The World’s 15 Best Cycling & Cooking Days

1.Cai Be Mekong Delta Tour: Cooking Class, Cycling & Craft Villages

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,881 reviews · from $39Our pick

Spend a full day in Cai Be with an English-speaking guide, boat rides, craft workshops, antique homes, a Vietnamese cooking class, lunch, and cycling through fruit-growing villages. Guides such as Mark and Abe have been praised for fluent English, helpful service, and thoughtful answers. Pickup is available from central District 1 hotels.

“I had Mark as my tour guide and he was incredible. He had a great attitude towards his work and came off as genuinely interested in what he was showing and ensuring his guests had the best time. The tour itinerary itself was also great, and gave great insight into Vietnam. Definitely recommend anyone to book this tour if they’re down south.”

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2.Full-Day Experience in Mekong Cycling and Authentic Home Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 89 reviews · from $64

Spend about seven hours cycling through Mekong Delta villages with local guide Susan, visiting a 300-year-old Khmer temple and a market for cooking ingredients. Return through rice paddies and coconut farms, enjoy fresh coconut and pool time, then prepare a Vietnamese meal together. Pickup in central Can Tho is available.

“Our family of 5 had the most wonderful stay at Susan’s. We stayed three nights and had a two day tour. Susan has curated an amazing Mekong experience encompassing food, farming, culture and history as well as some exercise! We also had time to enjoy her luxurious Read more”

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3.2-Day Mekong Floating Market with Cooking & Bike Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 68 reviews · from $87

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City into the Mekong Delta for Cai Rang Floating Market, Vinh Trang Pagoda, canal rides, coconut candy, honey tea, a Vietnamese pancake class, and countryside cycling. English-speaking guides such as Ry, Stephen, Sam, Robert, and Phil have led recent departures. The $87 price includes transport, hotel, meals, and activities.

“It was amazing. I met some beautiful people from the group but also on the tour itself. Our guide Ry was the best!!”

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4.Rural Cycle, Market Tour, Basket Boat & Organic Farm Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 64 reviews · 4 hours · from $34

Meet at Hoi An Post Office for a gentle 3 km cycle through rice fields and villages. Buy unusual local fruit, ride a traditional basket boat through the water coconut forest, work with organic farmers, then cook a Vietnamese lunch from garden produce. English-speaking guides include Trang, Kun, Khieu, and Nguyen. Vegan and gluten-free diets are welcome.

“Since holidaying in Vietnam as a family of five (with three teenagers), we’ve done quite a few tours and this tour to an organic farm was easily the best. Our guide, Trang, was exceptional - fantastic English, incredibly knowledgeable and genuinely engaging. The tour was very hands-on, from visiting the farm and local market to learning, tasting and cooking the most delicious meal together. We had a few different dietary requirements, all of which were catered for perfectly. The banana boat ride was a bonus and so much fun. Without a doubt, our favourite tour of the trip. Would highly recommend.”

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5.Bari: Bike Tour & Pasta Making Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 56 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $98

Start near Piazza Mercantile with a multilingual guide such as Federica, Anna, Antonella, or Dorothea. Cycle Bari’s old lanes and major sights, then visit Nonna Maria or another local pasta maker for an orecchiette lesson, wine, and a plate of pasta with fresh tomato sauce. The 2.5-hour tour suits first-time visitors who want food and sightseeing together.

“Onze gids Frederica maakte de tour echt af. Al fietsend gingen we door Bari, terwijl zij vol enthousiasme vertelde over alles wat we zagen. Het zelf maken van de pasta maakte de tour af, al had dit wat ons betrof wel iets langer mogen duren.”

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6.PRIVATE Mekong Delta 1 Day with Kayaking, Biking & Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 43 reviews · from $119

You’ll leave Ho Chi Minh City by private car for My Tho and Ben Tre, then cruise the Mekong, cycle rural lanes, kayak or row through smaller waterways, visit a bee farm and coconut candy workshop, and cook lunch at Family Tiny Garden. Guides such as Son, Nhi, Dennis, and Tri are noted for friendly, attentive service.

“Fantastic Tour! Our guide, Son, was enthusiastic, engaging and spoke excellent English. He knew just when strike up conversation and when to let us rest. It was a long day and my husband was feeling quite ill for most of it. Son was very Read more”

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7.Hoi An countryside biking – Basket Boat – Vegetable village – Local home Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 37 reviews · from $58

Start at 8:30 am with private bike pickup, then cycle from Hoi An to Tra Que for hands-on farming. Continue to a fishing village for a bamboo basket boat ride, then cook white rice and rice pancakes with a local family before returning by bike.

