Mekong Delta One Day Tour

1 day
About this activity
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Mekong Delta, Mekong Delta

8:15 am
Departing from your hotel for My Tho city by air-conditioned bus.
10:30 am
Arrive in My Tho, boarding the motorboat at a pier and cruising on the Mekong River. Here, overlooking floating houses where fishes are farmed beneath the house (viewing from the motorboat).
11:00 am
Continuing the journey on the river until reaching Cồn Thới Sơn (Unicorn Island), from here taking a horse cart to reach a performance site where Vietnamese traditional music (Đàn Ca Tài Tử - A folk art form from Southern Vietnam accredited by UNESCO in 2013 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) can be heard and seasonal tropical fruit can be tasted (included). Afterward, being on a small hand-rowing boat (the main mean of transportation in My Tho & Ben Tre) and slowly cruising through a small creek with beautiful overhanging coconut trees. Lives from both sides of the creek can be observed.
12:30 pm
Before heading to lunch, passing through bee-keeping farm and enjoying honey tea, a typical Mekong housecan be viewed here. Then, it is lunch time after a short walk.
1:30 pm
After lunch, boarding the motorboat and heading to learn coconut candies making process from a workshop. Sample of candies can be tasted.
3:00 pm
Returning back to bus and going back to Ho Chi Minh City.

Included
  • Lunch
  • Air conditioned bus/minivan/car
  • English speaking guide
  • Wet tissue and one bottle of water/person
  • Boat trips, tropical fruit platter and honey tea
  • Traditional music performance and horse cart.
Not included
  • All other services not mentioned in the above program
  • All meals and beverages unspecified in the above program
  • Personal expenses,
  • Tips for tour guide and driver
Additional
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Features
Tourism
95% Cultural
70%