Day 1: CU CHI TO MEKONG DELTA (L, D)

Incredible Cu Chi tunnels

7:00 am minivan and guide pick you up at your hotel to explore the incredible tunnels (L, D)

The tour itself is a great choice for those who would like to experience about the Vietnamese War to get to know more the hardest times of local people with their strongest spirit who lived underground to fight for their peace and independence. And exploring how local people are surviving the war by getting more and more developments but still keeping their traditional living style. The travel distance from Saigon downtown to Cu Chi tunnels is 85km which takes you almost 1 and half hours drive to reach there. Please note that your travel time might take longer time as traffic jam is the most command issue in Saigon.

8:30 am time to experience and learn what made the human spirit strongest ever

The tunnels were used as hiding spots during combat, as well as serving as communication and supply routes, hospitals, food, and weapons. Learn more about the courage & ingenuity of the inhabitants of the Cu Chi tunnels. Get a great insight into the tenacity and resourcefulness of Vietnamese people. Please do not be surprised when you suddenly hear the gun shooting sounds in the middle of Cu Chi Tunnels as there is a gun shooting sport next to your position. you can stop to experience it, otherwise you can skip it to continue your exploration. After up and down into these incredible tunnels system underground, you will then depart for the Mekong Delta. At 11:30 you will stop at a local restaurant to have lunch with typical dishes cooked in the traditional way of the Mekong Delta region.

1:00 pm Depart for the beautiful capital of the Mekong Delta

After lunch, with a happy belly, get back to our minivan and make a trip to Can Tho City, the central part of the Mekong Delta. The trip is around 4 hours but comfortable with our expert driver.

Check in and rest in Can Tho Hotel at around 5:00 pm. 5:30 pm, Get ready and we will pick you up at the hotel, begin a city tour on a lovely electric car with amazing local typical street food offered at food stalls and local restaurants in Can Tho town.

Explore Can Tho by night

Visit famous sights of the city such as Old Market, Ong Pagoda, Ninh Kieu Quay, and Food Street. Relax yourself at a local café-music house, where you can enjoy the local drinks and local musical band performance. What a great way to learn quickly and deeper into local culture and traditions through eating and drinking. Come back to your hotel at around 8:30 pm to take a good rest.

DAY 2: CAN THO CRUISING BIKING KAKAYKING (B, L, D)

Visit the Cai Rang floating market, the largest one in Vietnam

7:00 am pick up, we travel to the pier and board the boat, visit Cai Rang floating market, the largest one in Vietnam. What a fantastic way to know how locals do trading on the water! Enjoy Vietnamese coffee, typical breakfast purchasing right at the market. Visit a local rice noodle factory to learn how Mekong people make noodles by hand in the traditional way. Enjoy its specialty Noodle Pizza right there.

Wander through the local dragon fruit garden and learn about the fascinating cultivation process of this super fruit, from planting to harvesting, as well as have the opportunity to savor fresh fruit and take a lot of wonderful pictures. 

Dragon fruit garden

9:30 am, time to go back downtown!

Back on the boat, it’s already time to go back downtown… But on the way, you will still experience the charm and beauty of Mekong Delta by sailing along small, green and shady waterways.

Sailing along small, green and shady waterways

11:00 am, travel by boat for 1 hour to reach a real local, ecological and non-touristic Hieutour Stay located in a peaceful area.

Enjoy your lunch with delicious foods at the Homestay/Resort. 2:00 pm Join the fantastic Kayaking in magnificent jungle-lined tributaries.

Join the fantastic Kayaking trip

Enjoy your great moments paddling and relaxing under the shade of coconut trees along the bank; immerse yourselves in a peaceful rural life of South Vietnam. It is nonstop. Cycle on the country roads along the riverside for exploring may kinds of fruits and plants with their great uses, catch up typical images of daily life here.

Cycle on the country roads

6:00 pm is time for our dinner. Overnight at homestay.

Day 3: CAN THO - CHAU DOC (B,L,D)

Visit the charming Tra Su forest

7:30 am enjoy breakfast at the hotel, minivan picks us up and travel to An Giang province, the sacred and beautiful land. The travel takes more than 3 hours.

10:30 pm, visit the charming Tra Su forest. Immerse yourselves in the wonderful nature with green duckweed on the water’s surface; take the local speedy boat cruising along small channels then move to rowing sampan boat peacefully weaving in the middle of forest. What a fantastic feeling!

Enjoy a lovely lunch at a local restaurant, then we come to Chau Doc downtown to visit the traditional market and pagodas

Visit pagoda in Chau Doc downtown

You are dropped off at the hotel in Chau Doc at around 4:00 pm and rest. 6:00 pm is time for dinner at the restaurant of hotel.

DAY 4: CHAU DOC – SA DEC – AN BINH ISLAND – SAI GON (B,L)

Get up in the morning and take a deep breath to feel as local to this land. Enjoy your lovely breakfast at the hotel

Visit Sa Dec Flower village

Later, depart for Dong Thap, around 3 hours to visit the Visit Sa Dec flower village where there are many beautiful flowers. The flowers bloom depending on the season but the most important thing is to deeply understand how they are important to the villager’s life there.

Board a boat and travel around the island

12:00 noon, Travel to Vinh Long province, we have a nice lunch together at a lovely, quiet homestay with a peaceful environment. Board a boat and travel around the island, visit the coconut candy factory, and rice popcorn factory and taste its products right there. What a great moment to learn how the local people are still maintaining their traditional techniques to produce coconut candy and rice popcorn as nowadays, we only can buy at the supermarket but without seeing every single step for making them.

6:00 pm you are probably dropped off at hotel in Sai Gon center depending on the traffic.