Hoian Cycling, Farming, Cooking
Duration: 1 Day
Price from: $45
Escape from bustling and noisy live of Hochiminh city to explore the hidden gem of Mekong Delta. Enjoy amazing excursions across villages, fruits' orchards, rice fields. Retreat at Ut Trinh Homestay as your home away.
Highlights:
Itinerary in brief:
Day 1: Saigon - Cai Be - Ut Trinh homestay
Day 2: Ut Trinh homestay - Vinh Long - Saigon
Day 1: Saigon – Cai Be – Ut Trinh Homestay (-/L/D)
08:30 AM meet our local tour guide at your hotel in Saigon / Hochiminh city.
Drive to Cai Be to explore the hidden gem of Mekong Delta.
The program will start with a visit of Cai Be colorful floating market cruising among local barges full of fruits and vegetables by the luxury boat of Mekong Travel
Then, an optional stop can be made at local workshops where you can see how to make rice paper, coconut candy and pop-rice, pop-corn...
It is so interesting to visit the handicraft village where you can see how they make some special products: making rice-net for spring-rolls, fish sauce & Soya sauce, cooking salt, sewing coconut-leaves for cottage roof...
The best lunch will be served at ANH KIET ancient house.
After lunch, the rowing boat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals and to enjoy the peaceful time. It is so interesting to see traditional houses made of wood and palm tree leaves and see some activities of the local farmers with an opportunity to make contacts with them and see how they catch fish or pick up fruits by ancestral ways in Mekong Delta.
Then, we visit nursery garden for you to contact the real famous farmers – Mr Tiger or his son who is very successful in Vietnam agriculture.
Have some fruits and tea when attending a performance of traditional music at Ut Trinh home.
Check in at Ut Trinh homestay on An Binh Island.
One more thing to do in this trip is biking. It will be so amazing to bike on village paths to see the local farms, houses, real life and the ancestral ways to pick up fruits in Mekong Delta.
Cooking some dishes with the owners. We enjoy diner and have cup of tea or rice wine when talking together. You can ask the locals about the culture, people, history of this Island. They do not mind to answer some personal questions. Tonight we spend one night in a private room of local house – UT TRINH Homestay.
Day 2 : UT TRINH Homestay – Vinh Long - Saigon (B)
Have a breakfast and walk along the village to enjoy the fresh air in the morning
Boat trip to visit the brick kilns where you can see how the local people create beautiful potteries from clay.
Our boat will go along the floating village. We will learn how to farm catfish on Mekong river
We can visit Vinhlong market in the town. This is the best choice for you to take pictures of fish, shrimps, prawns, crabs, snakes, rice-field rats, tropical fruits, vegetables...
The cruise will end at Vinh Long city.
Drive back to Hochiminh city. Drop off at your hotel in Saigon/ Hochiminh city. Tour ends.
Note:
• This tour must be booked at least 72 hours in advance of your travel date
• Confirmation for this product will be received at time of booking
Prices: from $128 per person.
Please contact our Tour Manager to get best available rates.
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You will live the best experiences of beautiful moments while staying with local people here in Cai Be: meeting local inhabitants, flavouring tropical fruits in lush orchards, cycling on the small paths leading to rice fileds, orchards or canals...
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