Tour type: Private
Easy Class: First class
Deluxe Duration: 1 day
Arrival/ Departure: Ho Chi Minh city
Price: $60 – 70/pax
Group Size: On request (2 – 8 pax)
Highlights: Mekong (Cai Be, Vinh Long/My Tho)
Option 1: Saigon – Cai Be – Vinh Long
Depart at 7:30AM from your hotel to Cai Be by air-conditioned car. Upon embarkation on boat, visit the colorful Cai Be Floating Market, cruise among local sampans coming from all provinces of the delta full of fruit and vegetables. Cruising further, your sampan will bring you to some local home-made factories to discover traditional rice pop corn, coconut candy, rice paper. Continue cruising to visit an ancient house, the typical of Southern architecture.
Our car is available to take you back to Saigon. End tour.Pass through Upper River to Vinh Long, visit Orchid Garden and have lunch there. After lunch, a local sampan takes you to smaller canal and nursery garden to taste tropical fruit with local family.
Option 2: Saigon – My Tho
Pick up at the hotel at 8:00. Take 2 hour drive to Tien Giang Province (around 75km western of Saigon).
Upon arrival, take a private boat on the upper part of the Mekong River to visit a fish market and enjoy the view of Dragon Island, Phoenix Island, Unicorn Island and Turtle Island. Then land to the island to discover the real life of people in Mekong Delta by walking on local paths, visit Coconut candy making family. Continue to a bee farm by horse cart and taste some special product from the garden. The rural sampan will take you into the small canal to enjoy the view of Water coconut tree, the typical of Mekong Delta. A big boat takes you back to the Dragon Island for lunch at a local family. After lunch, back to the city, continue to visit Vinh Trang Pagoda before coming back to Saigon.
You will be dropped off at your hotel at around 17.30. Free time at leisure.
Option Net rate in US$/person in party of
2 – 3 pax 4 – 5 pax 6 – pax up
Option 1 100 85 70
Option 2 90 75 60
Inclusion:
Lunch.
Land transfer by private vehicle for whole trip.
English or French speaking guides. Other languages are available upon request.
Admission fees for all sightseeing places.
Exclusion:
Personal expenses.
Drinks.
Tips and gratuities.
Insurances and services not mentioned above.