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Detail Itinerary for Mekong Delta Tour from SaiGon 4-Day (My Tho–Chau Doc-Can Tho–Ca Mau–Bac Lieu–Soc Trang)

Getting away from a hustling and bustling city to start 4 Days Mekong Delta Ca Mau Tour is a perfect choice on your holiday. Viet Fun Travel has provided a Mekong Delta tour travelling to My Tho, Can Tho, Chau Doc, Ca Mau from Ho Chi Minh City. You visit Unicorn Island, bee farm, Cai Rang floating market, pagoda, Tra Su forest, Mui Cape in Ca Mau and enjoy tropical fruits, folk music and local specialities. It is a memorable trip to explore 4-day Mekong Delta Tour.

Highlights:

• Cruise along the Mekong River by motorboat
• Hop on a Lambro motor-tricycle which was once the iconic vehicle and main means of transportation in Southern Vietnam (dating back 1960s) around the village or ride on the horse cart
• Experience being hand-rowed in a sampan under the shady water-coconut trees
• Listen to traditional folk music
• Enjoy fresh coconut juice, tropical fruits
• Visit a traditional workshop where they produce coconut candies, honey tea etc
• Wake up and experience the floating market.
• Dive into rice vermicelli making
• Long Xuyen - Crocodile Farm
• Tra Su forest
• Tay An Pagoda
• Ba Chua Xu Temple
• Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb
• Ca Mau: Mui cape
• Bac Lieu: Tac Say church, Bac Lieu’s house
• Soc Trang: Som Rong pagoda with the largest reclining Buddha statues in Vietnam and the decorated ancient and magnificent Khmer stupa with images of Nagar snakes

DAY 1: SAI GON - MY THO - BEN TRE – CHAU DOC

• 07:30 am, Mekong Delta Tour from SaiGon 4 Days (My Tho - Ben Tre - Chau Doc - Can Tho – Ca Mau – Bac Lieu – Soc Trang) - travel by toursit bus to My Tho.
• 9:30am, upon arrival in My Tho City, Tien Gang province. Pay a visit to Vinh Trang pagoda. Built in 1849. Once you step into the pagoda's campus you will admire its extremely beautiful architecture and more than 60 precious Buddha statues that are all made of wood, bronze or terracotta.
• After visiting the pagoda, embark on a motor boat to take a leisurely cruise on the Mekong River to Unicorn islet, one of four mythical animals in Southeast Asia: Dragon, Unicorn, Tortoise, and Phoenix. From here, sip a cup of delicious honey tea with kumquat from the bee farm where thousands of honey bees are taking nectar from longan flowers, pomelo flowers to turn into honey. Then take a walk around tropical fruit gardens before heading back to the boat.
• Next, enjoy the melody of “Don Ca Tai Tu” - a genre of traditional folk music which is an indispensable spiritual cultural activity in Mekong Delta people’s lives and officially recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity while tasting some tropical fruits. Meanwhile, you enjoy five types of fruits.
• Troll through the small orchard to get a closer look at delta life on hand – rowed boat, go through the hidden maze of small water palm trees draped canals. You will fall in love with nature, peaceful life, and the friendliness of the locals.
• Board the motorboat again, you will cross the river to Ben Tre province. Go on shore to visit a coconut candy workshop, learn how to make it and try sweet candies. This region is also famous for the production of coconut candies. Then, hop on a Lambro motor - tricycle for special lunch which was once the iconic vehicle and main means of transportation in South Vietnam (dating back to the 1960s) or ride on the horse cart as an option. Watch around peaceful villages and have a better understanding of the life of rustic people in Mekong Delta.
• 12:00pm, enjoy lunch at a local restaurant with many specialties.
• After enjoying a delicious lunch, relax on hammocks or cycling around the village to see what local life is like.
• 3:00pm, back on board, the motorboat will cruise back to the pier before transferring to Chau Doc.
• Check-in hotel and stay overnight in Chau Doc.

