Deep Mekong Delta Motorbike Adventure

Distance: ~170kms
Difficulty: Easy, only few very uneven roads.
10% highway, 60% small local roads and 30% dirt roads.

• Drive to Bến Tre in early morning.
• Drive through farmlands and passing by ferries.
• Reach Bến Tre City for lunch.
• Leave Bến Tre City passing by bridges and themarket.
• Visit the fruit orchards of Cái Mơn.
• Stay at a homestay in Cái Mơn.
• Have dinner at the homestay.
• Sleep in at the homestay.

Distance: ~80kms
Difficulty: Moderate, some slim very uneven roads.
20% highway, 50% small roads and 30% dirt roads.

• Have breakfast at the homestay.
• Go kayaking in the river.
• Drive through Bến Tre’s farms and fields.
• Reach the island of Tân Phong island for brunch.
• Make a complete tour of the Tân Phong island, a very natural and stunning location.
• BBQ dinner in a remote field.

Distance: ~110kms
Difficulty: Moderate, some slim very uneven roads.
20% highway, 50% small roads and 30% dirt roads.

This day starts with a full morning by boat. A unique and famous feature of the Mekong Delta is the floating markets. Nearly every tourist goes to Can Tho for the famous floating market, but it has been overrun by commercial tourism. We go to a local natural floating market with a diverse range of products. Very few tourists get to see this phenomenal floating market. The boat continues on to a industrial rice market (no tourists) and it’s an opportunity to talk about the Vietnamese economy. We also go to a famous old house that has some of the oldest and most expensive wood in the country. We spend that night in a very exclusive location, quite special for its cultural and historic heritage.

• Have breakfast at the homestay.
• We go to Cái Bé’s floating market.
• We see the commercial fruit floating market
• We also see the industrial rice floating market
• We visit the old houses and cruise the river on a private boat.
• We buy the lunch ingredients at the market.
• We come back for lunch to the homestay.
• In the afternoon we take several very small trails in between villages and then some offroad across paddy fields and several crops.
• We reach the city of Cao Lanh to stay overnight. We stay overnight at a very exclusive homestay where only members of the Communist Party are allowed to stay (I do have the connections). I may not disclose more details at the moment, it is quite private and amazing.
• We have dinner at that homestay.

Distance: ~150kms
Difficulty: Moderate, some slim very uneven roads.
20% highway, 40% small roads and 40% dirt roads.

The province of Dong Thap is famous for its lotus flower and chili fields. We have the chance this day to drive through several fields in plain nature with a lot of dirt trails and even through forests. The nature in this province is amazing and we will cross all of it. We even have the chance to observe the farming fields of the prisons (don’t worry, it’s safe). There is more offroad to do on this day and the nature around is stunning. We finally reach Ho Chi Minh City in the afternoon, right on time to avoid the rush hour craziness.

• We ride small village roads towards infinite paddy fields.
• We ride riverside and through a bamboo lane to cross a small forest
• We reach the lunch place where we have food over the lotus fields
• We head back to Ho Chi Minh City through pineapple fields on offroad only.
• We reach the city in the afternoon.

Tour Includes

• Motorbike
• English Speaking Guide
• All meals, water and soft drinks on tour
• Accommodation in local home stays and hotels – twin share
• Petrol