Mekong Delta 1 day tour (My Tho town – Ben Tre province a kingdom of coconut threes)

07.45 am, our tour guide and driver pick you up on request at your hotel that locates in backpacker areas (De Tham street, Bui Vien street, Pham Ngu Lao street) or  in Ben Thanh areas (Le Thanh Ton street, Thu Khoa Huan street, Ly Tu Trong street). Other places that are not mentioned kindly come to Daily Travel Vietnam office for joining the tour.

 At 08.00am, leave Ho Chi Minh city. It takes one hour and thirty minutes driving to get to My Tho town. On the way, tourists  will have opportunity  to see these  peaceful  landscape along the road such as the green rice fields, the peaceful Vam Co Dong river and the busy Long An town. At the end of the route , our bus will stop at Mekong rest top at which  you can take a rest and see bonsai garden.

Arrive in My Tho town, pay a visit to  Vinh Trang pagoda, an oldest ancient one in Southern Vietnam.  Known as the largest pagoda and famous for the most  special architecture in Mekong Delta. Its architecture was influenced by Vietnamese culture and Khmer’s culture as well as European’s architecture.

After paying a visit to  Vinh Trang pagoda, our bus will take travellers  to the pier boat for getting on a motorbike boat. Take a leisurely boat ride in Tien river to enjoy fresh air  , to see the peaceful life of the local people.  Passing the stilt house, the fishing floating farm, the four Islands (Dragon, Phoenix, Tortoise, Unicorn).

After  passing Rach Mieu bridge, we disembark at Thoi Son Islet, which is located  on Phoenix Island. Take a  leisurely walking on the village paths, pay a visit to  local people’s home, orchard garden and enjoy seasonal fruits while  listening to traditional Southern folk music.

Then visit honey bee farm and enjoy  delicious honey tea with lemon  that is really good for health. Local people also have python farm for those traveller , who like adventure can take a photo with pythons.

Take a hand – rowed sampan through the creeks for seeing  the natural water coconut trees-a symbol in the Delta areas.

The  highlight of the trip is to take a sightseeing through the  picturesque  villages by horse cart.

Then cruising to Unicorn Island to pay a visit  crocodile farm and visit the remains of Coconut belief.

Having lunch in orchard garden. Do not  forget to enjoy  dried Ear Elephant fish that is one of the specialties  in Mekong Delta.

After  lunch, riding on bicycle  through  the village paths to enjoy the fresh air and  observe the pastoral life.

 Then let’s take  a short walking  through the narrow village path to the bus and return to Ho Chi Minh city.

Arrive to Ho Chi Minh city around 17.00. The tour ends at Daily Travel’s office.

Seeing you on another trip with Daily Travel.