Ho Chi Minh Daily Tour: Full-Day Mekong Delta (Private tour)
Ben Tre Province, Vietnam
See the Mekong Delta at your own pace on a private day trip from Ho Chi Minh City. Visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, My Tho and Ben Tre with boat rides, a coconut workshop, local lunch and a local guide.
Highlights
- Cruise the Mekong past the four islets - Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle and Phoenix
- Visit a pomelo garden with honey tea and a python photo opportunity
- Taste seven local fruits and enjoy live folk music with a village family
- Paddle a sampan, taste coconut candy, try an optional carriage ride
- Private car and driver, English-speaking guide and elephant ear fish lunch
Description
Discover the Mekong Delta on a full-day private tour from Ho Chi Minh City. Visit My Tho (Tien Giang province) and Ben Tre province, and explore the waterways and fruit orchards of the region. Enjoy a traditional lunch and see a music performance.
Itinerary
08:00 AM, the car driver (no tour guide) will pick you up from your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and transfer to Vinh Trang Pagoda, the most beautiful pagoda of the province with a mixed structure of many styles.
Vinh Trang Temple (no tour guide)
On the way, the driver will stop at Vinh Trang Pagoda in My Tho, which was built in 1849. It is the greatest pagoda of Tien Giang Province and was recognized as a national historical and cultural relic.
My Tho
Local guide (English speaking) will welcome you at My Tho port, you will ride on a local motor boat along Dragon Island, Unicorn Island (Cồn Thới Sơn), Phoenix Island, Turtle Island and stop at the famous Unicorn Island. While at the Unicorn Island, you will visit natural pure honey at a beekeeping farm, taste some honey wine, rice wine, banana wine; a performance site where Vietnamese traditional music (Đàn Ca Tài Tử - A folk art form from Southern Vietnam accredited by UNESCO in 2013 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) can be heard and seasonal tropical fruits and honey tea can be tasted (included).
Walking in the village and taking a rowing boat along the natural water coconut canal to see local’s daily life in Mekong Delta.
Ben Tre
Coco candy producing process Continuing the journey on the river until reaching the local hidden Tan Thach village (which is less touristy than Thoi Son island tourism a lot), you will get to know many things about coconut uses (coconut candy, wine, oil, mat, coco shell), the tour guide will explain about coco candy producing process at the local coconut workshop as well – very kid-friendly. Enjoying free samples of local specialties and discovering daily activities of local people.
Horse cart
Take a short walk to explore the village. You enjoy more Mekong countryside with the horse cart as a Landlord in the old days.
Afterward, being on a hand-rowing sampan (small boat) in a small canal and slowly cruising through a small creek with beautiful overhanging coconut trees. Lives from both sides of the creek can be observed.
Lunch with an elephant ear fish
Around noon, have an authentic set menu lunch with an elephant ear fish.
Disembark at My Tho boat station where the car driver (no tour guide) waits for you there and picks you up and transfers straight to HCMC city.
Arrive at HCMC around 15:00 - 16:00.
Transportation
Vehicle type (private tour)
- 1 - 3 pax: Sedan car
- 4 - 5 pax: SUV car
- 6 - 11 pax: Van
Includes
- English-speaking local guide (meet & greet at the boat pier in My Tho)
- Private air-conditioned vehicle with driver, hotel pickup/drop-off in central Ho Chi Minh City
- Boat cruise on the Tien River, hand-rowed sampan ride and electric car ride in the village
- All entrance fees (pomelo/orange garden, coconut candy workshop)
- Seasonal fruit and cold towel on board, plus a second 7-fruit tasting at the village home
- Honey tea and honey-glazed banana chips at the pomelo garden
- Live Don Ca Tai Tu folk music performance
- Set-menu lunch featuring elephant ear fish
- Fresh coconut, one per guest, on the return boat ride
- Complimentary horse-drawn carriage ride at Ben Tre (optional, subject to availability)
Excludes
- Gratuities / tips (optional)
- Drinks and other meals not indicated in the program
- Personal expenses
- Travel insurance
- Airport pickup or drop-off
Important Information
- Children below the age of 6 travel free. Children from the age of 6 and up may travel with an adult's ticket
- Programs and schedules are subject to change without prior notice, depending on weather conditions and the cruise schedule
- Please dress modestly for the temple visits. Sleeveless shirts and short trousers are not allowed
Easy cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
