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Brief Itinerary:

Day1: Ho Chi Minh-Bentre-Vinhlong(60km cycling)

7:30 am you will transfer a couple of hours out of Ho Chi Minh City to Bentre– the gateway of the Mekong delta. Today’s ride will lead you right into the heart of the rural Mekong. The cycling begins after the ferry journey across the Tien River at Mytho. The route takes you through narrow roads and lanes, past banana plantations, fields of sugar cane, through the lush green landscape of the delta, crossing rivers and canals by numerous, ubiquitous, fascinating ferries. A section of biking cuts off road onto gravel and dirt lanes, and weaves around hamlets, across water channels, and through quiet dense vegetation. This makes for superb biking. Overnight on An Binh island at local home stay (L,D).

Day2: An Binh- Caibe- Cailay- Mytho- Saigon (50km cycling)

After breakfast we cruise on upper Mekong River to visit a nursery garden that hundreds of young trees are waiting to be moved to the gardens. Then keep boating to cross the 2km river width to Caibe floating market, seeing the local life on the bustle market in early morning. Meanwhile have a look at family-run business producing rice paper - a key ingredient in Vietnamese cuisine, pop rice, popcorn making and coconut candy. We finish a boat trip and take the bikes. Cycling to Cailay, along this way covered with gardens of Longan (Dragon eyes). Then keep riding to Mytho. Have lunch. Cycle to visit the ornamental Khmer pagoda of Vinh Trang and continuing to Tam Vu through lush gardens of season fruits. Drive back to Ho Chi Minh City. End of tours.(B,L)

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