Cycling Vietnam: Saigon to Hue 11 Days

Arriving at Saigon (SGN) international airport in Vietnam, our friendly guide will have the warmest welcome you and transfer about 45 minutes to the La Siesta 5 star hotel, checkin and free time to relax until 18h our guide will transfer you to the Saigon River Cruise for dinner and enjoy one of the most beautiful panorama in Ho Chi Minh City. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City! 

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✅ Inclusion: Airport pickup transport, welcome dinner on Saigon River cruise, guide, La Siesta Premium 5 star hotel (or similar).

⏰ Departure time: 8h A.M 

Driving for 1.5hrs away from Saigon's remarkable rush hour traffic to reach the quieter suburbs this morning, we collect our bikes near the remains of an old US military base (25th infantry division) and start our ride for about 30 km to Ben Dinh, the site of the infamous Cu Chi Tunnels. Originally started during the French occupation of the country, the tunnels went on to achieve notoriety during the Vietnam War, when they formed an amazing underground command base for 10,000 Viet Cong troops. We will explore the tunnels with a local guide this morning. Be warned though, the tunnels are low and narrow and can be claustrophobic.

After lunch we continue cycling for about 20 km towards Ben Nay to further explore the area. We drive 2hrs back to Saigon arriving in the early evening. It is possible to spend a free day in Saigon if you prefer to see more of the city. For the cycle ride today, and on subsequent rides, water is provided and you can top up your water bottle from the support truck. Overnight in Saigon City!

✅ Inclusion: Comfortable A/C support transport, Cu Chi tunnels tickets, Mountain bicycle with helmet, ferries (if any), La Siesta Premium 5 star hotel, fruit, snack, drinking/mineral water.

Today is an easy and beautiful cycling day to Cat Tien National Park. You will have an early morning departure to Dong Nai District in about 2,5 hours in a minivan. You will take a short time to fit our Mt.bicycle and venture in-depth into the coffee, tea and cashew fields with some interactions where you can stop for the pictures.  You will have lunch at a small water stream restaurant that is called “Ba Giọt Waterfalls" with a rest in the forest nearby the forest zone! 

In the afternoon, you continue cycling further toward the bufferzone of Cat Tien National Park with a coffee break at where we might finish the last biking route to Cat Tien National Park for overnight.

✅ Inclusion: Comfortable A/C support transport, Mt. bicycle with helmet, entrance fee, ferries (if any), Cat Tien Jungle 3 star lodge (or similar), fruit, snack, drinking/mineral water.

Enjoy the peaceful nature at our forest lodge and the charming breakfast restaurant in the buffer zone of the national park, where you can reconnect with the true value of life.

We will cross the Dong Nai River to begin our Trekking Tour, which covers about 8km through the tropical and wetland forests of Vietnam. Along the way, you'll have the opportunity to see the impressive "Tung Tree", which is around 800 years old. Afterward, we'll cycle towards Da Lat.

In the afternoon, we'll visit the Elephant Waterfalls and a cricket farm (time permitting). Finally, we'll transfer to the center of Da Lat, where you can freely explore the hill tribe city by night from the comfort of our 4-star hotel.

✅ Inclusion: Transport, Mt. bicycle with helmet, entrance fee, ferries (if any), TTC Da Lat hotel, fruit, snack, drinking/mineral water.

Today you will have an early departure cause of driving length, our biking team will show-off the most beautiful coast as well as dividing into 3 short biking loops in Van Gia Fishing Village, Van Phong Bay and the famous Ghenh Da Dia. You can ride you bicycle on your own space pass sweet potato field, tapioca fields, rice paddy and fishing villages. Depending on your cycling ability and time, our guide could figure out and would tailor make a short route or long routes as to be at the hotel before evening.

In the morning, we will have a 30 minutes transfer by vehicle to back roads by the lake near fishing village as to avoid heavily traffic in town. Ride on small concrete country roads by the lake to Cat Tien. Then we continue cycling on coastal roads to De Ghi. In the afternoon, we ride pass shrimp farms along coastal roads, and travel the homeland of coconut of Tam Quang before an hour and half to go by vehicles to Quang Ngai city.

We check out the hotel and go My Lai memorial by vehicles. Right here, our team will set up and double check all bikes. After your visit the memorial, just jump back to bikes to explore villages of My Lai before we reach to Sa Ky, then Chau O. Transfer to Tam Ky town for lunch. The highlight of today is unique routes in the afternoon. Explore traditional villages, see water buffaloes on rice paddy, monkey bridges and wooden boat factories.

You will enjoy a walking tour around this enchanting port town by Following the narrow lanes lined with centuries-old houses influenced by Chinese, Japanese, French and European architectures and visit its numerous places of interest: the 400-year old Japanese Covered Bridge, the Phuc Kien Assembly Halls, the local fish market … Around the town we can see a numerous art galleries and tailor shops, get some made-to-order clothes if you like.

Afternoon, continue Cycling to Tra Que village. Join the farmers in farming, sowing, watering, picking vegetables and many other gardening activities. Next up, Hoi An boat tour! Follow your guide to the banks of the Thu Bon River to take to the waterways and discover even more of the area. Cruise the river, watch as the sun sets over the river, with bobbing local fishing boats adding to the atmosphere.

This free day you will be suggested to explore the ancient town at the Tan Ki old house, Japanese Coverage Bridge, Champa museum and take a cooking class with local farmers at Tra Que village.. 

Leaving Hoi An at 8am to get up north of the Coastal Beach & start cycling along the flat region in the small valley before speeding up to challenge over the Hai Van Pass on the 500m above the sea level which summit was voted the most beautiful coast road in the world. You then turn on to the backroads and lagoon side with a short stop to snap the picturesque scenery and stunning on the impressive landscapes near the lunch spot in Lang Co Beach.

Following the rest, you have another opportunity to pedal through the famous fishing village Named Lang Co and ride further more after the Phu Gia is a good place to pack the bicycle to be transferred to the center of the historic Hue City. Overnight in Asia Hue Hotel.

In this morning, you will be biked along the legend Perfume River to Ha Khe Hill for a sight visting Thien Mu Pagoda, then rolling down on backroads to the Nguyễn Dynasty Tombs as Tu Duc and Incense village, and continue padelling to the modernest Khai Dinh Tomb with a short stops at the esplanade architecture and observe hill before end of our service around 17h.