Mekong Delta Experience

Cái Bè Village

Full day

| Tour code: PRV20

Overview

Sài Gòn, well known as the biggest city in Việt Nam, plays an indispensable role in modern history. The fall of the Khmer Kingdom in the 15th Century almost turned today’s South Việt Nam into a no-name land, until the late 17th century, when Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh – a general of Lord Nguyễn – founded Gia Định garrison and ordered building of roads, canals, markets.

HIGHLIGHTS

Cruise along the Mekong River by motorboat and visit a little floating market
Enjoy hand-rowed sampan under the shady tropical fruit gardens
Visit a traditional workshop where they produce coconut candies, pop-rice, rice paper or rice wine… to get insight views about local business
Cycle around the charming village of Cái Bè
Try cooking a Vietnamese dish yourself, guided by your local host
Experience time at an authentic village

WHAT TO EXPECT

Our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel, and drive 2,5 hours to Cái Bè. We will stop along the way for refreshments and toilet.

Upon arrival, we will visit a flea market before cruising along a vast network of canals and channels to enjoy wonderful views of the Mekong River. Stop by a house-boat at the floating market to have fresh fruits, and see how locals do their business on the water.
In your visits to some local cottage industries you can see a coconut candy workshop, try some snake wine, and learn how to make pop-rice, or witness the process of making rice paper.
Cross to the other side of the Mekong River to a famous island named Tân Phong. Here Visit a local family’s home, where we are welcomed by local musicians who will play and sing for us as we enjoy tea and fruits while chatting with other guests.
Enjoy what local people offer by hand-rowing a sampan along the shady, breezy canal.
Lunch will be served at a local house. Your host will show you a cooking demonstration, and you can challenge yourself by cooking a traditional Vietnamese dish — and then enjoy your wonderful lunch afterwards.
After that, we can choose to take a rest at the house or take a cycling tour about 30 minutes around the village; this will give you a fantastic way to experience local life.
Get back to the house, say goodbye to your hosts, and drive back to Hồ Chí Minh City and complete the tour excursion by taking you back to the pickup point. End of services.

INCLUSIONS

Private AC transfer
All boat trips (motorboat, hand-rowed boat)
Vietnamese English-speaking guide
5-course Vietnamese lunch
All admission fees
Bottles of drinking water (02 bottles of 500ml/Person/Day)
Bicycle for a short cycling tour
Local taxes, fees and handling charges
Hotel pickup and drop-off (applied for all places in District 1, 3, 4, Bình Thạnh, Phú Nhuận).

EXCLUSIONS

Personal expenses
Tips and Gratuities (recommended)
Drinks (beer, soft drinks…)
Travel insurance

CANCELLATION POLICY

Within 24 hours before departure: Guests pay 100%
From 24 - 48 hours before departure: Guests pay 50%
Prior to 48 hours before departure: Guests pay 20%

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Please note that timing and itinerary are subject to change without notice. However, we will do everything we reasonably can to make sure everything goes according to plan.

• We offer pickup service at other districts with extra fees:
- District 2, 7, 8, 5, 6, 10, 11, Tân Bình: 500,000VND/Group/Tour.
- District 9, 12, Thủ Đức, Bình Tân, Tân Phú, Gò Vấp: 1,000,000VND/Group/Tour.

• If you want to have a guide who can speak different language than English, please check availability with us; there might be an extra charge for below languages
- French/Japanese: 400,000VND/Group/Tour.
- Chinese: 500,000VND/Group/Tour.
- Russian: 600,000VND/Group/Tour.
- Thai: 900,000VND/Group/Tour.
- German/Italian/Spanish: 1,400,000VND/Group/Tour.
- Korean: 2,500,000VND/Group/Tour.

• Children Policy
- From 12 years old up: pay as an adult.
- From 5 – 11 years old: Pay 75%
- Under 5 years old: Free of charge. However, only one under-five free admission per booking. If you have more than two under-five, from the second kid pays 50% each.

• Please request in advance if you have a food allergy, you are a vegetarian, you observe Halal or diet menu. Some special requests might be applied with an extra charge:
- Halal Lunch: 150,000VND/Person.
- Indian Lunch: 150,000VNd/Person.
- Diet Menu: To be advised.

• During the tour, you might see some things that you don’t like, such as animals in cages (python, crocodile, frog…). Most of them are managed by local villagers for economic reasons. We don’t promote these activities and we don’t promise those activities in our tours. However, sometimes you will see them by accident on the way without our control. We hope to receive your understanding and sympathy. If you really don’t want this to happen during your tour, please contact us in advance so we can suggest you other suitable programs.