Homestay at Bentre & Caibe Floating Market Duration: 2 days
Overview:
This trip exposes you to the real Mekong experience…
Cruising mighty Mekong River, watching beautiful landscapes, riding local sampan, meeting local folks, joining them for dinner & overnighting at their home.
More to enjoy on the second day with early rising up, cruising the local way on the river, joining locals at Cai Be Floating Market.
Activities in this 2 day trip make it ever-unforgettable experience.
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh – Mytho - Bentre ( Lunch, Dinner )
Pick – up at hotel & drive through the countryside to Mekong Delta. (Driver only)
At My Tho, meet with the local guide, take a boat along Tien river to an orchard garden. Enjoy a brief walk on the island, trying native fruits. Visit a bee farm and to enjoy tea and candies. Float on a sampan through the narrow, tree-lined canals of the Mekong Delta.
Continue by boat to Tan Thach commune to visit a family-run enterprise making coconut candies. Enjoy lunch at Qui Island. After lunch continue by boat to Phu Tuc village for an overnight stay. Enjoy fishing and sightseeing during a late-afternoon rowboat trip along the Tien river. Visit a local family home and have a dinner of traditional Mekong Delta foods. After dinner take in a performance of traditional rural music.
Spend the night in a local house of Phu Tuc in Ben Tre. (Lunch, Dinner)
Day 2: Ben Tre - Cai Be Floating Market ( Breakfast, Lunch )
After breakfast depart for Cai Be. On arrival, take boat trip to the floating market at Cai Be, to an authentic Delta house, to a fruit wholesale market, and to a family-run business producing rice paper - a key ingredient in Vietnamese cuisine.
We then visit some local cottage industries such as the coconut candy workshop, learn how to make pop-rice, or witnessing the process of making rice paper.
Continue with our cruise through the maze of canals the criss-cross the An Binh Island, we land at an ancient house. Here we taste the fresh tropical fruits of the Delta and have lunch with local cuisines.
After lunch, take a short row on local sampan, then get back on motor boat to the Nursery Garden of Mr Tam Ho. Continue cruising to visit the Brick & pottery kiln then to Vinh Long town.
Drive back from Vinh Long town to Ho Chi Minh. End of service. (Breakfast / Lunch)
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Mekong River Delta (Bến Tre Province) jungle coconut candy factory
ben tre coconut candy
ben tre coconut candy
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