Mekong Delta 2-Day Small Group Tour from Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Trip Type: Overnight Tours
Duration: Flexible
Let’s go to some natural land of the Mekong Delta where you will definitely get an insight into the locals’ daily life. A couple of hour bike rides are the best way to unveil the picturesque scenery and beauty of the region’s remote villages and locals’ daily activities. You will be amazed by the locals’ activities on their paddy fields, orchards and at the local market. You will enjoy some fantastic boat rides through the narrow channels among the Delta’s incredible scenery and observe the locals’ life goes by while visiting a real floating markets of Cai Rang & Phong Dien.. The locals’ strong sense of ancestral worship can be felt and seen everywhere. Staying at a local family’s home will definitely give you an insight into their daily activities and culture. The locals’ hospitality and their simple but healthy food will make your trip even more enjoyable.
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Let’s go to some natural land of the Mekong Delta where you will definitely get an insight into the locals’ daily life. A couple of hour bike rides are the best way to unveil the picturesque scenery and beauty of the region’s remote villages and locals’ daily activities. You will be amazed by the locals’ activities on their paddy fields, orchards and at the local market. You will enjoy some fantastic boat rides through the narrow channels among the Delta’s incredible scenery and observe the locals’ life goes by while visiting a real floating markets of Cai Rang & Phong Dien.. The locals’ strong sense of ancestral worship can be felt and seen everywhere. Staying at a local family’s home will definitely give you an insight into their daily activities and culture. The locals’ hospitality and their simple but healthy food will make your trip even more enjoyable.
DAY 1: SAIGON - BEN TRE - CAN THO (L)
Pick up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City then take about two hours drive to Ben Tre. On arrival at Hung Vuong pier - the boat will cruise along the Ham Luong river (a branch of the Mekong) and stop at various local workplaces to give you a picture of how the local economy works, including a brick-kiln, where bricks are still painstakingly made by hand; 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; and a mat weaving house, where straw mats are woven using a hand loom – you can even have a go at weaving yourself!
You will then hop onto a bicycle for a 15 km fun ride through the quiet and beauty country lane to Mr Khanh’s local house where you can contemplate a antiques pottery collection. Then stop at a local restaurant for a delicious and filling lunch, featuring such local specialties as elephant-ear fish and river shrimp, washed down with some cold drinks or beers. After lunch, it’s time to board on a rowing boat for a relaxing trip along narrow canals. Back to Hung Vuong Pier, take a way to Ham Luong, Co Chien ferry for Can Tho. Check in hotel
Pick up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City then take about two hours drive to Ben Tre. On arrival at Hung Vuong pier - the boat will cruise along the Ham Luong river (a branch of the Mekong) and stop at various local workplaces to give you a picture of how the local economy works, including a brick-kiln, where bricks are still painstakingly made by hand; 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; and a mat weaving house, where straw mats are woven using a hand loom – you can even have a go at weaving yourself!
You will then hop onto a bicycle for a 15 km fun ride through the quiet and beauty country lane to Mr Khanh’s local house where you can contemplate a antiques pottery collection. Then stop at a local restaurant for a delicious and filling lunch, featuring such local specialties as elephant-ear fish and river shrimp, washed down with some cold drinks or beers. After lunch, it’s time to board on a rowing boat for a relaxing trip along narrow canals. Back to Hung Vuong Pier, take a way to Ham Luong, Co Chien ferry for Can Tho. Check in hotel
DAY 2: CAI RANG & PHONG DIEN Floating Markets (B)
5:30am: hop on our car and drive to Phong Dien district and board on boat and cruise to Phong Dien floating market. Phong Dien is a retailed floating market with many small and rowing boats. As our boat edges through the market, you will be surely driven back to the yester-centuries by the sound of bargaining, rowing, motoring mixed with the sound from the coffee boat, meat boat, grocery boat, ice boats. Then our boat will speed up through many channels of the Mekong River stretching along rural villages and arrive in Cai Rang floating market - it is much bigger and is more of wholesaled market with many more big and motored boats. And this will complete a special picture of around a million floating traders in this region who have been happily living a floating life and earn their living on some 50,000km of waterways in the Mekong Delta. Next stop will be a local fruit orchard where you can enjoy some kind tropical fruit and it's also your breakfast stop. Back to hotel for check out and go to visit Binh Thuy ancient house before head off for Ho Chi Minh City - Service ends at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City at around 4:00pm
5:30am: hop on our car and drive to Phong Dien district and board on boat and cruise to Phong Dien floating market. Phong Dien is a retailed floating market with many small and rowing boats. As our boat edges through the market, you will be surely driven back to the yester-centuries by the sound of bargaining, rowing, motoring mixed with the sound from the coffee boat, meat boat, grocery boat, ice boats. Then our boat will speed up through many channels of the Mekong River stretching along rural villages and arrive in Cai Rang floating market - it is much bigger and is more of wholesaled market with many more big and motored boats. And this will complete a special picture of around a million floating traders in this region who have been happily living a floating life and earn their living on some 50,000km of waterways in the Mekong Delta. Next stop will be a local fruit orchard where you can enjoy some kind tropical fruit and it's also your breakfast stop. Back to hotel for check out and go to visit Binh Thuy ancient house before head off for Ho Chi Minh City - Service ends at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City at around 4:00pm
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