Day 1: Saigon - My Tho - Ben Tre - Chau Doc (L)
8:00 AM Pick up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City (to be advised). Depart for My Tho. Take a leisurely boat ride through the Bao Dinh natural canal which is bordered by traditional stilt houses and fruit plantation. Visit the My Tho wholesale fruit market. Proceed to the Tortoise island. Lunch served in the heart of the orchard. Enjoy a boat ride through the Tan Thach natural canal in Ben Tre, cruising under the shadows of the water coconut trees. Visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle. After trekking through the fruit plantations on Thoi Son island, enjoy a rowing boat ride along the creeks before returning to My Tho by motor boat. Proceed to Chau Doc. Check in on arrival. Visit the Sam Mountain and the caved pagoda, Enjoy the sunset over the Vietnamese-Cambodian Frontier. Dinner on guest's account. Overnight at your chosen hotel in Chau Doc.
Day 2: Chau Doc - Long Xuyen - Can Tho (B, L, D)
Breakfast at the hotel. Take a morning boat trip to visit the floating fish farm and the Cham weaving village. Depart for Can Tho via Long Xuyen. Visit the Bang Lang bird sanctuary, the incense stick village and the crocodile farm. Check in on arrival. Free in the evening. Dinner cruise on the Bassac River. Overnight your chosen hotel in Can Tho.
Day 3: Cai Rang floating market - Saigon (B, L)
After breakfast, take the morning boat trip to visit the Cai Rang floating market which is at its liveliest at this time of day. Keep cruising through the small channels system, stopping off to visit a rice noodle making village. Experience the "Monkey Bridge" in the Delta. Break for lunch. Return to Ho Chi Minh City via Vinh Long to visit the local snake market. Finish the trip at your hotel around 5pm. End of services. |
