VIETNAM – Hue – Cycling Day Trip

Description

Cycling around Hue is one of the greatest pleasures to enjoy in central Vietnam, there’s so much more to experience among the town’s complex of monuments, culture, and endless outdoor activities.
Highlights, the authentic sights and sounds of Hue, include royal tombs, tasting special, local dishes, and taking in the incredible views from Vong Canh Hill. This tour is designed to be an excellent way to see Hue in our special, Easia style: with humanity, culture, and discovery at the forefront.
In the afternoon, the seductive scenes of the marvelous Perfume River will leave travelers in awe as they pedal towards Tu Duc tomb for a visit.
After visiting the tomb, a trip around the lagoon gives the chance to stop and enjoy a tour of a local fishing village and enjoy the splendid sunset at a local restaurant.

Level: 2
Distance & duration of cycling: 45 kilometers – 5 hours
Elevation : none

Selling points

• To immerse yourself in the rural atmosphere of central Vietnam, meet local people, ask questions, and come away with incredible, authentic experiences
• To gaze at a sunset over the lagoon
• A cycling tour combining history, local contemporary life, and central Vietnam’s natural beauty
• An Easia Signature Activity
• A cycling day without difficulties, suitable for intermediate cyclists with van support all day
• An active day for families with children over 16

Level Of The Excursion

The Impact Of This Excursion

Social/cultural Impact

Economic Impact

Additional Information

Cycling Tour: Using bicycles as the primary mode of transportation significantly reduces carbon emissions compared to motorized vehicles, promoting an eco-friendly way to explore the area.

Supporting Local Communities: The itinerary includes visits to local homes and businesses, such as garden houses and small restaurants, which helps to support local families and promote sustainable livelihoods.

Cultural Engagement: By interacting with locals, learning about their traditions, and participating in activities like making incense and traditional hats, the tour fosters a deeper appreciation and understanding of the local culture, contributing to the preservation of cultural heritage.

Responsible Tourism: Encouraging respect for both the natural and cultural environments visited, the tour promotes responsible tourism practices.

Low-Impact Activities: Walking and cycling are low-impact activities that cause minimal disturbance to the natural environment, helping to preserve its beauty.

This cycling tour embodies the principles of sustainable tourism, offering an eco-friendly way to explore the area by significantly reducing carbon emissions. It supports local communities by including visits to local homes and businesses, fostering sustainable livelihoods. By engaging participants in cultural activities and interactions with locals, the tour enhances appreciation and preservation of cultural heritage. Promoting responsible tourism, it encourages respect for natural and cultural environments.

Time And Transportation

• Distance and duration of cycling: 42 kilometers – 4 hours

Duration

• Full-day tour – including cycling, visits, lunch and transportation
• Duration is quite important, but we can reduce or increase the difficulty according to the guest’s request

Min pax

2

Max pax

15

How to sell it

• Suitable for Sport guest profile
• Suitable for travelers who love fitness, discovery, and culture
• It offers more local contacts and experiences than classical visits in Hue
• It is suitable for Active Request but also Active leisure; not so hard and easy to be edited to be fixed according to guest’s  need,
• Professional bikes and supplier
• Different category of hotels suitable options for low and high budgets
• During winter, it can be cooler
• Can combine with a beach stay in Lang Co and Active module in the Center

Why this activity

• An excellent and perspective-shifting way to see Hue
• Great for guests who love cycling, are in a good shape, who like to challenge themselves physically, and who love adventure, nature, and meeting local people
• Supported by Active team with active equipment and logistic
• Adaptable to all types of travelers (active travelers but also casual cyclists) being a Level 2 and with easily bikable trails
• The tour passes by these great cultural monuments:
  • Royal tombs: Tu Duc Tomb – Minh Mang Tomb
  • Thien Mu pagoda
  • Laguna

Good to combine with

• Any discovery activity in Hue
• Visit some featured local houses en route

Market suggestion

Pros

• The road is in good condition, easy to ride on, and safe.
• The great cultural stops: Royal tombs, Thien Mu pagoda
• Supported by active team and active equipment
• Easy to organize with our bike supplier
• Good English-speaking cycling guide

Cons

• It’s an outdoor activity, so rain can be a factor (mud, poor views). March to August is the best season for cycling.
• Limited to fit and healthy guests, as described above.

Information

Alerts

• This activity is available for teenagers from 15 years old

Important information

• In this tour is already included an English speaking guide. In case of a request for a guide who speaks other languages than English, please add an extra guide + supplement cycling.
• Understand the clients’ and travelers’ needs and expectations before proposing an activity
• Understand the cycling level of the travelers – (0. No Cyclists, 1. Casual Cyclist, 2 Intermediate Cyclists, 3. Expert Cyclists, 4. Sport Cyclists)
• Duration is quite important, but we can reduce or extend the duration and daily cycling kilometers, and the van is always available for emergency – Please consult the active team
• Request information from clients and fill the Information Active client file: Name & surname, the height, bike size, cycling level, any specific allergy, insurance details and remarks about cycling shoes, as well as pedal or hand grips for bike 
• Full day vehicle support in case travelers can’t finish the tour
• Roads conditions are good: pleasant trails easy to cycle with no difficult technical paths.

