Cycling Cat Tien National Park

SBL15B : CYCLING CAT TIEN 2D/1N - Challenge on the elephant trails !!

     
 Instruction for going through elephant area             Dirt road, up and down 20km                      Picnic lunch - elephants area                    

Day 1: SaiGon - CatTien National Park. (L,D)

 

07.30 Departure from your hotel. Take us about 1.5 hour to get out the busy traffic and head on to VinhCuu district - DongNai province.
09.30 Start cycling ~35km on quiet countryside road to CatTien park. This forest area used to be the head quarter of Vietnamese army during the war. We arrive at the ranger post, meeting our Cat Tien park ranger, transfer luggage & water to our 4wd jeep,  then climb up the challenging slopes, 20 km up and down.

Be careful: wild elephants !! We are cycling through the elephant activities area, so we should keep together and following instruction of our ranger.

Picnic lunch break. We keep on cycling to TaLai ethnic minority village, then going through the buffer zone to head quarter of CatTien park. Maximum cycling distance today ~ 75km.

Day 2: Ficus Benjamina route (CaySi) - Trek - Saigon (B,L)

 

07.00 Start cycling 16km through forest to DakLua area. From here we start trekking 2km to this interesting eco-system of semi-evergreen forest and wetland-flooded-evergreen forest: the Ficus benjamina group. Located in an area of 3 ha, the highest level belong to family of Moraceae (Dau tam) such as: F. benjamina, F racemora, Flacourtiaceae, Hychaearpus etc..
The trek path has a lot of tuff rocks – product of vocalnic craters million years ago.
We also see huge trees of Lagerstromenia ovalfolia and several kind of birds.
Then we cycle 16km back, with a short stop over Cycas rumphii (Thien Tue), Ancistrolandus tectorius (Trung quan), Afzelia cyclocarpa (Go~) and BenCu rapids.
Shower & late lunch at park center, ferry crossing the river. We goodbye CatTien park, transfer by car to Saigon.

 

 

175 USD/ person (minimum 2 persons). 135 USD/ person (3 persons).   115 USD/ person (4 - 5 persons)    Services included:              All entrance fee, bike rental fee. Transport:ac bus, jeep 4wd transfer in the park. Cycling guide & ranger guide of Cat Tien park. Aircond room at the park center. Meals: B,L,D as mentioned in program. Drinking water during trip. insect repellent (for anti leech).   Not including: Insurance, personal expenses. Contact Us

Elephant footprints Buffer zone near the head quarter

SBL15C : CYCLING CAT TIEN - BAO LOC - PHAN THIET - MUI NE 3D/2N  

        

       Steep, slippery hill to conquer                 Crossing stream & cool down during mid day            Minority village - route DaMi - MuiNe     

Day 1: SaiGon - CatTien National Park. (L,D)

Same as day 1 in SBL 15B. O/N in Cat Tien park.

Day 2: Ficus Benjamina route (CaySi) - DakLua - BaoLoc (B,L,D)

07.00 Start cycling 16km through forest to DakLua area. From here we start trekking 2km to this interesting eco-system of semi-evergreen forest and wetland-flooded-evergreen forest: the Ficus benjamina group. Located in an area of 3 ha, the highest level belong to family of Moraceae (Dau tam) such as: F. benjamina, F racemora, Flacourtiaceae, Hychaearpus etc..
The trek path has a lot of tuff rocks – product of vocalnic craters million years ago.
We also see huge trees of Lagerstromenia ovalfolia and several kind of birds.
Then we continue 5km to the ferry, crossing DongNai river and cycling 2 hour more to highway 20. Lunch break & swim by Da m'ri stream.

We have ~ 35 km to go on hw20 with a challenge climb up +10% at BaoLoc pass. Total cycling today about 90km. O/N hotel in BaoLoc town (alt. +850m).

 

Day 3:  BaoLoc - DaMi - MaLam - PhanThiet - MuiNe (B,L)

08:00 Start cycling outside the town, then gradually down to LocNam, we have 10km climb up mt pass, then mostly going down hill to DaMi reservoir and to DongGiang village. Swim & picnic lunch en route. Afternoon we keep on 30km down hill through forest to MaLam. Our van pick us up for transfer to PhanThiet and MuiNe. Total cycling distance today about 90km. Tour end up in MuiNe. 

 

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245 USD/ person (minimum 2 persons). 195 USD/ person (3 persons).   165 USD/ person (4 - 5 persons)    Services included:             All entrance fees, bike rental fee. Transport:ac bus, jeep 4wd support in the park. Cycling guide & ranger guide of CatTien park. Accommodation 2 nights: AC room with hw.  Meals: B,L,D as mentioned in program. Drinking water during trip. insect repellent (for anti leech).   Not including: Insurance, personal expenses. Contact Us

Cycling through national park  Evergreen forest of Dipterocarpus

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