3 Days Deep into Mekong Delta

Destinations: Saigon - My tho - Cai Be - Vinh Long - Cantho
Total riding distance: About 385 km
Estimated riding time: Average 05 hours/day
Road conditions: Mostly rural paved road
Highlights:

• Private tour.
• Beautiful natural scenery & quiet road.
• Culture Exchange at homestay
• Take a boat trip on Mekong River

Day 1: Saigon - My tho - Cai Be
7.30 AM - Depart from Saigon to Tan An Town by motors through the peaceful villages. The scene changes from bustling streets with buildings and noise to peaceful rice paddles with cottages and small houses on the way - in the open air of “steel horses”.

Stop for a rest in My Tho. Lunch in local restaurant. Keep riding to Cai Be along the sides of Tien River to enjoy the tranquil rice fields, orchards, water buffalos, ducks swimming in the same rivers.

Arrive Cai Be in the late afternoon. You, with your motorbikes, will take a boat to the Vietnamese Tradional Ancient House, which is one of the nicest and oldest in the South of Vietnam remained intact over hundred years old and after so many turbulent occurrences in the war time.

Enjoy a welcome dinner will be prepared by friendly local host with warmness to get your energy back. Homestay in Cai Be.

Activities:

• 180 km motors riding (5 hours)
• 30 minutes transfer by boat
• Culture Exchange at homestay

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Day 2: Cai Be - Vinh Long - Cantho
After early breakfast with Vietnam bean coffee, start your day with the motor rides on the island. It is a great chance for you to meet the local villagers, farmers. A short cruise on Tien River to visit the most unique floating market of Southern Vietnam. Disembark in Vinh Long pier in late morning; we head for Cantho on your motors with stops on the way to experience the daily life in the Mekong Delta region.

Overnight in Cantho.

Activities:

• 90 km motors riding (2.5 hours)
• 2.5 hrs boat trip

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Cantho - Cai Rang - Saigon
6.30 AM - Ride to Ninh Kieu Pier to 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 Hotel for breakfast. Then we will have short visit to 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.

Heading back to Saigon by 1A highway on your “steel horses” with stops for rest. Lunch en route. Arrive your hotel in Saigon in late afternoon.

Activities: 

• 215 km motors riding (6.5 hours)
• 2.5 hrs boat trip

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Includes:

• Travel insurance
• Vehicle transfer as program
• Accommodation based on twin share
• English/French speaking guide
• Meals as mentioned
• First aid kit
• Entrance fees & permit
• Honda motorbikes (Wave 110cc, Future 125cc….) with helmets & riders
• Water on touring
• Boat trip

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

Visit www.vietnamjeeptours.com for more of company special deals and extensive Vietnam adventure offers.

5 Days Deep into Mekong by Motorbike

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.
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

Visit www.vietnamjeeptours.com for more of company special deals and extensive Vietnam adventure offers.

Full Day - Explore Mekong Delta by Motorbikes

Destinations: Saigon - Long An - My Tho (Tien Giang)
Total riding distance: About 190 km
Estimated riding time: Average 05 hours/day
Road conditions: Mostly rural paved road
Highlights:

• Private tour.
• Beautiful natural scenery & quiet road.
• Take a boat trip on Mekong Rive

Itinerary:
In the morning, our motor riders will pick up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and depart to Can Duoc Market - a stunning rural market (40km). The scene changes from bustling streets with buildings and noise to peaceful rice paddles with cottages and small houses on the way – in the open air of “steel horses”.

Then take a rural route to My Loi Ferry. Some stops en route to see farmers working on paddy fields. Cross Vam Co river by the ferry then ride to Go Cong then Tan Hoa (25km). Have some stops en-route to visit an incense workshop, through some remote villages and reach Tan Thanh beach for seafood lunch. Then continue riding from this Mekong Delta beach to My Tho(45km), the heart of the Mekong Delta.

Arrive My Tho, stop by the bank of Tien Giang River. Take a boat trip on Mekong River to Phoenix Island where local handicrafts and sweets from coconut are being produced. Enjoy fresh seasonal fruits and traditional live music and songs performance. Take a short ride to a typical local house to taste some homemade honey-tea. Proceed by small sampan boats through the small canals and side arms of the river to observe the daily life along the river banks with a stop and short leisurely walk at the Turtle Island.  Ride through Rach Mieu suspension-bridge for a breath-taking view of the Upper Mekong and transfer to Ho Chi Minh city (70km).

The trip ends at your hotel.

Activities:

• 190km motorbike riding.
• 03 hrs boat trip

Meals: 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

Visit www.vietnamjeeptours.com for more of company special deals and extensive Vietnam adventure offers.