Mekong Delta Tour to Can Tho – Cai Be 5 Days 4 Nights, we will take you to visit the bustling city (Ho Chi Minh), the fertile Mekong Delta and the legendary Cu Chi tunnels. Visit the architectural works in Ho Chi Minh and the rustic Mekong Delta with its vast granary famous for tropical fruits and flowers. Cu Chi Tunnels is an extensive network of connecting tunnels located in Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. Experience boat to visit Rice floating market, the largest place to buy and sell rice for export in the Southwest region. You have a chance to discover the daily life of local people and take part in exploring pulling fish hooves, and how to knit water hyacinths,…
Our driver and tour guide will pick you up at the airport and depart to hotel. Free & easy to discover city.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
After your breakfast, our driver and tour guide pick you up at hotel and take you to visit Independence Palace, also known at the Reunification palace, was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace. The Independence palace is a widely known landmark of Ho Chi Minh City and was designed by the architect Ngo Viet Thu. Continue seeing the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times such as the Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office. Followed by the remarkable site of the War Remnants Museum the museum has a vast display of the both the Indochina wars.
Have lunch at local restaurant.
Depart for Cu Chi tunnel; the trip will take approximately one and a half hours bus driving. Upon arrival, before exploring the tunnels, you will have some short introduction followed by introductory video about how the tunnels were constructed and how the people survived in the harsh conditions of the war time. Then, spend your time to explore the remaining area and tunnel systems which included the special constructed living areas with kitchens, bedrooms side by side with other martial facilities like storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, and command centers helping whoever lives inside the tunnels meet their basic needs. Besides, there are also many hidden trap doors and dangerous traps within the maze-like tunnels for security purpose during the war. Afterward, special tea and cassava (guerilla’s food during the war) will be served.
Break time for relax or time for those who want to try the real shooting gun (personal fee)
Return to hotel.
You have dinner on your own. Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.
After your breakfast, pick you up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and start the trip to My Tho. Upon arrival, visit Vinh Trang pagoda which sated back to the late 19th century. Then boarding the sampan and cruising down the river around the four beautiful islands known as Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Tortoise islands.
Stop over at Unicorn Island, go walking in the village paths to contemplate orchards, enjoy tropical fruits, and Vietnamese folk music performed by the local people. Visit the fruit plantation.
Be rowed in a small sampan through the Thoi Son canal and treat yourself to the beauty of the countryside, visit the family business & bee-keeping farm, enjoy honey tea and coconut candy workshop.
Have lunch at the local restaurant. Break time.
The afternoon is time for cycling around the Tan Thach village, meeting the local people to experience their daily life in the Mekong delta. Relaxing on hammocks to enjoy the cool breeze is for those do not want to join the cycling trip. Proceed to Can Tho City and overnight in Can Tho.
You have dinner at restaurant. Overnight at hotel in Can Tho city.
After your breakfast, you go to Cai Be boat station. Arrival Cai Be boat station, you get on the boat to visit Rice floating market. The largest place to buy and sell rice for export in the Southwest region. Here, guests will chat to understand more about the daily life of rice traders. Next visitors visit the ancient house. Leaving the floating market, the boat takes guests to Tan Phong island to visit the honey bee farm and Hai Yen flower garden. Guests can see the flower garden, bee farm, Linh Chi farm, experience pulling fish hooves, go to Southern monkey bridge and understand more about the daily work of the world of bees. In particular, guests can enjoy fresh honey tea at the farm and hear about the process of beekeeping for honey. Next, guests will learn and learn how to knit water hyacinth, guests can knit themselves a lovely gift with the guidance of local people.
Next, the group will visit and enjoy fruits at the local garden. Then take a round of rowing boats in small bricks to homestay to check in. To take a rest.
Have lunch at restaurant or homestay.
About 04:00 pm: Join the activities of slapping the ditch to catch fish and going to the garden to pick vegetables to prepare for dinner. After picking vegetables and catching fish.
Have dinner and overnight at homestay.
After your breakfast, you check-out. Our driver and tour guide pick you up hotel for departure to Ho Chi Minh City. On the way, you have lunch with your own budget. Arrival Tan Son Nhat airport, finish your tour Mekong Delta Tour to Can Tho – Cai Be 5 Days 4 Nights.