Full-Day Mekong Delta By Car ( Small Group)

  • 8 hours
  • 45/Adult
  • Serve from 1 adult

Overview

Get picked up at your hotel address, and escape the city chaos with the Mekong Delta Tour in Ben Tre, known as Vietnam’s coconut kingdom. Just a 2-hour drive from bustling Saigon, you’ll unwind on a Mekong River cruise and a serene rowing boat ride through shady creeks. Enjoy honey tea and seasonal fruits on the Unicorn islet, accompanied by Vietnamese folk music. A delightful lunch of Mekong delicacies awaits you, promising a captivating experience.

This is highlights of what we will explore:

  • Explore the grandeur of the Vinh Trang Pagoda, the Mekong Delta’s largest.
  • See 4 islets which are represented as four mythical animals in Southeast Asia.
  • Visit the honey bee farm & taste delicious honey tea with really good lemon.
  • Enjoy tropical fruits featuring the typical characteristics of the Mekong Delta.
  • Visit the coconut candy workshop to learn how to make delicious candies by hand.
  • Enjoy the melody of “Don Ca Tai Tu”, a genre of traditional folk music.

What’s included

FOODS AND DRINKS, TICKETS

  • Lunch: 1 meal at the restaurant
  • Fresh tropical fruits and honey tea
  • Bottled water
  • Hot Tea
  • Bottled water
  • Pick up and drop off at the center of Saigon
  • English Speaking Guide

Transportation

CAR

BOAT, AND ROWING BOAT

  • Free pick up and drop off from your hotel doorstep in Central Districts 1,3, and 4.
  • Other local districts will be picked up at the Saigon Opera House, Or you can pay the extra 7$ USD for the pick up and drop off service at your hotel address.

Equipment

Photography and other

  • Rain poncho.
  • Air-conditioned Bus
  • Speed boat, Rowing boat
  • English Speaking Guide
  • Accident Insurance

Please note

  • You can combine the City Tour, or the Cu Chi Tunnels after visiting Mekong Delta. Just let me know to discuss and you can pay extra to do it.
  • This tour is a group tour, you will join the small luxurious group, a maximum of 12 people. If your group above 4 people, I can conduct the private tour for you without any extra costs.

Where you’ll be

  • We will discover in Tieng Giang Province which is located away the Ho Chi Minh City about 100Km

Cancellation policy

  • Guests can cancel for a full refund 24 hours before the Experience starts.

Our car and tour guide will pick you up at 8 am at your hotel for the Mekong Delta Tour.
After around 2-hour driving from Saigon, we will reach the port to take a leisurely cruise on the Tien River

When we arrive at the harbor, we will start to get on the boat, and this is what activities you will do:

We will discover 4 islets which are represented as four mythical animals in Southeast Asia: Dragon, Kirin, Tortoise,
and Phoenix.

Then we will visit a honey bee farm and taste delicious honey tea with lemon that is good for health.

Moreover is to enjoy a lot of tropical fruits featuring the typical characteristics of the Mekong Delta. Local
people also have a python farm so those who are looking for adventure can touch pythons and take
photos with them.

Visit the coconut candy workshop to learn how to make delicious candies by hand.

On Classic Mekong Delta Tour, you can enjoy the melody of “Don Ca Tai Tu”, a genre of traditional folk music which is an indispensable spiritual cultural activity in Mekong Delta people’s lives and officially
recognized by UNESCO as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Furthermore, we can relax on the rowing boat going through a mangrove palm canal, and continue to
ride by horse-drawn carriage through the village as the way locals did in the 19th century.

Next, Ride the motorcycle boats to go to the restaurant for lunch. After lunch, you will ride bikes around the village to get closer to local life or visit the crocodile lake, snake, and Porcupine.

Get back to the van and go back the Ho Chi Minh City.

You cannot leave the Mekong Delta without visiting Vinh Trang Pagoda, considered the biggest and oldest ancient pagoda in Southern Vietnam influenced by Asian and Western architecture and culture, which is located in My Tho Town.

 


We will pick you up at following locations:

  • Pick up and drop off included in central districts 1, 3, and 4.
  • Other local districts, we will meet at the Saigon Opera House that is our meeting place.