- Get picked-up from your accommodation in the city center to the Mekong Delta, My Tho City. On the way, you will pass by beautiful rice paddy fields. There will be a break stop for restroom and coffee.
- Visit the 100-year-old Vinh Trang Pagoda, the mix art of Roman – Cambodian – Vietnamese architecture.
- Get on the boat to visit the local life and understand the local work of growing fruit and having bees at home. Surely you will enjoy the cup of the local honeybee.
- The trip’s highlight is a relaxing, peaceful rowing boat on the small ‘lesser-known’ canal of water coconut in Ben Tre.
- Walk continuously to see and understand the local life. Then take Tuk-Tuk to the local home for lunch.
- Have a set menu of delicious Southern local lunch on the riverside family home (vegan/vegetarian lunch available).
- Take another boat trip to understand the local work of making coconut candy, and then to the other side of the island to experience the floating fishing farm.
- Enjoy tropical seasonal fruit and listen to Vietnamese folk music and head back to Saigon.
Private Local ‘Less-Known’ Mekong Delta My Tho-Ben Tre 1 Day Tour
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Tour type
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Departure Place
Ho Chi Minh -
Duration
1 Day -
Code Tour
From 35$ 30$ per person
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*Departure date
Overview
What's Included
- Private vehicle (Car/Van/Bus )
- Set menu lunch (vegan/vegetarian lunch is available)
- All boat trips
- Fruit and coconut juice tastings
- 01 bottles of water
- All sightseeing tickets
- Departure time: as request
- Pick up and drop off: as request (in central of Ho Chi Minh City)
- Well-experienced English-speaking guide
- Travel insurance
- Personal expense
Itinerary
Depart from Ho Chi Minh city for Mekong Delta in a 70km trip in air-con van and enjoy the beautiful scenery along the road. The first stop will be Vinh Trang Pagoda – the biggest Pagoda in Mekong Delta which was built during the first half of the 19th century to emerge yourself in the religious and cultural space. The second stop will be My Tho. From here, you will be taking a boat trip through the river, passing through floating fish rafts, houses along many other great views.
After arriving at Thai Son island, there will be upcoming activities waiting for you:
Visiting a honey farm, you will get to learn about the process of producing honey and how to collect royal jelly, you will also get to have a taste of wonderful honey tea on the spot.
Tourist trams or tuk tuk will then transport you to a local house where you can enjoy fresh tropical fruits and Don Ca Tai Tu, a traditional form of western Vietnamese singing art perform by the villagers.
Walking deep into the village, passing through fruit gardens and you will reach the rowing boats. After travelling on the rowing boats, big motorboats will be waiting for you, continuing your journey to the coconut candy factory, then restaurant for a local cuisine lunch. Bikes will be available at the restaurants. After lunch, if there is any spare time, you will have 15 minutes to walk or cycle around the village.
Finally, you will ride the boat back to where the van awaits, say goodbye to the beautiful Mekong Delta, depart for Ho Chi Minh city, ending an unforgivable journey.
Child Policy
- Child under 04 years old: FOC
- Child under 12 years old: 75% of adult fare
Cancellation policy
Cancellation policy for deposited Tours:
- If you cancel your booking, your deposit will not be refunded
- If you are a “no-show” on the morning of the trip, for whatever reason, you will lose your deposit
Cancellation policy for full charged Tours:
- Up to 24 hours before the start of the activity: full refund
- Less than 24 hours before the start of the activity or in the event of a no-show: no refund
- Flight delayed, food poisoning, getting sick unable to attend tour. Under those circumstances, we agree to reschedule your start date with an additional charge of 50% of the total tour cost
- The refund is done using the same payment method. In the event of credit cards which are charged monthly, the amount shall be credited at the end of the current invoicing period. The exact time of the refund depends on the user’s credit card agreement. The refund by bank transfer shall be done within seven bank working days.
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