Cycling route: Hochiminh city ( Sai Gon) - Cai be - Vinh Long - Tra Vinh - Can Tho - Cao Lanh - Chau Doc -  Phnom Penh - Siem Reap - Angkor.

Trip in Detail

Day 1: Hochinh Arrival:

Welcome to Vietnam. Arriving at Tan San Nhat International Airport, Snail Adventure Tour guide and driver will greet and pick you up to the hotel at the heart of HoChiMinh City . Ho Chi Minh City or fomer  Saigon  with nickname “the pearl of Far East” .
Saigon, the largest and busiest of Vietnam’s cities is surely one of the most evocative place names in Asia. And yet there are the elegant colonial French boulevards and buildings, the Cathedral, the riverfront, the quiet moments at a sidewalk cafe watching the world literally go by you at breakneck speed.  Arriving in hotel, do check in and have relax by your own. If the time permits, we will spend half day city to visit some highlights of Ho chi minh city such as War Remnants Museum,  Sai Gon Central Post office, Independence Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral and Ben Thanh Market,, return to hotel for regroup and briefing itinerary before going out for dinner.
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Day 02: Hochiminh  - Cai Be

Having breakfast in hotel, our shuttle bus and guide pick you up  and transfer an hour and half  on free ways to My Tho. Admire quaint village life, farmers, gardeners working on farming land, fruit orchards on paths. Sharing space with kids going to school on ferries before you have lunch served at local. An easy ride allows you stop at local to understand living activities on biking to  home-stay.
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Day 03: Cai Be - Ben Tre - Tra Vinh  

From Mekong Lodge, we cycle through the Island of An Binh, past local markets, schools, and fruit gardens on dirty track to Cho Lach. After lunch, a short transfer to avoid geting hot, we choose the best route for your afternoon riding. You will have a beautiful ride through villages with thousands of coconut tree on paths before a ferry crossing taking you to Tra Vinh.
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Day 04: Tra Vinh - Can Tho

Tra Vinh is the seaside province in Mekong Delta but many local beaches at Ba Dong are not popular because they are too far from city and water is also not very clear. The most attractive things to travelers is amazing landscapes and its cycle routes which you can bike on to as getting close to friendly peasants and Khmer people. Today you will be cycling on beautiful paths, past the farmlands and stopping at some hamlets on your way cycling to Cau Ke for lunch. In the afternoon, continue your ride heading off to Can Tho.

 Day 05: Can Tho – Cao Lanh 

 Get up early to  enjoy pristine nature and capture vibrant atmosphere of  Cai Rang Floating Market. and visit the fish market and many houses on stilts along the river banks. This water market is usually busy from 5:00am to 8:00am. Back to hotel for breakfast and leave for Sadec town. Have a short transfer to countryside of CanTho city and start biking to Sadec, pedal through sweet potato plantations and many small manmade canals. Visit the old Sadec town and the Huynh Thuy Le's house which is well-known as the movie "The Lover". Your lunch will be served in this house before you continue cycling through a huge flower garden and brick factories and crossing Mekong River to Cao Lanh city. 

Day 06: Cao Lanh- Chau Doc

Today, we cycle through the farmlands which were abandoned lands before 1975. Since 1980, Mekong farmers have moved and settled in this land. Witness first-hand how big the rice bowl of Vietnam is. Have a coffee break at a little village by canals. Continue riding to Ba Chuc, the killing fields near the Cambodia border where the red Khmer soldiers killed over three thousand Vietnamese people in 1978. Lunch en route. After lunch, ride to the border town of Tinh Bien. Then, cycle to Chau Doc. Stay the last night in Vietnam

Day 07: Chau Doc - Phnom Penh by high speed boat (no cycling)

A four hour boat trip will take you to Phnom Penh capital. On the boat, you will have a chance to enjoy scenery alongside of river banks of Mekong River upstream to Cambodia. Our team will pick up you and take to your hotel for check in.  Free to explore capital city by your own.

Day 08: Phnom Penh - Siem Reap

A transfer to rural area of Kampong Thom for morning riding. Ride on back roads, past villages, rice paddy fields and have another transfer to to Siem Reap in late afternoon.

