| Day
1 Ho Chi Minh [D]
Pick up from the airport or meet at hotel in l Ho
Chi Minh City. Day is free to explore the city. Dinner
at the Floating Restaurant on Saigon river.
Day
2 Ho Chi Minh 40 km [B,L]
Ride to the Cu Chi tunnels. Return to Ho Chi Minh
City by bus in time to visit the museum of war crimes.
Dinner is choice of guest.
Day
3 Ho Chi Minh - Dalat 50 km [B, L]
Early morning transfer to Dalat in the central highlands.
In the afternoon we ride quiet back roads along the
Langbian Plateau, passing along side the Xuan Huong
Lake in the shadow of Langbian Mountain. Short visit
of Love valley and HoaBinh market. Overnight at hotel.
Day
4 Dalat – Nha Trang 109 km [ B,L]
Ride along quiet roads out of Dalat. Crossing TraiMat
andDraDran pass. Take short climbs followed by some
descents to take us to Cham towers of Po Klong Garai.
Those arriving early may have time to explore Hindu
temples. Drive to Nha Trang, the resort town to enjoy
the evening
 Day
5 Nha Trang boat trip [B, L ]
8:00am starting boat trip to Hon Tam Island and fishing
village in NhaTrang, visit coral island and TriNguyen
Aquarium. Return to hotel. Free time for dinner .
Overnight in NhaTrang.
Day
6 Nha Trang – Dai Lanh - QuyNhon 90 km [B,L]
Ride to the fishing village of Dinh Lanh along Highway
One. Spend the rest of the day swimming and relaxing
or ride the last 45 km into town. Arrive QuyNhon
Town. Cylcing about 15 km to the most beautiful
beach of QuyNhon. Overnight at hotel.
Day
7 QuyNhon – Quang Ngai 90km [B,L]
Transfer out BinhDinh Town to avoid the
main highway. Ride a remote road running along the
railway passing a mix of tribal and Viet villages.
Loop back to the main highway and transfer to Quang
Ngai. Overnight at hotel in SongTra.
Day
8 Quang Ngai – Hoi An 50 km [B,L]
Ride to My Lai, the site of one of the worst massacres
of the War, and take a guided tour of the site
and museum. Continue cycling into Vietnamese countryside
and visit pagoda. Loop back through quiet, rural roads
to the main highway. Transfer to Hoi An. The afternoon
is free to explore Hoi An.
Day
9 Hoi An - Myson 60 km [B,L]
Visit My Son, the ancient centre of Cham civilization.
Transfer out of town to avoid the highway before cycling
along country back roads along the Song Tranh River
to Mai Son. Take lunch before spending the afternoon
visiting the site. Transfer back to Hoi An in the
afternoon. Dinner is choice of the guest
Day
10 Hoi An – Hue 100 km [B,L]
Transfer beyond Danang to take on High Van Pass and
climb 500 metres over 10 kms. After lunch, turn off
the main highway and take a coastal side road for
44 km almost all the way to our destination. Energetic
riders will make it all the way into Hue.
 Day
11 Hue – Hanoi [B,L] Night
train.
Explore Hue and visit the citadel. Take a boat ride
along the Perfume River and visit tombs of the Nguyen
emperors. Transfer to the train station and take the
Reunification Express to Hanoi. Overnight on the train.
Day
12 : Hanoi - Halong - Catba island. [B,L]
Arrive
Hanoi early morning. Have breafast at the restaurant
and transfer toHalong bay. Take a boat trip direct
to Catba island with stop at SungSot cave and swimming
at Titop beach. Continue to Catba
island that crosing LanHa bay and many other small
islets. Overnight at hotel in Catba island.
Day
13 : Catba island -Fulong 60km [B,L]
Am :
Cycle to harbour and take a private boat to Fulong
on Cat Ba Island. Disembark at Fulong and cycle 35
kilometres taking the islands only road. Stop on the
way for lunch at the national park headquarters. Short
trekking in Catba National Park. Cycling return to
hotel. Free time at Catco beach. Overnight at hotel.
 Day
14 : Cat Ba - Hai Phong - CucPhuong (B,L,D)
( 50km )
In the early morning we take public ferry back to
Hai Phong. You can ride 15km on CatHai island before
landing. Then we continue your bike trip more 30km
then take a bus back to CucPhuong NinhBinh , stopping
at PhoMinh pagoda and Tran temple. Overnight in CucPhuong
national park.
Day
15 Cuc Phuong - KimBoi ( Hoabinh ) 80km [B,L]
Head east, riding some back roads through North Vietnam
passing rice fields and follow country back roads
past poor but friendly villages. Transfer to V Resort
in HoaBinh for relax. V-Resort – Natural Farmland
and Hot Spring is located in an unspoiled valley in
Kim Boi, Hoa Binh. Overnihght at hotel that offer
free service at hot spring at 37 degrees centigrade.
Day
16 KimBoi – Hanoi Capial 40 km [B,L]
Am : Relax at resort. Free time to discover Fruit
and Vegetable Farmland spreading over thousands of
hectares in the heart of Hoa Binh breathtaking Green
Mountains and Hot Spring
Pm :
After lunch. Biking down hill to ChiNe town and transfer
by bus to Hanoi. Arrive Hanoi. Diner is your choice.
Overnihght at hotel.
Day
17 Hanoi [B]
The morning is free for last minute shopping or
sightseeing. In the afternoon there is an airport
transfer for anyone who needs it. |
