2 days Mekong River Tour from Saigon River

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Saigon River - Mekong River
Duration: 2 days 1 night

Departure Time: 8:00 AM (three times a week)

Tour Length: 2 days/1 night

 

2 days Mekong River Tour from Saigon River

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Trip code: HCMC-MKS
Duration: 2 days 1 night
Depart: Ho Chi Minh City
 
Mekong Delta Travel offers 2 days Mekong River Tour from Saigon River. This Mekong Delta Tour Ho Chi Minh will let you go deeper into the palm jungle of the Mekong to see more of the traditional rural life of this fascinating area.
Visit local farms and houses to learn how people live along the river. Stop at Cao Dai temple and Buddhist pagoda to see the diversity of religions in Vietnam.
After having a traditional lunch, arrive to a beautiful boutique hotel The Island Lodge, where you can relax by the river with a glass of wine, chill at the pool or take a bike ride on the peaceful alleys of the Unicorn Island full of shady fruit trees. Have a delicious dinner specially cooked for you by a French chef.

In the morning, begin your mekong delta travel, you will have a nutritious breakfast and set on another day of exploring. Visit Cai Be floating market to see how locals run their trading business on the river; take a rowboat trip along small canals of the Delta surrounded by thousands of coconut palms.

After a traditional lunch at the floating restaurant, visit a brick atelier and various workshops to learn how Vietnamese still use old family technologies to make so many things with their hands. Take an exciting trip by “xe loi”, a traditional transport popular in small villages.

Enjoy an adventurous speedboat trip back to Saigon. After arriving at the city pier Mekong Delta Travel van will bring you to your hotel.

Day 1: Mekong Delta Tour – Begin your authentic river experience

8:00am: Your guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel and bring you by car to your boat at Ho Chi Minh City pier.

8:15am: The boat departs and you slip away from downtown Saigon via narrow canals, and enter the verdant green tributaries of the Mekong Delta. A light breakfast is served on board.

9:00am: Visit Can Giuoc riverside market full of local curiosities, tropical fruits and all manner of fish and shellfish. Great photo opportunities!

10:00am: Enjoy a brief stop at the Pagoda, while your guide explains the importance of Buddhism to many people of the Delta.

10:30am: Reach the idyllic watery expanses of the Delta itself, known as the Delta of Nine Dragons for the 9 tributaries that splinter from the main Mekong River.

Depending on the route, you will visit a traditional riverside house with huge Burmese pythons as pets, a quaint Mekong village and surrounding rice paddies, and then a traditional farmhouse where you’ll sample coconuts and Mekong whisky. 

Or you will visit a local merchant and try a range of Mekong produce, and whisky and wine. You’ll walk along the banks of the river to a traditional rural Vietnamese house where 3 generations live, before exploring a charming village where you can try fresh coconuts from the tree. This variation provides fascinating insight into life in the Mekong Delta region.

Please note: Our tours are flexible. Your guide may combine parts from both routes.

12:30pm: Enjoy a traditional Mekong Delta lunch at the floating restaurant.

2:00pm: Visit a fish farm to see how the fish is raised in the Mekong Delta.

2:30pm: Arrive to the boutique hotel The Island Lodge. Relax by the river, chill at the pool or take a bike ride on the peaceful alleys of the Unicorn Island full of shady fruit trees.

In the evening have a delicious dinner specially cooked for you by a French chef.

Day 2 Mekong Delta Travel river discovery

7:30am: Have breakfast at the hotel and depart The Island Lodge to continue exploring the Delta.

8:00am: Visit Cai Be floating market to see how locals run their trading business on the river.

9:30am: Enjoy a rowboat trip along small canals of the Delta surrounded by thousands of coconut palms.

10:30am: Visit a brick atelier to see how locals still use traditional technologies to make bricks.

12:00am: Stop at a floating restaurant to have a delicious Vietnamese lunch.

1:30pm: Take a ride on “xe loi”, a traditional transport used on the villages of the Mekong Delta. Visit rice noodle, roof and nail nippers workshops.

3:30pm: Return to the speedboat and depart for Ho Chi Minh City.

5:30pm: Arrive back in Saigon. Mekong Delta Travel’ staff will return you to your hotel by car.

Please note that due to the individual nature of the tours, times are approximate and can vary slightly.

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Trip Price
  • Adult: 320 USD/person (minimum 2 pax**)
  • Child (under 12 years old): 220 USD

Trip included:

  • Meals: Breakfasts, lunches, and dinner
  • Overnight stay at The Island Lodge
  • Unlimited refreshments and local fruit
  • English-speaking guide
  • All entrance fees
  • Hotel pick-up and drop off.

Note:

 

* Includes mandatory Government Tax

** Single supplement surcharge: 60 usd

2 days Mekong River Tour from Saigon River

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