“This is the best package ever ! You get everything : fresh air, exercise, a ride on the coconut boats and lastly experience the daily life of Hoi An villagers. The visit to the home of a local, where he warmly welcomed us, was the highlight of our tRead more”

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 36 reviews · from $36

Spend a full day in Cai Be with an English-speaking guide such as Peter, Min, or Jonathan, depending on the departure. Travel by shared boat, paddle through narrow canals, cycle among orchards, visit Ba Kiệt’s ancient house, see coconut candy and crispy rice popcorn made, and prepare a Vietnamese lunch in a garden.

“Our Guide Min was very helpfull and friendly. Only floating Markets are not more existing. Lunch was surprisingly in a very good quality. Bicycle Tour was my Highlight.”

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9.Alberobello: e-bike tour and orecchiette class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · 4 hours · from $55

Rocco leads a small-group e-bike ride from Alberobello through trulli country, dry stone walls, vineyards, and olive groves. At a family-run mill, Pasquale explains how wheat becomes flour. Then Pasqua teaches you to shape orecchiette, which you cook and eat with wine. Bring your own e-bike or rent one locally.

“Alberobello was a delight and we loved cycling through the glorious Puglian countryside, then meeting a very lovely flour mill owner who took great care to explain the workings of the mill. Making pasta was fun and we felt a sense of achievement when we ate it for lunch! Rocco was a great guide and very knowledgeable about the local area. The bikes were well maintained and smooth - the electric turbo charge very handy on the hills! A fantastic experience!”

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10.Biking and cooking class in the rural tour at Can Tho

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · from $36

Travel from central Can Tho to a rural fruit garden, then cycle quiet country paths with an English-speaking guide. Return for a hands-on Vietnamese cooking class, lunch, local fruit, snacks, and lotus tea. Guides such as Gin and Thrin help keep the four-hour outing friendly and personal.

“It was a very nice tour. Our guide (Gin) was extremely nice and lovely! She made the tour a thousand times better.”

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11.Biking and Cooking Class in Can Tho Rural

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $32Best value

Spend four hours beyond Can Tho’s center with an English-speaking local guide, cycling rural paths near My Khanh Tourist Village, visiting a fruit and flower garden, then cooking Vietnamese dishes with your host. Hotel pickup, bicycle use, fruit, lunch, and lotus tea are included. Groups are capped at 15.

“I was picked up at my hotel and transported to the countryside just 7km away. I had a very enjoyable afternoon biking around small village roads and learning about all the fruit and vegetables that grow there. After this I was shown how to Read more”

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12.Hoi An Countryside biking with basket boat and cooking class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $63

Join a private English or French-speaking guide for an easy half-day cycle through Hoi An’s farms, fishing villages, Tra Que herb gardens, and Cam Thanh coconut forest. You’ll make bean sprouts, ride past buffalo and shrimp ponds, try a basket boat, catch river crabs, and finish with a five-dish Vietnamese lunch. Tan and Kim An may assist with arrangements.

“Excellent, the bike ride was very pleasant, our guide was very friendly, she spoke French very well. There is no difficulty in doing this bike ride even with children, I recommend this activity to get you away from the hustle and bustle of Hoi An”

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13.Countryside Biking – Eco Tour &Cooking Class Tra Que

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $56

Spend 5.5 hours cycling from Hoi An through rice paddies to Cam Thanh’s nipa forest and Tra Que village. You’ll paddle a round bamboo boat, visit a local market, farm with a local grower, enjoy a herbal foot massage, and cook spring rolls, banh xeo, banana flower salad, and fish in a clay pot.

“The full trip was great start to finish even in the rain all of the activities were fun with the cooking class being our highlight. Getting out of the rain and being welcomed so warmly by the hosts with a hot drink and foot massage before getting stuck into the lesson was a nice touch!”

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14.Hoi An Villages Biking – Basket Boat- Cooking Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $54

Cycle from Hoi An’s market through riverside lanes and shrimp farms, ride a basket boat in Cam Thanh’s coconut forest, work in Tra Que’s organic gardens, and cook four Vietnamese dishes. English-speaking guides such as Min lead the 5.5-hour outing, with hotel pickup included.

“Nice experience, bike ride and basket boat, in the boat we were guided by an elderly lady, very nice, only later I discovered that in the coconut islands there were many battles, and that the lady was present. Educational cooking course, it should be done as soon as possible to understand their cuisine and when you are around what to eat and how to eat.”

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15.Gioia: E-Bike Ride and Cooking Class in Countryside

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $71

Meet your English- or Italian-speaking guide at Gioia del Colle train station for an easy to moderate e-bike ride through olive groves, vineyards, and dry-stone walls. At a local masseria, you’ll make orecchiette or panzerotti, then eat your work with wine, cheese, olives, and taralli. Allow 4 to 6 hours.

“We had a pleasant bike ride followed by an amazing experience of making pasta and then enjoying a divine lunch. Everything we ate was produced on the farm and was super fresh and delicious. Thank you so much. Sarah and chrissie”

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