river Archives - Two Wheel Cruise https://twowheelcruise.com/tag/river/ Cycling Videos and Travel by Bike Sat, 30 Jun 2018 12:12:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://twowheelcruise.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-logo_transparent_large-32x32.png river Archives - Two Wheel Cruise https://twowheelcruise.com/tag/river/ 32 32 White Water Rafting & Hot Springs Park in Da Nang, Vietnam https://twowheelcruise.com/travel/vietnam/white-water-rafting-hot-springs-park-in-da-nang/ Sun, 07 Jan 2018 05:51:57 +0000 https://twowheelcruise.com/?p=1048 In today’s Vietnam Travel Vlog, my wife Thuong and I try out some white water rafting and visit the Hot Springs Park in Da Nang, Vietnam. Both of these facilities are very nearby each other in the same mountain area as the Ba Na Hills Resort, which is directly west of Da Nang City. We... Read more »

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]]> In today’s Vietnam Travel Vlog, my wife Thuong and I try out some white water rafting and visit the Hot Springs Park in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Both of these facilities are very nearby each other in the same mountain area as the Ba Na Hills Resort, which is directly west of Da Nang City. We rented some scooters and it took us about 30 minutes to drive over. If you book with a tour agency, they generally should be able to arrange group pickup services. (More information listed below).

Once we arrived, we had to wait a while for other people to show up since they send everyone out in a group together. If there is a larger number of people, then they will do more runs, but I guess they were not busy while we were there.

One nice thing is that they have free lockers to use on sight, so you can lock up your valuables while you go rafting.

rafting area lockers

The location where you sign up and pay is actually the end of the run, so first we loaded up onto a shuttle bus and went upstream to the start of the rafting course.

rafting da nang vietnam shuttle bus

The boats are stored out of the water and the first step is to get on and go down a pretty steep ramp straight into the river. Pretty intense way to start things off! 🙂

rafting da nang first drop into river

The course was a blast, and we had a lot of fun. Especially Thuong! Definitely a strong recommendation if you’re looking for fun things to do around Da Nang.

white water rafting da nang girlfriend face

After finishing up rafting, we went to the nearby Hot Springs Park for some relaxing pool time. They even had a water slide, which was a cool sight to see in the middle of the mountains.

da nang hot springs park waterslide in mountain

After finishing up at the hot spring park, we drove back into the city to watch the night show with the dragon bridge, which would shoot fire and water from it’s mouth, which was also a really cool sight to see (watch the video).

da nang dragon bridge night gold

Overall, another great day in Vietnam and Da Nang is really solidifying itself as possibly our favorite city in Vietnam.

How to get to Hoa Phu Thanh Rafting Tourist Site?

Hoa Phu Thanh is located on QL 14, Hoa Phu Village, Hoa Vang Ward. It is very far from the city center. Therefore, you can get there by motorbike, car, or taxi is recommended.

From airport: 30km away, taxi recommended

From train station: 32km away, go by taxi, motorbike

From Hoi An ancient town: 45km away, taxi recommended

More information at website

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]]> Training for Lake Biwa Challenge at Yahagi River Japan 矢作川 サイクリング https://twowheelcruise.com/cycling-country/cycling-japan/training-for-lake-biwa-challenge-at-yahagi-river-japan-%e7%9f%a2%e4%bd%9c%e5%b7%9d-%e3%82%b5%e3%82%a4%e3%82%af%e3%83%aa%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b0/ Wed, 28 Jun 2017 11:59:01 +0000 https://twowheelcruise.com/?p=1255 My friend recently decided that she wanted to give cycling a try and with only a month of training, she plans to attempt to ride around Lake Biwa (Japan’s biggest lake). She has no real cycling experience other than riding a bike to work for 20 minutes everyday, and this was only her second ever... Read more »

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]]> My friend recently decided that she wanted to give cycling a try and with only a month of training, she plans to attempt to ride around Lake Biwa (Japan’s biggest lake). She has no real cycling experience other than riding a bike to work for 20 minutes everyday, and this was only her second ever time on a road bike, but she managed to ride 80km (roughly half of Lake Biwa’s 160km) with relative ease.

Most of the area filmed is from along the beautiful Yahagi river in Toyota, Japan. Only about 2 weeks remaining until we attempt the Lake Biwa Challenge!

僕の友達が最近サイクリングをやってみたいなと思ってます。で、たった一か月だけのトレーニングで琵琶湖一周を挑戦するつもりです。
その友達のサイクリング経験は２０分の毎日の通勤しかありません。このライドはたった二回目のロードバイクライドなのに80キロは余裕でした(約琵琶湖の半分)。

写ったところは豊田の矢作川です。
琵琶湖一周挑戦は後２週間ぐらい！

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