Quotation guideline

• This activity is an extract of the cycling module – VIETNAM – Hue – Center of Vietnam from Hue to Hoi An by bicycle 7D/6N
• ERP – Activity Active for Supplier – ERP Transportation Active

Inclusion

• Cycling guide
• Bike
• Helmet
• Back-up truck for bikes
• Bike mechanic
• Snack/Drinks:
  •  Purified drinking water, cold towels.
  • Snacks: chocolate, energy bar, chilled fresh fruits: banana, mandarins, watermelons. Some extra snacks.
• Boat transport
• Lunch
• Aperitif in the Lagoon
• Entrances

Exclusion

• For other language,es we need to add a supplement
• Superior Picnic lunch with set-up

Important notes

This tour is handled but our bike supplier Oriental Sky Travel for bike and logistics and he will be the English speaking guide for this tour. 

In case Sales requests a guide who speaks languages other than English, please add an extra guide + supplement cycling.

Important note

• English speaking Cycling guide is included in the package
• Request the Information Active client excel file from Sales: Name & surname travelers, the weight, the height, bike size, the cyclists’ levels, and allergies. this information is needed in order to prepare the bikes in advance and the tour properly.
• Send to the supplier the information about the participants when you book the service in order to prepare the bikes in advance and all the tour properly
• At least 2 days in advance of the group arrival reconfirm the service
• Request the bike supplier similar type of bike, same brand and if possible same color.
• Always remember to provide the guide with a First aid kit 
• Request the bike supplier to provide necessary tools and Bike Spare parts (tube, patch, pump)

Adventure Services

• Water & snacks – Operation provides
• Bikes, Helmet, first heath kit, spare bike kit – Supplier must provide them
• Active First aid kit – Operation Team must give to the guide

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

• 2 packages for the logistic on ERP  
  • LOGISTIC – STANDARD PACKAGE
    or
  • LOGISTIC – SUPERIOR PACKAGE

Transportation rules:

Standard Logistic

• 15 seats for 01 to 03 pax + 1 guide + 1 Driver + bikes  
• 15 seats for  4 to 7 x + 1 guide + 1 Driver (Maximum) + 1 Truck for the bikes +  1 mechanic + 1 driver
• 29/30 seats for 8 to 15 pax + 1 guide + driver (Maximum) + 1 Truck for the bikes +  1 mechanic + 1 driver

Superior Logistic

• 15 seats for 01 to 03 pax + 1 guide + 1 Driver  + 1 Truck for the bikes +  1 mechanic + 1 driver 
• 15 seats for 04 to 7 pax + 1 guide + 1 Driver (Maximum)  + 1 Truck for the bikes +  1 mechanic + 1 driver
• 29/30 seats for 8 to 15 pax + 1 guide + 1 driver (Maximum)  + 1 Truck for the bikes +  1 mechanic + 1 driver 

Special Guide notes

Special guide notes

• Have to study the tour very well together with operation & production.
• Need to reconfirm with bike shop one or 2 days before the tour and check the equipment before the tour.
• Should prepare the bikes with the name (or number) of the travelers in advance in order not to lose time.
• Should prepare and check that the cold water & some snacks before the tour.
• Cycling guide must be flexible on the spot: adapt the speed and the length of the trails to the needs of the clients
• Detailed timing: Departure early morning from hotel in order to have enough time to reach the final destination
• During the tour, call the restaurant or the person in charge of the picnic set up at least 1 hour before to inform about the arrival time – Important to have a good and warm meal during lunch or dinner
• Should have lunch together with the Active guests.
• Ask the guide to stop and try some local snacks along the way; this is important to make travelers experience local life and traditions of the country
• Should check the climate conditions before the tour to avoid risks (for example; bring rain coats) and be careful during the tour not to put the lives of the clients in danger. At the end of the day, he needs to check all the bikes and help the mechanic to clean and fix them
• Language – use polite language and adapt the behavior depending on the guests’ character and behavior
• Shoes – proper shoes – please no sandals or flip flops
• Bike uniform – guide must dress properly, using cycling clothes

English

French

Excursion d’une journée à vélo

Le matin, vous rencontrerez votre guide à l’hôtel pour un briefing matinal. Vous commencerez votre parcours en vous dirigeant vers la citadelle impériale. Après la visite de celle-ci vous pédalerez vers le charmant village de Phu Mong, cet ancien village des Mandarins est doté de maisons avec une superbe architecture. Vous continuerez à travers des anciennes maisons-jardins et vous vous arrêterez dans l’une d’elles. Vous serez accueilli par une famille du village avec une tasse de thé vert et des fruits frais du jardin. Votre prochain arrêt se fera à l’incontournable pagode de Thien Mu, l’un des monuments les plus importants d’Hué. Continuez votre parcours à vélo pour rejoindre le village de Thuy Bieu, où vous aurez la chance d’admirer rizières, arbres fruitiers, potagers et maisons communales. Vous vous arrêterez dans une maison pour le déjeuner et profiterez d’un massage des pieds pour vous détendre.

