Best of Mekong Delta Cycling Tour 4 Days

An ideal way to discover Mekong delta is by bicycles, it brings to travelers the many varied aspects of this watery Delta. This moderate grade cycling trip is a combination of cycling, boating, visits to cottage industries, fruit gardens, floating markets, locals’ homes … and offers you a great chance to explore Mekong delta in a different way...

Details of Tour: 
Day 1: Saigon - My Tho - Vinh Long - Homestay (Lunch, Dinner)
After our breakfast, we transfer a couple of hours out of Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho – the gateway to the Mekong Delta, where we start our riding through rice fields. Picnic lunch. We then continue riding to Vinh Long a long the country side to An Binh island where isour homestay. Over night at local house. 
Distance: 140 km
Cycling distance: 70 km
 

Day 2: Vinh Long - Long Xuyen (Breakfast, Lunch)
Waking up fresh after a night at the homestay, we start cycling around the island and then onto the ferry crossing. Bus transfer to Sa Dec, then we ride to ChoMoi. Lunch en route. Continue riding to Long Xuyen. Upon arrival, check in. Free to explore the town,
Over night in Long Xuyen town.
Distance: 120 km
Cycling distance: 80 km

Day 3: Long Xuyen - Can Tho (Breakfast, Lunch)
Today, we start with a boat ride to the floating market; fish farms then drive to Can Tho. Lunch, after lunch, we cycle to Bang Lang stork garden. Part cycle to Can Tho. O/N in CanTho.
Distance: 150 km
Cycling distance: 70 km

Day 4: Can Tho - Saigon (Breakfast, Lunch)
Early morning boat trip to visit Cairang floating market, the biggest one in the Mekong delta, we get dropped off at the market, where we cycle to central Can Tho through small back streets. Get p/u and drive back to Saigon, Lunch en route. Arrive Saigon at 17 30 pm.
Distance: 175 km
Cycling distance: 35 km

Tour price:

The trip includes

• The car with air-condition

• English speaking tour guide

• Vietnamese lunch

• Accommodation at 2-star hotel

• All entrance, permission and visiting fees

• Mineral water

• Boat trip in Mekong Delta

• Tea and coffe on board

• Homestay in Vinh Long

• Professional Bikes

The trip excludes 

• Visa to Vietnam

• Departure airport tax

• Meals which are not included in the program

• Personal travel & medical insurance

• International flights to and from Vietnam

• All personal & daily expenses

• All gratuities and tips to drivers and guides

Note:

• Please not wearing skirts or shorts when visiting these places.

• Surcharges for peak seasons, Christmas and New Year Holidays, lunar New Year Festival, extras for room, air tickets upgrades shall be applied

General information about Mekong Delta:

Overview
The Mekong Delta, often referred to as Vietnam's rice basket, is the biggest rice-growing region in the country, the rich alluvial soils producing three harvests a year. Despite being a predominantly rural region, the Mekong Delta is one of the most densely populated areas in vietnam and most of the land is under cultivation. Other delta products include coconut, sugar cane, fruit and fish.

The main towns of the delta are My Tho, Vinh Long, Can Tho and Chau Doc. Driving south from Ho Chi MInh City, My Tho is the first major Mekong Delta town you come to. Its proximity to Ho Chi Minh City has made My Tho the most popular destination for day-trippers to the delta looking for a taste of authentic delta life.  Here visitors can take a sampan along the waterways, visit tropical fruit orchards and try the local delicacy, Elephant's Ear Fish.

The other popular destination for day-trippers from Ho Chi Minh City is Vinh Long, another 65km deeper into the delta. It is the islands in the Mekong River rather than the town itself that is the highlight of a trip to Vinh Long. Most of the islands are given over to fruit orchards and the narrow canals are often straddled by flimsy-looking wooden bridges made from the trunks of coconut palms or bamboo and known as monkey bridges. An early morning visit to nearby Cai Be Floating Market offers great photographic opportunities as all manner of produce is traded from boats. To make shopping easier the boats suspend a sample of what they sell from the top of a long pole. On the way back to Vinh Long it is possible to stop off to visit small riverside workshops including blacksmiths, rice huskers, thatchers and coffin makers!

Just over 30km and a ferry ride away from Vinh Long is Can Tho, the bustling commercial centre of the Mekong Delta. Can Tho is one of the more attractive delta towns but as in the rest of the Mekong Delta the best sights are on the water. The delta's biggest floating market, Cai Rang Floating Market, is 6km from Can Tho and well worth an early morning visit. For a memorable boat trip the Victoria Can Tho Hotel operates sunrise and sunset cruises on the Lady Hau, a renovated traditional rice barge. A spectacular sight outside of town is the stork garden at Thot Not where hundreds of egrets, herons and cormorants gather in the treetops to roost late in the afternoon.

Chau Doc, nestling at the foot of Sam Mountain on the Cambodian border, has a real frontier town feel to it. This busy little riverine town has large Cham, Khmer and ethnic Chinese communities and the distinctive architectural styles of each community can be seen in their places of worship around the town. A boat trip on the river is the best way to see the unusual floating fish farms, houses with wooden pens suspended underneath where live fish are kept. Chau Doc's Sam Mountain is home to dozens of temples and shrines and is a popular pilgrimage site for ethnic Chinese as well as Vietnamese.