Exclusive Mekong in one day tour 1  day

Tour code: SEN115 | Tour Style: Short Trip

Summary:

An exclusive Mekong in one day tour is an alternative choice for foreigners to have a fresh experience in the Mekong river delta. Joining the tour, you will be offered chance to explore the Mekong lifestyle and culture by visiting its two religious sites in Cai Be, the Cai Be land and floating market along with the traditional handicraft workshops at Tan Phong Island. Let’s come and live the river life of the hospitable and friendly Mekong residents as well as learn more about their unique culture, surely you won’t be regret!

Destination:

Mekong Delta

Activities: Cycling, Cruising, Sightseeing
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  • Highlights:
    • Cycling to discover Tan Phong Island, Cai Be – the lush orchards of Mekong region
    • Exploring the Mekong culture and the locals’ life by visiting the Cai Be market and floating market, the Cao Dai Temple Cai Be and the Cai Be Catholic Church
    • Taking a tour to traditional handicraft workshops as well as talking to the locals to experience their daily life
    • Rowing boat through canals to visit a fruit garden: plucking fruits and enjoying them right at the garden
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Cai Be Floating Market, Cai Be Catholic Church, Cao Dai Temple Cai Be, Tan Phong Island

You will be picked up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City at 7:00 and then head towards Cai Be District.

Reaching Cai Be at 9:30, we will firstly visit the Cao Dai Temple Cai Be with the Caodaism, a unique religion in this region; and the Cai Be Catholic Church. Afterwards, you will get on the boat and transfer to visit both of Cai Be land market and floating market to observe the locals’ life as well as to distinguish the land market from the floating one. Leaving the two markets, you will continue your discovery tour to explore the river life of Mekong people by using their daily vehicle, hand-rowing boat. The boat will cruise among the meandering rivers and criss-crossed canals and lead you to the “mysterious” Mekong lush orchards.
 
Return to the boat and shift to Tan Phong Island, where you can have relaxing time to enjoy local fruits before joining our cycling tour to travel around the island. We will visit the traditional handicraft workshops of handbags, rice papers along with wooden tables and chairs. If it is on schooldays, you will also have a chance to make friends with local cute and gentle pupils in a village school. Stop at a local farmer’s house to savour a cup of tea and local specialties of banana candies. You can try plucking the fruits at the host’s garden and talk to him to understand how local farmers take care of their gardens.
 
Saying goodbye to the hospitable host, we keep on biking to the bang conical hat (nón bàng) workshop. Cycle back to Tan Phong Restaurant to enjoy local food and specialties.
 
At about 15:00, you will embark the boat to leave Tan Phong Island for the pier to come back Ho Chi Minh City. Tour ends. 
 
  • Hotel pick up & drop off
  • English speaking guide
  • Boat, rowing boat
  • Bicycle
  • Attractions Entrance Fee
  • Healthy Vietnamese Luncheon with local people
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities
  • Insurance
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•    Total length of boat trip: 2.5 hours
•    Total length of cycling: 30-45 minutes
•    Road surface: Rural/Trail
•    Difficulty: Normal/Easy
Tour Price: Exchange rate: 1 USD = 23,345 VND (16, Dec 2018)
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  • Total number of children and infants must be lesser than the number of adults.
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Related Venues
  • 1 Cai Be Floating Market
    Cai Be, Tien Giang, Vietnam

    Located in the heart of Mekong Delta in Vietnam, Cai Be Floating Market gives you a chance to observe a unique part of daily life in this watery region. Not only watching the bustling environment, you can also experience as a local by reaching the boats and bargaining for whatever you wish.

  • 2 Cai Be Catholic Church
    Cai Be, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam

    The Cai Be Catholic Church was built from 1929 to 1932. It owns the tallest bell tower of the Tien Giang Province in Southern Vietnam. The church highs 52 meters and its bells weigh 400, 650, 800, 1000 and 2000kg respectively.

  • 3 Cao Dai Temple Cai Be
    Cai Be, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam

    Cao Dai Temple in Cai Be is a religious place for worshiping Cao Dai which is a mixture of Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity and Islam created in the 20th century in Vietnam. It has become one of the stop-over for any Mekong tour.

  • 4 Tan Phong Island
    Tan Phong, Tien Giang, Vietnam

    Located facing the Cai Be Floating Market, Tan Phong Island is described as a boat filled with sweet fruit floating in the middle of the Tien River. Visiting the island, tourists not only have chance to immerse themselves in the fresh air but also have chance to taste the typical fruits of this region.

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