Mekong Delta 3-Day Small Group Tour Including Biking and Floating Markets

Itinerary

Day 1: SAIGON - BEN TRE - CAN THO (L)

Stop At: Ben Tre, Ben Tre, Ben Tre Province, Mekong Delta
Start from your hotel in Saigon then about two hours drive to Ben Tre. On arrival Hung Vuong pier - the boat trip on Ham Luong river and stop off at various local workplaces including brick-kiln, coconut processing workshop and a mat weaving house.Then ride a bike or hop onto a motorized-rickshaw for a 15 km fun ride through the quiet and beauty country lane to Mr Khanh’s local house where you can contemplate a antiques pottery collection. Stop at a local riverside restaurant for lunch. After lunch, it’s time to board on a rowing boat for a relaxing trip along narrow canals. Back to Hung Vuong Pier, take a way to Ham Luong, Co Chien ferry for Can Tho. Check in 3 stars hotel
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: 3 stars hotel as Hau Giang hotel or Asian Hotel or International hotel or similar

Day 2: DAY 2: CAN THO - CHAU DOC (B)

Stop At: Cai Rang Floating Market, 46 Hai Ba Trung near Cai Rang Bridge, Can Tho 900000 Vietnam
5:30am: roll out of your bed, hop on the van and drive to Phong Dien district. Then hope on an arrow-boat and cruise to the unique and stunning floating markets of Phong Dien. Phong Dien is smaller in scale and is more of a retailed market with many rowing boats. What you need to do is to sit back on your boat, enjoy the morning coffee served by the local coffee boat and watch the whole world of trading going on from boats to boats...you will be surely driven back to the yester-centuries by the sound of bargaining, rowing, motoring mixed with the sound made from the coffee boats, meat boats, grocery boats, ice boats….

Then our boat will speed up to Cai Rang floating market. It is much bigger and is more of wholesaled market with many more big and motored boats. And this will complete a special picture of around a million floating traders in this region who have been happily living the floating life and earning their living on some 50,000km of waterways in the Mekong Delta. Get back to your hotel for a late breakfast.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Tra Su Bird Sanctuary, Reserve de Tra Su, An Phu, Chau Doc Vietnam
10:00am: drive Long Xuyen and with breaks en route for a short visit to a local Cao Dai Temple. Drive to Tra Su Conservation. Embark an arrow-boat to unveil the breath-taking scenery and the wildlife habitats of this sensational and unique conservation. It is a-thousand-hectare mangroves-forest surrounded by paddy fields! Enjoy a short troll around the conservation on your own and climb up the observation deck for a spectacular view of the conservation and with thousands of storks and birds nesting here. Drive to Chau Doc (23km) and check in a 3 stars hotel. Dinner is independent - your guide can assist you with this
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Chau Pho hotel or similar

Day 3: Chau Doc – Saigon (B)

Stop At: Sam Mountain, Vietnam
After breakfast, drive up to the peak of Sam Mountain for a spectacular view of paddy fields stretching to the border to Cambodia. Then boat cruise through village of floating houses and Cham minority village. Drive back to Saigon with breaks en route for lunch at a local along the highways. Our services end in Saigon by 17:00pm
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.