2-day cruising on Mekong Delta luxury small group tour

2-day cruising on Mekong Delta luxury small group tour

Enjoy an overnight cruise on the Mekong Delta waterways, where daily life plays out along the banks and immerse yourself in local culture with a visit to the Cai Rang floating market aboard a traditional sampan, surrounded by local villages, fruit orchards and rice fields.

ITINERARY 1: CAN THO - CAI BE

Day 1: Sai Gon – Can Tho – Mang Thit (Lunch, Dinner)

Pick up at hotel: 7:30-8:00 AM
• Boarding at Can Tho at Ninh Kieu pier. Welcome drink, introduction to the ship and crew, check into the cabins. Departure downstream of the Hau river. Lunch on board while en route.
• Turning into Nicolai canal, towards the Mang Thit and Co Chien rivers. Rest on the upper deck in a scenery of rice fields, sugar cane, woods on the near banks.
• By mid-afternoon, the cruise casts anchor for a visit on shore: past the first tree line, quiet discovery of the peaceful life in the delta's countryside, of rice fields, fruit trees and the welcoming inhabitants.
• Boarding back, complimentary drink as a welcome back on board. Rest on the deck or around the bar enjoying the sunset.
• The crew serves dinner. 
• The cruise sets anchor for the night on river Mang Thit.

Day 2: Mang Thit – Cai Be – Sai Gon (Breakfast)
• 06:00 Departure towards Cai Be. The passengers take their breakfast at 7:00 while enjoying the scenery on the banks.
• The cruise crosses Co Chien river then branches into Cho Lach canal for 30 minutes through the traffic of sand and rice barges, in a scenery of fruit drying facilities and wooden ship building yards.
• Arrival near Cai Be, check-out and transfer to a rowing boat for a quiet visit through a small canal if the tide allows.
• Rendez-vous with a local boat, which will take you to shore for a visit of Cai Be's handicraft.
• Drive back to Saigon. 

ITINERARY 2: CAI BE - CAN THO

Day 1: Sai Gon – Cai Be – Mang Thit (Lunch, Dinner)

Pick up at hotel: 8:30-9:00 AM

Day 2: Mang Thit - Can Tho - Saigon (Breakfast)