Cycling tour along Ho Chi Minh trail from HOI AN to Ho Chi Minh for 10days
TOURS PRICE: $ 0/pax
Cycling tour along Ho Chi Minh Trail from HOI AN to SAI GON for 10 Days.
Before entering the Cycling, Green Horizon Tours’ guide will meet you at your hotel or your dinnertime to provide a short instructional briefing.
Day 1: Hoi An to Phuoc Son, 130km distance& 70km cycling - L,D.
8:00 am departure by vehicle from Hoi An World Heritage site (70 km) approximately before we get far enough out of town to start biking. 60 km biking through great sections of jungle, nice landscapes and waterfalls. Lunch is served on the way (picnic style). After lunch, continue to bike to Phuoc Son with an estimated arrival at 15h00. Dinner will be organized in Phuoc Son with an overnight in a comfortable local guest house.
Cycling distances given are entirely optional. The support vehicle will be available at any time.
Day 2: Phuoc Son to Ngoc Hoi, 120km distance& 70km cycling - B,L,D.
Breakfast at the hotel and an early departure at 07h00. This is the best riding day of the trip with a fantastic 70 kilometer section of deep jungle forest on both sides of the road. The ride is also very hilly and runs along the border of Ngoc Linh National Park and Ngoc Linh Mtn.(2400 meters) through the Truong Son mountain range. This is also the day that we travel along the famous Ho Chi Minh Trail. The Ba Na and Sedang minorities reside in this jungle area. You have short break for lunch in a local restaurant. Biking in the afternoon to hotel in Ngoc Hoi with estimated arrival time around 16h00.
Cycling distance given are entirely optional. The support vehicle will be available at any time
Day 3: Ngoc Hoi to Pleiku, 130km distance&70km cycling - B,L,D.
Departure by bike from the hotel at around 08h00 or 08h30. The first section, you'll visit a local minority village (Ba Na), a scenic suspension bridge and a traditional wooden church. Then, you'll continue to cycle to Russian Tanks and Charlie Hill. We’ll stop at Dak To Base Camp to learn about historical Vietnam War.(the battle Dak To war a series of major engagements of Vietnam War, During the summer of 1967, heavy contact with People’s Army of Vietnam forces in the area prompted the launching of Operation Greeley, a combined search and destroy effort be elements of the U.S Army’s 4th infantry Divison and 173rd Airbome Brigade. Phonenix Airfield, aslo know as Dak To Base Camp and Dac To 2 Airfield, is now a bare patch of asphalt used by local to dry cassava. Beyond it is Charlie Hill, the affects of chemical defoliant Agent Orange still clearly visible as the surface is avoid of any growth. People in the region still suffer from the water and soil). Lunch is served in a local restaurant. After that, you’ll visit a "Sea Lake" in Pleiku. You'll arrival into Pleiku at around 15h00 – 16h00 and spent overnight in Pleiku.
Cycling distances given are entirely optional. The support vehicle will be available at any time.
Day 4: Pleiku to Buon Me Thuot. 200km distance& 70km cycling - B,L,D.
After breakfast, we will short transfer from the hotel to the start of the cycling route for the day. We'll cycle for 30 km through rolling hills, coffee plantations and small villages before turning off on a true backroad. This backroad enters into a very stunning rubber tree plantation that continues for 25 km (rolling with some small hills). The last 10km is on a beautiful rural road that eventually widens a bit and wanders through small farms and villages. Lunch will be taken on the way (picnic style lunch on this day). Very short 6 km transfer after the riding to the hotel in Buon Me Thuot.
Cycling distances given are entirely optional. The support vehicle will be available at any time.
Day 5: Buon Me Thuot to Lak Lake. 75km distance & cycling - B,L,D.
After breakfast, depart on a leisurely ride to Lak Lake on mostly flat terrain (40 km biking). You will arrive in Lak Lake before lunch. Check into Homestay at Jun minority village and have lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, after a rest, head out to visit one of the old summer retreats of Emperor Bao Dai. Take a boat to a remote village on the far side of Lak Lake. Some light trekking is possible from this village (Elephant riding can be done if desired). Evening free to explore.
Cycling distances given are entirely optional. The support vehicle will be available at any time.
Day 6: Lak Lake to Da Lat. 156 km distance& 70km cycling - B,L,D.
7:30 am breakfast and departure by bike right from Lak Lake. Ride as long as possible before transferring by vehicle to the top of Phu Son Pass. Picnic lunch at the top of the pass. Bike down Phu Son Pass and through rolling hills and farmland to Elepphant waterfall,where we’ll stop for lunch. After lunch, you’ll bike through Ta Nung Hamlet,where our guides will introduce about coffee bean and weasel coffee farm in the Central Highlands. Take your time to driking”weasel coffe” and enjoy the view from there amazing. Then we have the final 17 kilometer uphill push to Van Thanh village. Our support vehicle’ll transfer to Da Lat City. We’ll spent overnight in Da Lat.
