REAL MEKONG EXPERIENCE - 02 DAYS TRIP
Highlights: Local people and their hospitality and daily activities, Can Duoc wet market, Scooter riding, Local rice husking process, boat trips and sampan cruise on Mekong River and its tributaries, Cai Rang & Phong Dien Floating markets, Vinh Trang accient Pagoda – local simple but very healthy food to make your trip more enjoyable...
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| Real Mekong Cocoonut Jungle |
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Real Mekong Delta - 2 Day Experience
Day01: Saigon – Can Giuoc – Can Duoc – Gocong – Tan Hoa – Xom Ray – Tan Thanh – My Tho – Bentre – Cho Lach – Dinh Khao Ferry – Vinh Long – Cantho (L)
7:30AM. Pick you at your hotel in Saigon and drive to Mekong Delta.9:00AM Visit Can Duoc wet market – Stunning rural informal setting market to see all fresh farm products and super friendly market goers
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| Phong Dien Floating Market |
10:00AM – 11:45AM: The highlight is to visit Tan Hoa village for scooter ride ( you are on the back of our safe driver – Safe Helmet on) to go on small village paths covering by Coconut trees and crossing paddy rice fields.
Giving oppurtunity to take many pictures in rural village of Xom Ray and Trai Ca. You will learn our rice process from start to finish. Visit Dragon fruits gardens
12:00 at noon. Local home cooked lunch - wine testing
1:00 PM – 2:00PM Transfer to Mytho ‘s dock for another highlight of the day is our boat trip.
Passing many floating fish farms and islands in upper mekong river to Bentre.
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| Real Mekong - Paddy Rice Field - Tan Xuan Village |
3:00PM-5:00PM. Leaving Ben Tre on backroad highway 57 for Cantho City. Capital City of mekong Delta.
Take a short Ferry Boat via Vinh Long to Can Tho.
Check in at the Hotel. Free on your own to explore the city.
Kimtho Hotel (03 Stars) or Similar one.
Day02: Cantho – Phong Dien Floating Market – Rau Ram Cannal – Cai Rang Floating Market – An Binh Market – Cantho Bridge ( Mekong Lower River) Mythuan Bridge ( Upper Mekong River) – Vinh Trang Pagoda – Saigon (B/L)
5:00AM: Depart for Phong Dien Floating Market.
5:20AM – 8:30AM: Get on our private long tail boat to visit Phong Dien Floating market.
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| Real Mekong - Trai Ca Village |
As our boat edges through the market, you will be surely driven back to the yester-centuries by the sound of bargaining, rowing, motoring mixed with the sound from the coffee boat, meat boat, grocery boat, ice boats…. Saying goodbye to Phong Dien floating market, our boat will speed up through many channels - Rau Ram cannal is one of the Mekong River s cannal tretching along rural villages and arrive in Cai Rang floating market (3 km from Can Tho)- it is much bigger and is more of wholesale 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 a floating life and earn their living on some 50,000km of waterways in the Mekong Delta.
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| Real Mekong - Can Duoc local wet market |
10:30AM. Check out Hotel and say good bye Cantho to go over Cantho suspension bridge then to Mythuan bridge to visit Cao Dai Temple. Then get to Mytho.
12:00 at Noon. Stop for Lunch at Hu Tieu My Tho – local specialty ( My tho pork noodle soup)
1:00PM: Short drive to Vinh Trang Pagoda to visit the biggest pagoda in Mekong delta with Giant Buddha Statues of Past – Present and Future.
2:00PM – 04:30PM: Leaving for Saigon on Saigon – Trung Luong freeway. Services will end after we drop you off at your hotel in Saigon by 4:30PM.
Tour Cost: USD per Person:
US$240.00 per person for group of 02 personsUS$195.00 per persons for group of 03-05 persons
US$160.00 per persons for group of 06-08 persons.
Child policy will be applied as:
Children under 2 year of Age: F.O.C
Children from 02 – 11 year of Age: Half charge (50%)
Child 12 year of Age subject as an Adult tour cost
The tour price can be changed according to your exact group-size and departing time, so please kindly contact at
realmekongtours@gmail.com or hienguide2000@yahoo.com for your specific request.
Notice: Please be informed, my company offers private tours only. We don’t do join-in group tours, so you will have private car with driver and an English speaking guide. No others join-in with you.
Tour Included:
- Private transportation in private air-conditioned vehicle with driver for the whole trip
- 01 Night Accommodation in Cantho: twin sharing room at mentioned hotel or similar one
- Meal as mentioned: 02 Lunches and One Buffet Breakfast: L = Lunch (Fresh seafood lunch or flexible on your request) (set Menu)
- 2nd Lunch with Hu Tieu Mytho on 2nd Day.
- B = Breakfast : Buffet Breakfast will be served at the hotel on 2nd Day.
- Entrance fee to indicated sights
- English speaking guide
- Mineral water bottles/ wet tissue and plenty of seasonal tropical fruits
- Drinks ( Local Beer/Water or Solf drink).
- Tasting Home made rice wine or Cobra snake wine / Cherry wine..
- Boat trip Mighty Mekong river
- Motorbike scooter ride in Gocong ( Safe Driver/ safe helmet)
- Other meals, tips or any other incidental expenses are not mentioned in the above
- Proper shoes or sandals are required for this trip as you have to get on and off the boat quite a few times
- We will visit a local Cao Dai Temple on this tour. Wearing shorts is ok, but not too short. Also, you are advised to get your shoulders covered while visiting the temple
- Some parts of the Mekong Delta are not that green during the dry season which goes from March to May
- You can leave your heavy backpacks in our vehicle with our driver and It will be safe while doing a day tour's activities. However, We are not responsible for any lost of money, wallet, smart phone, credit cards and all valuable stuffs
- Time on tour can be flutuated & flexible depending on local ferry and traffic
- There will be no shopping stops on this tour until you request. You only buy what you want and when you want
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