Things to do in

Cái Bè

The tour starts at 7:45 AM from Ho Chi Minh city and ends in Ho Chi Minh at around 6:00 to 6:30 PM. Depart Ho Chi Minh City and relax on the 2-hour journey to Cai Be, where you will explore the local culture of the Mekong Delta.   Take a boat cruise along the Mekong River and pass a floating market. Disembark to visit the craft village and see how local products are made. Visit orchards of local fruit, such as durian, rambutan and longan, and refresh yourself with a hot tea and taste the fruits as you are entertained by a live music presentation. Next, take part in a cooking class and prepare your own lunch. Then, explore the delta by kayak and bike before the return trip to Ho Chi Minh City.

With this tour, you not only have a chance to visit the Cai Be village, but also to participate in some exciting activities, such as an apple mangrove canal boat trip, visiting a native workshop, exploring peaceful village roads on your own temporary bicycle, and enjoying South West Vietnamese folk music. Your tour guide will pick you up at 8:00 AM at your accommodation for an approximately 2-hour drive from Saigon. Visit the typical local wet market and take a boat to a floating market, originally a spontaneous market built by locals due to necessity. After that, explore the Tan Phong islet, which is known as a green pearl land in the middle of Tien river, and traditional workshops. Learn how locals made coconut candy, crispy rice popcorn, rice paper, and see a working honey bee farm. Walk through orchard gardens to the beautiful lotus tea house to enjoy authentic South West folk music. Next, relax on a rowing boat and go through the apple mangrove canal for the typical peaceful landscape of Mekong Delta to learn even more about local Vietnamese lifestyle. Finally, enjoy the precious moments biking through car-free village roads with tropical fruits and bonsai gardens on either side. As well, you are invited to visit handicraft workshops on the biking road to learn more about the authentic Mekong atmosphere.

Your lovely and friendly tour guide will meet up with you at 7:30 a.m. at your hotel and head down to Tien Giang province together in a private car. The drive will last for around 2 hours, you will have the chance to have a full view of the local life changing the farther the car takes you away from the busy city. Arriving at Cai Be floating market at 9:45 am, your private boat will leisurely cruise you along the famous Cai Be floating market. Here your tour guide will provide a full commentary about the area so that you can learn more about the local life here and how people purchasing goods as well as living on boats. Continue your visit to: ·   The coconut candy factory, sampling the sweets, admiring the skillful hands of the makers ·   Sit down at the honey bee farm and sip on some hot tasty honey tea, which is said to be very good for you. Seeing how pop rice is made, a very popular and close to hearts of many Vietnamese ·   Enjoy traditional Vietnamese Southern music at local house and sampling some tropical fruits that are grown from this land ·   Visit a tropical fruit garden and take a sampan ride along a small canal Around midday, stop to have lunch at a local house while sitting in the middle of a beautiful green garden. After lunch, a small exercise is much needed. You can choose either a short walk or cycling after lunch to see the local village. Say good bye to the peaceful and beautiful Mekong Delta during you last ride on the big boats. Get back in the car to head back to HCM city at around 3:00 p.m. Arrive at your hotel at 5:30 – 6:00 p.m.

On this 2-day tour from Ho Chi Minh City you will discover the spectacular floating markets on the Mekong River. Enjoy cruising along the small canals as you visit the floating markets in Cai Be and Cai Rang. Experience the rural life and admire the magnificent scenery as you visit local workshops, an ancient house, a fruit orchard, and traditional Vietnamese flea markets. Detailed Itinerary Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City – Cai Be – Vinh Long – Can Tho You will be picked up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and driven to Cai Be, the second largest floating market in the lower Mekong Delta. Upon arrival you will cruise through Cai Be floating market and stop for a short walk to discover the rural life and local workshops making coconut candy, rice paper, snake wine, bricks, and more. Enjoy lunch, then cruise along the river to discover beautiful landscapes and observe typical Mekong Delta rural life. At the end of the afternoon, move to Can Tho and have free time to explore in the evening. Day 2: Cai Rang – Ho Chi Minh City After breakfast you will be picked up at your hotel. Board the motor boat and cruise along the mighty Mekong River to the Cai Rang floating market, the largest market on the Mekong. Visit the traditional Vietnamese flea markets selling rats, snakes, and frogs before visiting Mr. Ba Cong’s fruit orchard. Drive back to Ho Chi Minh City and stop for lunch at an eco-restaurant en route before arriving back at your hotel in the afternoon.