Then biking to Cai Son village paths to look at: the rural activities of the local people, through the canal, rice paddies, orchard. Stop at Mr Ba Cong’s orchard, walk around the garden and enjoying fruit, drinking tea, chatting with the local people to see the Mekong inhabitants’ life
Tour Length | Tour 3 days / 2 nights |
Tour Type | Tour Packages |
Start From | Ho Chi Minh City |
Tour route | Phu Quoc Island – Rach Gia – Can Tho city - Cai Rang floating market – My Tho – Ben Tre – Ho Chi Minh city |
Summary itinerary
Day 1 |
Phu Quoc Island – Ha Tien – Mekong Delta |
Transfer to Bai Vong ferry for the express boat to Ha Tien. Then proceed to Mekong Delta. Overnight in Chau Doc. | |
Day 2 |
Chau Doc – Tra Su forest – Can Tho (Meals: Breakfast, lunch) |
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. Overnight in Can Tho. | |
Day 3 |
Cai Rang floating market – Ho Chi Minh city (Meals: Breakfast, lunch) |
Early visit Cai Rang floating market, wandering around to see the make noodle, orchard garden and try your best on bamboo bridge. |
Detailed itinerary:
At 11.30am, pick up at your hotel in Phu Quoc and transfer to the ferry for boarding the express boat to Ha Tien (13.00 – 14.20). Meeting your tour guide and driver, transfer to Chau Doc. Overnight in Chau Doc.
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 on the way.
Optional: Overnight at homestay in Can Tho (Meal: dinner)
Arrive to Can Tho city. Transfer to a village in Cai Rang district by motorize boat, you will meet a friendly local farmer’s house where you will stay the night at their house. In the late afternoon, wandering around the village to see orchard garden or chatting with local people to experience the rural lifestyle of the Mekong Delta resident.
Having dinner with family and enjoy some of kind traditional local cuisines. Overnight at farmer’s house.
After breakfast, at 06.30am, 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.
The tourist will visit the local rice-nobble factory and learn about the traditional method for producing the rice-noble.
To understand more about lifestyle over there, you keep going into some small creeks, you will fell the pure atmosphere and enjoy the Southern countryside.
Visting Ba Cong garden where you can enjoy some special seasonal fruits.
Cruising back to Ninh Kieu Wharf and return to Ho Chi Minh city.
Arrive to the city and drop you off at your hotel around 16.00
Price is in USD per person |
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Hotel grade | 2 people | 3 – 4 people | 5 – 6 people | 7 – 8 people | 9 – 11 people | Single supplement |
Superior *** | 364 | 277 | 213 | 180 | 162 | 40 |
Deluxe **** | 399 | 313 | 249 | 262 | 197 | 62 |
Luxury***** | 510 | 423 | 360 | 326 | 308 | 145 |
Option | Homestay in Can Tho | Hotel name in Chau Doc |
Superior | Hau Giang hotel, Sai Gon Can Tho, Van Phat Riverside, Holiday One | Hung Cuong, Chau Pho, Truong Phat |
Deluxe | Ninh Kieu Riverside, TTC Premium Can Tho, Muong Thanh Can Tho | Victoria Lodge |
Luxury | Victoria Can Tho | Victoria Chau Doc |
The tour price includes:
Tour price excludes:
Travel insurance
Personal expenses.
Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program
Personal expenses
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