Cycling Tour Mekong 4 days

Bus transfer 2 hrs to My Tho for our boat trip. Late morning drifting down the bustling branches of the Mekong and into the tranquil canals. Sightseeing on island: visit a traditional Mekong delta house & kitchen, have seasonal fruit taste with tea and honey, see a local rice wine brewery, wine testing, paddling small sampan along arroyo. Lunch break. Leisurely afternoon bicycle ride 2 hours on small dirt road, walking bridges, local ferry crossing and onto to Cai Be. Boarding on boat for the floating market and cruise over the mighty Mekong river (~1.5km wide) to Binh Hoa Phuoc & An Binh island. Great sunset view from the Mekong. Dinner and overnight guesthouse on island.

Inclusion: 

transfer, guide, hotel, entrances fee, lunch, dinner, bicycle, seasonal fruits

Cycling 1/2 hour under natural green canopy to the ferry crossing for Vinh Long. Then we have much more ride to Can Tho. Depends on group cycling ability, our guide will tailor a special route for this day: passing villages of brick kiln, terracotta and pottery kiln or riding on immense rice fields, cycling through numerous rural riverside villages. Lunch break at local place. Bus pick up to Can Tho city. Late afternoon free time for promenade along city quay or more cycling along Can Tho river bank (if time permitting). Stay overnight in Can Tho.

Inclusion: 

transfer, guide, hotel, entrances fee, all meals, bicycle, local boat,

Early morning boat trip to Cai Rang floating market & cruise in natural waterways before turning up a quiet canal and mounting our bikes for a ride 3 hrs along a country road, enjoying the beautiful Delta scenery and meeting the locals (many on bicycle too). Continue biking to O Mon and the Thot Not Stork Sanctuary. Lunch break in Long Xuyen. Afternoon we have around 80km nice road to Chau Doc, monkey bridges over canals, Khmer pagodas, Sam mountain, sun set from the summit etc...The highlight of this part is from Tri Ton to Chau Doc (40km). Stay overnight in Chau Doc.

Inclusion: 

transfer, guide, hotel, entrances fee, all meals, local boat,

Up early for a boat through the amazing riverside market with all its bustling activity and smorgasbord of sounds, colors and smells. Then we cruise through the fish-farm village producing tons and tons of fish beneath hundreds of floating homes. Discover the ethnic Cham village with its famous Mubarak Mosque and observe local women at their traditional weaving. Then we have a bus transfer to Long Xuyen for our ride to Cao Lanh, lunch en route. Late afternoon we take bus drive the busy highway #1 back to Saigon.

Inclusion: 

transfer, guide, entrances fee, boat/junk, lunch,