Viking launches biking tour to Cambodia, Thailand

20 Jan, 2010
Source: VietNamNet/SGT

VietNamNet Bridge – Viking Travel and Media in HCMC has just launched a special tour to Cambodia and Thailand by bicycle, with the first tour to start from the city on March 15.

The tour will be highly challenging for tourists, who will have to ride 960 kilometers for nine days on end from HCMC before ending up in Bangkok, where they will have the tenth day for rest and shopping before flying back to HCMC on the last day.

Under the 11-day itinerary, travelers will ride for 111 kilometers from HCMC to Tay Ninh Province’s Moc Bai border gate to Cambodia’s Svay Rieng on the first day. The next legs will be 105 kilometers from Svay Rieng to Phnom Penh, 140 kilometers from Phnom Penh to Chamka Luong, 150 kilometers from Chamka Luong to Koh Kong, and 110 kilometers from Koh Kong to Trat in Thailand.

Then they will travel on for 80 kilometers from Trat to Chanthaburi, 100 kilometers from Chanthaburi to Rayong, 54 kilometers from Rayong to Pattaya and finally 110 kilometers from Pattaya to Bangkok.

The tour costs US$550 per traveler, excluding an air ticket from Bangkok to HCMC costing around US$200 to 250 per passenger. Tourists will travel on their own bicycles, said Tran Xuan Hung, director of the company.

“We have 12 passengers to departure on March 15. Almost all travelers are businessmen who love biking tours and have experience of biking,” Hung said.

He said such travelers have traveled to the Central region and Hanoi by bicycles and wanted to try their strength on the new route. The travelers use two-star hotel services only.

“This tour is really challenging. In some days, travelers must ride all day long, and even have to start at 5:00 am and ride for 150 kilometers,” he said.

The tour operator only accepts bookings from visitors who have experiences of biking and good health.