Destinations: Ho Chi Minh City – Mekong Delta – Ho Chi Minh City.
Duration: 3 Days
Day 1: Panorama cruise (L, D, G on board)
We pick you up from your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City (District 1) and take you to the pier where you board your comfortable river cruiser. As lunch is served, the boat starts cruising. Sit back and watch the fantastic scenery and the daily life of the Mekong Delta people.
In the afternoon you can disembark for a guided leisurely stroll through a village and the surrounding fruit orchards or rice fields.
The cruise boat will anchor for the night. The day ends with a delicious on-board dinner. You stay overnight on board on your compfortable river cruiser.
Day 2: Life on the water and floating market (B, L, D, G on board)
After breakfast, we will board a sampan boat to Cai Rang floating market, the region’s busiest and most lively market. Marvel at the sheer abundance of exotic fruits and vegetables. We will also visit some of the local candy and cake making factories or boat through the green water landscape to see local houses, verdant orchards and ship-building yards. If your tour started on an odd date in Can Tho you will visit Cai Rang market in the morning of day 3).
Later you can boat through the green water landscape on a little rowing sampan to see local houses, verdant orchards and ship-building yards. Or you can go exploring on a bicycle.
The cruise boat then resumes its journey as lunch is served. In the afternoon there will be another side trip to one of the exotic villages along the way.
Day 3: An exotic world of its own (B, L, G on board)
After breakfast and an early start through the glorious morning atmosphere on the Mekong river we will visit another floating market. Be sure not to miss the great photo opportunities for authentic snapshots of the Mekong people and their life. If your tour started on an odd date in Can Tho you will visit today Cai Rang floating market.
Take another sampan side trip right into the lush rural landscape, the fertile fields, the exuberant green. Then it’s time to pack up and return to the pier from which we started. You’ll then depart back to Ho Chi Minh City. On the way back to Ho Chi Minh City by shuttle, you stop for lunch. You’ll arrive at your hotel at around 16.30.
What’s included:
- Road transfer from and to Ho Chi Minh City.
- Accommodation in cosy double or twin bedded cabins
- English speaking guide aboard the cruise boat and on side trips
- Meals as mentioned in the itinerary
- Mineral water placed in your cabin
- Tea and coffee
- Side trips as mentioned in the itinerary
What’s excluded:
- Visas
- Drinks
- Personal expenses and tips.