Deluxe Mekong Delta Tour to Floating Market 2 Days 1 Night Trip
Description
Visiting My Tho - Ben Tre on the first day after 2 hours drive. The boat takes you to a small canal, escaping the hustle and bustle of the town. We disembark at a coconut island in Ben Tre and enjoy a walk around the village. Stop at a local family home to enjoy tropical fruit, taste the honey tea and honey wine and listen to Vietnamese traditional music performed by the villagers... On second day, taking a leisurely boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong river. After, proceed to visit the Cai Rang Floating market, which is the liveliest in the whole region. Take in the beautiful scenery and the daily activities of the locals who live along the Mekong
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Itinerary
7:30 – 8:30 am Our Guide will pick you up at the hotel (District 1) or our office (203 De Tham Street, District 1)
On the way, we will visit Vinh Trang Pagoda,unique in that it blends several architectural styles of: Vietnam, Chinese, European,Khmer elements
Upon arrival in My Tho, we will take a boat trip along the Mekong River, where you can see fish cages and floating houses on the river. The boat takes you to a small canal, where you can escape from the busy town. The boat cruise takes you to a coconut island in My Tho.
- Stop by the village coconut candy shop, learn how to make candy, and see some handicrafts made out of coconut trees. Take a walk through the village and admire the fruits, flowers, trees, local houses, children, and people. Travel to the music spot by tram or horse-drawn carriage. You will hear the melodies of Southern singers, a type of art and culture of the Mekong people. - The experience of a three-leaf canoe ride weaves through small creeks. You will have about 15 minutes to enjoy this. - Having lunch is a set with special Vietnamese food. And then, walking or sailing, enjoy the local life
- We’ll then travel back to the river ferry and head to Can Tho city - Overnight in Can Tho
On the second day, take a leisurely boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the lower Mekong River. After proceeding to visit the Cai Rang floating market, which is the liveliest in the whole region
Experience the process of making "cốm nổ" and enjoy sweet popped rice. Then, check out the areca trees and the beautiful village roads.
Visit the fruit garden: Guests can freely take photos, check in, enjoy fresh fruits straight from the garden, and have refreshing drinks
Visitors will see a pagoda with Cambodian "Angkor" architecture, built with many elaborate items according to Khmer beliefs.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Hotel pickup is available from centrally located hotels in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Please be ready in the hotel lobby at least 10 minutes before your scheduled pickup time. If your hotel is outside the pickup area, we will provide a meeting point in District 1. Exact pickup time will be confirmed after booking.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(8)
Tour was very good. A busy day Lots of local information given and an excellent lunch was provided Our guide Simon was excellent
Have spent a nice w-e with two good guides and a nice group 👌👍🏻👍🏻 I will recommand this tour, nice experience for us 😉
I really liked this trip. First day with Nam was excellent. Quick stops that gave me enough time at each destination. Other people my want better time, but we got to se a lot. Day to was even better. Great stop at an island where we got to try fish cleaning our feet, floating market early before others, started 0530 and seemed like that’s the perfekt time. New guides the second day, a brother and a sister. They where amazing, happy and helpful. For me and my fiancé, this was perfect. Recommend this trip for others also, but first day is quick stops, but in the heat, ac in car between stops are great for me.
Amazing tour! You get to experience a variety of sites greatly guided by Doàn. Loved the Mekong canal boat ride. The overnight hotel was good and comfortable. Only problem, the bus was too small. Every seat was occupied + we all had backpacks or small suitcases and nowhere to store them. I sat on a seatbelt box clip in the back of the bus for several hours. Painfully uncomfortable.
We had a really nice trip, with great experiences. The group was very harmonious and surprisingly small. Thank you James as a guide - it was a lot of fun with you. Also thanks to the driver who got us safely from A to B. It really all worked out well!
James was an excellent guide - funny, knowledgeable, spoke great English, and showed us a fantastic time peppered with interesting bits of history, which I *loved*. Our tour of Viet Nam's Mekong Delta was a great, lifetime-level memorable experience, in no small part due to James guiding us along to a ton of cool places we never would have seen on our own, and encouraging us to try things we'd probably normally be afraid to try (like holding a python!) My daughter even ended up trying (and loving!) a bunch of foods she'd normally shy away from, which was pretty cool too see. Huge bonus: James is an excellent photographer and knows what he's doing with a camera! He took some great family pictures with my fancy DSLR camera (extra nice because I'm usually taking the pictures, not in them) and knew how to handle it. He also took pictures with his own (nice) phone camera and sent them to us at the end of the tour, which was a huge bonus for me - haven't had many guides do that, and I was really happy with the resulting 'extra' pictures with the whole family having fun seeing awesome things.
We had a terrific tour of the Mekong Delta with our guide Jimmy 10 and driver Mr. Lucky. The visits to the floating markets, Mekong river cruise and numerous other activities were fun and informative. Jimmy was happy to answer any questions we had a gave us great understanding of the Vietnamese people and their culture.
