MEKONG DELTA TOUR - 3 days / 2 nights trip by Viet Lotus Travels

Tour Itinerary

HCM - My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho - Long Xuyen - Chau Doc ( start 8.00 - return 17.00 )

Day 1: HCMC - My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho (L)

Leave Ho Chi Minh city, enjoy the scenic journey along the National Highway bordered by green rice fields. On arrival at My Tho, visit Vinh Trang pagoda, take a leisurely boat ride along the river, view stilt houses, fruit plantations and fishing villages along the river bank. Proceed to Tortoise islet, have lunch in the orchard garden. Then a boat ride to An Khanh - a less touristy attraction in Ben Tre, enjoy cruising on a hand-rowed sampan under the shade of water coconut trees along natural canals. Have a short cycling tour then enjoy seasonal fruit & honey tea to the sound of "Southern Vietnamese folk music", performed by the locals. Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle, taste delicious coconut candy & observe the pastoral life as you roam through the fruit plantations and villages. Proceed to Can Tho. Overnight in the hotel (family home-stay with dinner can be arranged on request). Free time to visit the bustling Can Tho market.

Day 2: Can Tho - Long Xuyen - Chau Doc (B)

Take a leisurely boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong river (Bassac River), then proceed to Cai Rang & Phong Dien floating markets, which are the liveliest in the whole religion.

Have you ever tasted Vietnamese vermicelli soup? Well, now go and see how it is made. Then wander around the village and meet the friendly local people and experience how to pass a "Monkey bridge" which is built by only o¬ne stem of bamboo. Visit the orchard garden. Stop for lunch. Proceed to Chau Doc via Long Xuyen to visit the crocodile farm. Check in o¬n arriving in Chau Doc. Admire the landscape from the Sam Mountain summit down the Vietnamese - Cambodian border, visit the Caved pagoda. Overnight in Chau Doc.

Day 3: Chau Doc - HCM (B)

After breakfast, visitors then take a nice boat trip through the floating village to visit a fish farm to see how the Mekong Delta people raise fish i¬n their floating houses. Visit the Cham minority with their traditional weaving village, followed by a local Islamic Mosque. (Those who plan to travel to Cambodia will be transferred by boat after that) On the way back to HCM city the last stop is to see how they make the incense sticks.