SGNSIC13-MEKONG DELTA (Cai Be Floating Market)

EXPERIENCE MEKONG DELTA (Cai Be Floating Market) (full day)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Cruising along the Mekong River by motorboat and visit a little Cai Be floating market
• Enjoy hand-rowing sampan under the shady of tropical fruit gardens
• Visit to a traditional workshop where they produce coconut candies, pop-rice, rice paper or rice wine…
• Cycling around the charming village of Cai Be
• Trying yourself in cooking a Vietnamese dish guided by your local host
• Experience time at an authentic village
• Great value tour with hotel pick-up, entrance fees and round-trip transport included
• Small-group tour ensures a personalized experience

WHAT TO EXPECT

Our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel, and drive 2,5 hours to Cai Be. We will stop along the way for refreshments and toilet.

• Upon arrival, we will visit a flea market before cruising along a vast network of canals and channels to enjoy wonderful views of the Mekong River. Stop by a house-boat at Cai Be floating market for having fresh fruits, and see how locals do their business on water.
• In your visits to some local cottage industries you can see a coconut candy workshop, try some snake wine, learn how to make pop-rice, or witness the process of making rice paper.
• Cross to the other side of the Mekong River to a famous island named Tân Phong. Here we visit a tropical fruit garden, listen to Vietnamese traditional music, and slowly enjoy getting in touch with local life by taking a hand-rowing sampan.
• Lunch will be served at a local house. Your host will show you a cooking demonstration and challenge yourself with cooking a traditional Vietnamese dish and enjoy your wonderful lunch afterwards.
• After that, we can choose to take a rest at the house or take a cycling tour about 30 minutes around the village, this will give you a fantastic way to experience local life.

Get back to the house, say goodbye to your hosts and drive back to Hồ Chí Minh City. We drop you at your hotel or somewhere in District 1 as request. End of services.

***Please note that timing and itinerary are subject to change without notice. However, we will do everything we reasonably can to make sure everything goes according to plan.