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- HCMC, Ben Tre, Can Tho, HCMC
- By Team Vemekong
Start from HCMC, tour in Ben Tre day 1, tour in Can Tho and get back to HCMC in day 2! With the customized tour in 2 day, tour package taking you through Ben Tre and Can Tho, Mekong Delta. The most authentic Ben Tre tour includes a boat trip, unique traditional brick kiln, homemade mat weaving village, hand rowing sampan, water coconut canals, authentic lunch. The perfect Can Tho tour includes a floating market, small canals, traditional noodle factory, rice field, village, local life, nature, forest boat trip, sampan, birdwatching, trekking, local expert tour guide, authentic lunch, and more.
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Day 1: Pickup from HCMC – Ben Tre Tour – Check in Can Tho; 08:00 AM – 17:00 PM; A/c Car, Sampan, Boat, LunchStart from HCMC, tour in Ben Tre and drop off in Can Tho city! With the customized tour in 1 day, tour package taking you through Ben Tre, Mekong Delta. Ben Tre tour includes a boat trip, unique traditional brick kiln, homemade mat weaving village, hand rowing sampan, water coconut canals, authentic lunch and more.
+ 08:00 AM, our car and tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to Ben Tre boat station (about 11:00 AM) where you are welcome for embarking the boat.
+ 11:00 AM, arrive in Ben Tre, boarding the motor-boat at a pier and cruising on the Mekong River, visit the traditional brick kiln and pottery which is a very old fashion of making the mud brick of Mekong people.
+ Keep cruising on the river! Then, stopping at the local house about coconuts, got to know many things about coconut uses (coconut candy, wine, oil, mat, coco shell), the tour guide will explain about coco candy producing process at the local coconut workshop as well – very kid-friendly. Enjoying free samples of local specialties and discovering daily activities of local people.
+ Enjoy the Ben Tre coconut canals and have stunning views from the boat. Take a short walk to explore the other village.
+ Visit and learn the local handmade mat weaving by sedge and interact with Ben Tre people!
+ Discover many more villages by taking the Xe Loi – a Mekong’s Tuk Tuk which is so fun and eye-opening experiences through the countryside.
+ Around 01:00 PM, home-cooked lunch is served in the garden (set Menu included elephant ear fish)
+ Experience Do Cheo (hand rowing small boat/sampan) weaving in and out the water coconut canals.
+ Around 02:00 PM, disembark in Ben Tre city where the car waits for you there and picks you up and transfers straight to Can Tho city. Arrive Can Tho around 5pm. -
Day 2: Check out Can Tho – Can Tho Tour – Drop off HCMC; 05:00 AM – 17:00 PM; A/c Car, Sampan, Boat, LunchStart from Can Tho, tour in Can Tho and drop off in HCMC! With the customized tour in 1 day, tour package taking you through Can Tho, Mekong Delta. The perfect Can Tho tour includes a floating market, small canals, traditional noodle factory, rice field, village, local life, nature, forest boat trip, sampan, birdwatching, trekking, local expert tour guide, authentic lunch, and more.
+ At 5:00 AM, our car (check out and leave the lugguage in the car) and tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to the boat station for embarking the sampan – an authentic traditional small boat for the tour.
+ Can Tho floating market and the sunrise (sometimes) sampan ride
Arrive at Cai Rang floating market – a must see in Can Tho, Mekong Delta. Your guide will explain and tell you why "early market" "why floating market here" and "why floating market is getting smaller after every 365 days" "why we should see it in real life, real smell before it disappears" and more. The experience includes the best noodle soup on the river tour. Even our guide will take care of your vegetarian breakfast as well. Find a reason to interact with the river life and enjoy the freshest pineapple in your tour.
+ Can Tho rice noodle factory (not rice paper)
Firstly, we do not want you to miss this place. They call it a factory but actually it is run by a family and a lot more authentic than you expect (no shops, no souvenirs). Secondly, the rice noodle is not rice paper. How and Why? Your guide will tell you! You’ll be impressed by the colorful rice noodles, and how fascinating the rice noodles are made by locals. The tour includes a yummy rice noodle pizza made by a member of the family.
+ Can Tho small canals, quiet, empty and with no tourists
What a romantic trip! Leave the crowds and the market behind and enjoy an intimate peaceful sampan ride in the small canals in the village.
+ Forest & wetland conservation
About an hour drive from Can Tho city, the 2,800-hectare wetland conservation is one of Can Tho hidden gems for anyone who loves to see a real Mekong Delta beside Can Tho floating market.
Exploring and weaving in the untouched wetland of the Mekong delta by boat gives the best experience about the wildlife and nature. Wonderful natural green canals and feeling like nowhere in Vietnam. Then, get to the 25-meter observation tower to enjoy the fascinating view over the wetland forest and the stunning seasonal rice fields. (About one and a half hours in the forest, more or less, depend on your speed and birdwatching time). Take an amazing light trekking about 1,2km (or boat again, transfer back to the station if you do not want the easy trekking with the flat path) in nature for watching native birds.
+ Giant ficus microcarpa tree
Visit a famous old giant ficus microcarpa tree - a great place for VC to camouflage and hide means of warfare and trained guerrillas. Your guide will absolutely explain more interesting things about war sides in the Mekong region.
+ Around 12:00 NOON, finish the Can Tho tour.
+ The authentic lunch is included on tour.
+ Around 01:00 PM, your car and driver (no tour guide escort) pick you up and transfers straight to HCMC. Arrive HCMC around 5pm. -
P/sIf you want to start the tour from Can Tho and end this trip in HCMC. You will do Can Tho Tour day 1, day 2 will do Can Tho – Ben Tre tour – drop off HCMC. Please contact us in advance if you need this option.
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Nowadays, there are more and more green and responsible tours which are meaningful and educational as well. This is why Can Tho noodle factory is getting popular for both Vietnamese and foreigners to come and explore the cuisine culture and the typical local life in Can Tho, Mekong Delta.
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