Price:$123.00
Mekong Delta by Speedboat (Combined Tour)
Code: MK008
Description
Enjoy a scenic speedboat day trip to discover the tangled maze of rivers and vast paddies found in the Mekong Delta on our culture-centric tours. Departing by boat from Ho Chi Minh City ( also known as Saigon), you will explore areas of the Mekong Delta that few other tourists get to experience.
You’ll experience the old-world river life of the Mekong Delta, and enjoy a lesser-seen glimpse into rural Vietnam as it trundles along a slow tempo, as it has done for centuries. Visiting a Cao Dai
temple , Buddhist pagoda, river market and so much more. Bursting with charming local color and scenic views.
Travel by modern speedboat and enjoy countless photo opportunities of the idyllic scenery and local people as you cruise past buffaloes plowing fields, fruit orchards and rice paddies during our Mekong
Delta tour. Our tour provides close-up looks at small-village life along the river particularly during your time spent at a local family’s homestead, where you’ll be invited to enjoy fresh coconuts and fiery Mekong Delta whisky.
You will have a traditional Mekong Delta lunch including fried elephant ear fish, a delicious specialty of the region, at a local house!
Price per person in USD
| Group size (Pax) | 2-9 | 10 UP |
| Price (USD) | 129 | 123 |
| DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION | Your Hotel | ||||||
| DEPARTURE TIME | 08:00 AM | ||||||
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Itinerary
During this tour we will have two parts:
A
8:00am – Your guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel and bring you by car to your boat at our pier.
8:15am – The boat departs and you slip away from downtown Saigon via narrow canals, and enter the verdant green tributaries of the Mekong Delta. A light breakfast is served on board.
8:45am – Enjoy a brief stop at the ornate, overwater Tuong Van Pagoda, while your guide explains the importance Buddhism to many people of the Delta.
9:30am – Visit a bustling, colorful riverside market full of local curiosities, tropical fruits and all manner of fish and shellfish. Great photo opportunities!
10:30am – Reach the idyllic watery expanses of the Delta itself, known as the Delta of Nine Dragons for the 9 tributaries that splinter from the main Mekong River.
10:45am – Turn off the delta into small, winding canals of the Thu Thua area, shaded by a canopy of foliage as you drift along lazily.
Depending on the route, you will visit a traditional riverside house with huge Burmese pythons as pets, a quaint Mekong village and surrounding rice paddies, and then a traditional farmhouse where you’ll sample coconuts and Mekong whisky.
Or you will visit a local merchant and try a range of Mekong produce, and whisky and wine. You’ll walk along the banks of the river to a traditional rural Vietnamese house where 3 generations live, before exploring a charming village where you can try fresh coconuts from the tree. This variation provides fascinating insight into life in the Mekong Delta region.
Please note: Our tours are flexible. Your guide may combine parts from both routes.
B
12:30pm – Enjoy a traditional Mekong Delta lunch at a local pagoda prepared by our private chef. After lunch, you will visit an orphanage run by Buddhist monks.
01:30pm – Visit a colorful Cao Dai Temple.
02:30pm – Return to the speedboat and depart for Ho Chi Minh City.
04:00pm – Arrive back in Saigon. Les Rives’ staff will return you to your hotel by car.=> We operate between different routes in the Mekong Delta to optimize conditions.
The finish time for the tour may vary due to group dynamics.
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