{"id":10460,"date":"2025-11-01T15:53:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T14:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/cn\/?p=4197"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:39:43","slug":"ho-chi-minh-city-to-da-lat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/ho-chi-minh-city-to-da-lat\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho Chi Minh City to \u0110\u00e0 L\u1ea1t"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"intro wp-block-paragraph\">Vietnam | 306 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning in the buzzing business and cultural hub of Ho Chi Minh City, where the streets roar with millions of motorcycles, the start point for this adventurous ride is the local dealership, Harley-Davidson<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> of Saigon. Heading north east from the city to join National Route 20, you\u2019ll pass by the tranquil Tr\u1ecb An Lake. Artificially created to supply water to a hydropower plant, the lake often turns bright green during the summer algae season (July-Sept)! Then, near the town of \u0110\u1ea1 M\u2019ri, the ascent begins in the cool, leafy mountains of the Central Highlands of L\u00e2m \u0110\u1ed3ng Province. In fact, the road eventually climbs to an elevation of 1,500 metres above sea level. Glide along the smooth road surfaces, soak up the sights, and stop off for provisions in the many settlements along the way before you reach the temperate \u2018City of Eternal Spring\u2019 \u2013 province capital, \u0110\u00e0 L\u1ea1t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SEEKING PEACE<br><\/strong>Pull into the roadside car park at the \u0110\u1ee9c M\u1eb9 An B\u00ecnh (Our Lady of Peace) temple, situated in the picturesque B\u1ea3o L\u1ed9c pass in \u0110\u1ea1 M\u2019ri, where there are tumbling waterfalls and a beautiful statue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HERITAGE DETECTIVE<br><\/strong>The city of Dalat was developed as a resort by the French in the early 1900s. Keep an eye out for reminders of its colonial heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.harley-davidson.com\/share\/rides\/4TjYD7--V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Click here to view this route in the Harley-Davidson Ride Planner and start planning your next adventure.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Originally published in 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" data-id=\"10149\" src=\"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2150842075-1-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2150842075-1-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2150842075-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2150842075-1-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2150842075-1-1536x1150.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2150842075-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vietnam | 306 km<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":10150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-10460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-riding-routes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10461,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10460\/revisions\/10461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}