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Day tour – Mekong Delta tour to Con Dao island 3 days

Price from: $171
Tour LengthTour 3 days / 2 nights
Tour TypeTour Packages
Start FromHo Chi Minh City
Tour routeHo Chi Minh - Mekong Delta - Chau Doc – Tra Su forest – Can Tho - Cai Rang floating market – Soc Trang - express boat to Con Dao island
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Tour Program

Summary itinerary

 

Day 1

Ho Chi Minh – Mekong Delta – overnight in Chau Doc (Meal: lunch)
Start the tour from Ho Chi Minh city and proceed to Mekong Delta. Take a boat trip cruise down to Tien river to see Cai Be floating market, orchard garden. Riding on bicycles or wandering around the village to learn more about the local daily life
Day 2

Chau Doc – Tra Su forest – Can Tho (Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Today you will take motorized boat cruising down to fishing village, Cham village and get small sampan to visit Tra Su  forest. Proceed to Can Tho and stop over at Long Xuyen, visit crocodile farm and Binh Thuy Ancient house
Day 3

Cai Rang floating market  – Soc Trang –  express boat to Con  Dao island (Meals: Breakfast, lunch)
Early visit Cai Rang floating market, wandering around the village to see the make noodle, orchard garden and try your best on bamboo bridge.

Transfer to Soc Trang for express boat to Con Dao Island.

 

Detailed itinerary:

 Day 1: Ho Chi Minh city – Cai Be floating market – Vinh Long – Chau Doc (Meal: lunch)

At 07.00am, our tour guide and driver meeting you at your hotel and leave Ho Chi Minh city for Cai Be. En route our tour guide will introduce to tourists the specific cultures of Mekong river residents

08.30am: take a rest at Mekong rest stop where you can see all of the landscapes of the Southern Vietnam in its garden and able to enjoy tasty cuisines in Mekong region. It is really an impressive place for tourists.

08.45am: continue your trip to Cai Be

09.30am: arrive to Cai Be dock. Cruising in the river to the busy Cai Be floating market where is placing many boats filling fully fruits and agricultural produces on.

After that, cruising to the villages where is lying on along the Tien river bank.  Wandering on the village paths under orchard gardens to local business families to see how they make brick, crispy corn, rice wine…

12.00: our boat will take tourist to Tan Phong Island for having lunch.

After short rest, take a riding on bicycle around the village paths to see orchard gardens (jack fruits, rambutan, orange, logan, pomelo fruits…)

Then getting on hand – rowed sampan through the creeks to enjoy the natural beautiful landscapes and the peaceful life of the islanders.

Listening and watching traditional folk music performance in an orchard garden.

15.00: cruising back to Cai Be dock and visit a land market.

Then proceed to Chau Doc. Check in on arrival

Leisure for exploring the town in night. Overnight in Chau Doc

 

 Day 2: Chau Doc – Sam Mountain – Tra Su Cajuput Forest – Long Xuyen – Can Tho  (Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Having breakfast at the hotel.  At 07.00am, driven to Sam Mountain a particular symbol of Chau Doc town to visit Xu Lady temple and Cave Pagoda.

Then take a nice boat trip through the floating village to visit a fish farm to see how the Mekong Delta people raise fish in their floating houses. Visit the Cham minority with their traditional weaving village, followed by a local Islamic Mosque.

Transfer to Tra Su cajuput forest, which is renowned for not only its almost-untouched natural beauty but also its sanctuary of flora and fauna. Take a boat trip into the forest, you will immediately feel like you are harmonizing with nature because of all of the impressive pictures of cajuputs, the fragrance of the flowers and the music-like noise of birds, insects and animals making people relaxed and comfortable. From the observation post, you can overlook the forest with an area of nearly 900 ha, home of many birds and animals, including some rare ones.

After that, proceed to Can Tho city. En route, stopover at Long Xuyen to see crocodile farm.

Continue your trip to Can Tho and visit Binh Thuy ancient house village before transfer to a village in Cai Rang district by motorized boat, you will meet a friendly local farmer’s house where you will stay the night at their house. In the late afternoon, wandering or riding on bicycle around the village to see orchard garden or chatting with local people to experience the rural lifestyle of the Mekong Delta resident.

Joining prepare cooking dinner with family and enjoy some of kind traditional local cuisines. Overnight at farmer’s house.

 

 Day 3: Can Tho city – Cai Rang floating market – Soc Trang – Con Dao Island (Meals: Breakfast, lunch)

At 05.00am, boarding on a motorized boat to Cai Rang floating market. In the way, you can see many bustling activities along Can Tho riverbanks. You have chance to know how local people go fishing and transport passengers as well as product by the waterway.

Approaching Cai Rang floating market, you can reappear the selling activities in the past by using a traditional “offering pole” for exchanging consumer goods.

Return to the hotel and having breakfast, then proceed to Soc Trang for boarding the express boat to Con Dao Island (13.00 – 15.30). End service.

 

  Price is in USD per person
Hotel grade 2 people 3 – 4 people 5 – 6 people 7 – 8 people 9 – 11 people Single supplement
Superior *** 380 286 224 189 171 32
Deluxe **** 412 319 256 221 203 53
Luxury***** 451 358 296 261 242 83

 

 

Option Homestay in Can Tho Hotel name in Chau Doc
Superior Hung homestay Hung Cuong, Chau Pho, Truong Phat
Deluxe Hung homestay Victoria Lodge
Luxury Hung homestay Victoria Chau Doc

 

Tour price includes: 

  • Private air conditioned transport for pick up, transfer & sightseeing as per program
  • Express boat ticket Soc Trang – Con Dao

Optional: Flight ticket Can Tho – Con Dao (plus US$33/person)

  • Hotel pick up and drop off service
  • Mineral water on car (1 bottle/person/ day)
  • English speaking tour guide
  • Private boat trips in the Mekong Delta
  • Private hand –rowed sampan
  • All entrance fees
  • Seasonal fruits, honey tea
  • Southern folk music show
  • Meals as indicated in the tour program
  • Hotel accommodation base on two people share a double or twin room
  • Nice and safe place for homestay

Tour price excludes:

  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Single supplement
  • Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program

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