Experience Mekong Delta Tour

From Saigon, you will drive to explore the Mekong Delta which is worldwide known as the biggest source of rice exports in Vietnam with its rich agriculture. Here you will take part in a cruising tour and have an opportunity to enjoy the peaceful nature and the simple local's life with interlaced canals and the large straight fields. Upon arriving to Cai Be, start cruise to Dong Phu and An Binh Island in Vinh Long to visit the local orchard and enjoy tropical fruits or listen to traditional music. Beside you can also learn about the local's architecture by a visit to an old provincial house built by the French over 150 years ago. It's time for you to explore the fascinating Mekong Delta while board along meandering arroyos and creeks before joining Tien Giang River. This river is one of the two large "arms" of the Mekong, where you'll see heavily-laden boats and other facets of this bustling regional economy which depends on the river for transportation. Enjoy lunch with the traditional dishes and then take a local boat to Vinh Long where you will be picked up by car for the journey to Can Tho at late afternoon.

Your cruising tour today will start at early morning to visit the Cai Rang floating market which opened very soon in the morning. This is chance for you to explore one of the biggest floating markets in Mekong Delta and see the waterway becomes a maze of hundreds of boats packed with fruits, vegetables, plants, foods, etc. You also visit the orchard garden and enjoy the fresh fruits. Then continue drive to Sa Dec for enjoying the romantic and charming little Mekong town. Take part in a walking tour through the lively and authentic local market. Next, you will visit an exciting site, the old house of Huynh Thuy Le who was a great landowner in Sa Sec and the main character in the famous "Lover" novel (L'amant) written by a famous French's writer name Marguerite Duras. This is the real famous romantic love story of Marguerite Duras and Huynh Thuy Le on the Mekong Delta. Enjoy lunch here and then transfer to Chau Doc at late afternoon. Free discover at your leisure before stay overnight in Chau Doc.

Spend today exploring the immense Mekong Delta on a Chau Doc River Life tour. Cruising along the Mekong on a traditional sampan, you will visit a floating market for discovering the role of local trading. A visit to a Cham village can help you learn about the history and culture of the Muslim Cham. From the 7th to 18th century, the Champa Kingdom encompassed a large area from the Central to the South Vietnam. Their main religious is the Hinduism and they worship the Brahma, Visnu, and Siva God. Here you can understand more about the Champa culture by a visit to the traditional Cham stilt homes and a local mosque.
The next stops on your river cruise tour are the floating fish farms and local houses. An opportunity for you to experience a cruise through the 87 km long Vinh Te Canal. The canal is also geopolitically important because it stretches parallel with the Vietnam - Cambodia border from Chau Doc to Ha Tien, Kien Giang province. It's also a vital piece in Vietnam's transportation network. In the Vietnam's feudal time, this was the largest canal which was built by 80,000 Vietnamese and Cambodian workers and completed in 1824. The canal also has an important role in the South's transportation network.
You will stop at a local restaurant in Chau Doc for enjoy lunch before drive to Tra Su Nature Reserve. Stop en route to visit a Khmer village and see the sugar being produced by hand from palm trees. You will understand why the palm trees are very useful for Khmer people's life. They use all parts of the trees - leaves, stem, trunk, and flowers by any way for their daily life. After that, you will visit Tra Su Nature Reserve, an ecological have for over 100 species of water bird and bats' colonies. The area protects the historical culture value of nature with flora and fauna to serve tourism and researching. Here you will enjoy a walk through the deep forest, then experience the stillness and serenity of this unspoilt natural environment on a small boat cruising through amongst half-submerged trees. Especially, your expert guide will help to locate and identify bird, animal and plant life. Beside you will understand deeply about the ecology of this original reserve. At last you will back to Chau Doc at late afternoon and have free time at leisure before have an overnight stay.

Depend on your itinerary, today you will leave Chau Doc and visit Ho Chi Minh City or Can Tho. It takes about two and a half hours to transfer to Can Tho and about 6 hours to travel to Ho Chi Minh City.