Mekong River Excursion Speed Boat Saigon River

Mekong River Excursion Speed Boat Saigon River to My Tho & Ben Tre depart daily from Saigon River with the pick up from your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City centre.

Cruising through canals and along Saigon River into the Mekong River, you will enjoy some typical Southern Vietnamese’s activities such as: traditional music, cycling on village roads, rowing a boat, savoring honey tea, Mekong vodka as well as gourmet lunch on Ben Tre island. The tour also includes a visit to a coconut candy factory.

Itinerary:

7:30am: Pick-up at the customers’ hotel and transfer to Tan Cang pier by Saigon River Tour’s comfortable minivan.

8:00am: Depart for Mekong River Excursion Speed Boat Saigon River to My Tho by luxury speedboat. When on board, enjoy a light breakfast of The Pat’ a Chou cake with Lavie water & seasonal fruits, enjoy the fresh air and understand the daily life of local citizens living along the river banks.

10:00am: Arrive at the Mighty Mekong River My Tho:

• Enjoy tropical fruits while listening to the Southern amateur music – a traditional kind of music in Southwest Vietnam
• Ride to Cong Doan rowing boat dock by horse cargo
• Experience the peaceful atmosphere of water region by rowing a small boat through small nipa canals
• Visit Hong Phuc coconut candy workshop to see Coconut candy observing how coconut candy is made and taste the hot ones.
• Visit the bee-farm, observe how people raise bees for honey, and drink honey tea, tourists can buy products made from honey and queen bees’ milk
• Taste special wines (Snake/ Scorpion wine) of Ben Tre province

12:00pm: Reach Diem Phuong restaurant and enjoy your Vietnamese traditional lunch with delicious 7-courses: Elephant-ear fish (one very special dish in Mekong Delta), rice-paper served with fish sauce and other dishes.

1:30pm: Finish lunch and take our boat cruising Mekong River to Saigon River.

3:30pm: You will arrive in Saigon and you will be dropped off at your place of stay.