Full-Day Mekong Delta Tour including Lunch from Ho Chi Minh City

Sightseeing  :  Vietnam  :  Ho Chi Minh  :  Ho Chi Minh City  :  Day Trips

Ben Tre is the capital of Ben Tre Province in Southern Viet Nam and provides some of the most stunning scenery in the Mekong Delta. Experience it for yourself on this tour by hopping on to a boat and winding your way along waterways flanked by lush tropical vegetation, then visit a quaint village for a taste of Delta life.Ben Tre, the capital of its namesake province, is made up of three main islands wedged between the Tien Giang River to the north and Co Chien River to the south, with the Ham Luong River running straight down the center. Arrive at Ben Tre, where the boat will cruise along the Ham Luong River, a branch of the Mekong, and stop off at various local workplaces to give you a picture of how the local economy works. Highlights of the work place stop-offs include viewing a Traditional Brick kiln where bricks are still painstakingly made, by hand, and fueled by rice husk, an agricultural waste. You'll also visit a coconut processing workshop, where you can sample fresh coconut, and see how every single part of this versatile nut is turned into food and other products, plus a mat-weaving house where straw mats are woven using a hand loom.

The boat will then stop at a quiet village, where you can have a short walk to experience real Delta village life before boarding your “xe loi” (a kind of motorized rickshaw), or cycle around the village amongst ravishing rice fields, fruit orchards and vegetable plots. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.

The last trip of the tour will be aboard a traditional sampan boat for a relaxing trip along narrow canals. Then the boat will return you to the pier where you’ll travel back to Ho Chi Minh city.