Three Days Mekong Delta Tour Floating Markets and Local Culture

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Duration3 days
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
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Overview

Explore the stunning Mekong Delta over three days and two nights, immersing yourself in its vibrant culture and scenic waterways. Start with a local motorboat ride from My Tho, sampling honey and coconut candy, and enjoying traditional folk music. Visit the bustling Cai Rang floating market, rice noodle factories, and the serene Tra Su Sanctuary, home to diverse wildlife. This tour provides a unique chance to witness daily life in local villages and the Cham community, with comfortable accommodations and guided experiences along the way.

- Duration: 3 days and 2 nights of exploration
- Visit iconic attractions like Cai Rang floating market and Tra Su Sanctuary
- Enjoy local cuisine with meals included (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Convenient transport and expert English-speaking guide throughout the tour

What's included

  • Transportation by private car with air conditioning as the tour program indicated.
  • Complimentary mineral water: 2 bottles/ pax/ day
  • Entrance fees
  • Lunch
  • Breakfast
  • Twin-share accommodation with daily breakfast (A/C room) with daily buffet breakfast
  • Private boat
  • Personal insurance
  • Visa to Vietnam
  • Personal expense
  • Tips

What to expect

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City - My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho (L)
  1. My Tho
    6h
    On arrival in My Tho city, you’ll take a local motor boat, cross the Mekong River. You enjoy fresh coconut juice on the boat. Your first visit at Unicorn island where you taste the natural pure honey bee, bee pollen and Royal jelly bee. Your second visit by boat is in Ben Tre where you can see how the local people make coconut candy. This is a special product in the Ben Tre province. Walking on the village, then you take the local vehicles (Tuk Tuk or or the Horse Carriage) about 1,5km around the village. Upon arrival at the Garden, you can eat the tropical fruits such as pine-apple, water melon, longan, royal bananas. You listen to the traditional folk music, called “Cai Luong ''. Next, you take a sampan, rowing boat by hand, about 2km, you can discover the rural daily life of local people inside the water coconut tree jungle. You have lunch at Mien Tay Riverside restaurant with the special food such as the "Elephant Ear fish:,..ect. Back to harbor.
  2. Can Tho
    3h
    Pick up and transfer for Can Tho city, about 2 hours. Check in at your hotel. Take a look at Can Tho Night market. Night in Can Tho city.
Day 2: Can Tho - Chau Doc (B,L)
  1. Can Tho Market
    4h · Admission ticket included
    Early in the morning, the tour guide meets you at your hotel. You are transferred by boat to visit the Cai Rang floating market (about 50 minutes from your hotel) where you can see the products hung on the bole of the boat. The local people just only sell and buy the tropical fruits at a cheap price. Next, you visit a factory where people make rice noodles.
  2. Chau Doc
    4h
    On the way to Chau Doc, you can stop to take photos of the local market and mountains. Your last destination of the day is Tra Su Sanctuary - the stocks, cormorant,..etc make their nets. By boat, you can see lotus flowers around the canals. Don’t make noise to listen to the sound of Birds. You climb up the Bird’s Tower to take a look at the forest Lanorma. Then, you keep going to Chau Doc town. Check in at the hotel. Night in Chau Doc.
Day 3: Chau Doc - Ho Chi Minh City (B,L)
  1. Ba Chua Xu Temple
    2h
    After breakfast, you start your trip visiting Chua Xu temple. Vietnamese people consider Chua Xu Lady to look like Goddess of Mercy, she plays an important role in our society.
  2. Chau Doc
    3h
    Back to Chau Doc Town, you take the boat to visit the floating Houses where the fish are raised in the suspended metal Nets. The fish flourish in their natural river habitat. You continue to visit Cham village, Cham means Muslim people. With the traditional loom, Muslims people can weave the tissues and towels. The last visit, you discover the Mubarak Mosque. Back to Hochiminh city. On the way, you cross many lotus ponds. That is very good for your favorite photos. Lunch on the way. End of services.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

We will send you the information of the guide/ driver and also the car plate number, so that you can easily to find them.

End point

We will send you the information of the guide/ driver and also the car plate number, so that you can easily to find them.

Pickup details

we will send you the detailed pick up information, or the maps so that you can easily to find it.

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

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