Mekong Delta Tour 3 days 2 nights – Sai Gon – Can Tho – Chau Doc

Overview of Mekong Delta Tour 3 days 2 nights – Sai Gon – Can Tho – Chau Doc

Embark on a captivating exploration of the Mekong Delta, where vibrant culture, rich traditions, and stunning natural landscapes converge to create an unforgettable experience. From tranquil waterways to bustling floating markets, immerse yourself in the essence of Vietnam as you embark on a journey filled with discovery and delight. Let’s go with Mekong Delta Tour 3 days 2 nights – Sai Gon – Can Tho – Chau Doc

Highlights of Mekong Delta Tour 3 days 2 nights – Sai Gon – Can Tho – Chau Doc

Day 1:

• Visit Vinh Trang pagoda
• Explore the process of making traditional coconut candy
• Leisurely paddle along small water coconut canals
• Enjoy Vietnamese authentic lunch meal (price included).
• Visit a honey factory to know how to feed bees for honey
• Sip hot honey tea & enjoy local banana snacks
• Immerse yourself to traditional Vietnamese folk music show “Don ca tai tu”

Day 2:

• Explore the Cai Rang floating market – the biggest floating market in Mekong delta
• Enjoy the “floating breakfast” and “floating coffee” in the river
• Visit the traditional rice noodle workshop which has been founded over 40 years and enjoy crispy rice noodle pizza
• Savor seasonal fruits at fruit garden and dragon fruit garden
• Relaxing in the river with the natural small canal
• Visit an organic cacao farm to see the real cacao trees and learn how to make chocolate traditionally from cacao beans
• Stop at the local family and try making traditional Vietnamese pancake “Banh Xeo” and have authentic Vietnamese lunch (price included).

Day 3:

• Explore the beautiful Tra Su melaleuca forest (845 ha)
• Immerse yourself in nature and watch the wildlife birds
• Enjoy sampan ride in the heart of the forest
• Enjoy Vietnamese authentic lunch meal (price included)
• Explore the unique architecture of Khmer pagoda and learn about Khmer life
• Visit the sugar palm field and enjoy sugar palm fruit juice
• A speed boat ticket to Phnom Penh – Cambodia (optional, price is not included)

Itinerary of Mekong Delta Tour 3 days 2 nights – Sai Gon – Can Tho – Chau Doc

DAY 1: Sai Gon – My Tho – Ben Tre – Can Tho

• Pick up at 8 A.M at your hotel and head to Vinh Trang pagoda in My Tho
• Vinh Trang pagoda is our first stop. Take the first experience of Vietnamese Buddhist culture and enjoy the peaceful and relaxing atmosphere. Then have a look to pagoda’s significant Asia and Europe blending architecture.

• We will arrive to our next stop My Tho’s boat station at 11:30 AM. Your tour guide will head you to a motorboat and move to coconut candy workshop. You can see the process of making sugarless coconut candy step by step and try rich and many coconut candy flavors. You also get to know about traditional Vietnamese soaked wine.

• Keep moving to the small canal, you will be surrounded by water coconut trees and natural air. Near the end of the canal, we will switch to a small boat (sampan) and rowing to the end of the canal. This is the time you can relax and enjoy the peaceful and natural atmosphere and take good photos.

• After the relaxing time, we will turn back and take a look at crocodile farm and snake farm while we prepare lunch for you.
• After lunch, we will head to Unicorn Island and our next stop is bee farm where you can learn about the honey-making process. Enjoy a cup of light sweet honey bee tea with banana snack.

• Leave aside the bee farm to move to the Don Ca Tai Tu show – a traditional folk music show in Viet Nam. Feel the slow and romantic music flow and enjoy the tropical fruits which bring you an unforgettable light sweetness flavor.

• After the show, we will transfer back to My Tho’s boat station and move to Can Tho by car.
• 05:00 PM, arrive Can Tho city, our tour guide will help you check-in and recommend some good places for you to freely enjoy your nightlife in Can Tho.

DAY 2: Can Tho city tour

• The guide picks you up at 05:00 A.M at your hotel and heads to Ninh Kieu wharf.
• After that, we will go to Cai Rang floating market by a small boat

• During the trip, you can feel the river atmosphere and see the rustic life of locals who live in harmony with water, and the rivers
• Arriving at the Cai Rang floating market, our nice tour guide will explain the history and information of floating market life. Also, you can see how the locals sell and by their farm produce on the boat
• Don’t miss the chance to savor local rice noodle soup, Vietnamese coffee, and fresh pineapple at the market.

• Then we will stop by a local family business making rice noodles for more than 40 years. You can try making noodles on your own, and then enjoy the crispy “rice noodle pizza“

• Our next stop is seasonal orchard where you can see fruits in the trees and try many kinds of seasonal fruits.

• Keep moving to the cacao farm, where you will learn about cacao and have a chance to watch the chocolate homemade processes. Enjoy the fresh and tasty cocoa and homemade chocolate.

• At the end, we will stop at the local family to make and enjoy Vietnamese traditional pancake called “Banh Xeo” and have authentic Vietnamese lunch.

• At 11:00 AM, transfer back to Can Tho by car.

DAY 3: Can Tho – Tra Su forest – Chau Doc

• The guide will pick you up at 08:00 AM and we head to Melaleuca forest
• On the way to Melaleuca forest we will stop at the crocodile farm to have morning coffee
• Arrived at Tra Su Melaleuca forest. The tour guide then helps you with boat ticket and get on board. After sitting on a motor boat around 20 minutes to contemplate the natural sights, you will take to the rowing sampan (about half hour) to watch wild birds (seasonal) and enjoy the most beautiful flooded forest in Vietnam

• Afterwards, take 500-meter walking to get to the 25-meter bird-watching tower to enjoy the fascinating view over the mountain in the area, the expanses of cajeput forest and the white dots of flying storks.
• Take an amazing longest bamboo walking bridge in the forest in Vietnam which give you much time to feel the beauty of the nature

• Enjoy authentic Vietnamese lunch meal in the forest.
• Then, visit a local Khmer pagoda and learn about Khmer people’s culture

• On the way, stop at a sugar palm fields for nice photos and have a cool sugar palm fruit juice

• At the end of the tour, the tour guide will ask you do you want to take the trip to Phnom Penh (price is not included) or take the car back to Can Tho or Sai Gon

What’s included?

• Local tour guide
• Big / Small boat
• Fresh fruits
• Snack and honey tea
• 1 bottle of water/pax/day
• Entrance fees
• Pick up from/to your hotel by A/C car or taxi
• 3 Vietnamese authentic lunch meal
• Morning coffee
• Sugar palm fruit juice

What’s excluded

• Other expenses
• TIP for tour guide
• Travel Insurance

Private Tour price

• Payment:
  • Online banking
  • Cash: Pay for the tour guide after the tour
  • VISA, Master Card are accepted (with the bank’s fee)

Cancellation policy

• 7 days before departure date: free of charge.
• 5 days before departure date: 30% charge of the total
• 4-2 days before departure date: 75% charge of the total
• Within 48 hours or no-show: No refund.

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