Overview

The tour starts with a bus ride from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho, lasting about one and a half hours through rice fields and along the national highway. Upon arrival in My Tho, travelers visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, built in 1849. Next, a motorboat takes the group onto the Tien River, where they pass fishing ports, floating houses, and cruise to Unicorn, Dragon, Phoenix, and Turtle islands. The itinerary includes stops at an orchard garden and a bee farm where honey tea is served, with an opportunity to photograph a python. The tour continues to a Coconut Candy Workshop offering sugar-free candy and coconut wine. Visitors then enjoy tropical fruits while listening to Southern Vietnamese folk music, followed by a rowing boat trip along a small canal in the Mekong Delta. Lunch is served on Phoenix Island in Ben Tre province, known for its coconuts. After lunch, there is free time to visit a crocodile farm or the monkey bridge, bike around the island, or relax in hammocks. Early the next morning, a boat trip visits the Cai Rang floating market at its busiest time. The cruise continues through small canals to a rice noodle making village and crosses the Monkey Bridge. The route passes Sam Mountain and approaches the Vietnamese-Cambodian border before reaching Tra Su bird sanctuary. Small boats navigate canals inside the forest where storks, cranes, and other tropical birds can be seen. In Chau Doc, a boat trip explores a floating village and visits a fish farm demonstrating fish raising in floating houses. The tour also includes visits to a Cham minority weaving village and a local Islamic mosque. In the afternoon, the group travels by car to the Vinh Xuong border gate to complete Cambodian entry procedures. The tour ends with a boat departing for Phnom Penh around 1 p.m. This 3-day, 2-night tour includes accommodation in air-conditioned double or twin rooms, two breakfasts, two lunches, boat trips, bike rides, honey tea, fruit and candy tastings, a professional English-speaking guide, and pickup and drop-off by modern air-conditioned bus. The boat ticket to Phnom Penh, Cambodia visa fees, tips, and other personal expenses are not included.

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• Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.

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