Ho Chi Minh City Trip Overview
Discover the Mekong Delta on this day trip from Ho Chi Minh City. Enjoy a boat cruise along the Mekong River to the fruit market on the waterside, enjoy lunch in My Tho, and admire the sights of the fishing port and stilt houses along the way. ThisPRIVATE tour has a duration of approximately 8 hours.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Trip Category: Cruises, Sailing & Water Tours >> Day Cruises
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Discover the Mekong Delta on this day trip from Ho Chi Minh City. Enjoy a boat cruise along the Mekong River to the fruit market on the waterside, enjoy lunch in My Tho, and admire the sights of the fishing port and stilt houses along the way. ThisPRIVATE tour has a duration of approximately 8 hours.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Mekong Delta, Mekong Delta
Itinerary:
7:40 am– 8:30 am: Tour guide will pick you up at your hotel and start on journey to My Tho – Ben Tre. On the way you will see Southern village’s rustic aesthetic on Vàm Cỏ Đông River and paddy-field along the sides of the road.
09:50 am: Arrive at Mekong rest stop in My Tho City, get some rest and free time for your personal activities about 15 minutes and then keep on our itinerary.
10:00 am: Visiting Vinh Trang pagoda. Tour guide will tell the history of Vĩnh Trang Pagoda- the oldest pagoda in South, it has the most specialist architecture of Mekong Delta, is combined between Viet- Khmer culture and original Western Europe architecture.
10:50 am: On the way to the pier, you will contemplate Rạch Miễu Bridge which across the biggest river of West, connect My Tho with Ben Tre. Leaving car, we get on the cruise and move on the river. The cruise will go along Tiền River and pass through 4 islands: Long, Lân, Quy, Phụng ( Dragon, Unicorn, Turtose, Phoenix).
11:20 am: Visit the bee farm and enjoy honey tea with bee pollen. Taking picture with Grass Python and Angel Banana – special fruit in Mekong Delta. Relax your mind by rowing boat on small, peaceful river branches to get into local house of culture for enjoying “ Đờn Ca Tài Tử” – A specific characteristic of Southern culture then visit coconut candy villages.
12:10 am: Arrive at experience the life of local people, the way people raising fish on the floating house.
12:30 pm: Coming back homestay for having BBQ lunch with Vietnamese foods then taking a short rest in the Tiny Garden
14:00 pm: Visiting the orchard by riding a bike around the village.
15:00 pm: Return to Ho Chi Minh City. End of the tour and hope to see you again.
Tour includes:
A/C Bus + a small bottle of mineral
English Guide
All entrance fees
Boat trip on Mekong Delta
Hand – rowed sampan
Free internet center and Bike
Duration: 10 minutes
