Arriving at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel in the city centre. After checking in, you’ll be free for a preliminary wander around District 1. Your overnight will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

After breakfast, your guide will take you to visit the famous Cu Chi tunnels, a Byzantine maze of underground passages, chambers, rooms and booby traps used by both the Vietminh and the Viet Cong to suddenly materialise as if from nowhere, launch a lightning ambush, and vanish equally rapidly. After lunch, you’ll return to Ho Chi Minh City for the afternoon city tour.

Your guide will show you around Ho Chi Minh City. You’ll visit the Notre Dame Catholic Church and Centre Post Office. You’ll also call in the Reunification Hall – an early colonial masterpiece constructed to accommodate the Governor –general of Indochina. The Binh Tay market and the China Town are worth a stroll to explore the local daily life and the culture mix.You’ll spend the night in Ho Chi Minh City.

After breakfast, you’ll be picked up at your hotel at about eight o’clock to travel to My Tho. On arrival, you’ll board a boat to cruise along the river, view the stilt houses and the fruit plantation along the river bank. You’ll then proceed to Tortoise island and have lunch in the orchard. After lunch, you’ll enjoy a boat ride through Tan Thach natural canal in Ben Tre, cruising under the shadow of the water coconut trees. You’ll also visit a family business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle and continue rowing boat ride along the creeks. After trekking through the fruit plantation and village, proceed to Can Tho via Vinh Long to visit the snake market. You’ll spend the night in Can Tho.

After breakfast, you’ll take a boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong River (Bassac River), then visit the Cai Rang floating market, which are the best in the region.

You will probably have tried Vietnamese vermicelli soup, so now go and see how it is made and then wander around the village and talk with the local people. You’ll learn how to cross a “monkey bridge” which is built from a single bamboo. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant .

After lunch, you’ll proceed to Chau Doc. Upon arrival, you’ll ascend Sam Mountain and admire the beautiful landscape around the Vietnamese-Cambodian border. You’ll then visit the carved pagoda before continuing the tour to Tra Su to visit the wild bird sanctuary. Cruise smoothly in small boats to discover the splendid canals deep in the forest, watching storks, cranes, and other tropical birds. You’ll spend the night in Chau Doc.

After breakfast, you’ll take a rowing boat trip through the floating village and visit the fish farm to see how the Mekong Delta people raise fish from their floating houses. You’ll visit the Cham minority in their traditional weaving village, followed by a local Islamic Mosque. After breakfast, you’ll return to Ho Chi Minh City by car. Your overnight accommodation will be in Ho Chi Minh City.

Your time will be your own until your private car and driver arrives to take you to Tan Son Nhat airport for your departure flight. End of services.