Day 09: Siem Reap - Banteay Srei - Siem Reap

Leaving Siem Reap by bike after breakfast we enter the temple complex by an alternative route and much quieter gate. We then ride through the complex taking some smaller roads. Once we leave the main complex we enter into the countryside and we turn off the main tourist road to Banteay Srei. We will pass many local villages and schools and people going about their day to day business and get a really good feel for life in Cambodia. On the way we have a chance to visit Banteay Samre, often missed but well worth a visit. This is one of the best rides on the tour. We stop at Banteay Srei for a well earned rest before continuing on to Kbal Spean (River of 1,000 Lingas) and lunch at Sovann Kbal  Spean restaurant. After lunch hiking to the top to view the riverbed carvings, we  hike back to the start point and transfer by bus back to Siem Reap.

Day 10: Explore  Angkor complex by bike

Pick up from hotel or meet up at our bike depot for bike fitting and safety briefing. We then ride to the Angkor Temple complex before starting the Grand Circuit which includes Angkor Thom, the South Gate, the Bayon, Baphoun, the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King. After lunch continue to cycle to Banteay Kdei, Ta Prohm, Ta Keo and back to Siem Reap. We do stopat each major temple area and you will have plenty of time to explore and take pictures as your temple guide will inform you about the history of this magnificent area. At sunset we return to the temples by car for a sunset view from Phnom Bakheng.

Day 11: Siem Reap Departure

Spend an hour enjoying sunrise at Angkor Wat, then drive back to the hotel for breakfast. Relax on your own free time until we transfer to airport. End of tour

Note: Hotels  are subject to change due to availability. In that case we will choose equivalent  rooms
Meals: if you have any specific food requirements ( vegetarian, vegan, food allergies) please inform us in advance so that we can provide notice to our restaurant, tour guide, our partners so that they can server you better. If you are a food lover, Snail Adventure tours can be your culinary guide and provide you opportunity to savor tempting local food and world famous – dishes

Tour excluded in:

• International airfare
• Travel insurance
• Items of personal nature
• Alcoholic beverages and soft drinks in meals
• Mineral water beyond that supplied
• Optional excursions
• Additional transport required due to any emergency situation
• Personal expenses such as telephone, laundry bills.
• Visa fee
• Departure  tax
• Tip for team and guide
• Visa fee in Cambodia ( 35 USD per person upon arrival + 02 passport pictures

10 Days   cycling expedition trip offer for active travellers one of incredible way to experience through two fascinating countries in Southeast Asian. Start from “ Rice bowls” of Vietnam – Mekong Delta.
It is actually rewarding trip for travellers who want to get out the crowded, interact with friendly people, admire twisted vallley and pristine scenic beauty.
Our trip will start from  Hochiminh City ( Sai Gon) , We set our way to My Tho  - The gateway of Mekong delta and Vinh Long – the home of Conical tree and its productions. Experience boat trip through rustic villages to understand their daily life. Then transfer to Can Tho – The western Capital of  Mekong Delta. Can Tho is one of the fifth big cities of Vietnam. It has been well known  as the capital of cat fish, Rice and other agriculture products.

Cai Rang Floating Market is unique public activities. Opening in early morning everyday, Cai Rang Floating Market boast the best scenery and atmosphere for travellers. Joining in this market, you will experience the diversity of productions, cultural activities.
We kick off our pedal  on paved road and beaten paths through stunning rice paddy and rustic villages, vibrant floating Market to   lush scenic beauty of Cambodia. Cycling through “ Killing Field” to learn about the Dark chapter of Cambodia history.

Our cycling trip continue on single track  and shaddy giant trees through Mother of all temples, Angkor Wat. Believed to be the world’s largest religious building, this temple is the perfect fusion of symbolism and symmetry and a source of pride and strength to all Khmers. Built in the 12th century by King Suryavarman II, this is the most famous temple at Angkor. As we tour, we will begin unraveling the mysteries of the bas-reliefs that tell of tales from Hindu mythology and the Khmer empire. Stretching for almost one kilometre, this intricate carv­ing is a candidate for the world’s longest unbroken piece of art.

We then continue to the upper levels of the inner sanctuary. The final steps to the upper terrace of Ang­kor are quite steep, where pilgrims would stoop on their pilgrimage to encounter the Gods. Finally we see the pin­nacle, the sacred heart of Angkor Wat. Then, late morning, we continue on to visit Angkor Thom, an immense walled city that was the masterpiece of King Jayavarman VII. We begin our visit at the Terrace of the Leper King.
We con­tinue along the Terrace of Elephants, originally used as a viewing gallery for the king to preside over parades, perfor­mances and traditional sports. At the southern end lies the Baphuon, once of the most beautiful temples at Angkor, dating back to the 11th century. Our climax is the enigmatic and enchanting temple of the Bayon. Its 54 towers are each topped off with the four faces of Avalokiteshvara (Buddha of Compassion).