Destinations: Saigon -Long An - My Tho - Ben Tre -Tra Vinh - Soc Trang- Can Tho- Long Xuyen
Estimated riding time: Average 05 hours/day
Road conditions: Mostly rural small paved road
Highlights:
- Private tour.
- Beautiful natural scenery & quiet road.
- Culture Exchange at homestay
- Xeo Quyt Revolutionary Base
Summary: Ride deep into Mekong Delta of Vietnam, discover the lives on water of local residents, walk through fruitful orchards, boat trips on branches of Mekong river, dine and stay at local hosts. This trip is an easy adventure on motorbike for those who wish to discover the beautiful Southern part of Vietnam on motorbike with a moderate level of physical efforts. A trip of the lifetime awaits, so pack your luggage and let's hit the roads.
Day 1: Saigon - Long An - My Tho - Ben Tre
Morning, Our guide with motorbikes will pick you up at your hotel in Saigon and depart to Can Duoc, belongs to Long An Province on dirty off-roads. This town is known as the land of jasmine rice, sticky rice in the country. Take a short ride westward to visit Ancient Rach Cat Fortress, one of greatest fortress in Vietnam built in 1903 by French.
Then ride eastward to visit an ancient house with 100 columns. Here we will enjoy tea and fruits offered by the owner of the ancient house. Continue riding to Cho Gao (or Rice Market), passing through quaint villages and dragon fruit farms.
Arrive in My Tho - the heart of the Mekong Delta, stop by the bank of Tien Giang River. Have lunch then take a boat trip on Mekong River to Ben Tre. En-route visit some local families, taste honey-bee and enjoy fruits then visit some workshops producing coconut candy.
Overnight at local house in Ben Tre.
Activities: 4.5 hours riding, homestay
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Day 2: Ben Tre - Tra Vinh - Soc Trang
After breakfast with the friendly host, start to ride from your home-stay to Mo Cay, ride through coconut plantation, water palm fields and cross Co Chien River by ferry to Tra Vinh city.
Arrive at Tra Vinh City - a pretty tree lined town with a large population of ethnic Khmer, have lunch at a local restaurant then take a short break. In the afternoon, pass Khmer villages & short pause at Khmer temples before riding to Cau Quan and take ferry to the small beautiful Island named “Cu Lao Dung”. On unpaved roads with tiny orchards along riverside, we can stop a while for break & taking photo then do riding further 3 km to another ferry to Dai Ngai, Soc Trang province.
Overnight in Soc Trang.
Activity: 5 hours riding
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 3: Soc Trang - Can Tho
In the morning, take a short city tour of Soc Trang to visit Khmer Museum, Clay Pagoda, and Bat pagoda where hundreds of bat hanging on the top of the trees before taking rural roads to Can Tho. Stop for lunch at a local restaurant.
Arrival Can Tho city, we continue riding 10kms to Cai Son canal for home stay. Check in thentake a slow ride along the path of fruit orchards and sometimes you may alsohear the birds singing, cocks warbling at sunset. Pay visits at one orchard, small woodwork shop, tree garden laden with fruits, rice fields. On the village roads, we maycatch many interesting scene of children bathing in the river, ladies rowing boat to bring fruits home after harvest. This is a great time to enjoy the full of plainness, quietness of the southern countryside and hospitality of the Mekong delta locals. When night gradually falls, ride back to the local house for home stay.
Dinner at the local host.
Activities: 4 hours driving , homestay
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 4: Can Tho - Long Xuyen
6.30 AM, wake up early for simple breakfast with Vietnamese coffee (with or without condense milk). Take a boat trip to Cai Rang floating market, one of the busiest fruit market in Southeast Asia. We have a long distance cruise & walk on a quiet country road to take in the magnificent scenery and get close to the locals as they go about their daily routine.
Back to homestay for check out. Then we will ride back to Can Tho city for a short visit at Can Tho central market and Binh Thuy ancient house whose design is a combination of Vietnam and France with interesting involved stories but also a garden with various flowers and fruits, including a wide range of orchids and a record cactus.
Late morning, we depart Can Tho and head to Long Xuyen City with stops at Thot Not’s crafts village & famous Bang Lang Stork Garden. First stop en route is the crafts villages of Thot Not District such as Di Tho lop village (Lop is a tool made of bamboo to catch fishes), Ba Rui cookstove (made of clay) village, and Thom Rom net village. Then next stop is at Bang Lang Sanctuary of Thousands of Storks.
Overnight in Long Xuyen.
Activities: 2 hours cruising, 3 hours riding, 1 hour bird-watching
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 5: Long Xuyen - Saigon
Morning, we will leave our motorbikes at hotels and try a “xe loi”, the local colonial-era cab pulled by motorbike, to see the town before back to hotel and continue on our “steel horses” to ride on back roads and little track by waterway to Ho Chi Minh City via Cao Lanh town.
On the way, we will do a pause at Xeo Quyt Revolutionary Base, an old former soldier will be your local guide and take you into the boundless watery cajeput by rowing a boat. Lunch in Xeo Quyt restaurant, After lunch, continue heading to Saigon via Cai Be Dist. The trip concludes at your hotel.
Activities: 45 minutes boat-rowing, 5 hours riding
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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Includes:
- Travel insurance
- Vehicle support
- English/French speaking guide
- Meals as mentioned
- Accommodation based on twin share
- First aid kit
- Entrance fees & permit
- Honda motorbikes (Wave 110cc, Future 125cc….) with helmets & riders
- Water & snacks on touring
- Boat trips
Excludes:
- Surcharges for other languages speaking guides, during festive seasons and peak season surcharges, which will be advised at time of booking
- Personal expenses
- Visa
- Tips
Details of the excursions please contact the travel consultants at
adventure@vietnamjeeptours.com or call direct to (+84) 909602370
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