L’après-midi vous suivrez et profiterez de très belles vues sur la rivière des Parfums. Après une descente, vous traverserez un village où vous comprendrez le processus de fabrication des bâtons à encens et des chapeaux coniques, puis vous continuerez à pédaler vers le tombeau de Tu Duc, souvent considéré comme l’un des plus beaux tombeaux impériaux d’Hué. Après la visite vous rejoindrez Hué et vous dirigerez vers le lagon de Hué pour la visite d’un village de pêcheurs. Vous terminerez la journée dans un restaurant local pour admirer le coucher du soleil avec une boisson fraîche. Retour jusqu’à votre hôtel en véhicule ou à vélo selon votre choix.

Repas inclus : Petit-déjeuner, déjeuner
Hébergement : nuit à l’hôtel.
Niveau : 2
Distance et durée du parcours à vélo : ~ 45 kilomètres – 5 heures
Dénivelé cumulé : aucun
Terrain : chemins et routes goudronnées et quelques chemins de terre
Transport : Véhicule de suivi durant toute la journée

Option 1 :
Transport : Trajet retour entre le lagon de Hué et le centre-ville : 15 kilomètres – 20 minutes

Option 2:
Possibilité de réduction le parcours à vélo à 30 kilomètres avec un transfert aller et retour au Lagon de Hué
Durée du transfert : 30 kilomètres – 40 minutes 

Spanish

Día de viaje en bicicleta

Por la mañana, su guía se reunirá con usted en su hotel y realizará una breve presentación informativa. Posteriormente, comenzará la excursión pedaleando hasta la Ciudadela Imperial. Después de realizar un recorrido por la Ciudadela, pedaleará hasta el pueblo de Phu Mong, un antiguo pueblo mandarín cuya arquitectura rebosa belleza y antigüedad. Desde allí, continuará su camino por senderos tranquilos y frescos hasta una casa jardín local. Aquí, una familia local le dará la bienvenida con una taza de té verde y algo de fruta fresca del jardín. Después de despedirse de sus anfitriones, continuará su camino hasta la imponente pagoda de Thien Mu. Tras realizar una visita de una hora, continúe su viaje en bicicleta hasta el pueblo de Thuy Bieu, donde realmente podrá admirar los impresionantes y frondosos paisajes de Hue, colmados de campos de arroz, árboles frutales y jardines vegetales. Poco más tarde, se detendrá para tomar el almuerzo en una casa encantadora, donde también recibirá un relajante baño de pies.

Por la tarde, las seductoras escenas del río Perfume le encandilarán a medida que desciende sus aguas de camino a las siguientes paradas. Después del descenso, pasará a través de un pueblo artesano, donde aprenderá más cosas sobre la fabricación de incienso y sombreros tradicionales. Más adelante, seguirá pedaleando hasta llegar la tumba imperial de Tu Duc.

Después de explorar la tumba, se dirigirá a la laguna para disfrutar de un recorrido por el pueblo pesquero local, donde podrá ver la piscifactoría y disfrutar del atardecer en un restaurante local. Al final del día, le llevarán de vuelta a su hotel.

Comidas incluidas: desayuno, almuerzo.
Alojamiento: estancia nocturna en el hotel.
Nivel: 2.
Distancia y duración de la excursión en bici: 45 kilómetros – 5 horas.
Elevación total del terreno: ninguna.
Terreno: combinación de carreteras asfaltadas y de tierra.
Transporte: asistencia en vehículo durante todo el día.  

Opción 1:
Transporte: traslado de regreso desde la laguna a Hue – 15 kilómetros – 20 minutos.
Opción 2:
Posibilidad de reducir el recorrido en bici a 30 kilómetros con traslado de regreso desde Hue a la laguna – 30 kilómetros – 40 minutos.  

Italian

Gita di un giorno in bicicletta

Al mattino, la guida vi incontrerà al vostro hotel e vi fornirà un breve briefing. Quindi, il tour inizierà in bicicletta verso la Cittadella Imperiale. Dopo un tour della Cittadella, pedalate verso il villaggio di Phu Mong, un ex villaggio mandarino che vanta una splendida architettura antica. Da lì proseguirete la vostra corsa lungo i sentieri freschi e ombreggiati verso una casa da giardino locale. Qui, una famiglia locale vi accoglierà con una tazza di tè verde e alcuni frutti freschi del giardino.

