Innoviet mekong travel, catfish in mekong river, experience the real country side of Vietnam Mekong.
Mekong Delta 4 days, Cambodian boder ending
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- Details
- Category: Home Stay Tours
You will go through Tien Giang, Vinh Long, Can Tho province and Chau Doc (border of Vietnam to Cambodia). You get a 5 hours express boat trip to Phnompenh (Cambodia).
Location - Duration
* Duration: 3 day(s)
* Location: Mekong Delta
Code: INNO-MK4D-CD-PP
Itinerary
Day 1: Saigon - Vinh Long (_/L/D)
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07:00: Car to Vinh Long province.
12:00: Arrive at a small village - non touristy town in Vinh Long province, only available at Innoviet. Motor-boat will bring you to the homestay, there you’ll be greeted by the host family.
13:00: Have lunch in a very cosy atmosphere.
14:00: Relax on hammock.
14:30: Ride your bike (about 2,5 hours) around the small village roads shaded by bamboo, banana, rambutan, pomelo, mangosteen trees. Pass the immense green rice fields with flying egrets, working farmers and admire the beautiful scenery. You will see the local students on their way back to home from school in their beautiful Ao Dai uniform. Visit some houses where you can meet local people and see their real life.Have an overview of the “Rice Making Procedure” in one Rice workshop. Get to know what are the "same same, but different" trees in the Mekong Delta. You will practise & try to guess the names of these trees just by your nose!
17:00: Back to the homestay. Prepare for dinner cooking with many recipes of Vietnamese food, have dinner.Take part in a Vietnamese lesson with the family for shopping in market tomorrow. After that we walk around the village to see and catch fire-flies before retiring in one of the rural houses in the Mekong Delta.
Day 2: VINH LONG - CAN THO (B/L/_)
7 am: Visit the floating market in the early morning and see how people there live and trade. The boat will take us to see some traditional local bricks and visit a local temple, rice paper workshop where you can also participate in making rice paper.
You will walk through the fruit gardens and fields, feed the fish and help to cultivate farm products. Then you will also have the chance to participate in making Vietnamese rice papers at a local house and head back home to join in making lunch (spring rolls or banh xeo). You can enjoy your meal, take a rest, and say goodbye to the host family.
After lunch, take a stroll through the village.
4 pm: Take a boat to Can Tho; arriving around 5 or 6 pm, and then check into your hotel.
7 pm: Free time for the night.
Day 3: CAN THO - CHAU DOC (Border to Cambodia)(_/_/_)
6h30 am: Take a boat trip (five hours) to see Cai Rang floating market and learn how to make local products such as rice noodles, then take a slow boat trip along the small beautiful canals and, stop to visit the vegetable garden.
Have lunch and then take the car to An Giang province.
4h30 pm: Arrive at Tra su cajuput forest; take one hour boat trip through forest to see amazing natural bird life.
5h30 pm: Back to the car to go to Sam Mountain area to stay overnight.
6 pm: Check into the hotel and have free time at night.
Day 4: CHAU DOC - PHNOMPENH(Cambodia)(_/_/_)
7h30 am: Car picks you up from hotel to boat station. You get on the express boat to Phnompenh.
(1pm: Arrive at Phnompenh.)
End of the trip, see you again.
Included:
- Private car, pick-up from your hotel / house, boat, rowing boat
- English speaking guide.
- One small bottle of water per person
- Entrance fees.
- Accommodation: There are two home stays: typical house and new style house. Please request which one you prefer.
- Typical house: beautiful view (river view, among fruit garden),
- New style house: Private room for a group of two or four in one room. Beds have Vietnamese mattresses - no sheet, river view, normal toilet.
- First lunch and meals at the home stay
- Hotel in Can Tho: Xuan Mai hotel (two-star hotel): Standard room (air conditioned)
- Hotel in Chau Doc: Standard hotel: Air conditioned room.
- Express boat from Chau Doc - Phnompenh.
Excluded:
- First breakfast and meals in Can Tho, Chau Doc, are not included.
- Personal expenses. Visa to Cambodia (easy making at the border).
- Insurance.
Cancellation policy
More than 3 days before arrival: free of charge
Between 1-3 days before arrival: 50% of charge
Within 24 hours before arrival: 100% of charge
Children Policy
*5 years old: free of charge when accompanying 1 adult.
* 10 years old: 50% of charge when accompanying 1 adult.
