Pedal through the tropical countryside near Nha Trang during a private guided bike excursion to experience the local way of life. Pump past emerald rice paddies and lush papaya orchards before landing at a historic home, where you can relax with a steaming cup of green tea in a serene bonsai garden.

Get picked up from your Nha Trang hotel and head to the bike launch site, where a friendly guide outfits you with a helmet and a hybrid cycle with thick, rugged tyres. Then, take off into the Nha Trang scenery with the wind at your back. Set your sights on the Diên Khánh District, where verdant paddy fields shimmer in the midday sun and tree boughs grow heavy with exotic fruit.

Nose the bike along flat roads to an idyllic village where you can dismount and chat with the local residents. If you like, enter a private home and discover how your host prepares delicacies like fish cakes and soya milk in an airy, light-filled kitchen. Before long, it's back on the bike and time to move on to a historic home.

Push past delicately wrought pagodas and sprawling fruit farms until you reach a historic home bordered by a bonsai garden. Here, refuel with a piping cup of green tea in a soothing setting. Before returning to Nha Trang, indulge in a delicious Vietnamese lunch, replete with seasonal fruit from the region's farms.