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Experience the French-influenced flavors of Vietnam right in the southern part of the country, immerse in the daily life of local people on the Mekong Delta and relax on the best pristine tropical beaches. Stay in buzzing Ho Chi Minh City and explore its magnificent cathedrals, markets, and the French-influenced Central Post Office. A culinary adventure will then take you through the city’s busy streets and try authentic dishes that make your taste buds sing and dance along.
Then heading southwest for a couple of hours, taking in the lush rice paddies and fruit farms, before emerging in Cai Be where you can stretch your legs a bit and hop on a bicycle for a short ride along narrow village lanes, passing by fruit orchards and local cottage industries. Cap off your incredible Vietnam journey with a few days on the exotic island and the best beaches in Phu Quoc, where dazzling beaches, hidden coves, and tropical jungles are part of everyday life. Feed the need for adrenaline by snorkeling the tropical coral reefs, and hop on a bicycle and experience the landscape of stunning canals, rice fields, and long stretches of sandy beaches along the island’s alluring coast.
Explore your vacation at the best beaches in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Your driver and guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your accommodation. Check into a hotel and have some rest after the flight. You can take a walk around the neighborhood. Historic charm, architectural marvels, and product variety are splashed all over this area.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Enjoy your breakfast at your hotel then at around 8:30 AM – Your tour guide picks you up at your hotel or specified location. Our guide briefs about what to expect while sightseeing and safety instructions before your departure.
9:00 AM – we start the tour at Nguyen Thien Thuat backstreet – The Lively Saigon. You will pass through one of the typical streets of the city with constructions dating back to the 1960s. Along the street are many Vietnamese guitar makers’ stores. Some of them are really of high quality. There are also many interesting eateries. Mass residential apartment buildings are on the back street. Walking around here gives you an idea of how lively Saigon is. The walk starts from Nguyen Thien Thuat street and ends at Ban Co market. They invite us to try Vietnamese beautiful “chè” (desserts made of beans and sticky rice and coconut milk…).
10:00 AM – Keep on to Districts 10 and 5 to stroll through more typical residential apartment buildings. Again, you will witness Saigon’s unique lifestyles on the streets with shops, street food stands, and rickshaws passing by.
11:30 AM – Walk along Hai Thuong Lang Ong & Trieu Quang Phuc streets – the traditional medicine streets in China Town. This is an area concentrated with traditional clinics and medicine herb stores. Walking along the streets, you can smell the herbs and watch the shop owners do their business. Visit Thien Hau Temple (a temple where Chinese people worship the Heavenly Queen – an important god in their culture.)
12:00 – Go to a local restaurant for lunch then come back to the hotel around 1:00 pm.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Depart from Ho Chi Minh City for Cai Be, greeting at Cai Be harbor, and boat trip transfer to Mekong Lodge. Check-in your accommodation.
Lunch in a nice restaurant with the Vietnamese day menu. On the afternoon arrival date, guests are going to have a bike tour around the area nearby Lodge, do countryside sightseeing, visit Kim Phuoc Pagoda (option 1: approx 1hrs30’) OR Option 2: approx 2hrs30’ with an extra visit to the local market.) After that, cooking demonstration in the evening & dinner in the restaurant.
Riverside Bar is open until midnight.
Overnight in Mekong EcoLodge.
Have breakfast at your accommodation. Today you take a boat trip to Cai Be market, visit handicraft villages, then transfer to Mekong Lodge.
Lunch in a nice restaurant with the Vietnamese day menu. The second-day program includes a bike trip to Tan Phong island: a visit to some local handicrafts: handmade banana leaves hammock, thatched from water coconut leaves, daily house products being made from water hyacinth, free fruit tasting & Vietnamese folk music. Then take a small rowing boat to a small canal (approx 30’). Carvings on fruits or carrots in the evening & dinner in the restaurant.
Riverside Bar is open until midnight.
Overnight in Mekong EcoLodge.
Have breakfast at your accommodation. Have a full morning relax in Mekong Lodge after 2 days of activities.
Transfer to Can Tho Airport. Take a flight to the best beautiful beaches in Vietnam, Phu Quoc Island.
Overnight in Phu Quoc island.
Cap off your incredible Vietnam journey with a few days on the exotic island and the best beaches in Phu Quoc.
Overnight in Phu Quoc island.
Cap off your incredible Vietnam journey with a few days on the exotic island and the best beaches in Phu Quoc.
Overnight in Phu Quoc island.
Cap off your incredible Vietnam journey with a few days on the exotic island and the best beaches in Phu Quoc.
Overnight in Phu Quoc island.
Cap off your incredible Vietnam journey with a few days on the exotic island and the best beaches in Phu Quoc.
Overnight in Phu Quoc island.
