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From Ho Chi Minh city, we will start off the trip to Ben Tre, a lovely countryside province of Mekong Delta which is 130 km away and takes 2.5 – 3 hours driving. At Phong Nam Pier, you will take a boat ride on the river of Chet Say (Mekong’s part).
Before reaching the destination, you will have a chance to experience the making of traditional products. One of the most interesting workplaces you are about to visit is the coconut factory, where every single part of a coconut is used and processed into different products like coconut charcoal, candies, handicraft or hat.
In order to give tourists a deeper insight into the life of the locals, the boat will stop at a local village located on a small canal. When you set foot on the weaving house, you can observe how straw mats are made and you can even roll up your sleeves and pitch in weaving one.
Leaving the weaving workshop, you will find yourself on xe loi (a motorized rickshaw vehicle) or you can ride a bike if you like to explore every corner of the village. On the beautiful rice paddy fields and green growing lands, farmers are harvesting, plowing the soil by simple tools. Enjoy the site yourself.
Then, let’s take a short rest and have lunch at a local house, tasty local dishes that are cooked from elephant–ear fish, river shrimp and some glasses of cold drinks would make you pleased.
You have enjoyed your time there, now let’s sail back to the Pier through the channels and travel to Can Tho. Dinner on your own. Staying one night at the hotel.
Set off on a boat at Ninh Kieu Pier, you will be taken to Cai Rang market – a vibrant and lively market that floats on the river.
Cai Rang is a huge selling hub. By 6 am, it is already packed with boats and throbbed with businesses. People sell a wide variety of products, and fruits are the most popular item for sale at Cai Rang. You can see big boats bringing watermelons, pumpkins, cabbages, sweet potatoes and garlic from fields as far as 30 miles away.
There is even advertising. On boats, products are hung on bamboo poles so tourists and locals can easily know which products each boat is selling. Most visitors don’t realize it at first, but once tour guides explain, they are all excited.
During the trip, observing local simple life and their daily activities, you will fall for the plain beauty of this rustic countryside.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
Situated at the intersection of a tributary linking the Bassac and Mekong Rivers, Chau Doc is your next destination. The town has the 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.
Check in your hotel. Dinner on your expense. Staying one night at the hotel.
After breakfast, hop on the wooden boat and go along Chau Doc river to visit hundreds of fish farms, which are close to the border of Cambodia.
Then, you will go back to the hotel to have lunch. Take a nap.
In the afternoon, embark on a trip to Sam Mountain and contemplate the remarkable worshipping 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.
Have dinner by yourself and stay one night at the hotel.
After breakfast, you will travel back to Ho Chi Minh City by private car. Meals at your expense.
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