Mekong Delta 3 days: Cambodian Border End Tour
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This tour is an authentic, ‘non-touristy' and priceless experience of the lives of the people living along the delta. In addition to boat trips there are shore excursions, including bicycle trips, which provide an up-close view of the lives of the locals. The highlights of the tour are the amazing island views, firsthand experience of rice growing and staying in local houses, the floating markets and a very busy and colorful land market.
- Duration: 4 day(s)
- Location: Mekong Delta
Day 1: Saigon - Vinh Long
Day 2: Vinh Long - Can Tho
Day 3: Can Tho - Chau Doc
Day 4: Chau Doc - Phnom Penh
- 07:00: Car to Vinh Long province.
- 12:00: Arrive at a small village - non touristy town in Vinh Long province, only available at Innoviet. Motor-boat will bring you to the homestay, there you'll be greeted by the host family.
- 13:00: Have lunch in a very cosy atmosphere.
- 14:00: Relax on hammock.
- 14:30: Ride your bike (about 2.5 hours) around the small village roads shaded by bamboo, banana, rambutan, pomelo, mangosteen trees. Pass the immense green rice fields with flying egrets, working farmers and admire the beautiful scenery. You will see the local students on their way back to home from school in their beautiful Ao Dai uniform. Visit some houses where you can meet local people and see their real life.
- Have an overview of the "Rice Making Procedure" in one Rice workshop. Get to know what are the "same same, but different" trees in the Mekong Delta. You will practice & try to guess the names of these trees just by your nose!
- 17:00: Back to the home-stay. Prepare for dinner cooking with many recipes of Vietnamese food, have dinner.
- Take part in a Vietnamese lesson with the family for shopping in market tomorrow. After that we walk around the village to see and catch fire-flies before retiring in one of the rural houses in the Mekong Delta.
Day 2: Vinh Long - Can Tho
- 06:30: Visit the floating market by boat in the early morning and see how people there live and trade. Go shopping at market on land where you will be Vietnamese to buy something for lunch in Vietnamese. Boat to visit brick factory, local pagoda back to the homestay. You will join in making rice paper, walking through the fruit gardens and fields. Take part in a mini cooking class for lunch. After taking a rest, you'll say good bye to the host family.
- 15:00: Local boat to Can Tho. Check in hotel. Have free time.
Day 3: Can Tho - Chau Doc
- 06:30: Take a boat trip (4 hours) to see Cai Rang, the biggest floating market in the Western of Vietnam. On the way you'll visit a rice noodle factory and learn how to make rice noodle. Then take a slow boat trip along the small beautiful canals. Eat lunch and then take a car to the An Giang province.
- 16:30: Arrive at Tra su Cajuput forest; take a one hour boat trip through the forest to see the amazing natural bird life.
- 17:30: Visit fishing farm
- 18:00: Check into the hotel in Chau Doc and spend the night at leisure.
Day 4: Chau Doc - Phnom Penh
- 07:30: "Xe loi" picks you up from your hotel and take you to the boat jetty for boarding the express boat to Phnom
- Penh.
- 13:00: Arrive at Phnom Penh. This is the end of the tour.
