Mekong Delta Tours 3days - CaiBe Vinh Long ChauDoc CanTho

Day 1: Day 1: SaiGon – CaiBe – VinhLong – LongXuyen – ChauDoc

1. Cai Be Floating Market
   2h · Admission ticket included
   We depart at 8:00am and head south to the river town of Cai Be, a rural district of Tien Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. Arriving at around 10:30am, we board our motorized boat to journey through Cai Be floating market. Here, we will experience how life functions on the delta, as we view the intricacies of commerce – how merchants purchase products from local farmers. During our cruise the town’s secluded canals, we will stop at some local factories to see locals making pop rice cakes, rice paper cakes, coconut candies and products from coconut trees. We also enjoy sampan ride and pedal down narrow natural waterways. Stopping at a local home to try seasonal fruits (such as longan, pineapple, watermelon, rambutan, papaya, jackfruit etc…).
   We board the boat again to keep on to the quay in Vinh Long province. We will transfer by car to LongXuyen and on to ChauDoc.

Day 2: Day 2: Chau Doc to CanTho

1. Tra Su Bird Sanctuary
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Up early for a cruise through the floating village with tons and tons of fish farmed underneath hundreds of shelters. Continue the boat cruise to Da Phuoc, a Muslim Cham village across the river on Con Tien island from Chau Doc’s center. Here, discover the village with its famous Mosque and watch the locals go about their traditional weaving.
   We keep moving to Cambodia border area, visit Tra Su mangrove forest, an ideal ecotourism site. The second boat trip through Tra Su nature reserve will show you a unique natural habitat conservation site of the wetland ecosystem in the Mekong delta. Tra Su is home of 140 species of plants and 70 of birds, cajeput trees are green all year round. In the afternoon, we travel to CanTho, with a stop to visit BinhThuy community temple, built in 1783 with recently renovated but remained traditional features of Southern style. Overnight in Can Tho.

Day 3: Day 3: CanTho – SaiGon

1. Cai Rang Floating Market
   2h · Admission ticket included
   An early start for a boat trip to Cai Rang floating market, the largest wholesale market in the Mekong Delta. It starts at 5:00am and runs until midday. Then we have a long distance cruise to Phong Dien & walk on a quiet country road to take in the magnificent scenery and get close to the locals as they go about their daily routine. There are options to visit both markets in different time, please discuss with your guide and find out what is best for you.
   
   Our van pick us up and transfer to VinhLong. There is a scenic beauty of CanTho suspension bridge over “Hau” / Tonle Bassac river stretching northwest to Cambodia. We will visit PhuLy pagoda. It is one of the ancient Khmer pagodas in Vinh Long province. The pagoda was built in 1672, great combination of Indian, Thai and Cambodia architecture. There are Khmer classes for young teachers and children in the village. We will walk around the village and the rice paddies in the surrounding of the pagoda.

Pickup details

If your hotel are outside the city center, please let us know your hotel address, a little extra cost may apply depending on the location.

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
• A minimum of 02 people per booking is required
• Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required