Cai Bè Floating Market and Mekong Delta Cruise
At 7:30 am, pick up from the hotel and transfer to Cai Bè.
Visit the colorful floating market and cruise among local barges full of fruits and vegetables.
Stop at local workshops where you can see how rice paste, coconut candy, pop-rice, and popcorn are made. It is also interesting to visit the handicraft village and learn how some special products are made, including rice nets for spring rolls, fish sauce, soya sauce, salt, and coconut-leaf sewing for cottage roofing.
Savour a delicious lunch under the shade of orchards on An Bình Island.
After lunch, a rowing boat will take you deeper into the countryside along smaller canals, where you can enjoy peaceful cruising. It is very interesting to see traditional houses made of wood and palm tree leaves and witness some of the local farmers' daily activities.
See how locals catch fish or gather fruits using ancestral ways in the Mekong Delta.
Arrive at the nursery garden, where you can communicate with Mr. Tiger and his son, who are successful farmers in Vietnamese agriculture.
Enjoy some fruits and homemade rice wine while listening to traditional music.
Explore the floating village and see how people farm catfish under their houses.
The cruise will end at around 3:00 or 4:00 pm in Vĩnh Long, where the driver will take you back to your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
