HCMC  - CAN THO - CHAU DOC - HCMC TOUR

Our Ref:

CS-09

Overview:   This journey combines Ho Chi Minh City with an in-depth exploration of the Mekong Delta. The remarkable Mekong River boat journey will take you through prosperous ochrads, vivid color floating markets, Khmer temples and monkey bridges. The ideal journey for those seeking a deeper experience of the Mekong.

Duration:  

5 Days / 4 Nights

Originating:

Ho Chi Minh City

Visiting:  

HCMC / Can Tho / Chau Doc / HCMC

Day 1: Arrive Ho Chi Minh City (D)
Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City. Meet your guide and transfer to hotel for check- in. The rest of the day is at leisure. Overnight in HCMC.

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City - Can Tho (B, L, D)

Price / Person (for 2+)
Executive	US$480
Deluxe	US$450
Standard	US$440
(Single person surcharge applicable)

After breakfast, we transfer to Can Tho, the province in the Mekong Delta. Break at My Tho, 2 hours drive south of HCMC, to visit the very ornate Vinh Trang Pagoda and a family-run rice-noodle factory. Arrive in Can Tho and check into hotel. After lunch, we transfer to Thot Not 45km to the north of Can Tho. Visit the bamboo basket-making hamlet of Long Thanh before continuing to the Thot Not Stork Sanctuary. Watch from a viewing tower above the tree tops as thousands of egrets and herons arrive to roost in the branches. Return to Can Tho in the late afternoon. Overnight in Can Tho.

Day 3: Can Tho - Chau Doc (B, L, D)
After breakfast we check out the hotel and head northwest to Chau Doc, situated on the Cambodian border. Transfer to hotel on arrival. After lunch, we take a boat visit fish farms where fish are bred in wooden cages suspended under floating houses on the river. Continue by boat to visit a village of stilt houses belonging to the Cham minority where colorful traditional textiles are woven on old wooden looms. Return to the dry land in time to drive up Sam Mountain to watch the sunset over the Cambodian border. Overnight in Chau Doc.

Day 4: Chau Doc - Ho Chi Minh City (B, L, D)
Leave Chau Doc after breakfast and back to Ho Chi Minh City via Vinh Long. Short break at Vinh Long to take a boat trip to visit Phan Thanh Gian Confucian Temple and the cottage industries of Cho Cua village. Visit a ceramic tile factory, a tofu and fish sauce factory, a blacksmith's, a roof thatcher's and a rice husking factory. Continue to Cai Be Floating Market and rejoin the car to drive to HCMC. Overnight in HCMC.

Day 5: Depart Ho Chi Minh City (B)
Free at leisure before check out, half- day city tour (optional) in case of late departure. Transfer to the airport for departure.