Mekong Delta 2 Day Tour – Culture Experience is exclusively designed for those who want to understand the unique Mekong Delta culture by experiencing and participating in locals’ work, such as doing gardening, fishing, or growing bonsai. Besides acting as local farmers with the daily activities, you can have a chance to learn how to cook local dishes as well as to enjoy all of them. In addition, Don Ca Tai Tu (a kind of folk music in the Mekong Delta) will surely fulfill your trip to Vietnam.
Highlights of Mekong Delta 2 Day Tour – Culture Experience
- Cycling to explore Tan Phong Island, passing through the lush orchards to enjoy the cool and fresh air of the rural countryside
- Being local farmers and joining their daily activity of ditch-fishing-hook
- Discovering locals’ life by visiting a farmer’s house; learning more about the traditional folk art of Don Ca Tai Tu and the art of growing bonsai; learning how to make Banh la mit (rice cake wrapped in jackfruit leaves) as well as tasting the honey in Tan Phong
- Using local vehicles of rowing boats and bicycles during the tour
Visiting a lush orchard on Mekong Delta 2 Day Tour
Price of Mekong Delta 2 Day Tour – Culture Experience
Price of Mekong Delta 2 Day Tour – Culture Experience starts from US$125/person. Please contact us to know about the price for your group.
Detailed Itinerary of Mekong Delta 2 Day Tour – Culture Experience
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City – Cai Be (L/D)
Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel at about 8:00 and you will then head for Cai Be. The local guide at Cai Be will welcome you with fresh fruits from the Mekong River region.
After that, you will get on the boat to Cai Be Floating Market for discovering the river life of the Mekong River people. While the boat travels along the river, you will have an occasion to observe locals in their daily activities.
We will transfer to the rowing boats to visit the Mekong River canals and back to the boat to return to Tan Phong Island for checking in your resort and enjoying lunch with local specialties.
Boat trip through small canals on Mekong Delta 2 Day Tour
Once finishing lunch, we will continue discovering Tan Phong Island by cycle. We will stop at a local’s house to visit their vegetable garden and orchards. Afterward, you will definitely enjoy your time catching fish with your hands in the small canals. Particularly, lucky tourists who succeed in catching fish can be offered the grilled fish there.
In the late afternoon, you will spend time preparing some local dishes with the resort’s chefs and enjoy dinner.
Day 2: Cai Be – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L)
After breakfast at Tan Phong, you will then join a cycling tour to the local morning market to enjoy its bustling atmosphere. Leaving the market, we continue cycling to the house of a local Don Ca Tai Tu (a music kind of the Mekong Delta) artist listening to the history of this special traditional art music as well as enjoying some songs performed by local amateur artists. Following, you will visit the bonsai garden to learn how to grow bonsai, and surely the owner will explain to you the meaning of each bonsai tree.
Vietnamese musicians and singers perform Don Ca Tai Tu on Mekong Delta 2 Day Tour – Culture Experience
Another attractive activity of the 2nd-day trip to explore Mekong culture is a visit to Ms. Phuc’s home, where she will teach you to make Banh La Mit (rice cake wrapped in jackfruit leaves), and a visit to Uncle Hai Yen’s house to learn about his beekeeping for honey.
After that, you will back to Tan Phong Island for a short rest before checking out. you will enjoy the last lunch at Tan Phong and prepare luggage to return to Ho Chi Minh City in the afternoon.
We will meet together in Ho Chi Minh City, say goodbye and end the memorable tour to explore Mekong culture.
Inclusions
- Transportation: car, boat, bike
- English speaking guide
- All meals mentioned as above
- All entrance fees
- Bottled water, light meals such as fruits, tea
- One night at a homestay in Tra Vinh
Exclusions
- Pickup and drop off at Accommodations in Ho Chi Minh city center
- Other meals not mentioned in the itinerary
- Other services not mentioned in the itinerary
- Drinks not mentioned in the meals
- Personal expenses
- Gratuities/Tips