Cycling distances given are entirely optional. The support vehicle will be available at any time
Day 7: Mountain Biking in Da Lat, 23km cycling - B,L.
The adventure mountain biking trip will start to cycling from your hotel to the north-east of Da Lat city about 6km and then, you will join the Hill Tribe biking teams and experience great riding, a variety of landscapes, scenic views of farms, forests and mountains surroundings and good trails. You’ll through vegetable and flower farms. Our guide will take you further to the pine forests, enjoying the beautiful view of the Victory Lake. The trail is sometimes up hill or down hill which makes the tour more adventurous. You have to carry the bike on your shoulder in some places or free your body on the bike to the Valley of Love. Your lucnh time will be served in the forest. After lunch, you’ll continue to cycle to Da Thien Lake. You’ll to enjoy the beautiful view of DaThien Lake and then cycling to Van Hanh Zen Monastery to sightseeing biggest Gold Buddha in Da Lat area. After that you continue to cycle to Your hotel at around 14h00 or 15h00 and then Free time to exploring City of Eternal Spring. We’ll stay overnight in Da Lat.
Day 8 Da Lat to Mui Ne. 170km distance& 70km cycling - B,L,D.
You will over 950 meters of descent on this 70+km ride to Mui Ne as you wind through pine and jungle forested valleys into the tropical climate below. Our support vehicle takes you from Da Lat to Di Linh(80km) where we start the ride down to Mui Ne. The ride goes through small minority villages and Jungle forested valleys to the beautiful beaches below.The first section of riding is through coffee plantations and forest and includes a 5km uphill climb to get you warmed up.This is followed by plenty of downhill and rolling sections. A final long downhill pass is completed before the road flattens out with a long cruise to Highway 1, where the ride ends and our vehicle transports us the rest of the way to Mui Ne (about 45 minutes). The road is mostly paved(sealed) secondary and thr support vehicle is used to transport all your luggage and provisions for lunch and refreshment.The ride is also customizable in length, as the support vehicle can be used at any time by tired riders. You’ll stay overnight in Mui Ne Beach.
Cycling distances given are entirely optional. The support vehicle will be available at any time.
Day 9: Mui Ne Beach - B.
Today is a free day to relax on the Beach until 16h00, Green Horizon Tours’ guide and driver will take you to discover in Mui Ne with White Sand Dunes and Red Sand Dunes. On the way back, you’ll stop at fishing village to see the local life trade the seafoods.
Day 10: Mui Ne to Sai Gon. 190km distance - B,L.
Today is a free day to relax in the morning until 10h30, we will check out hotel and transfer to the Sai Gon City about 3hours for your onward flight or continute travelling.
TOURS PRICE: $............/per person. Minimum 2person/group
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At a Glance
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Depart From:
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Hoi An
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End At:
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Ho Chi Minh city
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Start Time:
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08h00 on the first day
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Finish Time:
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15h00 pm approximately on Day 10
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Duration:
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10days 9 nights
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Departure Days:
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Depend on Group.
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Activities:
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Biking, sight seeing, Hiking
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Accommodation:
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9 nights in 3* hotels and 2*hotel,
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Transportation: Pick up&Drop off During the trip
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Air conditioned bus / Track cary the bikes,
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·Meals: as mentioned in the itinerary ( B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)
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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.
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What to Bring:
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Hat, sunscreen, repellent, camera, rain jacket, good shoes for walking and biking
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What is Included:
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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 9 nights , drinking water throughout the trip, Meals as list Above.
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What is not Included:
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· 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…)
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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
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Schedule
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Destinations
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Accommodations for 9 Nights
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Day 1
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Ho An – Phuoc Son
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Be Chau Giang 2*
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Day 2
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Phuoc Son – Ngoc Hoi
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Ngoc Se Hotel 2*
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Day 3
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Ngoc Hoi - Pleiku
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Tre Xanh Hotel 3*
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Day 4
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Pleiku – Buon Me Thout
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Dam San Hotel 3*
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Day 5
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Buon Me Thout – Lak Lake
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Lak Resort 3*
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Day 6
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Lak Lake - Da Lat
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Du Parc Hotel 3*
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Day 7
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Da Lat
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Du Parc Hotel 3*
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Day 8
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Da Lat – Mui Ne
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Nam Chau Resort 3*
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Day 9
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Mui Ne
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Nam Chau Resort 3*
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Day 10
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Mui Ne – Ho Chi Minh
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TOURS PRICE: $ 0/pax