We check out and start early, at 7:30 a.m., from the hotel. We'll board the motorboat to experience the morning Cai Rang floating market comprising wholesalers and retail boats. You could see hundreds of big and small ships every morning to buy and sell just about anything you can imagine – freshly harvested fruit and vegetables, rice, noodle soup, broken rice, and coffee are also for sale aboard a tiny boat or another!
After a short 10-minute shuttle transfer, we'll embark on a picturesque bike ride. This is a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the natural beauty of the backwater areas, flanked by the lush greenery of farmlands. As we pedal along vibrant rivers and banana plantations, the beauty of the surroundings will captivate you. The morning ride covers a distance of about 25 km, offering a perfect balance of adventure and tranquility. We'll transfer an hour to the lunch stop. We take another 1.5 hours to transfer for the afternoon ride after lunch.
The smooth routes are about 20km, through beautiful vegetable farms and fishing farmings, passing Muslim stilt-house villages, and sometimes cycling along the rivers. There will be many stops at beautiful pagodas and little markets. We'll quickly transfer to the Victoria Chau Doc Hotel.