DURATION : 10 HOURS START TIME : 08:00 ~ 09:00 TRANSPORTATION: CAR
"You are totally open to connect with local people to understand more about their lifestyle and honesty, hospitality in a quiet town atmosphere."
For those seeking a comprehensive and authentic experience, eager to engage with locals and delve into the "water hyacinth" way of life, appreciating sincerity, warm hospitality, and the serenity of a tranquil town ambiance, the Mekong Delta 1-day biking tour is a must-not-miss opportunity!
HIGHLIGHT
- Walk through the orchard gardens to taste some seasonal tropical fruits
- Relax on the rowing boat going through a mangrove palm canal
- Cycling through the very truly countryside
- Visit a countryside market and take some funny talks with friendly locals
- Have a typical “home grow, homemade” lunch just the same as locals’
ITINERARY
- Our private car and tour guide will pick you up at 8 am at your hotel for Mekong Delta 1 Day With Biking.
- After around 2-hour driving from Saigon, we will reach the port to take leisurely cruise on the Tien River to see 4 islets which are represented as four mythical animals in Southeast Asia: Dragon, Kirin, Tortoise, and Phoenix.
- Then we will visit honey bee farm and taste delicious honey tea with lemon that is really good for health. Moreover is to enjoy a lot of tropical fruits featuring the typical characteristic of Mekong Delta. Local people also have a python farm for those who are looking for adventure can touch pythons and take photos with them.
- Visit coconut candy workshop to know how to make delicious candies by hand.
- On Classic Mekong Delta Tour, you can enjoy the melody of “Don Ca Tai Tu”, a genre of traditional folk music which is an indispensable spiritual cultural activity in Mekong Delta people’s lives and officially recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
- Furthermore, we can relax on the rowing boat going through a mangrove palm canal, and continue to ride by horse-drawn carriage through the village as the way locals did in the 19th century.
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Coming back to the main land and drive directly to Ben Tre province which is called as a coconut kingdom in Vietnam. Over there, we can easily find out how useful of a “tree of heaven” affecting in locals’ life.
Specially on the Mekong Delta 1 Day With Biking, we will take our own bikes for riding through the very truly countryside where car is nearly impossible to get through with small complex terrain.
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After about 7 – 10 km biking, we are going to pass the countryside local market, tropical fruit gardens, get across the bridge with vast mangrove palm scenery from both sides, visit a countryside market and take some funny talks with friendly locals over there.
Following that, we will come to coconut garden to harvest the fruit by ourselves and then have a typical “home grow, homemade” lunch just the same as locals’.
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Back to Saigon, The Mekong Delta 1 Day With Biking is finished at around 6 pm.