Dopo aver salutato i padroni di casa, continuate il vostro viaggio verso l’imponente pagoda di Thien Mu. Dopo una visita di un’ora, continuate il vostro viaggio in bicicletta fino al villaggio di Thuy Bieu, dove potrete veramente ammirare gli incredibili paesaggi lussureggianti di Hue, ricchi di campi di riso, alberi da frutto e orti. Vi fermerete poi a pranzare in una casa molto bella, dove sarete anche trattati con un pediluvio rilassante.

Nel pomeriggio, le seducenti scene del meraviglioso Fiume dei Profumi vi affascineranno mentre pedalate in discesa, verso le vostre prossime tappe. Dopo la discesa, attraverserete un villaggio artigianale, dove imparerete di più sulla fabbricazione di incenso e cappelli tradizionali. Poi, proseguendo, continuerete a pedalare fino ad arrivare alla tomba di Tu Duc.

Dopo aver esplorato la tomba, dirigetevi verso una laguna per godervi un tour in un villaggio di pescatori locale, dove potrete vedere la fattoria di pescatori e godervi un tramonto in un ristorante locale. Alla fine della giornata, verrete riportati al vostro hotel.

Sistemazione: Pernottamento in hotel
Livello 2
Distanza e durata del giro in bicicletta: 45 chilometri – 5 ore
Dislivello: nessuno
Terreno: mix tra buone strade e strade sterrate
Trasporto: supporto veicoli per l’intera giornata

Opzione 1 :
Trasporti: ritorno dalla laguna a Hue – 15 chilometri – 20 minuti

Opzione 2:
Possibilità di ridurre il tour in bicicletta a 30 chilometri con viaggio di ritorno da Hue alla Laguna – 30 chilometri – 40 minuti

German

Tagesausflug mit dem Fahrrad

Am Morgen werden Sie von Ihrem Reiseleiter in Ihrem Hotel abgeholt und erhalten eine kurze Einweisung. Anschließend fahren Sie mit dem Fahrrad zur absolut beeindruckenden Kaiserzitadelle. Nach der Besichtigung der Zitadelle radeln Sie weiter zum Dorf Phu Mong. Dieses Dorf gehörte den Mandarinen und besticht durch seine wunderschöne, alte Architektur. Im kühlen Schatten der Wege erreichen Sie dann ein lokales Gartenhaus. Hier werden Sie von einer einheimischen Familie empfangen und erhalten eine Tasse grünen Tee und frische Früchte aus dem Garten. Nachdem Sie sich von Ihrem Gastgeber verabschiedet haben, setzen Sie Ihre Reise zur hoch aufragenden Thien Mu-Pagode fort. Nach einer einstündigen Besichtigung radeln Sie weiter zum Dorf Thuy Bieu, wo Sie sich ausruhen und die unglaubliche Landschaft von Hue bewundern können: Reisfelder, Obstbäume und Gemüsegärten lassen die Landschaft erblühen. Zum Mittagessen kehren Sie in ein sehr schönes Haus ein, wo ein luxuriöses Fußbad Sie beim Essen sicher entspannen wird.

Am Nachmittag erklimmen Sie den Vong Canh Hill und genießen den verführerischen Blick auf den herrlichen Parfümfluss. Danach geht es bergab, vorbei an einem Handwerkerdorf, in dem Sie die Herstellung von Weihrauch und traditionellen Hüten kennen lernen können. Dann fahren Sie weiter, bis Sie das Tu Duc-Grab erreichen.

Nach einer kurzen Besichtigung des Grabes radeln Sie zur Lagune, wo Sie ein Fischerdorf besichtigen, den Fischereibetrieb besichtigen und den Sonnenuntergang in einem lokalen Restaurant genießen können. Nach Ihrer großartigen Reise werden Sie zu Ihrem Hotel zurückgebracht.

Mahlzeiten inklusive: Frühstück, Mittagessen
Unterbringung: Übernachtung im Hotel 
Schwierigkeitsstufe: 2
Strecke & Dauer der Radtour: 45 Kilometer – 5 Stunden 
Höhenunterschied: keiner
Terrain: Mischung aus guten Straßen und Schotterwegen
Transport: Fahrzeug steht ganztägig zur Verfügung

Option 1:
Transport: Rückreise von der Lagune bis nach Hue – 15 Kilometer – 20 Minuten
Option 2:
Es ist möglich, die Radtour mit einer Rückfahrt von Hue zur Lagune auf 30 Kilometer zu reduzieren – 30 Kilometer – 40 Minuten 

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