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Cai Rang Floating Market And Mekong Delta
Duration: 2 DaysStart: Vietnam | Finish: Vietnam
Get a deep insight into the lifestyle and culture of Vietnam’s watery maze on a 2-day tour to Ben Tre and Cai Rang floating market from Saigon. Taking a boat trip and cycling around the village and rice fields, encounter traditional culture.
Tour Name: CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET AND MEKONG DELTA 2-DAY TOUR
Duration: 2 Days
Type of Tour: Private
Tour grading: Regular itinerary, moderate walking
Destinations: Saigon, My Tho, Ben Tre, Can ThoHighlights:
- Travel by boat to see the Mekong Delta from the water.
- Lunch at a riverside restaurant.
- Visit brick factory, coconut processing workshop, sleep mat workshop, Tour small canals in a traditional row boat
- Take a motor cart or cycling around the village
- Boat trip to Cai Rang Floating Market
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Day 1: Saigon - Ben Tre - Can Tho (-/L/-)
Saigon - Ben Tre: 107 km, ~2h drive
After breakfast at the hotel, we leave the bustling city of Saigon behind us and depart for the Mekong Delta known to local as ‘Vietnam’s biggest rice basket’.
Upon arrival at Hung Vuong pier in Ben Tre, we embark a boat to cruise along Ben Tre River, a tribute to the Mekong. With stops at the brickfield to see how bricks are made by hand and a coconut candy home factory located along the canal where we witness how to make these local delicacy. You will then have the opportunity to taste bee honey tea at a local honey farm and a variety of tropical fruit that grow abundantly in the orchards of the Mekong Delta.
You can then walk or cycle through the coconut groves and green rice paddies to soak up and relax in the tranquil countryside atmosphere.
In the afternoon, we will take a trip on small rowing boats through a maze of waterways lined by two rows of palm trees. We cruise back to the pier.
Then we drive to Can Tho, your last stopover before sunset is an ancient house Binh Thuy (“Nha Co – Binh Thuy” in Vietnamese), dating back to the 19th century. We drive to the hotel for overnight.
Meals Included: Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Can ThoDay 2: Can Tho - Cai Rang Floating Market – Saigon (B/-/-)
6:00 AM, our guide and car driver will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to Ninh Kieu 1st pier for embarking the boat.
Arrive to Cai Rang floating market – a must thing to see in Can Tho. Your guide will explain things about the history of the market, the local life on the river. Enjoy the tour with the freshest pineapple on the floating boat and say GOOD MORNING VIETNAM! GOOD MORNING MEKONG!
Visit the friendly family’s traditional noodle house. You’ll be impressed by the colorful noodles, and how fascinating the noodles are made by local. The family will serve you the yummy noodle pizza made by the owner’s wife…
Let’s bike like an insider and make “a ride of your life in Mekong”. Your cycling tour will weave in and out untouched peaceful villages, tropical orchards, countryside roads. Stop and pass by many “monkey bridges” and small canals.
Visit and walk around the local garden where the guide will tell you interesting stories about local Mekong countryside life, culture, garden and fruits.
Then we drive back to the hotel in Saigon.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Inclusion:
- Private transportation in air-conditioned vehicles with water bottles
- English-speaking guide’s assistance as mentioned in the program
- Special lunch at a riverside restaurant.
- Private boat trip on watery maze and Cai Rang floating market.
- Complementary water
- Service charges and government taxes
Exclusion:
- Travel insurance
- Other meals, beverage & alcoholic drinks
- Personal Expenses, Bar, Drinking
- Tips and gratuities
- Personal expenditure such as telephone, shopping and other services not clearly mentioned
- Pre-post accommodation in Saigon
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