Vietnam Cycling Tours | 10+ Cycling Holidays & Bike Trips
Explore Authentic Vietnam on Two Wheels
Get safe and tremendously interesting Vietnam cycling tours to see a real Vietnam with Viet Vision Travel. We have a ton of experience in organizing bike trips all around Vietnam from the network of paths in mountainous regions to the back roads of villages. With high-quality bikes and elaborate cycling itineraries, your safety is guaranteed throughout your bike tours. There would be two types of cycling in Vietnam tour packages that we offer:
Vietnam Cycling Adventures
These types of Vietnam cycling tours are designed for those looking for really adventurous cycling holidays. Your bike is chosen to fit your height and weight. Moreover, your biking tours will be supported by professional crews including a van, professional mechanic, tour guides, spare bikes, spare tubes, and tools. Mineral drinking water, fruits, and snacks are always available for your needs during your journey. This is a cycling holiday, not a racing tour, your trip will be balanced between adventure, relaxation, and fun in the safest way.
Vietnam Easy Cycling Tours
Taking soft cycling tours in Vietnam to travel from one place to new destinations is a wonderful way to visit cultural and historical sites. The bikes allow you to go further out of noisy and touristy places to peaceful and lush country sites and villages. Just need to pick up a good bicycle and spend some hours gently paddling on flat lanes to neighboring villages crossing rice paddies, rustic villages, and less-traveled paths. It will completely bring you unforgettable memories.
Mekong Delta Tours
Mekong Delta is a land rich in natural resources, famous for its beautiful scenery and unique river life, definitely a destination that you cannot ignore in your journey in Vietnam. Ride our best bikes to reach Vinh Long Province to participate in interesting local activities. Located in the heart of Mekong Delta with flat topography, immense fields, and a spectacular culture, this place promising bring for you an unforgettable time within your unforgettable cycling tour.
Mekong Delta Tours
This soft cycling Mekong Delta tour starts from Ho Chi Minh with a drive to My Tho where you can visit the biggest Vinh Trang pagoda and then take the boat to Ben Tre for softly bike along the lanes of villages passing fruit gardens and have a night at Vinh Long homestay.
Mekong Delta Tours
Most of classic tours to Mekong delta region is traveling on road and sampan boat riding long the rivers, they miss real daily life culture of villagers who are living in be hide rive banks, that is the reason Viet Vision Travel would like to offer the this soft cycling long back village’s lane, stay in the local house, which is only 3 days/2nights fun and easy to reach, your shelf would be experience real southern culture highlights.
Vietnam Cycling Tours
The potential of Vietnam tourism is often mentioned when referring to the main attractions. Also of great value is staying in small villages, immersing in the daily life and culture of local people. We do not need a lot of time; it can easily be done and satisfy your Vietnam travel needs. The itinerary is a loop tour, beginning and ending in Hanoi. A combination of easy cycling in the lush beauty of rural regions, relaxing in a homestay, kayaking in magnificent Ha Long Bay (designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site), and the bicycle ride to explore Cuc Phuong National Park (one of Vietnam’s most important nature reserves). Especially, this tour often covers areas with fewer tourists, giving a more authentic feeling of the country.
Ninh Binh Tours
2-day Cuc Phuong National Park – Tam Coc Cycling tour in Ninh Binh gives you the chance to discover hidden charm of Northern Vietnam. From Hanoi, we pass through pastoral landscapes and sweeping panoramas as local people carry out the business of farming rice paddies. The historic area of Hoa Lu, the imposing karst limestone system of Thung Nang and mysterious Cuc Phuong National Park lead you to idyllic space with peaceful moments. A cycling tour along rural pathways will be an interesting experience in your tour to Ninh Binh. This trip is a great combination of soft cycling, sightseeing, and walking.
Vietnam Cycling Tours
Pedal on a cycling tour along the shoreline of Vietnam Central Coast in to behold dreaming endless beaches of gorgeous sunshine, deep-blue water, and cool winds rewarding all of your efforts and expectations. Conquer Hai Van Pass with amazing twists and reach Marble Mountains including five wonderful elemental rocks. Cycle inside the heart of Hoi An ancient town to get closer to the rustic life of local people and touch old architectures of hustle and bustle trading center once upon a time. Visit some iconic Vietnamese villages before setting your wheels onto Hon Gom peninsula with scenic beauties elaborately created by nature. And spend time on well-deserved rest at Whale Island near Nha Trang at the end of the cycling journey.
Vietnam Cycling Tours
Journey an astounding Vietnam cycling tour in a one-week itinerary to see all of the mesmerizing heritage sites of the central S-shaped country having been preserved within its history of over 4000 years old. Begin the cycling adventure at the Hue ancient capital of stunning palaces then head to the relic of the Champa Kingdom at My Son Holy Land and enjoy colonial influences combined with traditional cultures in Hoi An ancient town at travel’s end. Slow and peaceful, this biking trip will make most of your Vietnam vacation.
