4 Days Mekong Delta Tour From Can Tho

Welcome to the Mekong Delta tour of Asia Private Travels!

A local tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel and then head to Binh Thuy ancient house. Thanks to the harmonious fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, the nearly 100-year-old Binh Thuy historic becomes one of Can Tho's top tourist destinations. You will get a peek at what a Mandarin's old estate would have looked like during the French colonial era. The house was famously used in the 1992 movie “L’Amant” (“The Lover”) based on the novel of the same name by a well-known French author Marguerite Duras.

Cruise to a floating fish farm to know different kinds of feature fish when discovering the Mekong Delta tourism. Don’t forget to try the “Fish massage” service and have fantastic photos of beautiful fish right on the Hau River.

Then, keep going to Con Son Islet, known as a hidden gem of Can Tho, to feel ecological and authentic life. You might seem to get lost in the world of a serene setting, fresh air, fruit orchards, floating houses, and delicious traditional southern cakes made by locals. It is one of the most attractive destinations for green community-based eco-tourism in Can Tho.

Explore tropical fruit gardens and savor fresh seasonal fruits from the local area. Have fun when experiencing making the local traditional folk cakes with the support of the locals in the host family and don’t forget to enjoy it. Visit another family to see a unique “flying snake-head fish” performance only run by the locals.

Back to Can Tho city center. We promise you are filled with memorable memories of the Con Son islet tour.
 

Take a leisure boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong River (Bassac River) then visit the Cai Rang floating market which is the liveliest one in the whole region. Cai Rang Floating Market is the first destination of the day for many of the Mekong Delta’s locals, who make their way to the Can Tho River to buy/sell local produce, almost all of them are fruits.

After this, make our way onto the land and finish our tour with a visit to a local village. This small community has spent centuries honing the art of creating rice noodles, which can be observed in a procedure that involves grinding rice, combining it with starch, and slicing sundried rice pancakes into strips.

Your next stop is Chau Doc, which is located where a tributary connecting the Bassac and Mekong Rivers intersects. The town has a diverse culture of Chinese, Cham, and Khmers. Through the vast rice paddy fields, the highest mountain in the area - Sam (690 feet in height), and the Mubarak Mosque appear magnificently in your sight. See it with your eyes to feel the surreal panoramic view!

Check-in at your hotel. Staying overnight at the hotel.
 

After breakfast, hop on the wooden boat and explore one of the most famous floating fishing villages when joining in the Mekong Delta trip with hundreds of floating houses on the Bassac River. The sampan tour keeps going to the Chau Doc’s secrets – the Cham minority village. 

Enter a village of the Cham ethnic group to completely comprehend the traditional values that have been kept hidden throughout societal development ages. While visiting here, you can also glance at the Jamiul Azhar Mosque, considered one of the oldest churches in An Giang and also a religious symbol representing the Muslim people living here. The Cham people nowadays are Muslims and mostly make a living through weaving and the trade of textiles. You will have the chance to see their products in the very local factories. 

Continue discovering the waterways by taking a leisurely Chau Doc sampan ride and little canal to appreciate the uniqueness of stilt dwellings. Your tour guide will share a lot of information about nature & wildlife, sugar palms, rice fields, and fish farms… and also learn about the importance of Khmer Buddhism in a region near the border between Vietnam and Cambodia.

Your next destination is Tra Su Forest. Arrive at Tra Su forest (planted in the 80s). The tour guide then helps you with boat tickets and get on board. You will board a rowing sampan and spend approximately 30 minutes enjoying the most stunning flooded forest in SE Asia and Vietnam after spending around 20 minutes in a motorboat taking in the natural beauties.

Afterward, get back to the motorboat and reach the forest. To contemplate the captivating view of the nearby mountain, the stretches of cajeput woodland, and the white specks of flying storks, go 500 meters to the 25-meter observation tower. Take a stroll through the bamboo walking bridge in the forest – recorded as the longest in Vietnam – to feel the beauty of nature.

Finally, back to your hotel in Chau Doc. Stay one night at the hotel.
 

After breakfast, embark on a trip to Sam Mountain and contemplate the remarkable worshiping places here. The sites consist of Ba Chua Xu Temple, Tay An Pagoda, and the Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb, each with its own unique architectural decorations.

After finishing the Mekong Delta tour 2 days, you will travel back to Can Tho or Ho Chi Minh City by private car and conclude the tour. Meals at your expense.

Your tour with Asia Private Travels comes to an end. 

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