DAY 1: CAN THO RIVER TOUR - HOMESTAY/RESORT (B, L, D)
Cai Rang Floating market
5:30 am get ready for Can Tho morning excursion on a boat
5:30 am your friendly guide picks you up at hotel then transport to the pier to board the boat for your morning excursion. The travel distance is 5kms by the river that takes you almost 40 minutes to reach there. Arriving at the biggest Cai Rang floating market by sampan, we tour around for catching up pretty images about the floating market at its trading time. Enjoy Vietnamese coffee and fruit at the floating market right on the boat.
After that our boat heads up to the main river to visit the local noodle factory to learn the whole process of making rice noodles and you can make it by yourself too. After breakfast, the boat follows the main river and turns into little canals for discovering Mekong Delta through narrow rivers, water coconut trees, and a green environment.
8:30 am: Explore Mekong Delta's Charm
Sail along small, green, and shady waterways, immersing yourself in the enchanting charm and beauty of the Mekong Delta.
Discover small canals
9:00 am: Dragon Fruit Garden Exploration
Visit Dragon Fruit Garden
Wander through a local dragon fruit garden and uncover the fascinating cultivation process of this super fruit. From planting to harvesting, relish the opportunity to taste fresh fruit and capture stunning photographs.
10:00 am: Visit the Plant Nursery Village
Learn how from the locals how to nurture different kind of baby plants
Explore the vegetable nursery, where skilled locals use ingenious techniques to nurture and trade diverse baby plants. Immerse yourself in the simplicity of their cultivation methods and delve into the rich history of this charming village.
Get back to the boat, we stop by the Homestay/Resort which is famous for its rural life and countryside area. During around 1 hour traveling on a boat, we reach the real local Homestay/Resort which is truly ecological and non-touristic.
11:30 am Have a warm lunch with a local family at the Homestay/Resort with local cuisine and take a short rest to be ready for the afternoon trip.
Fantastic Kayaking on the Mekong River
2:00 pm: Are you ready for exercise? Join the fantastic Kayaking in magnificent jungle-lined tributaries. Enjoy your great moments paddling and relaxing under the shade of coconut trees along the bank; immerse yourselves in the peaceful rural life of South Vietnam. Then, it is time to take bicycles and do a trip around the area. Cycling on the country roads along the riverside to explore many kinds of fruits and plants with their great uses. Furthermore, it is along the riverside with fresh air and cool environment which will bring you a peaceful feeling of local people here. Stop along the way to visit the vermicelli and blacksmith workshop, catching up on typical images of locals growing trees, wrapping fruit, and washing clothes. You may also catch up with simple but lovely images of students coming home from school on a bicycle on foot or bicycles. Get back to the Homestay/Resort at around 5:30 pm.
Hop on a bicycle to traverse around the idyll of the hamlet
6:00 pm, have a good rest and enjoy the typical food of Mekong
DAY 2: CAN THO - MEKONG HEART (B, L)
Enjoy the local's lifestyle on the picturesque on Son Islet. Being considered as a pearl in the mouth of a dragon, Son islet is one of the attractive eco-tourism destinations its serene setting, fresh air, fruit orchards, floating houses, and delicious traditional southern cakes made by locals.
Live the local life in an idyllic rural setting area
Visit the floating fish farm with a large number of fishes such as catfish, feather-back fish, carp (Koi fish)… and special kinds of fish that can be hardly found in other places such as Red snapper, Fire eel, Redtail catfish, Tigerfish,... have a look at “flying snake-head fish” and enjoy how people raise fish right under their floating market.
Take a short walk under green shades of fruit trees and on the rural paths to visit the fruits orchards to taste some delicious one, freshly picked from the tree and learn more about the agriculture in Mekong Delta.
Enjoy a delicious Southern meal prepared by the locals. You can also learn how to make traditional cakes such as Vietnamese pancakes, baby pancakes, etc., and try those that are made by yourself. Are you ready to give a hand to make the typical cakes in the locals' kitchen to know about traditional cakes of South Vietnam? And enjoy it!
Relish the traditional cakes and pastries made by locals
Your trip ends in the downtown of Can Tho city at around 1:00 pm for 2 days with the most incredible experiences with unforgettable memories ever.