The morning: 8:00am. Let's join Mekong River 2 Day Tour - Explore 4 Isles in the Mekong Delta.  Our car and tour guide will pick you up at your hotel, departing for the Mekong Delta. It takes one hour and thirty minutes driving to get to My Tho town in Mekong Delta. One the way, travellers will have a chance to see these beautiful landscapes along the road such as the green rice fields, the peaceful Vam Co Dong river and the busy Long An town. End route, Our bus will stop at Mekong rest stop where you can take a rest and see the bonsai garden.

Arrive at My Tho town, visit Vinh Trang pagoda an oldest ancient one in Southern Vietnam. Known as the largest pagoda and the most special architecture in Mekong Delta. It’s architecture was influenced by Vietnamese culture and Khmer’s culture as well as European’s architecture.

Vinh Trang pagoda

After visiting Vinh Trang pagoda, the bus will take tourists to the pier to get on a motor boat. Take a leisurely boat ride in Tien river to enjoy fresh air, to see the peaceful life of the local people, Passing the stilt house, the fishing floating farm, the four Islands: Dragon, Phoenix, Tortoise, Unicorn

After taking the boat for about 30 minute, we will arrive at Thoi Son Island, the biggest of four islands. Take a leisurely walk on the village paths, visit local people’s home, orchard garden and enjoy seasonal fruits while listening to traditional Southern folk music. Take a hand- rowing boat through the creeks for sightseeing the natural water coconut trees, a symbol in the Delta areas. The local people will give you the “nón lá”, the Vietnamese traditional hat.

Mekong River 2 Day Tour - Explore 4 Isles In Mekong Delta for rowing boats.

After that you can try to row the boat by yourself. After 20 minutes we will arrive at bee keeping farm, then visit the honey bee farm and taste delicious honey tea with lemon that is really good for health. Local people also have python farm for those tourists, who like adventure can take a photo with pythons.

Return to the motor boat then cruise to Ben Tre province, visit coconut candy workshop to know how to make delicious candies by hand. The highlight of the trip is to take a sightseeing tour through the peaceful villages by horse cart. And then the tourists go back to the motorboat to visit the Phoenix Island to visit crocodile farm and visit the remains of Coconut belief. Having lunch in the orchard garden. Do not forget to taste dried Ear Elephant fish that is one of the special dishes in Mekong Delta 

After lunch, ride a bicycle through the village paths to enjoy the fresh air and observe the pastoral life. Then take a short walking through the narrow village path to the boat.

Return to the boat and take you back to the bus, then the bus will take you back to Can Tho. Check in at the hotel.

Overnight in Can Tho, arranged by Luco Travel – Vietnam Tour Operator.

After breakfast, the bus will take you to the Ninh Kieu Wharf. Then you will visit Cai Rang Floating market by boat. The market is around six kilometers from Can Tho, or a 30-minute boat ride. While floating down the river, you will glimpse life along its shores. You’ll pass vibrantly painted boats anchored along the shore, merchant vessels carrying loads down the river and houses built on stilts over the water.

Cai Rang Floating market by boat

Once you finally reach the market, it’s an impressive site. A stretch of boats selling all varieties of goods lines the river. Not really a place for souvenirs, people  come here instead to buy large quantities of goods, mostly foodstuffs, and you will get an idea of what water commerce in the Delta looks like. Your guide on the boat will usually give you tidbits of information about Cai Rang Floating Market as you weave through the hordes.

You’ll learn that boats identify what they are selling by hanging a sample off the top of a long pole; if you want pineapple, simply scan the horizon for a hanging pineapple. You’ll also get the opportunity to interact with some of these floating merchants; most commonly this happens when a small boat selling drinks latches onto the tour boat’s side.

Cai Rang Floating Market

Have you tried the Vietnamese vermicelli noodle? Now, you will see how it is made. After that you will trek along the village to get in touch with the locals. You will have the opportunity to cross a “monkey bridge”, built with one bamboo tree.

Leaving the village, you will visit Can Tho market and have lunch there.  Then, our car will take you back to Saigon.

The ends Mekong River 2 Day Tour - Explore 4 Isles In Mekong Delta.

Have a great journey with Luco Travel !!!