Full-Day Mekong Delta Tour From Bến Tre
Description
Visit the picturesque Ben Tre province also known as coconut kingdom. Head for the east touristy places, touring the orchards, paddy fields and swamplands of the Mekong Delta and you could be forgiven for thinking you’ve stepped into the pages of a geography textbook. Get a chance to indulge in the taste of the local cuisine and take boating and a cycling trip in the Mekong river and of the village respectively!
Highlights
- Visit the Mekong Village
- Take a boating trip in the Mekong Delta
- Learn how coconuts are processed by the locals
- rowing boat tour through water coconut canals.
- Bicycle ride along beautiful orchards.
- Enjoy Mekong specialty in a home hosted lunch.
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- 7:30 to 8:30 AM: Pick up from the hotel from where it takes 2 hours drive to get to Ben Tre.
Visit the local Market, located on the riverside.
Head for a local boat ride on the Mekong River with your Mekong guide.
Proceed to one of plenty of coconut processing workshop located along the canal to see how local people process the coconuts to make different kind of products.
Take a walk to the family workshop to see how they make sleeping mats, one of the traditional jobs left in the countryside of the Mekong Delta.
Continue with a bicycle ride around the picturesque village for 30 minutes.
Get a chance to try some local speciality with Mekong river food.
Take a Sampan, a 3.5 - 4.5-meter long flat-bottomed boat, along the beautiful palm-fringed creeks. Take a motor cart on shady baths passing by green rice fields and vegetable plains to touch the real-life in the countryside and experience the tropical culture from peasants. The motor carts will take you to the place, where the car is waiting to take you back to the city.
5:00 PM: Head back to the hotel.
What's Included
Private car and driver
English speaking Vietnamese tour guide
Water
Lunch
2 private boat tours
Tuk Tuk or motor cart ride
Bicycle ride
All entrance fee
What's Excluded
Personal expenses
What to bring
- Comfortable walking shoes or sandal.
- Suncream.
- Hat, cap.
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
Adult | |
1 To 2 | USD 80 Per Person |
2 To 3 | USD 70 Per Person |
3 To 4 | USD 60 Per Person |
4 To 5 | USD 50 Per Person |
5 To 10 | USD 45 Per Person |
This is a private tour |