Duration:
3 Days / 2 nights
Tour route:
Vinh Long,
Saigon,
Can Tho,
Ben Tre
Transportation type: Bicycle, Car
Tour code: IET - VN 4. 28
Day1:
Saigon to
Vinh Long. (Lunch, dinner)
We travel two hours from
Saigon to My
Tho where we board our boat. Late morning finds us drifting down bustling arteries of the
Mekong from where we veer off to travel down the tranquil canals. Our sightseeing on the island includes a visit to a traditional
Mekong Delta home and its kitchen, where we sample seasonal fruit along with tea and honey and even local wine. We then walk to the village's boat landing where we board small sampans and paddle along narrow arroyos (waterways).
See boat paddling here We will break for lunch at a local restaurant.
Following lunch, we enjoy a leisurely, two-hour afternoon bicycle ride along a narrow dirt road during which we traverse bridges and pass through local farms. Arriving in Cai Be, we board a boat to the floating market and then cruise over 1. 5km-wide
Mekong river to Binh Hoa Phuoc. You
Can expect spectacular sunsets along the
Mekong. We have dinner at and spend the night in an eco-guesthouse on Binh Hoa Phuoc island.
Day 2:
Vinh Long to
Can Tho. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Following breakfast, under the cool shelter of the green canopy, we bike half an hour to the ferry crossing for
Vinh Long. We then have an extended ride to
Can Tho. While our exact route will vary (depending on our group's cycling abilities), you
Can expect to pass through villages (with brick kiln and terracotta roofs), past rice fields, and by innumerable rural riverside villages.
We will break for lunch at a local restaurant. Late afternoon will be reserved for promenading production along the city quay or, if time permits, yet more cycling along riverside to
Can Tho. We will stay in
Can Tho. (or optional countryside homestay).
Day 3:
Can Tho to
Saigon. (Breakfast, lunch)
We embark on a morning boat trip to Cai Rang's floating market before heading up a quiet canal for more cruising along winding waterways. We then bike for two hours along back country roads taking in the breathtaking
Mekong Delta scenery and greeting locals (many of whom will also be on bicycle). Following lunch we head back to Sai Gon where our tour ends.
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