Mekong Delta 1 Day (My Tho - Ben Tre)

8:15AM Departing from TheSinhTourist office for My Tho city by air-conditioned bus. In My Tho, boarding the motorboat at a pier and cruising on the Mekong River. Here, overlooking floating houses where fishes are farmed beneath the house (viewing from the motorboat).

Continuing the journey on the river until reaching Cồn Thới Sơn (Unicorn Island), from here taking a horse cart to reach a performance site where Vietnamese traditional music (Đàn Ca Tài Tử - A folk art form from Southern Vietnam accredited by UNESCO in 2013 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) can be heard and seasonal tropical fruit can be tasted (included).

Afterward, being on a small hand-rowing boat (the main mean of transportation in My Tho & Ben Tre) and slowly cruising through a small creek with beautiful overhanging coconut trees. Lives from both sides of the creek can be observed.

Before heading to lunch, passing through bee-keeping farm and enjoying honey tea, a typical Mekong house can be viewed here. Then, it is lunch time after a short walk.

After lunch, boarding the motorboat and heading to learn coconut candies making process from a workshop. Sample of candies can be tasted.

03:00PM Returning back to bus and going back to Ho Chi Minh City.

Departure: 08:15AM        - End: 05:00PM (ETA)

Lunch menu (6 people per table)

Deep-fried crispy Tai Tuong fish

Deep-fried spring rolls 

Sweet sour vegetable soup

Stir-fried water spinach with garlic 

Caramelized pork and fish in clay pot

Rice

Tea

Including: 

Lunch

Air conditioned bus/minivan/car

English speaking guide

Wet tissue and one bottle of water/person

Boat trips, tropical fruit platter and honey tea

Traditional music performance and horse cart.

Excluding:

All other services not mentioned in the above program

All meals and beverages unspecified in the above program

Personal expenses, travel insurance

Tips for tour guide and driver

Note:  All fares & itineraries are correct at the time of printing and may be subject to change without prior notice.