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8 Hours Boating Tour Of The Rice Bowl Delta In Vietnam From Ho Chi Minh

  • Tour Category

    Group Tour

  • Tour Types

    Boating, Rural Experience, Culture

  • Duration

    8 Hours

  • Activity Level

    Medium

  • Language

    English, Vietnamese

Description

Immerse yourself in picturesque paddy fields and visit a revered Buddha temple. Enjoy a Boat Ride to Unicorn Island to get a glimpse of the local life as you swill a tea made from local honey. Taste some delicious tropical fruits and enjoy the traditional folk music. Learn why the coconut is so special to the locals as you row your boat in the serene waters of Coconut canal.

Highlights
  • Mekong Delta
  • Buddha statues at Vinh Trang
  • Thoi Son Island
  • Coconut Canal
  • Ben Tre
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    • 08:00 am - Meet and greet your Vietnamese tour guide at your hotel/Airbnb and be escorted to the Mekong Delta. 
    • Along the freeway, have the chance to see the beautiful paddy fields and visit the most historic Pagoda to see three enormous Buddha statues at Vinh Trang.
    • 10:15 am - Arrive at 30/4 boat station and take the boat ride to Thoi Son Island, aka Unicorn Island to understand the local culture of the South and to see how the locals live their life on the island by visiting the bee farm and trying the local honey tea.
    • 11:15 am - Taste some delicious seasonal tropical fruit and listen to the traditional folk music of Southern Vietnam as you venture deeper inside the Island to a fruit orchard.  
    • 12:10 pm - Row a boat on the calm water of Coconut Canal.
    • 12:30 pm - Take another boat ride to Ben Tre, the land of coconut to understand how the locals extract the juice and manufacture coconut candy and coconut oil.
    • 1:00 pm - Devour a delicious Southern local lunch on the riverside restaurant. 
    • 2:00 pm - Head back to Saigon/Ho Chi Minh on a boat and reach around 5:00 pm.
What's Included

  • Comfortable air-conditioning transportation

  • Local boats (motorboat, rowing boat)

  • Traditional folk music, fruit, honey bee tea

  • Experienced local English speaking Vietnamese guide

  • Southern Vietnamese set menu lunch

  • 1 bottle of water/guest/day

  • Pick-up and drop-off (mostly in District 1)

  • All entrance fees and sightseeing ticket

What's Excluded

  • Anything not mentioned above

  • Personal expenses

  • Tips

Know before you go

  • My Tho is the capital of the Tien Giang province in Southern Vietnam. It is the first city in the Mekong Delta. Travellers from Ho Chi Minh City make a popular spot for dropping tourists on one of the many Mekong boat tours.

  • Please inform in advance if you have any food restrictions

Meeting Point

Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Per Person
1 To 4 USD 40 Per Person

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USD 40 / person