Vietnam Cycling Tours
Enjoy the wonders filled with culture, history, and traditional values throughout Vietnam on an unforgettable biking journey of a 2-week itinerary. Pedal from Hanoi of old quarters along with ancient villages, see World Heritage sites in Halong Bay and Hue. Then venture the charming architecture of Hoi An and My Son Sanctuary together with exploring the natural beauty as well as experience the friendliness of Vietnamese people in Nha Trang and Quy Nhon. Cycle through the majestic sand dunes in Mui Ne and stop at Ho Chi Minh City of vibrant streets.
Hanoi Tours
The diversity of ancient, cultural sites to visit for the day in Vietnam is immense, and often best explored on foot or bike. Spend a day cycling around the stunning villages and chatting with local people is your incredible day.
Top 6 Destinations for Vietnam Cycling Tours
Vietnam is famous for its diverse nature. From vast rice paddies to stunning sandy beaches to spectacular mountains, its beauty mesmerizes travelers for the first time. Vietnam is also well-known for many ideal places for a biking adventure. Here are the top 10 best places for Vietnam bike tours
Sapa
Sapa is a foggy town belonging to the mountainous northern area of Vietnam. This land enchants tourists with heavenly beauty with hovering soft clouds scarfing mountain ranges. Along the biking route, you will see the change in nature going up to higher altitudes and encounter many minority people on treacherous paths. Rice paddies are considered the specialty of this town which turns to a prosperous yellow during harvesting, which is loved by many travelers on their Vietnam cycling holidays.
Moc Chau
Known as the hometown of the best tea in Vietnam, Moc Chau is a small peaceful town in Son La province in Northern Vietnam. Thanks to its immense green tea plantation, heavenly atmosphere with vivid wildflowers, and spectacular mountains, Moc Chau is one of the most beautiful places for cycling tours in Vietnam.
Hai Van Pass
Hai Van Pass should be on the adventurous cyclers’ list because it possesses spectacular mountains and sharp cliffs against the ocean. There are many ways to do cycling on Hai Van Pass: you can ride from Hue and head to Danang bypassing Hai Van. The wonderful natural beauty will mesmerize travelers along the route.
Hoi An
If you are looking for relaxing Vietnam cycling tours, Hoi An is a promising place for you. Pedaling from the bustling city to peaceful rural areas, you not only enjoy beautiful sightseeing but also experience the Vietnamese lifestyle and taste a ton of traditional dishes. You will easily encounter many iconic images of Vietnam such as rice paddies, bamboo houses, water buffalo, etc. Cycling in Hoi An is the best way to find the poetic of this prosperous town.
Da Lat
Located on the Langbiang Plateau of the Central Highlands of Vietnam, Da Lat is known as the city of love with many vivid fields full of wide flowers. Coming there cyclers can ride any route they want but the route often chosen is riding to the base of Langbian Mountain and continuing going along the forest trails and heading to Victory Lake and Valley of Love. Along the route, you can enjoy the beauty of spectacular mountains and silver waterfalls.
Mekong Delta
Mekong Delta is the greatest place for cycling with wonderful natural beauty and super friendly locals. Visit this land to appreciate rice paddies expanding to the horizon and colorful floating fruits on the rivers. People here built their houses beside a dense network of rivers, canals, and streams, some live on their boats. Cyclers also can go to quaint riverside towns to learn about the locals’ lifestyle.
Tips & Advice for Vietnam Biking Tours
The Best Time to Cycle in Vietnam
The time between October and February is the best time for biking tours in Vietnam because the weather is cool and rarely rains. You should avoid the summer months when the temperature can reach over 40°C. If you do a cycle trip in summer you should get up early and stop by a coffee shop or street-side restaurant to take a nap at noon and avoid the heat.
The Best & Worst Places to Cycle in Vietnam
The big highway which connects the north and south Vietnam is considered one of the worst places to cycle in Vietnam because of the highest number of trucks and busses. While the Mekong Delta is one of the best choices for cycles with hundreds of small roads you can turn off to and get off the beaten track. Traffic there is less intense and people are super hospitable.
Foods for Cyclers
Vietnamese cuisine is so tasty you can find cheap foods everywhere along your cycling holidays. Banh Mi is available along the street and is one of the best choices for breakfast. There are a lot of options for lunch such as Bun, Pho (beef or chicken noodle soup with vegetables), etc. The price of a bowl of Pho is around $2.
Vietnamese Phrases for Cyclers
During the journey you can meet many Vietnamese people, some of them can wave their hands and say “hello” to you. The simplest way to respond is by saying “ hello” with a smile, but if you can say some Vietnamese sentences like “Xin chào” or “ Cảm ơn” that‘s much greater. In case you want to ask someone for the direction you should use the phrase “ ở đâu”, it sounds like “o dough”. But the best way to find direction is by writing it down because it is quite hard for foreigners to pronounce Vietnamese, or by using Google Maps.
Other Tips
Cycling in Vietnam you may have to be faced with some problems such as being ripped off, being lost, etc. If you are lost you can ask locals for help, if you lost your bike you can take an independent mini-bus, which serves as the town to town transport in most of the country. Many cyclers may be ripped off when buying something, so the solution is that once you have a sense of how much things should cost, you can bargain for a reasonable price.
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