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PROGRAMME
Pick up at your hotel in Saigon City.
A one day excursion will begin after
boarding a luxury wooden boat, the Mekong Queen, with a
visit of the colorful Cai Be floating market, where you
can observe all of busy trading activities of local
traders with several kinds of agricultural product from
one boat to another. You 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 boat to take a 50 minute
excursion 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 and visits can be made during the excursion.
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.
Returning to the Mekong Queen
by walking or taking a small rowing sampan for another
one hour and a half cruise through Dong Phu canal, Binh
Hoa Phuoc, An Binh to Vinh Long, the capital town of Cuu
Long (nine Dragon) province. Stops a long the way for
photos taken and visits can be made a long the way. You
then visit Mr. Muoi Huong or Mr. Tam Ho (No 8 Tiger),
where you have a short walk through his nursery garden
and enjoy several kinds of tropical fruit in the Mekong
Delta and taste snake wine while listening to
traditional music (subject to availability), called Tai
Tu and performed by the local people. Getting back to
the boat to cross the Co Chien River, one of the 2
branches of the Mekong, called the upper one to Vinh
Long Pier where you get on board your vehicle for a
drive back to Saigon or to another part of the Mekong
Delta. The excursion will end at the Vinh Long pier
around 15:30 pm. Transfer back to Saigon City. End of
service.
Inclusion of the trip
Exclusion of the trip
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Daily expenses
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Travel insurance
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Tip & Gratuity
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