Destinations:Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) - Long An - My Tho - Ben Tre - Mo Cay - Cho Lach - Vinh Long - Can Tho - Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)
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Duration:03 Days / 02 Nights
Highlights
The highlight of this Saigon Motorbike Tour to Mekong Delta for Escape, besides the passion of riding, perhaps is the experience with locals when we stay overnight at their places and enjoy the hospitality with the families. Prepare the dinner together and share the life experience with people whose lives are as simple as the old time will bring us so many thoughts about lives, people and culture which in the busy daily life we might have missed. ..
Itinerary
* Saigon Motorbike Tour to Mekong Delta for Escape—BRIEF ITINERARY:
Morning, our guide with motorbikes will pick you up at your hotel in Saigon and depart to Can Duoc, which 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, and 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, and enjoy fruits, then visit some workshops producing coconut candy. Overnight at local house in Ben Tre.
Activities: 6.5 hours of riding, 2 hours of boat trips.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner.
Saigon Motorcycle Tours passing Long An – My Tho to Ben Tre
Day 2 : Saigon Motorbike Tour to Mekong Delta for Escape: Ben Tre Motorcycle Tours passing Mo Cay, Cho Lach, Vinh Long to Can Tho
After a simple breakfast with host, then check out and say goodbye to the host, we head to Mo Cay, where we take a very rural route to Cho Lach via the local ferry. Stop for a while to take picture, then turn on the river-side road with very scenic view to reach Dinh Khao Ferry. While on this ferry, which is the connection of Ben Tre Province and Vinh Long Province, we have chance to see many boats standing by on the river for fish-netting and some small boats bartering with each other. Disembark on other side of Tien River, We arrive Vinh Long for lunch break and relax. Then continue on the road to Can Tho.
On arrival in Can Tho city, we continue riding 10 kilometers to Cai Son canal for home stay. Check in, then take a slow ride along the path of fruit orchards and sometimes you may also hear the birds singing and cocks warbling at sunset. Pay visits at one orchard, small woodwork shop, tree garden laden with fruits, rice fields, etc. On the village roads, we may catch many interesting scene of children bathing in the river and ladies rowing boat to bring fruits home after harvest. This is a chance to enjoy the plainness, quietness, and hospitality of the Mekong Delta locals. When night gradually comes, ride back to the local house for dinner. Or you can turn back to homestay earlier to cook dinner together with the host. Free cultural exchange in the evening.
At 8:00 PM, we have a night cruise to observe the fire-flies flying or hiding in the bushes of cork- trees, like few natural lighting strings for decorating a Christmas tree. 9.30 is the time for us to disembark and go back to local house. Overnight in Can Tho.Activities: 5 hours of riding, 1.5 hours of boat trips
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner
Ben Tre Motorcycle Tours
Day 3 : Saigon Motorbike Tour to Mekong Delta for Escape: Boat Trip to Cai Rang Floating Market – Can Tho Motorcycle Tours back to Saigon
6.30 AM, wake up early for simple breakfast with Vietnamese milky coffee.
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 checking 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.
Heading back to Saigon by 1A highway on your “steel horses” with stops for rest. Lunch is en route. Arrive at your hotel in Saigon in the late afternoon or evening.Activities: 5 hours of riding, 2 hours of boat trips.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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The best time to visit Vietnam is spring (February to April) and autumn (August to October). The temperatures are more moderate and rainfall is lighter.
You must have a valid Vietnamese driver's license to drive in Vietnam, including for motorcycle 50cc or more. International Driver's Permits issued in Australia are not recognized in Vietnam.
Long term UK residents of Vietnam can qualify for a Vietnamese driving licence when they are in possession of a diplomatic ID, temporary residence card or residence card validity for 3 months or more.
It's quite safe if you respect local rules. Stick to the basics: ride on the right side of the road, keep your eyes on the road, be alert, and always wear a helmet.
We can rent out manual dirt bikes at the cost of US$ 18/bike/day, US$ 28/bike/day and US$ 50/bike/day for the bikes of 125cc, 150cc & 250cc respectively.
