HO CHI MINH – VINH LONG – CHAU DOC (ICL/HCM 04)

Day 1: HO CHI MINH CITY – CAI BE – VINH LONG(L/D)

Pick up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and transfer to Cai Be.
On arriving in Cai Be, start the motorized boat to visit the Cai Be floating market, experience how people exchanging goods, fruit and many other commodities on their vessels. Visitors then roam into the small villages to visit the orchard, fruit plantation. Keep cruising to Vinh Long through small canals to enjoy the charm of the Upper Mekong Delta, Vietnam.

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Visit some hand-made family business products such as the coconut candy mill, the crispy rice popcorn. Arrive in Binh Hoa Phuoc village the green pearl of Vinh Long town where you can indulge yourself into the nature.
Have lunch with fresh river food served in the heart of the garden. Enjoy the southern Vietnamese traditional folk music. Take a nice walk through the bonsai garden. Overnight in Vinh Long

Day 2: VINH LONG – CAN THO (B/L/D)

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Proceed to Can Tho, the economic and administrative centre of the Mekong Delta.
Take another wooden boat for a cruise crossing a complex of river ways to visit local orchards along the river and stop for an enjoyable traditional Vietnamese lunch. Have a relaxed walk through scenic villages before back to the hotel. Overnight in Can Tho

Day 3: CAN THO – CAI RANG Floating Market – CHAU DOC (B/L/D)

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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.
In the afternoon, cruise through a surprising village of floating houses, where fish are bred in their natural environment and learn more about Cham culture while visiting a small village and its mosque. End the day by visiting the Sam Mountain, a popular pilgrimage site gathering Temple of Chinese, Cham or Khmer influences.

Day 4: CHAU DOC – HO CHI MINH (B/L)

A boat trip to visit the floating fish breeding farms reveals the amazing highlight of Chau Doc, a Cham minority village, whom still again employment from traditional weaving. The last stop in Chau Doc is to a local Islamic Mosque. Have lunch at local restaurant before going back to Ho Chi Minh City. End of services