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Discover Mekong's Pottery- Charming Sadec- Xeo Quyt forest

Destination
Starts in
Ends in
Tour code
VCT: MK- 3D- HCM-3
Levels
Duration
Styles
Price
USD $599.00 599.00
No of cycling days
3
Group size
02 - 12
Average distance per day
35 km
Age to ride
8 years old
Average climbing
Flat plains
MTB hire
$36.00
Total cycling distance
127 km
E-bike hire
$105.00
Accommodation
Homestay & hotels
Single supplement
$95.00

This cycle tour will take you away from the crowded city through the ornamental countryside, old villages of pottery and brick, flower villages of Sadec and Xeo Quyt forest. The countryside's best-known leisure cycling route, so you can cycle just as much as you wish to. You will have a chance to explore the famous pottery villages in Mang Thit, the rural District of Ving Long, which exists more than 100 years. Travelers and locals could find various famous red pottery along nature creeks, canals, and Mekong Rivers. Each pottery is a family business and mostly runs by locals who live and work in the beautiful countryside of Mang Thit and Long Ho Districts , Vinh Long province.

Cho Lach, Ben Tre is home to ornamentals, bonsai, a nursery of plants and mangoteen orchards. The fertile soils and natural lands are suited to plants other than water rice plants. It is where you stay a night; this township is not a tourist destination. After you are met at your hotel, we begin this journey to the Mekong Delta with 1. a one-hour transfer to Tan Tru, which belongs to Long An province.


We'll commence the morning activities through small hamlets, green rice paddy fields on countryside paths, and we'll ride on beautiful betel tree–lined paths that are called Hang Cau Tan Tru by locals. Share spaces with locals on push bikes on rural paths across the rice paddy fields and small rivers by ferries, with a lunch break in My Tho. 


In the afternoon, the easy ride will take you through peaceful villages in Mo Cay, passing lovey nurseries and bonsai gardens and visiting family businesses and workshops before you check in at the Cai Mon/Cho Lach homestay. Dine with your host at the homestay.

Homestay
Lunch
Dinner
Water
Snacks
Fruits
Support vehicles
25 - 39 km
+0m
-0m
Flat - rural paths

After your leisurely breakfast at the homestay, take photos with your host before loading your luggage on the support vehicle. Then, we start cycling from the homestay to the market of Cho Lach. Ride passes the nursery and bonsai plants. You can see the old colonial bridge over the canal from the market. The French built the canal to connect the Mekong River to the Saigon River for water transport. Then we continue cycling to Co Chien River to take a ferry to Mang Thit, Vinh Long. Here we are in the Red Kingdom of Vinh Long, Mekong Delta. Follows the paths along creeks, sometimes through rice paddies. As we reach the Thay Cai canal, we'll break for brick coffee right here, and we'll observe villages and their surroundings. We then continue riding along the country road along the Thay Cai canals, and have many stops along the way to visit pottery mills. We'll transfer to Vinh Long for lunch.


After lunch, a shuttle will take us to Cai Tau for the afternoon ride. It is a pleasant ride, so we take it easy on paths, through small villages along the country road, river branches, and creeks as we discover small islands in the middle of the Mekong River. The day will end in Sadec town. Have a short transfer to hotel.

Van Kim Long Hotel
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Water
Snacks
Fruits
Support vehicles
25 - 43 km
+0m
-0m
Flat - rural paths

After a relaxed breakfast, we’ll set off on a scenic loop ride to explore Sa Dec Flower Village, where you can learn more about bonsai and ornamental plants. We’ll then visit the Huynh Thuy Le House, a site that has drawn international visitors since 1984, when Marguerite Duras’s Prix Goncourt-winning novel was published. Duras lived in Sadec between 1928 and 1932, and her story later inspired the famous film The Lover.


Afterward, we’ll take some time to explore the old Sadec market before crossing the river by ferry and continuing our ride to Xeo Quyt Forest, once a Viet Cong military base during the Vietnam War. Following the visit, we’ll enjoy lunch and then return to Ho Chi Minh City in the late afternoon.

