7:40 AM gathering at Viet Dream Travel office – 112 Bui Vien, district 1, Ho Chi Minh city. Free pick up for hotel’s location on main street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh city.

Begin the morning with a smooth one and half hour bus ride through rice field scenery along National Highway 1 brings you to the beautiful rural city of Mỹ Tho where you will visit Vinh Trang pagoda. The pagoda has ancient and unique architectural and artistic relics that were started in the 19th century, imbued with Eastern architecture and mixed with Western trends, creating a valuable work of culture and design. Visitors will be overwhelmed by the image of Buddha statues carved meticulously, creatively and meticulously under the skillful hands of skilled craftsmen.

Leaving Vinh Trang Pagoda, you go up motorboat, overlooking floating houses where fishes are farmed beneath the house and watching the Rach Mieu bridge. After 15 minutes, the boat docked at Thoi Son tourist area.

Then, you will take a walk around the village streets, visit and learn about the lives of local people, and go to orchards to enjoy seasonal fruits while sipping fruit, you can enjoy the smooth, deep sounds from the guitar and lyrics through Vietnamese traditional music (Đàn Ca Tài Tử – A folk art form from Southern Vietnam accredited by UNESCO in 2013 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity). 

A “don ca tai tu” show

Back on the boat, down the Tien River, the boat will take you to Ben Tre province to visit Ben Tre’s specialty coconut candy factory and rice paper factory in Tan Thach commune where you can learn how to make candy, and see handicrafts made from the coconuts.

Afterward, take an amazing rowing boat trip along the small creeks of the island shaded by large coconuts to local restaurant then enjoy special Vietnamese dishes (vegetarian good is possible).

Rowing sampan in My Tho

After lunch, visitors can take a bike turn around the village or board a horse-drawn carriage to visit the village streets of Tan Thach commune, so you can see the fruit gardens and the simple life of the coconut people.

Around 15pm, you return to the boat to My Tho, depart for Saigon and end the tour My Tho 1 day. Wishing you an exciting day on the Mekong Tour from Saigon.

Tour Price Includes:

• A/c van/bus pick up (centrally located hotel in district 1), transfer & sightseeing as per program.
• Experience English speaking tour guide
• Entrance fees
• Lunch as set menu (FRIED FRIED STATUE EARS; SPRING ROLLS; COCONUT SALAD WITH SHRIMP AND MEAT; STIR-FORMED MINAJ WITH BEEF; CHICKEN WITH CHILLI; FISH HOT POT; STEAMED WHITE RICE…), fruit
• Bottle of mineral water

VIP group tour goes by limousine, include extra: 1 beer or 1 soft drink, 1 banana, 1 sweet bread, 1 cool tissue & 1 mineral water for each pax served in car.

Tour Price Excludes:

• Travel insurance
• Tip (no mandatory), personal expenses.
• Other services not mentioned in the inclusion

Children Policy:

• Children will be counted from age 4 – 11 years old: 75% of adult fare.

• Children under 4 years old: Free of charge for 1st child.

• A maximum of 2 children accompanied by 2 adults.

Cancellation policy for full charged Tours:

• Please note that cancellation fees are calculated based on the date we receive your Cancellation Request via email and travel service start date.
• 100% refund for cancellations made at least 48 hours before the start date of the experience.
• Cancellations made within 48 hours of the start date of the experience will receive no refund.
• In most cases, reservations paid by wire transfer, cash deposit, or money order/traveler’s check/cashier’s check will be refunded via PayPal. FOR REFUNDS PROCESSED BY PAYPAL WITH ANY ASSOCIATED FEE WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM THE OVERALL REFUND AMOUNT.