ITINERARY 2 DAYS 1 NIGHT – EXPORE SA DEC & CAI BE IN MEKONG REGION

Overview

Our tour will take you to the less touched region of the Mekong Delta. Join this trip, travellers can visit the river port town of Sa Dec, an area also famed for being the subject of the novel 'The Lover', written by French author Marguerite Duras. En-route the boat will stop for guests to dropo by a local flower garden and the floating houses that allow families to live over the water.

Along the Co Chien River at one of its branches with the Mekong, visitors will reach Cai Be floating village. A leisurely 7km bike ride along tree lined back roads to a family run orchard where a number of exotic fruits are grown is something you should not miss.

Destinations: Ho Chi Minh city - Sa Dec - Cai Be

Highlights:

• - Visit the river port town of Sa Dec, where is famed for being the subject of the novel 'The Lover', written by French author Marguerite Duras.
• - Drop by a local flower garden and the floating houses, spend time to talk with local people.
• - Experience the busy life of locals in Cai Be floating market.

Itinerary

DAY 1: HO CHI MINH CITY - SA DEC - CAI BE (L, D)

• - Our car will pick you up at hotel in Ho Chi Minh city, then depart for the 3.5-hour drive to Sa Dec, deep in the Mekong Delta.
• - On arrival in Sa Dec, visit the charming Kien An Cung Pagoda.
• - Have lunch in the former home of Huynh Thuy Le - the main character in Marguerite Duras’ novel.
• - After lunch, board your boat for the cruise to Cai Be.
• - On the way enjoy the lush landscape and tropical life of the Mekong Delta, visit a flower garden as well as floating houses along a branch of the Mekong River where fish are raised in submerged cages.
• - Make a stop at a traditional mat making workshop where river grasses are woven by hand.
• - Reach the river town of Vinh Long to visit one of the biggest brick factories in the Mekong Delta. In this traditional factory the process of making bricks is done by hand and the imagery seems timeless.
• - Back on the boat cross the Co Chien River, one of the two branches of the Mekong towards An Binh, Binh Hoa Phuc Islands and finally the Dong Phu canal and your final destination of Cai Be.
• - Continue down river to The Mekong Lodge perfectly situated overlooking a branch of the Mekong River.
• - The rest of the evening is at your leisure.
• - Overnight at the Mekong Lodge or in other hotel up on your request.
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DAY 2: CAI BE - HO CHI MINH CITY (B, L)

• - In the early morning take a sunrise boat cruise to Cai Be floating market to see trading activities of local people.
• - Continue 50 minutes by boat to an area of the Mekong untouched by tourism.
• - Here take a leisurely 7km cycling trip which takes you along shady back roads over tiny canals, past fruit gardens and sleepy villages or  take a ride on a xe loi which is a trailer towed from the back of a bicycle and only used in the Mekong Delta.
• - En-route stop at some traditional workshops which make turmeric spring roll paper and roof thatching made from the water palm tree.
• - Then arrive at a family run orchard where diverse tropical fruits are grown. Listen to the owner, a former war veteran, sharing with you stories from his life as well as taking you into his garden to sample some fresh tropical fruits.
• - Continue cycling to a stunning 100-year old house which is architecturally a mixture between Vietnamese and European designs.
• - Enjoy the lunch with special dishes of Mekong Delta.
• - After lunch, bid farewell to the family before returning to Saigon.
• - Arrive in Ho Chi Minh city in the late afternoon. The trip ends.

Rate & Availability

Price inclusion:

• Accommodation in a shared twin or shared double room
• Meals as mentioned (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)
• English or French speaking guide (for other languages supplements apply)
• Tours and transfers as mentioned by private air conditioned vehicle
• Entrance fees for mentioned visits

Price exclusion:

• Other meals than mentioned
• Other services than mentioned
• International and domestic Flights
• Laundry, telephone calls and expenditure of a personal nature
• Tips, Travel insurance