EXCLUSIVE MEKONG DELTA 1 DAY (From Ho Chi Minh)

EXCLUSIVE MEKONG DELTA 1 DAY (From Ho Chi Minh)

SUMMARY:

An exclusive Mekong in one day tour is an alternative choice for foreigners to have a fresh experience in the Mekong river delta. Joining the tour, you will be offered chance to explore the Mekong lifestyle and culture by visiting its two religious sites in Cai Be, the Cai Be land and floating market along with the traditional handicraft workshops at Tan Phong Island. Let’s come and live the river life of the hospitable and friendly Mekong residents as well as learn more about their unique culture, surely you won’t be regret!

HIGH LIGHT
• Cycling to discover Tan Phong Island, Cai Be – the lush orchards of Mekong region
• Exploring the Mekong culture and the locals’ life by visiting the Cai Be market and floating market, the Cao Dai Temple Cai Be.
• Taking a tour to traditional handicraft workshops as well as talking to the locals to experience their daily life
• Rowing boat through canals to visit a fruit garden: plucking fruits and enjoying them right at the garden

Itinerary
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Stop At: Cai Be Cao Dai Temple, 351 ĐT875, TT. Cái Bè, Cái Bè, Tiền Giang, Vietnam

07:00 You will be picked up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and then head towards Cai Be District.

09:30 Reaching Cai Be, we will firstly visit the Cao Dai Temple Cai Be with the Caodaism (Thánh Thất Cái Bè), a unique religion in this region.

Cao Dai Temple in Cai Be is a religious place for worshiping Cao Dai which is a mixture of Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity and Islam created in the 20th century in Vietnam. It has become one of the stop-over for any Mekong tour.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Cai Be Floating Market, Cai Be Vietnam

Located in the heart of Mekong Delta in Vietnam, Cai Be Floating Market gives you a chance to observe a unique part of daily life in this watery region. Not only watching the bustling environment, you can also experience as a local by reaching the boats and bargaining for whatever you wish.

Once you arrive to Cai Be Floating Market, you can enjoy some activities below:

– Bargain and exchange agriculture products on boats, see the floating market for real. One of the main ways that people in Mekong Delta use to trade goods in the past.

– Enjoy tropical fruits while listening to the Southern amateur music – a traditional kind of music in Southwest Vietnam

– Experience the peaceful atmosphere of water region by rowing a small boat through small nipa canals

– Visit the bee-farm, observe how people raise bees for honey, and drink honey tea. Tourists can buy products made from honey and queen bees’ milk

– Visit Coconut candy factory to see Coconut candy production line. Taste special wines of Ben Tre province.

– You could take a rest or ride a bicycle on the village road. We will visit the traditional handicraft workshops of handbags, rice papers along with wooden tables and chairs.

– Cycle back to Mekong Garden to enjoy local food and specialties.

– Have traditional and special lunch with Elephant-Ear fish (one very special dish in Mekong Delta), rice-paper served with fish sauce and other dishes.

– 14:30 Come back to Saigon.
- 17:00 Finish the interesting trip to Mekong Delta.


Duration: 3 hours