Countryside Cycling Tours in Vietnam: The 15 We Would Book

1.Mekong Day Trip Explore Village Bicycle CookingClass Group 12 Pax

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 705 reviews · from $29Our pick

Spend about nine and a half hours exploring the Mekong Delta from Ho Chi Minh City. You’ll cycle past orchards and rice fields, join a cooking class, eat lunch, visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, and cruise the Tien River. Groups are capped at 12, with guides such as Dennis, Harry, Jack, and Son leading recent departures.

“Very nice tour! Of course there are touristy stuff but thanks to the schedule you're gonna meet very few other tourists, activities are nice and the rhytm is good, not too slow not too fast (we were only with 5 ppl which made it better I guess). Our guide Son was very helpful and friendly.”

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2.Hoi An Countryside: Guided Morning or Afternoon Bicycle Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 686 reviews · 5 hours - 390 minutes · from $28

Ride 9 km through Hoi An’s peaceful river islands with a small group of no more than 10. Guides such as Thai, Na, Huy, and Tuan lead you to boat builders, mat weavers, family temples, and rural homes. Choose a morning tour with lunch or an afternoon ride without lunch, plus ferry crossings and a Song Thu River boat trip.

“amazing day, lots of beautiful views and great guides”

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3.Hoi An Countryside Bike Cycling Tour with Basket Boat and lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 325 reviews · from $41

Join a small group of up to 10 for a 4.5-hour ride through Hoi An’s fishing villages, rice fields, coconut forest, and Tra Que Vegetable Village. Your English-speaking guide, often Hai, leads the route, explains local farming and fishing, teaches a rice-pancake cooking class, and serves a local lunch.

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4.Hanoi Bicycle Tours: Half Day Bicycle Tours Hanoi Countryside

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 322 reviews · from $59

Ride from central Hanoi into the Red River countryside with guides such as Brian, Perry, Hoa, or Thomas. You’ll cross Long Bien Bridge, pass markets and rice fields, visit a broom workshop and local home, taste fruit and sugarcane juice, and finish with lunch. Bikes, refreshments, and traffic support are included.

“We loved this trip. Fantastic to get out of the city. Pick up was spot on time and we loved the scooter ride to travel to the cycle shop. The visit to a local home, meeting the family and hearing about their history and seeing their lovely house, was just one of the highlights, however there were many including the Pagoda visit and sugar cane drinks. Perry was knowledgeable and friendly, also speaking good English. The lunch stop was great. Local restaurant, full of local workers and great food. Be aware this can become very hot and sometimes you are cycling in very busy areas. Would definitely recommend the morning…”

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5.Morning Countryside Tour by Bike

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 303 reviews · 4 hours · from $29

Leave Hoi An by bike with an English-speaking guide such as Tam or Mike and ride about 20 kilometers through flat village roads, rice fields, canals, and coconut groves. You will visit local homes and workshops, try bánh bèo, see traditional crafts, and taste rice wine in a small group of up to eight.

“very pretty bike tour through the local villages. great stops & viewpoints along the way! very kind guide that was open for any question and happy to show us more about the culture!the bike seats were really uncomfortable though so try to wear something padded or bring something to put on top of the seats for more comfort!”

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6.Hoi An Morning Countryside Tour by Bike

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 282 reviews · from $29

Start at Discova’s Hoi An shop at 8:00 am for a guided ride through the old town, Cẩm Kim, and Duy Vinh. You’ll use a mountain bike and helmet, visit a family kitchen, see local crafts, taste rice cakes and rice wine, and return after about five hours. Guides include Quang, Mike, Van, Tâm, and Mr. Easy.

“What a great trip. We saw and tasted things we would never have found on our own. Our guide was super knowledgeable and easy going. Despite the rain it was great fun and a brilliant way of spending a morning if it’s not sunny. Would highly recommend and not a challenging cycle so would suit lots of people”

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7.Hoi An Countryside Biking Tour(Vegetable village -basket boat – fishing village)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 216 reviews · from $45

Spend about five hours cycling from Hoi An to Tra Que vegetable village, rice fields, shrimp farms, and a water coconut forest. You will help with farm work, ride a round basket boat, and eat a local Vietnamese lunch. Guides including Tai, Cuong, Trung, and Dinh are praised for safety and clear English. Pickup is available.

“My friend and I had an incredible time on this biking tour! It ended up being a private tour for the day and our tour guide Cuong was funny and knowledgeable. He kept us safe when leading the way. We were able to experience a little farming demonstration along the way then stopped for some coffee. We biked to the coconut village for a fun little ride in the round bamboo boats and then ended the tour with a homemade lunch that was absolutely delicious. 10/10 would recommend this tour!”

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8.Rural Cycling Tour to Village with Basket Boat Ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 174 reviews · 3 hours · from $27Best value

Ride roughly 9 to 10 miles on mostly flat roads with an English-speaking guide such as Kun, Sun, or Nguyen. You’ll pass rice fields, meet local farmers, visit Tra Que Vegetable Village, stop at a market, and finish with a 40-minute basket boat ride in a quieter coconut-lined waterway.

