Day 1: Saigon – My Tho – Can Tho

Cai Be Floating Market - 8:00 am, our guide will pick you up for the Private Mekong Delta Tour.

After around 2-hour driving from Saigon, you will reach My Tho city where is known for the gorgeous beauty of Vietnamese women, the lush orchard gardens stretching far as the eye, and the melody of “Đờn ca tài tủ” – a kind of traditional folk music which is also officially regconized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Firstly, with Private Mekong Delta Tour, you will take a leisurely cruise on the Tien river to visit 4 islets which are represented as four mythical animals in Southeast Asia: Dragon, Kirin, Tortoise, Phoenix. At Kirin islet, feel free to try the freshly barked handmade coconut candy, visit honey bee farm to try some specialty products, then walk through the orchard gardens to taste some seasonal tropical fruits and listen to the folk music which is an indispensible spiritual cultural activity in locals’ life.

Furthermore, you can relax on the rowing boat going through a mangrove palm canal, and continue to ride by horse-drawn carriage through the village as the way locals did in the 19th century.

And then to reach the beautiful riverside restaurant for having lunch with specialties of Private Mekong Delta tour‘s cuisine.

Finally, you will cruise back to the main land, and go straight to Can Tho city which is known not only as a rice kingdom but also as the biggest dynamic city in Mekong, you will have plenty of free time to explore that city at night after having dinner at your hotel.

Can Tho – Ben Tre – Saigon

Cai Be Floating Market - On the Private Mekong Delta Tour, you have 2 options meeting up with the guide at 5 am or 7 am. If you choose 5am, then you can have breakfast after coming back to your hotel from the floating market. If you choose 7am, you should have breakfast before meeting the guide. For the clear information, even though Cai Rang Floating Market is opened all day but the perfect time to catch real lively scenery is around 6 am. And the most colorful time is absolutely during the time of 1 or 3 weeks before the Lunar New Year.

It takes about 30’ for cruising along Hau river from Ninh Kieu wharf, you surely have freedom to try any tropical fruits, drinks or even hot rice noodle soup which is called “hu tieu” as your light breakfast, just as the way “Master Chef “ Gordon Ramsay highly recommended.

After that, you will visit the chewy noodle workshop to learn more about other kinds of Vietnamese noodles. To know is to admire locals’ creation while they can make many versions of food from rice. Especially, you will never get a second chance try unique noodles pizza in anywhere else, except in this Private Mekong Delta tour

On the way back to Saigon, you will stop in Ben Tre province which is called as a coconut kingdom in Vietnam. Over there, you can easily find out how useful of a “tree of heaven” affecting in locals’ life.

You will be riding through a truly countryside where car is nearly impossible to get through with small complex terrain.

With about 7 – 10 km biking, you are going to pass tropical fruit gardens, get across the bridge with vast mangrove palm scenery from both side, visit a countryside market and take some funny talks with friendly locals over there. Maybe you can stop at the local houses on the biking way for a quick visit to feel more about real Mekong lifestyle.

Following that, you will come to coconut garden to harvest the fruit for yourself and then have a typical “home grow, homemade” lunch just the same as locals’ on the Private Mekong Delta Tour.

• Private car for hotel pick up and drop off
• Travel by both motor and rowing boat
• Air-conditioned car transportation
• Choice of accommodation: hotel, homestay, or bungalow
• Services of an English-speaking guide
• Lunch, dinner, and breakfast included
• Fresh fruits and honey tea served
• All entrance fees covered

• • Other meals not mentioned in itinerary
• • Tips and personal expenses