Vietnam Small Group Bike Tour

Day 1: Saigon meet up, walking city tour

1. Saigon Centre
   5h · Admission ticket included
   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

1. Cu Chi Tunnels
   5h · Admission ticket included
   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’

Day 3: Mekong delta cycling

1. Mekong Delta
   5h
   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…
   
   • Highlight : See the back roads ,life,fruit orchards ,small ferries,beautiful country sides,local people making rice paper,floating market.

Day 4: HO CHI MINH-DA LAT(18 miles biking)(B,L)

1. Dalat Market
   5h · Admission ticket included
   . 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…

Day 5: Dalat-Nha trang(50miles cycling)(B,L)

1. Nha Trang
   5h
   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.
   
   -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..

Day 6: Nha Trang-Whale island(35km cycling)(B,L,D)

1. Hon Mun Island
   5h · Admission ticket included
   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.Boarding 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.

Day 7: Whale island –QuiNhon(60 km cycling)B,L,)

1. Quy Nhon
   5h
   After a leisurely morning on the island, return to the main road and drive northwards a short distance to a void the main traffice,Cycl back roads to the coastal town of Qui Nhon. meeting friendly people along the journey. Overnight in Qui Nhon.
   Overnight at Hai Au Hotel
   
   -HIGHLIGHTS:
   • Cycling back roads
   • Minority ethnic villages: farming,cows,friendly people, smiling children..
   • Mountain in the morning, ocean in the afternoon..

Day 8: QuiNhon-Quang Ngai(55km cycling)(B,L)

1. Quang Ngai
   5h
   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

Day 9: Quang Ngai-Hoi An(40 km cycle at leisure)(B,L)

1. Hoi An
   5h
   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

Day 10: Hoi An at leisure.(B)

1. Hoi An
   5h
   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

Day 11: HoiAn –Hue(65 km cycling)(B,L)

1. Hue
   5h
   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 of Thuan An villages, lots of Village temples, tombs, ancestors, rice fields, vegetable farms, buffalos, cows, children …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 cycle in the morning- train to Hanoi.(B,L,D)

1. Hue
   5h
   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 .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

Day 13: Hanoi – Halong Bay (B,L, D)

1. Hạ Long Bay
   5h
   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)

1. Hanoi
   5h
   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.

1. Hanoi
   5h
   Our team will pick up at hotel and introduce you Hanoi city: One Pillar pagoda, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Temple of Literature, War museum..
   Having lunch and saying good bye.

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness