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PRIVATE TOURS IN THE
SOUTHERN |
SPT 07: 03 DAYS MEKONG DELTA
( Cai
Be - Vinh Long - Can Tho - Cai Rang - Phong Dien - Long Xuyen -
Chau Doc )
Departure: 8.00
am Return: 6.30 pm
DAY 1:
Saigon
- Cai Be - Vinh Long - Can Tho
- Pass
many rice fields along highway 1.
- Driver to Cai Be town and take BOAT TRIP
to visit Cai Be FLOATING
MARKET with local people selling and buying vegetables and
fruits on boats.
- See
the production of popcorn and rice papers.
- Have lunch in Cai Be town.
- Enjoy a WONDERFUL BOAT TRIP
on beautiful CANALS through some islands and cross Mekong
River (Upper branch) to Vinh Long town.
- Walk to see a very
interesting and busy LOCAL MARKET
in Vinh Long, especially seeing many sorts of fresh-water fish,
vegetables and tropical fruits.
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Driver for 35 Km to the ferry station.
- Cross Mekong River (lower branch) by ferry to Can Tho City,
the biggest and the most developed city in Mekong Delta, famous
for rice industry, friendly and hospitable people. Check in
hotel - Free time for leisure.
DAY 2: Can Tho
- Cai Rang - Phong Dien - Long Xuyen - Chau Doc
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Take a
small motor-boat to visit very crowded CAI RANG FLOATING
MARKET with many local sellers and buyers trading vegetables
and fruits on many big and small boats.
- Enjoy a very BEAUTIFUL BOAT TRIP
on natural CANALS for about 20 Km on the way to Phong
Dien floating market.
- Stop
on the way to take a walk on the countryside path to see
beautiful landscapes with a lot of fruit gardens and discover
the life of local people in Mekong Delta who mainly live along
the canals.
- See PHONG DIEN FLOATING MARKET.
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Drive to Chau Doc town (100 Km). Lunch break on the way.
- Visit an incense-making village in Long Xuyen City where
incense sticks are made by hands.
- Climb up SAM MOUNTAIN
in the AFTERNOON to view the border with Cambodia and
beautiful sunset over the rice paddies.
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Visit CAVE
pagoda and HOLY-LADY temple at the foot of Sam mountain.
Check in
RIVER-VIEW HOTEL
located along Mekong River in Chau Doc town. Free time for
leisure.
DAY 3: Chau Doc
- Long Xuyen - My Tho - Saigon
- Boat
trip to visit a special floating village where local people are
living and raising fresh-water fish under the foundation of
their houses.
- Visit a part of former Vinh Te border canal with Cambodia.
- Continue by boat to the CHAM VILLAGE on the island to see Cham
people weaving towers and sarongs as the main way of earning
their living.
- See their mosque where children learn Arabic.
Drive back to My Tho passing over a very beautiful, huge and
suspended MY THUAN
bridge built over Mekong River.
Have lunch on the
way.
- Visit VINH TRANG Buddhism Pagoda, one of the oldest pagoda in
Mekong Delta. Return to Ho Chi Minh City with a stop in My Tho
to visit a BONSAI GARDEN.
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People/group |
1 pax |
2 pax |
3 pax |
4- 6 pax |
7 pax up |
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Price (
US$/ pax ) |
550 |
310 |
270 |
240 |
180 |
Including:
AC. Transports, English speaking guide, Boat trips, Entrance
fees, Accommodation (AC double room) and Meals.
