Day 1 : Saigon – Cai Be – Can Tho (Lunch)
Cai Be Floating Market - Sinhbalo guide will meet you at 8:00am and we head south to the river town of Cai Be..Arriving at around 10:30am, we board our motorized boat to journey through Cai Be floating market. Here, we will view the intricacies of commerce – how merchants purchase products from local farmers. As you cruise by CaiBe bridge, you will see on the packaging shop that all the boat with fruits landing here.
During our cruise the town’s secluded canals, we will stop at some local factories to see locals making pop rice cakes, rice paper cakes, coconut candies and products from coconut trees. We also enjoy sampan ride and pedal down narrow natural waterways. Stopping at a local home to try seasonal fruits (such as longan, pineapple, rambutan, papaya, jackfruit etc). Continue walking through the village and get back to our boat cruise to another local house for a delicious Vietnamese lunch.
Time to relax, then we board the boat again to Vinh Long province. Transfer by car to Can Tho.
Can Tho to Saigon
Cai Rang Floating Market - An early start for a boat trip to Cai Rang floating market, the largest wholesale market in the Mekong Delta. Of course now this market is not crowded and busy as it was before, but still interesting experience for people who do not live in Mekong delta area. Then we have a long distance cruise to Phong Dien in winding natural waterways. Our guide will stop in between for you to walk on a quiet country road to take in the magnificent scenery, see several kinds of fruit tree and get close to the locals as they go about their daily routine.
Our van pick us up and head back to My Tho to visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, located in a large garden in My Phong commune. Here, you can also visit a village making vermicelli (noodle).
On the way from MyTho to Long An, we will stop by a dragon fruit garden, learn more about this fruit tree. We keep on driving through the rice fields in Ben Luc to return to Saigon.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Breakfast
- Overnight accommodation
- Drinks
- Gratuities
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
With Sinhbalo mekong delta tours, you explore the life in the delta region, and a cruise down its slow, shimmering waterways provides a tremendous way to experience delta life. One advantage with selecting Sinhbalo mekong delta tours is that our tours have been planned by a delta local, so we endeavor to put you in touch with the life the locals live as they live it.
One of our highlight in Mekong delta tours: A visit to Can Tho’s floating market will allow you to trade in the delta’s rich rice and fish stocks and to sample some of the lush fruit and vegetables unique to the area. The pace of delta life remains slow, and daily routines here have changed little over the centuries centuries. As you drift down its narrow waterways, the stresses of modern life will seem a world away.
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- A minimum of 02 people per booking is required
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
If you cancel at least 7 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
