6 days Private Mekong Delta Tour Saigon

Dalat Travel offers great Private Mekong Delta Tour. This Mekong Tour allows you to get further into  inside the local and discover the real Vietnam.

So this private Mekong Tour will better deeper into the rural and the mighty Mekong Delta.

Day 1: : Saigon – My Tho – Ben Tre – Cai Be (Lunch, dinner)

Day 2: Ben Tre – Cai Be – Tan Phong Island – Bungalow stay Cai Be (Lunch, and dinner)
After having breakfast, you will have a morning market visit to experience the authentic Mekong at Ben Tre region.

On arrival in Cai Be, you will have a rest and check into the bungalow. This afternoon you will walk along the villages or choose to cycle around the village for local discovery and explore the area with fruit garden visit.

In the evening, at 6:00pm, you will go on a boat ride along the waterway to see the fire-flies and the peaceful of the river in the evening on the Mekong River! (If weather condition permit). After these peaceful evening activities, you will have a boat ride back to your bungalow. You will have dinner at the host family and have an authentic experience.

Day 3: Cai Be – Vinh Long – Chau Doc (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner)
After breakfast, you start walking on the path along the river to see the daily life of the locals, ancient house dating 18 century, and visit the village market which is just held early in the morning for the so busy farmers to buy things for the day. The market is also a place where you can interact with and take photo of the locals.
You will then check out the home stay and go on a boat ride with welcome fresh coconut juice and cold tissues. Begin your Mekong tour of the day with visit to the Cai Be colorful floating market which is local daily needs in the area, cruising among local barges of fruits and vegetables. Then, you can choose optional visit at the local workshops where you can see rice’s paste, coconut candy and pop-rice, po-corn made or keep go to other islands activities.
A local delicious lunch will be served at an ancient house dating 18 century or under the shade of local orchards on the An Binh Island Vinh Long. After lunch, you will go on a rowing boat deeper into the countryside on smaller canals and to enjoy the peaceful time. It is so interesting into the waterways to see traditional houses made of wood and palm tree leaves and see some activities of the local farmers with an opportunity to witness their daily life and see how they catch fish or pick up fruits by ancestral ways in Mekong Delta.
Another stop can be arranged at the nursery garden where you can get to know how to locals maintain a high-standard fruit trees. We will enjoy some seasonal fruits from their garden & homemade rice wine while listening to the traditional music performance. Your boat cruise will arrive in Vinh Long around 2.30 pm. Your a/c comfortable vehicle awaits you and keeps traveling to Chau Doc, one of well-known town with Vietnam catfish export world-while in Mekong Delta area. Check-in into the hotel on arrival. Have dinner at local restaurant. Stay overnight in Chau Doc.

Day 4: Chau Doc – Can Tho – Binh Thuy ancient house (Breakfast, Dinner)
After having breakfast at the hotel, you will then transfer to visit Tra Su Cajuput Forest in Tinh Bien district, locating 15km northeast of the Mekong River and 10km northwest of the Cambodia border.
We will take a sampan to small canals to visit the forest; you have chance to see many kinds of water birds (mostly stocks), colonies of bats and various rare animal and bird species.
Endowed with peace and tranquility, Tra Su forest will certainly become a unique and attractive attraction for travelers who love the natural beauty of Mekong Delta. Back to our a/c comfortable vehicle, you will then continue your journey to Can Tho City with visit at the Binh Thuy ancient house in Can Tho. Check-in the hotel on late afternoon. Take a rest, walking along the night market, have dinner at the local water front restaurant with local specialties. Stay overnight in Can Tho.

Day 5: Can Tho – Cai Rang floating market – Sadec Flower Village (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Have breakfast at your hotel, walking to the pier and go on a boat ride on The Mighty Mekong River which is the longest and most prosperous in Asia, visit the famous floating market of Cai Rang where you can see the daily life of local business happening among their boats.

After visit the floating markets in Can Tho, you will then go on the boat ride further into small waterway to visit the local fruit garden, local hospitality, and have some of the regional fruits, taste tropical fruits, and green tea. We will then have our boat ride back to the pier, have refresh, check out our hotel, and have our a/c comfortable vehicle drive to Sadec. On arrival in Sadec, today you will check in the Flower Village homestay. Have dinner with host and stay overnight.

Day 6: Sadec Flower Village – Saigon (Breakfast, Lunch)

What can you do today in Sadec:

Visit Huynh Thuy Le ancient house has been more than 20 years since the film of “L’Amant” (or “The Lovers”) made by a French director Jean-Jacques Annaud was released. Since then, lots of youngsters and foreigners have been back to wander on L’Amant Street.

Walk or cycle the flower village to see local daily life of flower activities in this region.

We will have lunch break before check out and drive for Saigon. We will arrive in Saigon about 5pm. End the service on arrival at your own hotel in Ho Chi Minh.