Private Classic Mekong Delta Tour: Experiencing Local Culture and Natural Beauty
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15 Ratings
My Tho
Immerse yourself in the local culture and natural beauty of the Mekong Delta on this private tour. Explore rice fields, orchards, and rivers, taste delicious local foods, and visit unique pagodas.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • My Tho - Mekong Delta is covered with rice fields, lush gardens, rivers, and channels with fishes and many gifts from Mother Nature. Mekong Delta is often referred to as the ‘rice bowl’ of Vietnam due to its huge production of the rice crop. Life in the delta revolves around the river, and this is the only real way to view and understand it. Would you like to be driven there and enjoy cruising on a hand-rowed sampan under the shadow of the water coconut trees along natural canals, then taste seasonal fruit honey tea to the sound of “Southern Vietnamese folk music”, performed by locals? Why not try our Private Mekong Delta Tour (My Tho – Ben Tre) Full Day?

Depart from your hotel to My Tho city. Our guide and driver will take you out of the crowded, busy, and noisy Ho Chi Minh to reach a lovely and peaceful region and far away from city life. On the way, you will have the chance to enjoy the fresh air and see the beautiful sight with lush orchards, green coconut trees and rice fields stretching far.

Arriving in My Tho, we will start exploring amazing Mekong rivers, canals, and islands with many things to do:
#1: Motorized boat cruise on immense rivers lined with fruit orchards and quiet villages.
#2: Enjoy the natural beauty of the islands such as Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix, Tortoise, and see the unique local life on islands surrounded by water in Mekong Delta.
#3: Visit orchards, bee-keeping house, enjoy honey tea, seasonal tropical fruit.
#4: Take a horse cart and ride a bicycle around the quiet & peaceful village.
#5: Rowing-boat ride along small mangrove palm creek (mangrove palm or Nypa-frutican, known as “dua nuoc” in Vietnam).
#6: See the coconut candy production process.
#7: Listen to traditional Southern Vietnamese folk music.
#8: Have lunch with delicious local dishes: deep fired Elephant ear fish, Vietnamese Pancake…
#9: After visiting Vinh Trang Pagoda – the biggest pagoda in Tien Giang, with many green trees, beautiful Buddha statues, and architecture, we come back to Saigon.
The Private Mekong Delta tour ends at your hotel.

What's Included
  • Delicious lunch featuring high-quality foods, fruits, and local delicacies such as honey tea and coconut candy
  • Stay hydrated with included mineral water
  • Professional English-speaking tour guide to enhance your experience
  • Convenient and comfortable round-trip hotel transfers in an air-conditioned car or van
  • No extra expenses - the tour is all-inclusive
  • Entrance fees for all attractions included
  • Explore Mekong Delta with transportation provided, including horse cart and bicycle rides
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities and personal expenses
Additional Information

A visit to the Mekong Delta grants you a glimpse of its vast rice terrains, lush fruit gardens, and an abundance of fresh produce. Drift along the river and canal systems… A memorable experience awaits you on this quintessential Mekong Delta Tour!

⭐ Key Points:

#1: Experience the tranquil and pristine beauty of the Mekong Delta;
#2: Delight in a river ride, explore islands, and navigate through meandering, narrow canals in a sampan;
#3: Savor delectable local cuisine while enjoying traditional music;
#4: Tour a picturesque island endowed with numerous tropical groves;
#5: Sample local, fresh fruits and unique honey tea;
#6: Learn about coconut candy production and relish a taste;
#7: Traverse peaceful villages by horse-drawn cart and bicycle;
#8: Explore Vinh Trang Pagoda, an epitome of Vietnamese, Chinese and Cambodian architectural fusion.

⭐ All costs, including tours and tastings, are incorporated in the price.

⭐ This tour is private, hence only your group and your tour guides will be present.

Location
My Tho
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Caroline_d
May 31, 2024
A great day on the Mekong! - We had the most fantastic guide called Castlle (Thúc) who made our trip very entertaining and informative. We learned about unique music instruments, tasted delicious fruit and coconut candy and enjoyed our boat rides
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Caroline98765
May 30, 2024
A trip well worth it! - Great trip with a fabulous guide! We enjoyed every minute of it! The drive all the way to the Mekong river takes a while but our guide told us many interesting facts about the city and we visited a beautiful temple on the way. Life on the islands on the river is different and fascinating, marketing the natural resources they’ve got.
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Jrb_pdx
Feb 5, 2024
Fantastic cultural experience - Great cultural experience for one day tour. Loved that it was private, not a group. After driving to My Tho, we took a boat to Unicorn island, where we drank tea and listened to folk singers, went to a bee and honey farm, a candy factory, and had an outstanding lunch. Along the way we saw native homes and lifestyle, rode on small boats, a tuk-tuk through small roads and more. We purchased some locally produced goods. Our guide Thuong (Kevin) was very friendly and knowledgeable, and made sure we had a great experience on all levels. The drive was about 1.5 hours from Saigon each way in a private car. Highly recommended.
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Karine_m
Feb 1, 2024
Highly recommended - I highly recommend this private tour. The tour itself was very interesting, we have been visiting a lot of places, seeing a lot of local people, and find out a lot of interesting facts. Our tour guide Hang was amazing and very knowledgeable. We feel very save with our driver Tuan. Thanks for beautiful trip.
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905kamnak
Dec 28, 2023
Amazing day out! - Finn was an amazing tour guide, very interactive and informative. Loved all the food we got to try, especially because as vegetarians we never would've gotten to experience the city this way!
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181kavyak
Dec 27, 2023
Great experience with family! - Lani (Lan Anh) was an amazing tour guide - super friendly and knew so much about the history and culture! We had a great time trying different foods/beverages along the Mekong river :) The tour takes about 8-9 hours but well worth it for the experience. Would definitely recommend it and if you can ask for Lani as your guide please do!
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Luismcastellvi
Dec 12, 2023
An excellent Mekong glimpse - The Mekong River covers an area of over 700,000 square kilometers, making it larger than countries like Spain. Its delta, with an area of approximately 40,000 square kilometers, is about the size of Switzerland. A 8-hour excursion from Hanoi necessarily has to be very limited, providing a glimpse of the region's economy, landscape, customs, and some points of interest. And this is what Saigon Tour intends to do: visits of varying interest to tourists, purchase of some local product, boat or sampan rides, and a very good meal where we were able to taste a local fish prepared vertically, in the local way. A private, clean and safe car and an exceptional guide, Kain, make the day a very outstanding one in our trip to Vietnam. To conclude, it should be noted that the tour writers should review its description, as there are a couple of inaccurate attractions, namely the reference to rice fields – which are not visited – and a nonexistent bicycle ride, minor aspects compared to the overall interest of the tour. Otherwise, VERY GOOD.
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Hans_s
Nov 11, 2023
Nice private tour to the Mekong Delta - It was a impressive tour through the Mekong delta with our very competent guide Vivien! Everything happened as announced in a very good organized manner. We can just recommend the tour!
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Karl_s
Jul 10, 2023
Vietnam Mekong culture experience - The islands amazing so peaceful and so good to still see the culture of the vietmease people still old tradition. Our guide lani was amazing so much information on our tour definitely recommend lani to any travellers wanting to see a cultural experience. Thankyou lani Karl and cyra
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Harishv951
Mar 6, 2023
Excellent - We a group of 12 people visited Mekong Delta in the end Of February 23 with Ms. Sarah as our guide. She was fluent in English, she had good sense of humour and knew her job well. Her coordination with restaurant, cart, boat and bus was perfect.
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