“Had a wonderful tour with Shanti, it was raining all day with some thunder and lightning but she had really high spirits. It was just my mum and I on the tour, enjoyed visiting the village and smelling/tasting local botanicals with the farm owner. River boat was great too. A really great, picturesque way to see Hoi An”

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9.Half-Day Bicycle Tour Combine City & Countryside + Train Street

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 107 reviews · from $49

Ride a mountain bike through Hanoi with an English-speaking guide, starting in the Old Quarter and continuing over Long Bien Bridge, beside West Lake, past Ba Dinh Square, and along Train Street. Alex and Charlie are among the guides associated with this tour. Bikes, helmets, water, egg coffee, a snack, and rain ponchos are included.

“The best part about the tour was our guide Charlie, who was full of energy, anecdotes, and information. He really made the tour fun for all of us. My only confusion/complaint was that the tour ended up not exactly what was advertised. The fiRead more”

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10.HOI AN Biking River Islands, Villages, Local Crafts PRIVATE TOUR

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 77 reviews · from $45

Ride quiet lanes around Cam Kim Island and Duy Vinh with a private English-speaking guide. Meet families who make incense, rice noodles, reed mats, and wooden furniture, then cross the Thu Bon River by ferry. Hotel pickup, bikes, helmets, coffee, water, and entrance fees are included. A Vietnamese meal is optional.

“Great trip around local villages on quiet tracks taking in the local culture and lovely scenery finishing with a boat trip back to Hoi An.”

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11.Bicycle Tours Hanoi: Full Day Bicycle Tour Hanoi Countryside

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 47 reviews · from $89

Start at 8:00 am with hotel pickup and a bike fitting, then ride across Long Bien Bridge into Hanoi’s quiet countryside. With a guide such as Perry or Pezi translating along the way, you’ll visit Co Loa Citadel, a bonsai-making family, a wet market, lotus lake, and a village home for lunch. Expect about eight hours and potentially 40 kilometers of cycling.

“Perry and his partner made this trip fun and enjoyable. We arrived to our Hanoi hotel on Tuesday around 1am from a 20+ hour flight from NY and decided to book this trip for the same day- to begin at 8am. Perry picked us up on time and froRead more”

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12.Bicycle Tours Hanoi: Full Day Bicycle Tours City & Countryside

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 46 reviews · from $89

Spend about eight hours cycling from central Hanoi into the Red River countryside. Your guide handles navigation while you ride quiet lanes, cross Long Bien Bridge, visit Co Loa and a bonsai family, see the B-52 wreck at Huu Tiep Lake, and stop for local drinks, fruit, and lunch. Dung and Perry are among the guides associated with this route.

“This was such a great experience as a solo traveler exploring Hanoi. Dung (doo-ng) was a great guide and provided a lot of knowledge about the French Quarter and the countryside. This was a great daytime activity to enjoy the outdoors and get some excercise. The bikes used were great and they provided helmets for safety.”

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13.Cai Be Mekong Delta: Cooking Class, Cycling, Craft Villages

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 36 reviews · from $36

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Be for a full day of canals, village cycling, fruit gardens, folk music, ancient homes, and hands-on Vietnamese cooking. You will visit coconut candy and crispy rice popcorn makers, paddle to Tan Phong Island, prepare lunch, and return by boat. Guides such as Peter, Min, and Jonathan have been praised for friendly English service.

“Very well organised trip. ‘Peter’, our Vietnamese guide, was excellent. He was very polite, helpful, friendly and spoke good English, and was easy to understand. (Prepare for a 2.5 hour coach journey from HCMC to Mekong delta/Cai Be floating market. But we stopped at a very nice refreshment station en route). . We did so much in one day - handling bees/drinking snake wine/preparing our own Vietnamese-style lunch plus extra food which never stop coming from the kitchen!/kayaking/ watching a traditional Vietnamese performance/and a fun bike ride at the end.Read more”

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14.Countryside by Cycling, Buffalo Riding & Do Farming

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 36 reviews · 5 hours · from $34

Ride 6 to 7 km through Hoi An’s rice fields and villages with a small group of up to 10. Meet farmers, help plant rice, ride a water buffalo, paddle a bamboo basket boat, fish for crabs, and cook Banh Xeo at a local home. Guides may include Duc, Ding, Cu, Han, or Otman.

“The variety of fun and jnformative activities. Duc Nguyen was an absolutely fantastic Of course we did it in the rain, wind and small flooding but that added to the adventure 😀”

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15.Private Villages Biking Tour with Meal

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $40

Spend five private hours cycling from Hoi An to Thanh Ha pottery village, Tra Que vegetable village, and Cam Thanh fishing village. Your English-speaking guide leads you along quiet village roads, helps you try pottery and farm work, then takes you on a 30-minute coconut boat ride before a five-dish local meal. Guide Vingh is one named guide associated with the experience.

“Our guide Vingh was excellent, super knowledgeable and great to chat to. Going on the bamboo boat was a definite highlight! Overall a great price for a private tour”

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