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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 at the Vinh Long pier to
cross the Co Chien River, one of the two branches of the
Mekong. Stop to visit Mr. Tam Ho (No. 8 Tiger) family,
where you take a short walk through his nursery garden
to learn how seedlings of several tropical fruit trees
are grown. You then listen to traditional music (subject
to availability), called Tai Tu and performed by the
local band while enjoying different tropical fruit and
snake wine. Return on board the Mekong Queen for a one
hour cruise through An Binh, Binh Hoa Phuoc and Dong Phu
to Cai Be. These Islands are still un-known to many
people and you will have a big opportunity to observe
the beautiful and peaceful sceneries together with the
typical life of the Mekong region. Stops and visits can
be made during the excursion if requested.
On arrival in Cai Be, 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 a chance to taste these
products, served with hot green tea. Returning to the
boat to go through the colorful Cai Be floating market,
where you can witness all of trading activities of local
traders with several kinds of agricultural product from
one boat to another. The Cai Be floating market is one
of the many well-known and the biggest wholesale markets
in the western region of Southern Vietnam, which was
formed during the Nguyen Dynasty in the 19th century.
The market is always busy, bearing all the
characteristics of the Southern local’s life in the
Mekong region. All the goods are transported to the
market by boats. The floating market lies in the Tien
(Upper) river, and is divided into two parts: buying and
selling places. Boats are anchored along the two sides
of the river for kilometers. From the floating market,
goods are shifted for selling at inland markets or small
boats take them for delivery along canals in the Plain
of Reeds. Approximately 400 to 500 boats filled with
fruits, vegetables, and other products are anchored here
and make it very busy from 05:00 am in the morning until
late in the afternoon. Traders live on the river and
some link their lives with boats like their mobile
houses for generations. The products are hung on a pole
in front of the boats to attract customers and it is
also easier for customers to see the products they want
to buy from a far and no need to go from one boat to
another to save their time. Continue the cruise about 20
minutes to Dong Hoa Hiep for lunch.
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.
You can take a choice of walking or
rowing a small Sampan back to the Mekong Queen for
another half an hour cruise on the Dong Hoa Hiep canal
to Cai Be pier, where you board your own car to drive
back to Saigon. The excursion will end at the Cai Be
pier around 15:50 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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