Ben Tre Coconut Villages and Mekong Canal Experience
7:00-7:30 am | Get picked up from your accommodation in the city center and travel to Ben Tre in the Mekong Delta. Along the way, pass by beautiful rice paddy fields.
10:30 | Take a long boat ride on the Mekong River, the homeland of coconut, and learn how locals use coconut not only for juice but also for products such as coconut candy and coconut oil.
11:30 | Discover the local culture of the South and see how people live their daily lives. Observe lively activities on the waterway, including cargo boats, fishing boats, various fish traps, and handicraft factories for coconut processing.
12:00 | Visit the brick factory, where the soil is sourced from the bottom of the river.
12:45 | Cycle through the village's coconut groves to see how locals make sleeping mats. A Tuk-tuk is available as an optional alternative.
1:30 pm | Enjoy a set menu of delicious Southern local lunch at a riverside family home. After lunch, experience what may be the highlight of the trip: a rowing boat ride, paddled by local people, along the amazingly beautiful coconut canal in Ben Tre.
2:30 pm | Take one more boat ride back to the boat station and head back to the city, finishing at 6:00 pm in Saigon.
