Mekong Delta 1 day: Cai Be
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You will not only cycle along small country roads and fruit farms but will also take local wooden boats along small, shaded canals and lively branches of the Mekong River. The highlight of the trip is an exciting visit to a local floating market .
- Duration: 8 hour(s)
- Location: SAIGON – TIEN GIANG - SAIGON
- 07:00: Car to Tien Giang (Cai Be).
- 09:30: Arrive in Cai Be and take a boat trip to visit Cai Be. Visit the floating market, the boat gets around island, here you will see the daily activities of the local people along the river, and sellers & buyers bargaining and exchanging etc. You can observe how people make their living from fruit trees, rivers and etc...Visit fruit gardens and some factories such as coconut candy mills, rice paper factories...Take a rowing boat.
- 12:00: Have lunch
- 13:30: Ride your bike (for about 1 hour) around the village roads shaded by banana, rambutan, and pomelo trees. You will see the local children making their way to & from school in their beautiful Ao Dai uniform. Pay a visit some houses where you can communicate with local people and see their real life, and be greeted by their warm welcome in the process. Get to know what are "same same, but different" trees in the Mekong Delta. You will practice these names & try to guess the names of these trees just by your nose!
- 15:30: Back to Ho Chi Minh City on car.
- 17:30: Arrive at Ho Chi Minh City.