Included: Coach, boat trips, entrance fees, English speaking guide in tour, lunch, dinner, 01 Aquafina water bottle, fresh coconut juice, tropical fruits, honey tea, coconut candies and accommodation in Chau Doc, domestic travel insurance.
Excluded: Breakfast, drinks, travel insurance, tips and personal expenses.

DAY 2: CHAU DOC - PAGODA - TRA SU FOREST - CAN THO

7:00 am - 7:30 am: Visiting the and after breakfast, our guide will take you to 3 places: Tay An Pagoda, Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb, Ba Chua Xu Temple.

• Tay An Pagoda was constructed in 1847 at the base of Sam Mountain in An Giang. Then it was restored extensively in 1958. It is beautifully decorated with many elements from the Cham, Vietnamese, Chinese and Indian cultures. The interior and main gate follows Vietnamese design, having figures of 2 dragons and lions fighting for chrysanthemums, pearls, lotus blossoms and apricot trees on the roofline romp.
• Ba Chua Xu Temple, also known as the Holy Mother of the Realm is a solemn and ancient architecture built in 1820. The layout of the temple looks like the writing of the Chinese characters with the shape of a blooming lotus and 4 blue tiles roofs. According to An Giang Records Book, in 2009, this temple was recognized as the oldest sandstone statue in Vietnam. Legend tells that the Holy Mother helped the villagers to fight back the Siam Army in the past while blessing good weather and rich harvesting seasons to them. Thus, worshippers often come here a lot to touch her statue and ask for her blessing and protection.
• Thoai Ngoc Hau (1761-1829), a mandarin serving the Nguyen Dynasty, was the pioneer to exploit Chau Doc’s virgin soil, establish living settlements as well as dig Thoai Ha and Vinh Te channels. After his death, local people built a tomb to commemorate his dedication to developing agriculture in the 1930s. He was buried with his 2 wives together with a temple in his honor. Thoai Ngoc Hau tomb was designed by a harmonious architecture. There are many thick stone walls around the tomb. In the middle of it, there are temples and tombs for worshiping. Besides, numerous tombs of officials who had supported Thoai Ngoc Hau in the past were also constructed.

And we will continue to Tra Su Forest. You sit on a long boat with a motor which allows you through water covered in green lilies. A bit surreal as it almost likes land, enjoy precious moments living in harmony with nature as well as the wholesome atmosphere. You will be flabbergasted by small houses on stilts with rudimentary bamboo ceilings that are firmly tightened to cajuput trees, making an unusual existence in the quiet ambience of the forest.
You stand on a 23.5m high watch tower in the midst of the forest; enjoy a panorama of the vast greenery spotted with the white of storks below and surrounding countryside.
After this, our coach takes you to Can Tho. On the way, we will stop at Long Xuyen to visit Crocodile farm (if time permits).
The time now should be around 12 noon. Time for lunch! Let's go to Can Tho. We stay overnight in Can Tho

Included: Coach, boat trips, entrance fees, English speaking guide in tour, breakfast, lunch, dinner, 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation in Can Tho, domestic travel insurance.
Excluded: Drinks, travel insurance, tips and personal expenses.
 

DAY 3: CAN THO - CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET – CA MAU

• After breakfast, around 7:15 am, we board a boat and travel toCai Rang floating market.
• This is the largest of its type in the whole Mekong delta. During this visit, you'll have a chance to board a merchant boat that sells pineapples which come from Can Tho City.
• 11:45 am: Having lunch in Ca Mau.
• 12:45 pm: Departing for Nam Can.
• 14:00: Arriving at Nam Can.
• 15:15: Arrive at the southernmost place of Vietnam on land – Ca Mau Cape is known as the end of the country and is always a Western tourist destination that must come once in life. The last province of Vietnam with three main sides bordering the sea. Here visitors will visit national landmarks, watch the forest, the sea, and admire the afternoon in the vast sea. Ca Mau exudes a poetic and lyrical beauty, peaceful and rustic, captivating the hearts of visitors.
• Coming to Mui Cape. You will visit the National landmark, the iconic miniature of the boat full of wind, the ship of the country always facing the sea. Touch the landmark and take a picture next to the symbol of Ca Mau cape, you will be proud to stand on the last landmark of the country.
• Have dinner at Nam Can district and be back in Ca Mau for overnight.

