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2 Days Mekong Queen Cruise Cai Be- Dong Hoa Hiep-Vinh Long
Tour Highlights:- Cruise down the river passing countryside to floating markets
- Visit local home workshops that produce products from rice
- Enjoy a 2- hours scenic biking trip to explore Can Tho countryside
Dockside in Cai Be or Vinh Long
only. Please be noted that we can arrange return land transportation
from Ho Chi Minh City upon request. Itinerary might be changed without prior notice.
DAY 1: CAI BE- VINH LONG- CAN THO
On arrival in Cai Be, boarding your luxury wooden boat, the Mekong Queen
Visit the colorful Cai Be floating market, one of the many well-known and the biggest floating markets in the western region of southern Vietnam, which was formed during the Nguyen Dynasty in the 19th century.
After the Cai Be floating market, you will then continue the cruise to a local factory to visit and learn how pop rice, pop corn, rice paper and coconut candies are made. You also have an opportunity to taste these products, served with hot green tea. Returning to the Mekong Queen for a 50 minute cruise to Dong Hoa Hiep island and discover the beautiful and peaceful sceneries together with the typical life of the region a long the Mekong river. Stops for visits and photos taken can be made during the excursion.
Taking a 10 minute walk through a local village and fruit gardens, you will be able to stop at a local family scaled Longan process factory, where you have another opportunity to take photo of and interact with the so friendly and hard working local people before coming to an old Mandarin house, built hundred years ago and it is where at least four generations of the family have been living.
A so delicious Vietnamese lunch will be served by the owner, Mrs. Kiet.
One of the highlights after lunch is to walk around the orchard to get to know what the main contribution to the economy of her family is based on. Return to the Mekong Queen by walking or taking a small rowing Sampan for another 50 minute cruise on the main river and canals to local family to visit the orchard and have a talk with the family about the economic growth of the family itself and of the Mekong region.
An optional one hour cycling tour to Mr. Sau Giao family to visit his famous Bonsai garden, which he has spent his whole life to train and take care of, then you will have another opportunity to try snake wine and the others while enjoying seasonal fruit.
Proceed your home stay overnight at a local family. The family will be your host for this evening and tell you more about the typical life in the Mekong region. Another option is to go down the kitchen for part of the cooking class if you wish.
A traditional music show, called Tai
Tu will be performed by the locals after dinner in a quiet Bonsai
garden while hot green tea will be served by your hosts. Over night at
local house
DAY 2: CAN THO DEPARTURE
After breakfast, you start walking
on a small trail along the river to see the daily life of the locals,
and visit the village market which is just held early in the morning
for the so busy farmers to buy things for the day.
A bid farewell to your hosts and take your morning boat trip to Vinh Long.
Stop on the way to visit Mr. Tam Ho (No.8 Tiger) family and take a walk around his nursery garden to learn how the seedlings of several tropical fruit trees are grown in order to provide to almost all farmers in the area.
Continue the excursion to the
handicraft village to visit a ceramic tile factory, a tofu and fish
sauce factory, a blacksmith’s, a roof Thatcher’s and a rice husking
factory which are all run by the local families and also one of the
places where some local people can earn their living.
Getting back to the Mekong Queen to
cruise to Vinh Long where you board your car to drive back to Saigon.
The excursion will end at the Vinh Long pier around 12:00 noon
Inclusive:
- 2 days and 1 night cruise with the luxury Mekong Queen.
- Fresh and cold towels, fresh seasonal fruit, mineral water, hot green tea and coffee.
- Bicycles with the local standard.
- Traditional music performance.
- Rowing Sampan and all entrance fees on tour.
- 01 breakfast, 1 lunch
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| Days: | 1-2 days |
| Price: | 100usd - 200usd |
| Start from: | Can Tho |
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| Name: explorertravel |
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