Mekong delta gateway

Itinerary in details

• DAY 1:  HO CHI MINH CITY - BEN TRE (L, D) – 90 km / 1 h

  07:00 am – Pick-up at your hotel in Saigon and departure to Ben Tre.

  You will visit some local workshops: first is a rice paper cake workshop and see how they were made by hand, then a brick kiln. Next, take a boat to visit the coconut candy workshop. Here, see manufacturing process of making coconut candies - specialty of this coconut land. It is very interesting to watch the local men peeling coconuts by hand. Friendly locals will invite you to try some delicious coconut candies. Continue cruising on the river to relax tension, see daily activities by the riverside and how local people’s fishing on the Ba Lai river.

  Lunch with local dishes at the garden of Mr. 10 Ưa (Thuy Uyen restaurant).

  In the afternoon, take a ride on local vehicle called "xe loi" on the village roads through the green coconut forest and cocoa garden to visit grapefruit and coconut gardens. Spend time in the gardens, pick and enjoy fresh coconut water. Take crowing-boat along meandering canal under the shade of palm trees on the shore. Continue to visit a milpa and feel the daily life of the people. You can try hands on picking grass, fertilizing with the local farmers. On the way you can take a rest at local home to see how local people make sugar cane juice – you can do it yourself. Late afternoon, transfer to Can Tho.

  Overnight at your hotel in Can Tho.

• DAY 2 : CAN THO - CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET - CAN THO (B, L) – 71 km / 2 h

  Start from the early morning to make your way up the river to the floating market in Cai Rang, which is about 6 km away. It's one of the most photogenic spots you'll find in Vietnam. The most famous and largest floating market in the Mekong Delta, it’s a colorful, bustling affair, with hundreds of boats jostling for position, both buying and selling. Sellers tie their goods to a tall pole so it’s easy to find what you are looking for. If anything, a boat trip is a great experience to have a somewhat more personal experience on the market because it really is a memorable and fascinating adventure. You will see bustling activities along the riverbanks as well as how they transport passengers and goods by the waterway. To understand more about local lifestyle, keep on cruising into smaller canal. Disembark to visit Binh Thuy Temple and the 135 year-old Binh Thuy House. Time at leisure in the afternoon in Can Tho.

  Overnight at your hotel in Can Tho

• DAY 3:  CAN THO -  SA DEC - HO CHI MINH CITY (B, L) – 188 km / 4h30

  After breakfast, transfer to Sa Dec famous as a floriculture village and an ideal place for people who love the rural life of the South. Visit Tan Hoa communal temple, a historic national culture. Then visit brick "factory" in Xeo Vat village where bricks made from clay from Sa Dec River in traditional way. Explore Sa Dec market and see the different daily activities of the locals. Next stop is the ancient house of Mr. Huynh Thuy Le. He was the Chinese man who adored Marguerite Duras in her youth. That love she wrote a despairing, sensuous novel then adapted to film of same name: “L'Amant” (The Lover). After that, visit Kien An Cung Pagoda of Huynh Thuy Le’s family where a group of Chinese people living in Sa Dec Town for generations and Trung Vuong primary school (former Girls' school of Sa Dec) where Marguertite Duras’s mother was the principal.

  Transfer to your hotel in Saigon / End of our services.