PASSIONATE VIETNAM MOTORCYCLE TOUR DEEP INTO MEKONG DELTA – 6 DAYS

Day 1: Vietnam Motorcycle Tour to Can Tho, Rach Gia, Chau Doc, Cao Lanh: SAIGON MOTORBIKE TOURS PASSING LONG AN AND MY THO TO BEN TRE (L/D)

In the morning, our motorbike tour will start from 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 relax. Then continue riding from this Mekong Delta beach to Ben Tre via My Tho (45km).

Over night at homestay in Ben Tre.

Activities: 6.5 hours of riding

Day 2 : Vietnam Motorcycle Tour to Can Tho, Rach Gia, Chau Doc, Cao Lanh: BEN TRE MOTORBIKE TOURS TO CAN THO VIA TRA VINH (B/L/D)

After a simple breakfast with host, then check out and say goodbye to the host, we cruise 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 on a horse carriage 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. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. After lunch Disembark  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: 4.0 hours of riding, 2,5 hours of boat trip

DAY 3 : Vietnam Motorcycle Tour to Can Tho, Rach Gia, Chau Doc, Cao Lanh: SIGHTSEEING TOURS AT CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET – CAN THO MOTORBIKE TOURS TO RACH GIA (B/L /D )

6.30AM – 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 to  Rach Gia.Rach Gia including sighnificant numbers of ethnic Chinises and Khmer. Arrival Rach Gia Ha Tien in the late afternoon.Check in hotel and free time.

Overnight at Rach Gia.

Activities: 5.0 hours of riding, 3 hours of boat trip

DAY 4 : Vietnam Motorcycle Tour to Can Tho, Rach Gia, Chau Doc, Cao Lanh: RACH GIA MOTORBIKE TOURS PASSING HA TIEN TO CHAU DOC (B/L/D)

After breakfast we ride to Ha Tien.On the way we will stop to visit  fishing village,Thach Dong and the beach Mui Nai, closed to the border with Cambodia.Ride along Vinh Te border canal to Tri Ton, we stop over for short visit Ba Chuc ossuary well known as killing field in Vietnam.
Overnight in Chau Doc
Activities: 7.0 hours of riding
 

DAY 5: Vietnam Motorcycle Tour to Can Tho, Rach Gia, Chau Doc, Cao Lanh: CHAU DOC MOTORBIKE TOURS TO CAO LANH (B/L/D)

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. Check in hotel and free time.

DAY 6 : Vietnam Motorcycle Tour to Can Tho, Rach Gia, Chau Doc, Cao Lanh: CAO LANH MOTORBIKE TOURS TO SA DEC THEN BACK TO SAI GON (B)

Have breakfast and take a ferry to the other side of upper brand of Mekong River. Start  riding 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. Heading back to Sai Gon.Arrival Sai Gon arround 17:00 pm.