| Cycle through beautiful rural landscapes dotted with ruins of ancient civilisations and small towns where Buddhist temples nestle amongst graceful French colonial buildings and ramshackle houses.
Our challenge takes us from Vietnamese Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, through the rice-paddies and waterways of the beautiful Mekong Delta into Cambodia. We pedal on through this friendly country towards one of the most impressive sights in Southeast Asia, the Royal Temples of Angkor Wat.
We encounter some rolling hills, but the main challenge lies in the long, hot dusty days in the saddle as we cycle through these remote areas. Fascinating insights into the region's cultures, ancient and modern, are a real highlight of this challenge.
Guide Itinerary:
- DAY 1: Depart London
- DAY 2: Arrive Ho Chi Minh City and relax
- DAY 3: Visit famous Cu Chi tunnels; cycle through Mekong Delta to Tra Vinh
- DAY 4: Pass sugar cane fields and isolated Khmer temples; fascinating scenes of river life
- DAY 5: Witness busy floating markets as cycle along riverbanks; ride upstream to Long Xuyen
- DAY 6: Hillier day as we cycle via Vietnamese killing fields to border near Chau Doc
- DAY 7: Boat to Phnom Penh; chance to visit Tuol Sleng Museum, Pol Pot's infamous Khmer Rouge prison
- DAY 8: Cycle through beautiful Cambodia countryside via Udong to Kampong Chhnang
- DAY 9: Boat across Tonle Sap Lake, cycle to Siem Reap and round Angkor grand circuit
- DAY 10: Ride through stunning rural scenery to hidden jungle temple of Beng Mealea
- DAY 11: Free day to explore the temples of Angkor; transfer to airport for evening flight
- DAY 12: Arrive UK
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