MEKONG DELTA – FLOATING MARKET – 02 DAYS – 01 NIGHT

DEPART: 07:30 – 08:00AM ON 1^ST DAY

RETURN : 16:30 – 17:00PM ON 2^ND DAY

About

Getting away from the city to the Mekong Delta can be difficult to organize – you need to sort out your transport, your accommodation, all the sights you’ll see. This easygoing overnight tour takes all of the stress of organizing out of your hands. Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to the Delta for two days of low-intensity travel. Cruise along the Cai Rang floating market; visit coconut farms, orchards, and apiaries; explore charming villages and cycle around mangrove forests and colorful tropical gardens.

ITINERARY: SAIGON – MY THO – BEN TRE – CAN THO – FLOATING MARKET

Day 1: Saigon – My Tho – Can Tho

• 8:00 AM, VN Bike Tour guide will pick you up .
• Firstly, you will take a leisurely cruise on the Tien river to visit 4 islets which are represented as four mythical animals in Southeast Asia: Dragon, Kirin, Tortoise, Phoenix. At Kirin islet, feel free to try the freshly barked handmade coconut candy, visit honey bee farm to try some specialty products, then walk through the orchard gardens to taste some seasonal tropical fruits and listen to the folk music.
• Furthermore, you can relax on the rowing boat going through a mangrove palm canal, and continue to get on tuk tuk .
• And then to reach the beautiful riverside restaurant for having lunch with specialties of Mekong Delta‘s cuisine.
• Finally, you will cruise back to the main land, and go straight to Can Tho city, you will have plenty of free time to explore that city at night after having dinner at your hotel.

Day 2: Can Tho – Ben Tre – Saigon

• 5:00 AM The perfect time to catch real lively scenery of Cai Rang Floating Market. It takes about 30’ for cruising along Hau river from Ninh Kieu wharf, you surely have freedom to try any tropical fruits, drinks or even hot rice noodle soup which is called “hu tieu” as your light breakfast.
• After that, you will visit the chewy noodle workshop to learn more about other kinds of Vietnamese noodles.
• On the way back to Saigon, you will stop in Ben Tre province which is called as a coconut kingdom in Vietnam. Over there, you can easily find out how useful of a “tree of heaven” affecting in locals’ life.
• You will be riding through a truly countryside where car is nearly impossible to get through with small complex terrain.
• With about 7 – 10 km biking, you are going to pass tropical fruit gardens, get across the bridge with vast mangrove palm scenery from both side Have Lunch at local restaurant. Back to Saigon

What’s included

• Overnight stay in 3 star hotel (2people / room )
• Transportation by air-conditioned car
• English-speaking guide
• Transportation by motor boat and rowing boat
• Lunch on Day 1,2 ; Dinner on Day 1; Breakfast on Day 2
• Fresh fruits and honey tea
• Hotel pick up and drop off in District 1
• Bottled water

What’s not included

• Other meals not mentioned in the itinerary
• Tips and personal expenses

Notes :

• If you would like to go to Phu Quoc Island  by speed boat from Mekong Delta tour , you have to stay at the area near the boat station for 1 night, and take the morning speed boat to Phu Quoc Island. We also organize bus and boat tickets, accommodation in Rach Gia for you whole trip to Phu Quoc Island. Plz ask the travel agent for further details.
• If you would like to go to Phnompenh, Cambodia by speed boat from Mekong Delta tour, you have to stay in Chau Doc for 1 night and take the morning speed boat to Phnompenh. We also organize bus and boat tickets, accommodation in Chau Doc for you for the whole trip to Phnompenh. Plz ask the travel agent for further details.