Day 1: SAIGON – MY THO – BEN TRE – CAN THO (L)
Pick up at your hotel and take 2 hour drive southwest of Ho Chi Minh City to the Mekong Delta which is known as the rice bowl of Vietnam.
Upon arrival, take a boat cruise around islets and tropical orchards through the canal of Vam Xep to reach a small islet, followed by a relaxing walk along shady and palm fringed trails passing by local villages where you can see their peaceful daily life.
Stop en route to visit a bee farm, sip tea with honey and sample fruits with a local family and share their stories of life in the Mekong Delta. Visit a small coconut workshop, just to get a glimpse of typical family run business in this area.Enjoy the lunch at local restaurant on the islet.
Walk to a lane where a horse-drawn cart awaits you to transfer to visit handicraft village, a coconut candy factory, enjoy tropical fruit, traditional music and then relaxation with rowing boat through the narrow under shade palm, tree-lined canals of Mekong River before returning to My Tho by motorized boat. Back to the car and then transfer further Can Tho. Overnight in Can Tho
Day 2: CAN THO – LONG XUYEN – CHAU DOC (B/L)
Indochina Life Travel
Morning cruising along the small and picturesque tributaries by rowing boat, we will see the Cai Rang floating market. Take in the beautiful scenery and the daily life in Mekong River and you will roam through the village to visit a rice husking mill and a rice noodles making shop. We now travel by land to Chau Doc, on the way we will pass Thot Not to visit Bang Lang Bird Sanctuary (Stork Garden) or Crocodile Farm.
Visit the Sam Mountain, a popular pilgrimage site gathering Temple of Chinese, Cham or Khmer influences.
Take the afternoon boat trip to visit the floating fish farm and the floating village, the Cham weaving village. Overnight in Chau Doc
Day 3: CHAU DOC – RACH GIA – PHU QUOC (B/L)
Breakfast at hotel.Depart Chau Doc for Rach Gia via Long Xuyen town again, lunch at a local restaurant in Rach Gia, board the Duong Dong express boat for Phu Quoc (13.30 – 15.30).
Pick up and transfer to your resort. Rest of the day free at your leisure on the beach. Overnight in Phu Quoc.
Day 4: PHU QUOC (B)
Breakfast at hotel
Free day at leisure on the beach.
Day 5: PHU QUOC (B)
Indochina Life Travel
Breakfast at hotel
Free day at leisure on the beach.
Day 6: PHU QUOC – Ho Chi Minh CITY (B)
After breakfast at hotel, transfer to the airport for your flight back to Ho Chi Minh City. End of services.
