Day
1 Ho Chi Minh
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 Mun 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] 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)
( 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.
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