Mekong Delta Speed Boat Tour

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Duration

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

1 person

Languages

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About this tour

Highlights

Visiting villages and towns depends on the region's countless canals, tributaries, and markets for produce.
Exploring the surrounding village, rolling fields of tapioca, and iconic rice paddies. Visiting a bustling riverside market, a local pottery workshop, where arts and crafts of the Delta region are created, and a traditional riverside house with huge Burmese pythons as pets. You might also have a chance to see the rice paddies before the harvesting season, which is a marvelous sight.
Crossing a traditional farmhouse, where you try the local coconut products and Mekong Delta Whiskey. Meeting house owners, who each have their own stories of life in the Mekong to share about living in the Mekong Delta, and its customs and culture.
Visiting both a Buddhist pagoda and a Cao Dai Temple. Nearby is an orphanage run by Buddhist monks, where you will hear the story of the orphans who live there.
Enjoy a traditional Vietnamese lunch featuring fresh spring rolls, gingered chicken, caramelized pork, and the Mekong Delta delicacy, Elephant Ear fish.

Included/Excluded

Light breakfast, lunch, unlimited refreshments and local fruits.
Experience English-speaking guide.
All entrance fees.
Hotel pick-up and drop off is free for the hotel’s location on the main street in Ben Thanh Ward.

Food and drinks (unless specified).
Gratuities (optional).
Surcharge for halal meal options. (if required)

Itinerary

07:30 - 8:00 am: our tour guide will pick us up from the visitors’ hotel and transfer us to the Ho Chi Minh city pier.

08:15 am Depart for the Mekong Delta by luxury speedboat. When on board, enjoy a light breakfast, fresh tropical fruit, and Vietnamese iced coffee (Ca phe sua da), served as your guide explains rural traditions and aspects of riverbank life.

8:45 am: Enjoy a brief stop at the ornate, overwater Tuong Van Pagoda, while your tour guide explains the importance of Buddhism to many people of the Delta.

09:30 am: Great time for photo shots when you cross a bustling, colorful riverside market full of local curiosities, tropical fruits, and all manner of fish and shellfish. Also, you will learn more about local daily life and the typical fruits they have. We are sure you might find something you haven’t seen in Indochina!

10:45 am: Enjoy a rowboat trip along the small canals of the Delta, surrounded by thousands of coconut palms. You will visit a quaint Mekong village, and then a traditional farmhouse where you’ll sample coconuts and Mekong whiskey. Walk along the riverbank to a traditional rural Vietnamese house where 3 generations live.

12:30 pm: Our private chef will prepare a traditional Mekong Delta lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, you will visit an orphanage run by Buddhist monks.

13:30 pm: The tour is continuing to visit a colorful Cao Dai Temple, one of the highlights of our Mekong Delta Tour.

14:15 pm: Depart for Ho Chi Minh City pier with the speed boat.

16:00 pm: Arrive back in the city. Our staff will transfer you to your hotel by car and complete the Mekong Delta Tour from Ho Chi Minh City.

Please note that due to the individual nature of the tours, times are approximate and can vary slightly.

Dress code: Proper wear is strongly recommended when visiting Cao Dai Temple and pagodas.

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