Cycling 3 days/2 nights, ChauDoc - CaoLanh - CanTho - Saigon
Destinations:
Cycling ChauDoc to Ho Chi Minh. Visit the house of THE LOVER in Sadec
town. Cycle past the flower plantation in countryside of Sadec and spend
the night in Cao Lanh city. On weekends, a lively farmer's market takes
place just a few blocks from our hotel, selling everything from fish to
fresh cut flowers. This bicycle trip will take you to water chestnut
fields as you cycling past lotus fields and flower gardens. Vietnam Bike
Tours
Road surfaces: bumpy rural roads, concrete roads and paths.
Detail Itinerary
Day 1: Chau Doc – Cao Lanh (L/D) (50-70 km)
Chau
Doc is located west of the Mekong Delta between upper and lower
branches of the Mekong River. The town is famous as the gateway between
Vietnam to Cambodia. Enjoy an hour motorboat trip to a floating village
and Cham village, visit a mosque and sarong workshop. Check out of the
hotel and cross lower river to Chau Giang Dist. Ride on dirt track to
Cho Moi, pedal past Hoa Hao Buddhist Holly pagoda, keep pedaling to Cho
Moi for lunch. From this town, we take a little ferry to the Island to
pedal to the Monastery, which was built 120 years ago by the French.
This is the first Monastery building site in Indochina, established in
1874. In the late afternoon, ride to Cao Lanh city. Spend the night in
town.
Day 2: Cao Lanh – Can Tho (B/L/D) (40-60 km)
Have
breakfast and take a ferry to the other side of upper brand of Mekong
River. Start biking to Sadec, ride past flower and ornamental gardens.
Visit "Huynh Thuy Le’s house", the house made famous in the movie The
Lover, with Margueti Duras, set in Sadec from 1928 to 1932, in which a
French teenage girl embarks on a reckless and forbidden romance with a
wealthy, older Chinese man. Sadec is one of the few towns in Mekong
Delta which still has the remains numerous colonial buildings from the
French Indochina era. Enjoy a delicious lunch in Huynh Thuy Le's house.
From this house, you can see the vocational school on the other side of
canal. This school was the first French army bases in Vietnam's Mekong
Delta. Continue to cycle to Can Tho, ride on country roads along
man-made canals and sweet potato plantations. Overnight in Can Tho.
Day 3: Can Tho – Saigon (B/L/) (50 km)
Can
Tho is the largest city of the 12 provinces which comprise Vietnam's
Mekong Delta region. Have breakfast and check out before a boat ride to
Cai Rang floating market. This is the busiest market on the river. Then
ride 25 km on the rural roads of outskirts of Can Tho. Have a short
transfer to Vinh Long for lunch before driving to Saigon. End of Tour.
