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Operation :
Daily
Duration :
3 days / 2 nights
Tour route :
Saigon – Cai Be - Vinh Long - Can Tho - Chau Doc - Saigon
Brief description :
Explore the Mekong’s charm and friendliness on two wheels and by boat. Cycling is a great way to see the countryside and life of the locals and cruising down the Mekong Delta’s channels by boat is a great way to relax and take in the sites. These methods of travel are both fun and less harmful to the environment. This is your chance to travel into the hidden parts of the Mekong’s people and culture.
Detailed itinerary:
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Day 1 : Saigon - Cai Be - An Binh island (Lunch, Dinner)
AM: Impress travel team will pick you up from Saigon hotel, and then transfer to Cai Be, taking local ferry to An Binh island. Getting started cycling along village paths to visit:
•The rural activities of the local people.
•Visiting Mr Cai Cuong ‘s ancient house - landlord’s house in the past, farming tool display, rice planting line, traditional music performance.
•Visiting a bonsai garden,
•Lunch
PM: Cycling to the homestay. Strolling on the village paths. Dinner. Chatting with the local people.
Homestay on An Binh island with local people
Day 2 : An Binh island – Vinh Long – Can Tho (Breakfast, Lunch)
AM: Breakfast, say goodbye to family, taking ferry to Vinh Long town. Cycling to Long Phuoc village ( Long Ho- Vinh Long) on the way to visit:
•Literature temple, local cottage industries, Mr’s Tam Phan ancient house.
•Arrival at Long Hiep function( Long Ho ) , cycling through on Cai Ngang to Tam Binh, looking at the rural daily life of the local people, agricultural activities, an orange orchard, Tam Binh market.
•Lunch.
PM: After lunch, We are cycling to Cai Ngang and Tra On for looking at: Floating market, Phuoc Hau pagoda, carpenter village. Then continue cycling to Binh Minh for visiting Kh’mer village and Incense making village. Then we will transfer to Can Tho city by Van / Car
Overnight in Hotel, Can Tho city
Day 3 : Can Tho – Cai Rang - Saigon (Breakfast, Lunch)
AM: Morning boat trip to CaiRang Floating Market and up a quiet canal for more cruise on winding arroyos. Then bike backcountry roads 2 hrs to enjoy the beautiful Delta scenery and meet the locals (many on bicycle too).
PM: After lunch we head back to Saigon. Thank you for joining us and have an impressive trip in Mekong delta Vietnam.
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Highlights tour
+ Cai Be: Nearby Vinh Long, it is the bustling Cai Be Floating Market, where you can see wholesalers on big boats hang a sample of what they sell from the top of a long pole. It is also a leisure time for boating to see small canals and visit orchards...
+ Can Tho: Can Tho has a population well in excess of 1 million and is the biggest city in the Mekong Delta. Although developing fast (about 10% growth in 2004), it retains its charm as the center of a rural area, as urban development is taking place in a rather orderly manner.
+ Vinh Long: Vinh Long is a medium sized town along the banks of the Mekong River, about midway between Mytho and Can Tho. It is the islands in the Mekong River make trips to Vinh Long beautiful. Most of the islands are given over to fruit orchards and the narrow canals are often straddled by flimsy-looking wooden bridges made from he trunks of coconut palms or bamboo and known as monkey bridges...
+ Cai Rang : Together with Cai Be and Phung Hiep, Cai Rang Floating Market in Can Tho City is one of the three biggest in the Mekong Delta. The shops and stalls at the market are boats of different sizes.
Draft itinerary:
Day 1 : Saigon - Cai Be - An Binh island (Lunch, Dinner)
Day 2 : An Binh island – Vinh Long – Can Tho (Breakfast, Lunch)
Day 3 : Can Tho – Cai Rang - Saigon (Breakfast, Lunch)



The tour price is updating, Please fully fill in the below form for your inquiry !
+ Our prices include: Private air-conditioned vehicle with an experienced safe driver, English speaking tour guide, Entrance fee (s), Accommodation with breakfast, Boat cruise in Mekong, Bike, All meals as mentioned in itinerary and Complimentary water
+ Our prices exclude: International flight to/from Vietnam, Single supplement charge, Vietnamese entry visa fee, Travel insurance, Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program, Personal expenses and Tips for driver & tour guide.
+ What to bring: Passport, change of clothes, sun-glasses & hat, sun-block, insect repel, flashlights, good shoes, cable locks.
Mekong delta river map

Recently updated – Traveller’s comment
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Good Morning Tony, so very nice to hear from you again.
I received lots of emails from Kate during their holiday in Vietnam and can assure you that they had a truly wonderful trip and enjoyed it as much as we did.
They were very grateful that we had recommended Impress Travel to them.
They have not yet returned to Tasmania as they are spending some time in South Australia with their daughter, but we have spoken to them with regard to catching up with them shortly after their return.
We definitely hope to return to Vietnam in the future and would like to bring some more friends when we do.
I think I mentioned previously that our youngest son is getting married next February, so next year we will need to assist financially with that, but hopefully in 2012.
I couldn’t convince my son and his fiancée to come to Vietnam for their honeymoon, they have settled on Langkawi, but I am sure they will get to your country one day.
They love to travel very much.
We have received nice emails from Thoi and Cindy (our guides in Hoi An and Hanoi) which is really good.
From our trip, there is not a thing you need to improve, I will mention to Kate and Peter that you would appreciate their feedback as well on their tour.
It is the first day of spring here today and hopefully the weather will begin to warm up. We took our grandchildren up the mountains to the snow last weekend which was beautiful, but I long for some warmer days.
Thankyou for your email again, I appreciate you keeping in touch, be assured we will continue to recommend your travel agency to any other friends wishing to tour Vietnam.
Kind Regards,
Janeece Cook,
Reference: Mrs. Janeece, Nationality: Austrailia, Email : jcook@examiner.com.au
Hi Tony,
Thanks for your email. Sorry I have been slow getting back to you, but since returning home we have been busy (as you can imagine). Both Peter and I are back at work now, but we feel very refreshed and revitalised from our fantastic holiday. We loved everything we saw. The highlights for me were the Mekong Delta, Hoi An and Sapa.
If we had the good fortune to return to Vietnam we would like to do a homestay either in the Mekong Delta or Sapa. We absolutely loved those areas and could easily have spent more time there. We also liked Nha Trang and would liked to have stayed there for another day too.
It was just wonderful to have a guide and driver meet us at the airport and drive us around to the various attractions.
I have enclosed a photo of you and Peter taken in Hanoi.
Thank you once again Tony. We very much appreciate what you have done for us while we were in Vietnam.
Kind regards,
Kate and Peter
Email: katesbarber@hotmail.com
Nationality : Australia
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