Mekong Delta & Cambodia Gateway - 3 Days / 2 Nights

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) – Xeo Quit – Can Tho (Mekong Delta) – Chau Doc – Phnom Penh

This cruise trip in Vietnam will bring you to explore a diversity of Vietnam Mekong, including fishermen life on the Mekong Delta, Sampan tour into Xeo Quit, colourful Cai Rang floating market, the way of life of the Cham minority with their colorful traditional woven textiles, the Can Tho’s pleasant countryside via biking.

Tour Highlights

• Cruising to Xeo Quit through the local river side to take a sampan tour into Xeo Quit, an old Viet Cong base surrounded by a cajuput forest
• Taking a pleasant 2- hour bike tour of Can Tho’s countryside
• Visiting the bamboo basket- making hamlet of Long Thanh
• Boating to visit the unique farms where fish are bred in wooden cages suspended under floating houses on the river in Chau Doc
• Visiting the Cham minority’s village of stilt houses, where colorful traditional textiles are woven on old wooden looms
  
  

Detailed Tour Itinerary

Day 1 - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) - Xeo Quit - Can Tho (Mekong Delta)
Transfer by car to My Hiep, in the heart of the Mekong Delta, and embark on a private river cruise to Xeo Quit through the local river side. Take a sampan tour into Xeo Quit, an old Viet Cong base surrounded by a cajuput forest. Cruise back and continue to Can Tho and transfer to hotel on arrival. Overnight in Can Tho.

Day 2 - Can Tho - Chau Doc
Cruise to the colourful Cai Rang floating market while having a buffet breakfast on board the traditional Mekong-style Mystic Sampan. Back on dry land in Can Tho take a two-hour bike tour of the countryside. Leave Can Tho for Chau Doc via Thot Not, 45km to the north of Can Tho. Watch from a viewing tower above the tree tops as thousands of egrets, herons and cormorants arrive to roost in the branches. Visit the bamboo basket-making hamlet of Long Thanh before continuing to Chau Doc. (B)

Day 3 - Chau Doc - Phnom Penh
After breakfast take a boat to visit the unique 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. Take a boat to the Cambodian border and after formalities with the border authorities, cruise along the Mekong River to Phnom Penh. (B)

Note: We can arrange additional customized trips for you if the above itineray does not match your expectations.