Mekong Delta and Phu Quoc island tour 8 days visit Cai Be floating market, Xeo Quit, Tra Su Sanctuary bird, Cai Rang floating market, Can Tho, Soc Trang, Phu Quoc island
Itinerary:
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh - Cai Lay – Cai Be floating market – Eco Lodge (L/D)
- At 7.00am, you will be picked up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city. Depart for Cai Lay, stopping to take photos at Tan An amid flat rice fields. Take a motor boat to visit Cai Be floating markets and watch the vendors trading fruit and many other commodities on their vessels. Walk through small villages to visit orchards, fruit plantations, handicraft villages or just relax at our lovely eco-resort.
- Have a delicious lunch with typical delicacies of Mekong Delta including fresh river food served in the heart of the gardens of the scenic Mekong Lodge Riverside Restaurant.
- In the afternoon, join a cooking class and enjoy your dinner.
- Overnight at the Eco lodge resort (bungalow).
Day 2: Cai Be floating market – Xeo Quit – Chau Doc (B/L/_)
- After breakfast, transfer back to Cai Be floating market by boat. Depart for Cao Lanh. Visit Xeo Quit base – a former Viet Cong base. Enjoy a sampan around the swamps and the forest.
- After lunch, leave for Chau Doc. Check in on arrival. Visit Sam Mountain and the carved pagoda. Enjoy the sunset over the Vietnamese-Cambodian Frontier.
- Dinner on guest’s account.
- Overnight at your proposed hotel in Chau Doc.
Day 3: Chau Doc – Tra Su Sanctuary bird - Can Tho (B/L/_)
- After breakfast at the hotel, take a morning boat trip to visit a floating fish farm and a Cham weaving village. Go to Tra Su cajuput forest, which is renowned for not only its almost-untouched natural beauty but also its sanctuary of flora and fauna. Take a boat trip into the forest, you will immediately feel like you are harmonizing with nature because of all of the impressive pictures of cajuputs, the fragrance of the flowers and the music-like noise of birds, insects and animals making people relaxed and comfortable. From the observation post, you can overlook the forest with an area of nearly 900 ha, home of many birds and animals, including some rare ones.
- Have lunch in the forest, relax on a hammock or experience Monkey Bridge.
- Proceed to Can Tho.
- Dinner on Guest’s account.
- Overnight at your proposed hotel in Can Tho .
Day 4: Can Tho - Soc Trang – Can Tho (B/L/_)
- Breakfast at the hotel. At 07.30, depart for Soc Trang a province in Mekong Delta of Southern Vietnam. Visit Dat Set pagoda to see these huge candles was fired since 1975. Then visit Flittermouse pagoda where has thousand bats are living around. Enjoy traditional food Pia cake a Soc Trang specialty.
- Return to Can Tho, visit Binh Thuy historical village. Trekking around the village to experience the rural lifestyle of the Mekong Delta people. Visit the night market Tay Do.
- Dinner on Guest’s account.
- Overnight at your proposed hotel in Can Tho.
Day 5: Can Tho - Cai Rang floating market – Can Tho city B/L/_)
- After breakfast, take a leisurely boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong river (Bassac River), then proceed to visit Cai Răng floating market which are the liveliest in the whole religion. Have you ever tasted Vietnamese vermicelli soup? Well, now go and see how it is made. Then wander around the village and meet the friendly local people and experience how to cross a "Monkey bridge" which is built by only one stem of bamboo. Visit the orchard garden.
- Return to the center, make a walking tour for seeing Markets, Pagodas, temples, riverside, Can Tho quay, Ho Chi Minh Statue, churches, spots to eat out, Vietnamese coffee, local ways of life and even a former prison – Just a few things you can experience on the historic Can Tho City Tour.
- Dinner on Guest’s account.
- Overnight at your proposed hotel in Can Tho.
Day 6: Can Tho – Phu Quoc Island (B)
- Breakfast at the hotel. At 07.30am, Transfer to the airport for boarding the flight VN1014 to Phu Quoc (09.00am- 09.50am). Pick up and transfer to your hotel.
- Lunch & Dinner on Guest’s account.
- Overnight at your proposed hotel in Phu Quoc.
Day 7: Phu Quoc Island (B)
- Breakfast at the hotel. Full day at leisure.
- Lunch & Dinner on Guest’s account.
- Overnight at your proposed hotel in Phu Quoc
Day 8: Phu Quoc Island – Ho Chi Minh (B)
- Breakfast at the hotel. Free until transfer to the airport for boarding the flight VN1810 to Ho Chi Minh (14.40 – 15.40).
- End of your Mekong Delta and Phu Quoc island tour 8 days.
| Group size | 1 pax | 2 pax | 3 – 5 pax | 6 – 8 pax | 9 – 11 pax | Single supplement |
| Cost in US$ per person | 1,065 | 722 | 632 | 521 | 477 | 185 |
Tour price includes:
- A/c private car/van/bus for pick up, transfer & sightseeing as per program
- Domestic flights: Can Tho – Phu Quoc – Ho Chi Minh (economy class)
- Cold mineral water on car (2 bottles/ pax/ day)
- English speaking tour guide
- Private boat trips in the Mekong Delta
- All entrance fees
- Meals as indicated in the tour program (B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner)
- Approved invitation letter for Vietnamese visa
- Three stars hotel accommodation based on two people share a double/ twin room
- Cai Be: Eco Lodge Resort
- Chau Doc: Chau Pho hotel, Trung Nguyen hotel
- Can Tho: Hau Giang hotel, Sai Gon Can Tho hotel
- Phu Quoc Island: Eco Beach Resort, Thien Thanh resort, Huong Bien hotel)
Tour price excludes:
- International flight to/from Vietnam
- International airport tax
- Vietnamese entry visa
- Travel insurance
- Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program
- Personal expenses.