Included: Coach, boat trips, entrance fees, English speaking guide in tour, breakfast, lunch, dinner and 01 Aquafina water bottle, accommodation in Ca Mau, domestic travel insurance.
Excluded: Drinks, travel insurance, tips and personal expenses.
 

DAY 4: CA MAU – BAC LIEU – SOC TRANG – SAI GON

• Breakfast at the hotel. Departing for Bac Lieu, on the way visiting Tac Say church where Father Truong Buu Diep rested.
• 09:30 am: Arriving in Bac Lieu, visitors visit Bac Lieu’s house – its owner’s name is Tran Trinh Huy (1900 - 1974), one of the richest and most flamboyant man in Southern Vietnam at the time. Referring to Bac Lieu, people immediately think of the homeland of Prince Bac Lieu – a famous dude who plays for a while
• 10:15 am: We move to Soc Trang province, located just south of the Hau River. There is a cultural interference between the Chinese-Kinh-khmer peoples and the indigenous peoples. So Soc Trang has unique beliefs and customs.
• Coming to Soc Trang, we visit Som Rong pagoda, it was built in 1785s with combines both traditional Khmer culture and modernity with a unique colour scheme, creating a charming highlight. This pagoda is currently one of the largest reclining Buddha statues in Vietnam. It is not only famous for the reclining Buddha statue that is 63m long, 22.5m high and weighs 490 tonnes but also for the decorated ancient and magnificent Khmer stupa with images of Nagar snakes.
• Have lunch in Soc Trang.
• Back to Saigon at around 07:00 pm, the tour ends at Viet Fun Travel office. See you again.

Included: Coach, entrance fees, English speaking guide on tour, breakfast, lunch and 01 Aquafina water bottle, domestic travel insurance.
Excluded: Dinner, drinks, travel insurance, tips and personal expenses.

Note: Special request (diet or vegetarian, …) should be noticed before your departure date.

Price Type	Adult Cost (per person/9 - 99 Ages)	Child Cost (Per person/5 - <9 Ages)	Single Supplement (Per room)
Superior Type - 2*  Deluxe Type - 3*  Luxury Type - 4*	$225.00Superior Type - 2* $244.00Deluxe Type - 3* $314.00Luxury Type - 4*	$112.50Superior Type - 2* $122.00Deluxe Type - 3* $157.00Luxury Type - 4*	$44.00Superior Type - 2* $62.00Deluxe Type - 3* $132.00Luxury Type - 4*

Hotel for tour

Place	Tour Type	Hotel Name
Can Tho	Standard Type(2*)	Linh Phuong 8, Hau Giang 2, Huynh Lac... ...
	Superior Type (3*)	Kim Tho, Ninh Kieu 2, Hau Giang... ...
	Deluxe Type (4*)	Ninh Kieu 2, TTC Can Tho or similar to... .. ...
Chau Doc	Standard Type(2*)	Hung Cuong, Dai Loi... ...
	Deluxe Type (4*)	Victoria Chau Doc... ...
Ca Mau	Standard Type(2*)	Nam Kieu, Quoc Te... ...
	Superior Type (3*)	Anh Nguyet, Long Ty… ...
	Deluxe Type (4*)	Phu Cuong, Muong Thanh… ...

Detail price for tour

Price Type	Adult Cost (per person/9 - 99 Ages)	Child Cost (Per person/5 - <9 Ages)	Single Supplement (Per room)
Superior Type - 2*  Deluxe Type - 3*  Luxury Type - 4*	$225.00Superior Type - 2* $244.00Deluxe Type - 3* $314.00Luxury Type - 4*	$112.50Superior Type - 2* $122.00Deluxe Type - 3* $157.00Luxury Type - 4*	$44.00Superior Type - 2* $62.00Deluxe Type - 3* $132.00Luxury Type - 4*

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