Breakfast
Lunch
Water
Snacks
Fruits
Support vehicles
23 km
+0m
-0m
Flat - rural paths
Destination
Starts in
Ends in
Tour code
VCT: MK- 3D- HCM-3
Levels
Duration
Styles
Price
USD $599.00 599.00
No of cycling days
3
Group size
02 - 12
Average distance per day
35 km
Age to ride
8 years old
Average climbing
Flat plains
MTB hire
$36.00
Total cycling distance
127 km
E-bike hire
$105.00
Accommodation
Homestay & hotels
Single supplement
$95.00

Tour inclusions

  • Private A/C vehicle takes up all cyclists, luggage
  • Truck to carry all bikes, helmets
  • All entrance fees, ferry tickets in countryside
  • 2 nights, double room/ twin room
  • B= Daily breakfast, L= 3 Lunches, D= 2 Dinners
  • Cold water, snack, fresh fruits, facial tissues
  • Pick up /drop off at hotels
  • English speaking guide throughout the tour

Tour exclusions

  • Mountain bike & E-bike hire
  • Personal travel insurance
  • Other personal expenses
  • Single supplement
  • Drinks are not included with any meal

Full Itinerary

Cho Lach, Ben Tre is home to ornamentals, bonsai, a nursery of plants and mangoteen orchards. The fertile soils and natural lands are suited to plants other than water rice plants. It is where you stay a night; this township is not a tourist destination. After you are met at your hotel, we begin this journey to the Mekong Delta with 1. a one-hour transfer to Tan Tru, which belongs to Long An province.


We'll commence the morning activities through small hamlets, green rice paddy fields on countryside paths, and we'll ride on beautiful betel tree–lined paths that are called Hang Cau Tan Tru by locals. Share spaces with locals on push bikes on rural paths across the rice paddy fields and small rivers by ferries, with a lunch break in My Tho. 


In the afternoon, the easy ride will take you through peaceful villages in Mo Cay, passing lovey nurseries and bonsai gardens and visiting family businesses and workshops before you check in at the Cai Mon/Cho Lach homestay. Dine with your host at the homestay.

Homestay
Lunch
Dinner
Water
Snacks
Fruits
Support vehicles
25 - 39 km
+0m
-0m
Flat - rural paths

After your leisurely breakfast at the homestay, take photos with your host before loading your luggage on the support vehicle. Then, we start cycling from the homestay to the market of Cho Lach. Ride passes the nursery and bonsai plants. You can see the old colonial bridge over the canal from the market. The French built the canal to connect the Mekong River to the Saigon River for water transport. Then we continue cycling to Co Chien River to take a ferry to Mang Thit, Vinh Long. Here we are in the Red Kingdom of Vinh Long, Mekong Delta. Follows the paths along creeks, sometimes through rice paddies. As we reach the Thay Cai canal, we'll break for brick coffee right here, and we'll observe villages and their surroundings. We then continue riding along the country road along the Thay Cai canals, and have many stops along the way to visit pottery mills. We'll transfer to Vinh Long for lunch.


After lunch, a shuttle will take us to Cai Tau for the afternoon ride. It is a pleasant ride, so we take it easy on paths, through small villages along the country road, river branches, and creeks as we discover small islands in the middle of the Mekong River. The day will end in Sadec town. Have a short transfer to hotel.

Van Kim Long Hotel
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Water
Snacks
Fruits
Support vehicles
25 - 43 km
+0m
-0m
Flat - rural paths

After a relaxed breakfast, we’ll set off on a scenic loop ride to explore Sa Dec Flower Village, where you can learn more about bonsai and ornamental plants. We’ll then visit the Huynh Thuy Le House, a site that has drawn international visitors since 1984, when Marguerite Duras’s Prix Goncourt-winning novel was published. Duras lived in Sadec between 1928 and 1932, and her story later inspired the famous film The Lover.


Afterward, we’ll take some time to explore the old Sadec market before crossing the river by ferry and continuing our ride to Xeo Quyt Forest, once a Viet Cong military base during the Vietnam War. Following the visit, we’ll enjoy lunch and then return to Ho Chi Minh City in the late afternoon.

Breakfast
Lunch
Water
Snacks
Fruits
Support vehicles
23 km
+0m
-0m
Flat - rural paths

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