SOUTHERN PRIVATE TOURS ( SPT )

SPT 07: 03 DAY 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.

Including: AC. Transports, English speaking guide, Boat trips, Entrance fees, Accommodation (AC double room) and Meals.

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