Cycling Vietnam: Saigon to Hoi An 9 days

Hello from Vietnam By Bike, we would like to tailor your full package with a reasonable price in order to let you completely enjoy the end-to-end cycling holiday from Ho Chi Minh city. That's why the guide and driver will serve you from the SGN Airport to the hotel within an hour and you will be free until transfer to the Saigon Cruise for our welcome dinner!

✅ Inclusion: Comfortable A/C transport, cycling guide, dinner, Eden Star Saigon hotel (or similar standard).

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 vehicle, cycling guide, Mt.bike with helmet, breakfast, lunch, Eden Star Hotel or similar standard, fruit (snack), drinking water and entrance fee mentioned in the itinerary.

Today is an easy and beautiful day in Bao Loc. 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 “Thác Ba Giọt" 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 biking day and transfer to our forest resort in Bao Loc for overnight.

✅ Inclusion: Comfortable A/C support vehicle, cycling guide, Mt.bike with helmet, breakfast, lunch, dinner, Madagui Forest Resort or similar standard, fruit (snack), drinking water and entrance fee mentioned in the itinerary.

Enjoy the great nature with the pure atmosphere of our forest resort and the beautiful breakfast’s restaurant in the middle of the green giant trees where you understand the value of life!

We take an hour and a half to drive to a charming village to cycle for visiting Elephant Waterfalls, then you ride down to Nam Bang before we continue cycling on gentle hilly backroads to Ta Nung and Calmly as a gateway of Da Lat Valley City.

Taste local foods enroute with a blend coffee will be made by the native people of the coffee homeland of Da Lat and you may be introduced to the DaLat Wine with meals. You finally explore. the Da Lat centre and heart lake - Perfume Lake. Check-in at a 4 star hotel and discover Dalat nightlife! 

• Transport: carry the bikes  and riders from/to the hotel
• Entrance fee 
• Biking guide 
• Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
• Boat ride
• Drinking water
• Overnight at Colline Hotel

We’ll leave Dalat this morning by bus and drive for about half an hour to the start of today's ride. The beginning of the ride is on relatively quiet mountain roads with plenty of ascent and descent for the first 20 km before we stop for a break. From here the next 30 km culminates with an ascent of the Hon Giao Pass (1,700m), a challenging ride that takes us up through forests of pine and across a landscape of dramatic mountain scenery.

After celebrating reaching the pass and a chance to rest at the top, the remainder of today's ride is a superb 30km of virtually uninterrupted descent towards the town of Khanh Vinh, where we plan to stop for lunch. We finish the rest of the journey to Nha Trang by bus and it should take us around 1.5 hours. Overnight in Nha Trang City!

• Transport: carry the bikes  and riders from/to the hotel
• Entrance fee 
• Biking guide 
• Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 
• Ferry
• Drinking water
• Overnight at December Nha Trang 4 star hotel

Spend a leisurely day in Nha Trang at your own pace !

Here are some suggestions: Discover the city's attractions, such as the Po Nagar Cham Towers and Long Son Pagoda, or embark on a boat tour to nearby islands for snorkeling and diving. You can also unwind on the beach, basking in the sun, or indulge in a rejuvenating spa treatment.

• Meal: Breakfast
• Overnight at December Nha Trang 4 star hotel  (or similar standard)

Using a combination of bus and bicycle this morning we’ll continue along the coast to the city of Quy Nhon. We commence our ride from the hotel in Nha Trang, encountering heavier traffic as we leave the city which thins out as we head along the Pham Van Dong road and continue along the coastal road to Ninh An toll fee station (a journey of some 18 kilometers). From here we then take the bus for one hour to Dai Lanh, where we have a chance to swim and relax, before continuing by bus over Ca Pass to Bai Tien Song Cau. From here we resume our journey by bike with a 42 km ride to complete the final leg to Quy Nhon and our hotel for the night.

• Transport: carry the bikes  and riders from/to the hotel
• Entrance fee
• Biking guide 
• Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Drinking water
• Overnight at Fleur de Lys Hotel Quy Nhon 4 star Hotel

Departing Quy Nhon this morning we cycle out across Thi Nai Bridge, the longest sea bridge in Vietnam, which connects the city with the Phuong Mai Peninsula. Once across, we continue by bike along the Quy Nyon lagoon towards Phu My some 50 kilometers away. From Phu My we then travel by bus to Quang Ngai, the scene of the My Lai massacre - one of the most infamous episodes of the Vietnam War.

After visiting the site and visitor's center, we complete the final leg to Hoi An by bus, a journey of some 2 to 3 hours. Overnight in Hoi An Ancient Town! 

• Transport: carry the bikes  and riders from/to the hotel
• Entrance fee
• Biking guide 
• Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
• Drinking water
• Overnight at Vinh Hung riverside 4* resort

The historic, merchant town and safe harbor of Hoi An had become one of the busiest international trading ports of Southeast Asia by the 17th and 18th centuries. Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, it still retains its charm today, with many of its old buildings superbly preserved. 

This morning we’ll take a walk through the historic heart of this World Heritage Site, taking in the city's famous Japanese Bridge and its museum, before wandering amongst its traditional wooden houses and Chinese temples. This afternoon is then free to perhaps take a gentle river cruise, try your hand at Vietnamese cooking or pay a visit to one of Hoi An's renowned tailors' shops, or maybe explore further afield by bike. Our service will end at your booked accommodation in this late afternoon!

• Entrance fee
• Cooking course
• Farming fee 
• Biking guide(s)
• Mt.bike with helmet
• Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
• Drinking water
  
• If you want us to book for your today's accommodation, please mention while booking with us !