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Cycling around Mekong Delta Vietnam for 3days.

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Cycling tour through Mekong Delta Vietnam from Ho Chi Minh - Vinh Long - Cao Lanh - Chau Doc,

(Heading to PhnomPenh (Campuchia) by boats).

Before entering the Cycling, Green Horizon Tours’ guides will meet you at your hotels or at your dinnertime to provide a short instructional briefing.

Day 1: Sai Gon to Vinh Long, 118km distance & 50km cycling - B,L,D.

Early in the morning, we will transfer to Cai Lay Town, where we start to get all equipment needed as: bicycles, gloves, helmets. The tour starts by cycling along the river to Cai Be Floating Market about 25km. On the way, you will enjoy stunning scenery on two river banks and experience life on the water.  In Cai Be Floating Market, we’ll take one of the small sampans around the mighty tributaries of the Mekong River to see the daily lives of those who work and live on the waterways of the Mekong Delta River. You will have  time to visit the unique Cai Be Floating Market, and see a family-run business producing: pop rice, rice paper, coconut candy making. You will have a break for lunch and short rest. After lunch, you will reach a local ferry crossing and then we keep riding to An Binh Island on the cement road through fruit gardens, under the shade of trees, along canals. After having a rest for a while, you then enjoy slow riding around  An Binh village of Vinh Long Province. We’ll spend the night In Vinh Long Province.

Day 2: Vinh Long to Cao Lanh, 135km distance & 50km cycling - B,L,D.

After breakfast, we will short transfer outside of Vinh Long City to Tan Hoa Village, where we will cycle to Sa Dec about 30km on narrow road past rice fields and through numerous rural riverside villages. You will break for lunch by local food in Sa Dec. After that, you continue to cycle 2 hours on small dirt roads and walk on the Monkey bridges then reach a Cao Lanh Ferry  to Cao Lanh City, and then stay overnight in Cao Lanh City.

Day 3: Cao Lanh to Chau Doc, 90km distance & 50km cycling - B,L.

It is your last day of cycling in Mekong Delta. You will cycle through different eye-catching scenes and head southwest toward Cambodia. The roads have a slight undulation and mountains begin to appear in the far distance.  After breakfast, short transfer outside of Cao Lanh City to the cycling point about 45 minutes. You will cycle to Chau Doc Town, along the way you’ll enjoy the peaceful scenes of farmers seeding, ploughing, and harvesting their fields. You’ll ride through the rural areas of Dong Thap Province which is known as the main rice farms in Mekong Delta. Lunch will be served in the local restaurants with mostly Vietnamese foods as: rice, vegetables, meat (Simple but good). After lunch, you ‘ll cycle along Bassac River crossing Chau Giang Ferry heading to Chau Doc Town and reaching Chau Doc at about 4:00pm. Green Horizon Tours’ guides will help you arrange hotel in Chau Doc and boat tickets to Phnom Penh (everyday). The trip is finished.

(if you want to stay in Chau Doc town  2 nights, we would like to recommend you visiting Sam Mountain and Tra Su Cajuput Forest).

TOURS PRICE:    Please contact us for best price:  greenhorizontours@gmail.com /  Phone, whatsApp: +84 936 525 427

At a Glance:

Depart From:

Ho Chi Minh city

End At:

Chau Doc town.

Start Time:

08h00

Finish Time:

15h00 approximately on Day 3

Duration:

3 Days 2 nights

Departure Days:

Depend on Group.

Activities:

Biking, sight seeing.

Accommodation:

1 nights in 3* hotels, 1 night in Homestays 

Transportation:

Air conditioned  bus / Track cary the bikes,

·         Meals:  as mentioned in the itinerary ( B-Breakfast,    L-Lunch,   D-Dinner)  

Fruit snack, purified drinking water, picnic lunch, hot meals in local restaurants with mostly Vietnamese food (rice, vegetables, meat). Simple but good. Please note one day in advance if you have special dietary requirements.

What to Bring:

Hat, sunscreen, repellent, camera, rain jacket, good shoes for walking and biking

What is Included:

English speaking guides, all necessary forest and tourist permits, first aid kit, mountain bikes( New Trek or Giant), helmet and gloves, vehicles and drivers, all activities lited above, hotel accomodation for 2 nights , drinking water throughout the trip, Meals as list Above, tickets cross the ferry and boat on floating market

What is not Included:

· Soft drinks, hard alcohol and beer.   Individual international medical insurance (should be purchased before arrival in Vietnam). Típs for our guides&drivers.

·  Visa arrangement, International & Domestic flighs, Meals other than mentioned above.  Any other services not clearly mentioned in the itinerary and the inclusive portion.  Personal expenditure (Laundry, Telephone…)

Important Notes:

·   We strongly recommend the purchase of travel insurance (covering emergency medical evacuation) for trips to Vietnam.

·   Prices are valid 30 days from date of offer. Past this date price and conditions may be readjusted.

·   The cost of air tickets is subject to change without prior notice by the airlines.

·    Reservations during peak times (Christmas, New Year, Vietnamese Lunar New Year, National Holidays) may be subject to supplementary charges.

·   Rooms at hotels are available only from 1400 on arrival day till 1200 on departure date. A supplement will be added if early check-in or late check-out is desired.

·    Please note that all the above services & tours have yet to be booked, they are proposed for your information only and we will not make any reservations before we receive your confirmation to do so.  If one or some proposed service(s) is (are) not available at the moment of booking, we will try to find other possibilities/options or other similar service(s) in order to avoid changes to the program

TOURS PRICE: $ 0/pax