suggested itinerary. We are quite flexible: you may create an itinerary according to your interests, such as touring the Mekong Delta, the Central Highlands or Central Coastal Viet Nam.

Central Highlands / Central Coast

Day 1 - Transfer from HCM city to the Central Highlands district town of Di linh by 24-seat AC van and explore the large green fields and environs. Sleep at a nice family-run guest house in Di Linh.

Day 2 - To Li Liang (Gung Re) Waterfalls in the morning. Two downhill sections. After lunch, Go 74 km. to Da Lat. Short descent into the town from the top of the pass. Sightseeing in Da Lat, which is quite hilly, so it may well be on foot. Market, hilly streets, coolest climate in all of southern Viet Nam. Fun to walk around at night, too. Sleep at a quiet hotel in Da Lat.

Day 3 - Cycle past nurseries, temperate vegetable farms to pine forest. Sleep in Da Lat.

Day 4 - Morning trip from Da Lat for double ascent to 1,600 m., then enjoy the terrific double descent to the Song Pha Valley. From cool pines and mountains to semi-desert. The van will transfer to Ca Na beach. Sleep in A/C beach bungalows in Ca Na beach and eat lovely seafood.

Day 5 -Relax at the Ca Na beach and get back to HCM city in the late-afternoon.

Another Option - The Mekong Delta

Day 1 - From the airport by 24-seat AC van to the Mekong Delta town of Cao Lanh. Eat banh xeo, a delicious yellow crepe made with egg and rice flour, with minced meat and vegetables inside, eaten with lovely tasty herbs, some of which are only grown in the delta region. Sleep in a 2-star hotel in Cao Lanh.

Day 2 - Morning - Visit Xeo Quit, re-creation of National Liberation Front (NLF) HQ during the war. Afternoon - transfer to the charming river town of Hong Ngu. Will stop at the T- juntion of Voi Lua ferry, crossing the river 3 times, and cycle to Hong Ngu via the Holy Religious See of the Hoa Hao Buddhist sect. It is fun to sit outside at night after our delicious delta food supper. Sleep in Hong Ngu at a family-run hotel. The hotel rules in English are hysterically funny!

Day 3 - All day - Visit Long Khanh and Cu Lao Tay islands in the Mekong River. Very rustic. Can go by bicycle-pulled carriage or we can cycle. The people are fantastic. Nice pagodas, both Cao Dai sect and a very old Vietnamese Buddhist temple. Ride to Long Xuyen, have delicious chicken and shrimp and sleep in a big hotel. Option at additional cost to upgrade.

Day 4 - Ride in van to junction with lovely 44-km. road to Tri Ton, in the magical Seven Mountains area, a nice change from the flat delta countryside. Ride after lunch to the shrine of the Viet Nam 'Killing Fields' by Khmer Rouge invaders in April 1978 at Ba Chuc Village. Transfer to Can Tho. Sleep at a mini-hotel.

Day 5 - Visit by boat to a Floating Market. For groups of 2-3 people, the total cost is VND 200,000 extra. For groups of 4-6 people, the Floating Market is free of charge. Then transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City. It is roughly a 5-6-hour journey through the delta across the Australian My Thuan bridge over the Mekong, back to the big city. Sleep at a hotel in HCM City.

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