About this activity:
🕘 Time: 2 days 1 night
🚗 Vehicle: Car/Van, Boat
🏠 Departure: N/A
🏠 Hotel: 3 stars
Overview:
Welcome to the Mekong Delta, where you can experience the tranquility of authentic countryside life. Located in southern Vietnam, the Mekong Delta features a lush, watery landscape. Visit the region to admire the beauty of green rice fields stretching to the horizon. Explore the intricate system of brown canals and rivulets by boat. Enjoy the abundant blessings of the land, with thousands of orchard gardens and local specialties.
- Beautiful rural scenery
- Boat trip on Tien River and canals
- Overwhelming landscapes: fishing port, stilt houses, boat-building workshops and many islets
- See with your own eyes the typical agricultural model called “Garden – Pond – Cage”
- Enjoy tropical fruit, coconut candies and honey tea
- Walk into the village & visit fruit garden
- Get in touch with the local
- Listen to the “Southern Vietnamese Folk Music” performed by the islanders
- Visit Cai Rang Floating Market
- Massive number of merchant’s boats join the sale
- Monkey Bridge
- Visit Can Tho Market
Tour itinerary:
📍 Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City – My Tho – Ben Tre – Can Tho (L)
- Discover quaint villages along serene tributaries, explore a vibrant floating market, and enjoy sweet coconut candies with honey tea. Cross a unique bridge, observe noodle-making, and experience traditional folk music on this 2-day tour.
- At the designated time (approx. 07:30 to 08:30), our guide will meet you in your hotel’s lobby and transfer you from Ho Chi Minh City. Enjoy a picturesque ride out of the city.
- Travel past rice paddies and charming farms to the fishing village of My Tho. Board a boat to the islands of the Tien River, then cruise to Ben Tre to explore dense coconut groves. Savor coconut candies and honey tea before enjoying a lunch of freshly caught fish and river shrimp.
- In the afternoon, watch folk music performances and stroll through the countryside. In the evening, take a short ride to Can Tho and settle into a cozy hotel for the night.
📍 Day 2: Can Tho – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
- Start your day with a hearty breakfast, pack up, and head to Cai Rang Floating Market. Navigate through boats selling everything from fresh produce to vintage jewelry, haggling with locals and finding souvenirs. Watch skilled noodle makers create delicate vermicelli, visit a local village, and test your balance crossing the river on a bamboo “monkey bridge.”
- Enjoy a delicious lunch, do some last-minute shopping at Can Tho Market, visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, and then return to Ho Chi Minh City, where you will be dropped off at your hotel.
