Bangkok to Saigon cycling holiday

by Responsible Travel

Region

Saigon,Bangkok

Duration

14 days

Guided Status

N/A

Difficulty

N/A

D-Score™

N/A - Unknown

Overview

Bangkok to Saigon cycling holiday, 14 Days, cycling through Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It's a small group tour with a CO2 emission of 538kg. The price starts from £2,000 excluding flights. Offers include up to £490 off selected dates and late availability on 22 Nov. Prices are based on 2 adults sharing, with a single supplement from £425 - £455. Minimum age is 16. This holiday can cater for vegetarians, but not vegans. The company can help travellers who would like to reach their holiday by rail and offer a small discount. As pioneers of responsible tourism, this holiday has been screened to maximize benefits to local people and places, and minimize negative impacts. Transport: Cycling holidays in small groups (limited to 16 visitors) are a sustainable way to travel, with less negative impact on local infrastructure, environment, and people, while encouraging positive interaction. Cycle routes are away from mass tourism, creating less pollution, noise, and traffic. Motorised transport is with small, locally owned companies. Cycling allows access to unique places like Bangkrajao Island, Koh Dach Island, and the Mekong Delta waterways. Waste: Reusable water reservoirs are carried to limit plastic use. Buying fruit and supplies in local markets limits packaging and transportation. Visitors are encouraged to avoid plastic bags and reuse bags. Responsible Travel Company Ethos: Continually looking for ways to improve and proud to be 'Responsible in everything we do'. Education is key, with all staff, Tour Leaders, and partnering suppliers trained in responsible and sustainable tourism. The Head Office strives for a sustainable and planet-friendly working environment with solar panels and a commitment to reducing plastic usage. People: Works with local tour leaders only, encouraging newly qualified guides to try cycling. Invests in regular training for tour leaders and local crews to deliver responsible tourism and encourage sustainable practices in their home communities. Offers equal opportunities and access to work for both sexes. Thai tour leader is supported by Cambodian and Vietnamese guides. Local crafts and culture: Encourages visitors to buy local products by visiting local markets and shops. Aims for lunch stops at local cafes and eateries off the beaten track. Includes a night in a homestay in the Mekong Delta and a home-hosted lunch near Siem Reap. Visits local silk weavers and silk farms on Koh Dach Island and Pourk village. Visits locally-run cottage industries in the Mekong Delta, such as sedge weavers, coconut candy makers, and rice candy makers. Charity: Groups dine in 'Friends' restaurant in Phnom Penh, an NGO organization working with street children. The company has partnerships with UK charities Toilet Twinning and Send a Cow, plus many smaller initiatives globally. Member of AITO (UK travel industry body).

Daily Ride Schedule

Accommodation & Services

Accommodation

N/A

What's Included

Catering services

About the Saigon,Bangkok

A dedicated guide for this region is not available yet.

GBP 2000

per person

Go to Provider

Why Choose This Tour?

Cycling holidays in small groups, limited to 16 visitors, are a relatively sustainable way to travel as they have less negative impact on the local infrastructure, environment and people while encouraging positive interaction with local people.
The cycle routes we take are away from mass tourism, creating less pollution, noise and traffic.
Travelling by bicycle enables us to visit fascinating places not otherwise possible with motorised transport such as Bangkrajao Island in Bangkok, Koh Dach Island in Cambodia, as well as alongside the waterways of the Mekong Delta along narrow paths.
In Angkor, where there is a lot of pressure on the environment caused by a high volume of traffic to access the temples, we predominantly cycle between the temple groups.
We work with local tour leaders only, and encourage newly qualified guides to try cycling to increase their range of work choices.
We encourage visitors to buy local products wherever possible by visiting local markets and shops when stocking up on fruit, snacks and supplies to direct spending into the local communities.
On our route each day we aim to make lunch stops at local cafes and eateries that are off the beaten track.
In the Mekong Delta we spend a night in a homestay and in Cambodia we include a home-hosted lunch near Siem Reap.
On Koh Dach Island and Pourk village in Cambodia we visit local silk weavers and a silk farm to learn about the craft from raw material to finished product and as a result our clients can buy directly from the makers, helping to distribute money into the local communities.
In the Mekong Delta we visit locally-run cottage industries where clients can learn about local arts and crafts and again buy directly from them for example the sedge weavers in Dinh Yen village, coconut candy makers and rice candy makers.
Our groups have been dining in ‘Friends’ restaurant in Phnom Penh for many years.
This restaurant and NGO organisation works with street children, training them in hospitality skills, food preparation and service and therefore giving them employment opportunities.