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Mekong 1 Day Tour: My Tho - Ben Tre-Cai Rang Floating Market
Ho Chi Minh City, Southern Vietnam, Vietnam
$160.00
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Overview
The Mekong Delta Day Tour invites you to dive deep into the vibrant culture and stunning landscapes of this unique region. Over the course of a single day, you will visit the renowned Cai Rang Floating Market and experience the authentic lifestyle of the locals.
- 🚤 Begin your journey at 5:00 am with a scenic 3-hour drive from Ho Chi Minh City to the Mekong Delta, taking in picturesque rice paddies and orchards along the way.
- 🏞️ Arrive at Can Tho city by 8:00 am to explore the bustling Cai Rang Floating Market, where you will witness the daily lives of local vendors and enjoy traditional houses and vibrant markets.
- 🍽️ Savor a delightful breakfast on the floating market, experiencing the unique thrill of enjoying your meal while the boat gently rocks on the waves.
- 👩🍳 Visit traditional workshops to learn how locals prepare "Hu Tieu" (rice vermicelli), and enjoy freshly peeled pineapple right on your boat, showcasing the area's delicious produce.
- 🚢 After exploring the floating market, embark on a motorboat to My Tho City, where you will cruise leisurely along the Mekong River towards Ben Tre Province, known as the coconut fruit kingdom.
- 🐴 Experience a ride on a traditional horse cart or Lambro motor-tricycle to your lunch destination, a nostalgic mode of transport in South Vietnam.
- 🍲 Relish a hearty lunch featuring local specialties like deep-fried elephant ear fish and hot pot, followed by a chance to relax on hammocks or cycle around the village.
- 🍯 Visit a coconut candy workshop to learn the sweet-making process and sample delicious candies, followed by a stop at a bee farm for refreshing honey tea with kumquat.
- 🎶 Conclude your day with traditional folk music performances while tasting tropical fruits, an integral part of the Mekong Delta's cultural heritage recognized by UNESCO.
- 🚌 Return to Ho Chi Minh City by 4:00 pm, with drop-off at your hotel around 5:30 pm, leaving you with the rest of the day to relax.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
From 5pax: 80USD/pax
Tour guide: English and Vietnamese speaking tour guide
Duration: 1 day
Meal : Breakfast on floating market, lunch at restaurant
Transport: Transportation: Air con tourist coach, boat trips in the Mekong delta have enough life jackets for everyone
Other: All admission fees, snacks (fruits, pop rice, Vietnamese pizza), 2 water bottles, domestic travel insurance
Pickup included
Tour guide: English and Vietnamese speaking tour guide
Duration: 1 day
Meal : Breakfast on floating market, lunch at restaurant
Transport: Transportation: Air con tourist coach, boat trips in the Mekong delta have enough life jackets for everyone
Other: All admission fees, snacks (fruits, pop rice, Vietnamese pizza), 2 water bottles, domestic travel insurance
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 12 hours
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Air con tourist coach, boat trips in the Mekong delta have enough life jackets for everyone
- Entrance fees, fruits, pop rice, Vietnamese pizza, 2 water bottles, domestic travel insurance
- Hotel pickup (Limited selection only)
- Breakfast on floating market
- English and Vietnamese speaking tour guide
- lunch at a local restaurant
- Travel insurance.
- Personal expense.
- Drinks and tips.
Meeting point
Mentioned addresses exclusion, please come to Viet Fun Travel Office (28/13 Bui Vien St, Pham Ngu Lao Ward, District 1, HCMC) at 05.00am
Return details
Mentioned addresses exclusion, please come to Viet Fun Travel Office (28/13 Bui Vien St, Pham Ngu Lao Ward, District 1, HCMC) at 05.00am
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5:00 am, depart from Ho Chi Minh City for a 3 - hour drive to the Mekong Delta. Leaving the bustling city behind, the scenery changes to views of rice paddies, beautiful orchards by the side of the road.
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Cai Rang Floating Market8:00 am, arrive at Can Tho city - the capital of the Southwest, start the day with a visit to Cai Rang Floating Market. While crossing the Mekong River, observe the daily activities of local people on the banks, see traditional - style houses in which the local people live as well as beautiful orchards, busy ships - building yards and bustling markets where they make their livelihood.
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Can ThoHaving breakfast and coffee on the floating market. It is a wonderful experience when you can enjoy a delicious countrified breakfast, along with an unsteady feeling whenever the waves hit the side of the boat that will make you feel excited. After that, tour guide takes you to some traditional workshops. You have a great time learning how locals make “Hu Tieu” (rice vermicelli). They are soft, flat, slippery and slightly chewy. Then, the boat carries you to another place to enjoy pineapple (known as the queen of fruits) that is fresh and delicious. The seller will peel the pineapple on the spot for you to enjoy right on the boat.
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My Tho10:00 am, after paying a visit to the colorful floating market check-out and disembark before exploring My Tho - Ben Tre Province 11:30 pm, upon arrival in My Tho City, embark on a motor boat to take a leisurely cruise on the Mekong River to Ben Tre Province - a coconut fruit king dom.
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Ben TreHop on a horse cart/Lambro motor - tricycle for special lunch which was once the iconic vehicle and main means of transportation in South Vietnam (dating back to 1960s). 12:30 pm, have a lunch at restaurant such as: deep fried elephant ear fish, sticky rice ball, hot pot etc. After lunch, relax on hammocks or cycling around village to see what local life is like. Board motorboat again to go to a coconut candy workshop, learn how to make it and try sweet candies. Move to bee farm, sip a cup of delicious honey tea with kumquat from bee farm where thousands of honey bees taking honey from longan flowers Rowed boat, go through hidden maze of small water palm trees draped canals. Next, enjoy melody of traditional folk music which is an indispensable spiritual cultural activity in Mekong Delta people’s lives and officially recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity while tasting some tropical fruits.
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4:00 pm, back on board, the motorboat will cruise back to the pier before returning to Ho Chi Minh City. 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm, drop off the hotel . Rest of the day is at leisure.
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Mekong 1 Day Tour: My Tho - Ben Tre-Cai Rang Floating Market
Ho Chi Minh City, Southern Vietnam, Vietnam
$160.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!