From Ho Chi Minh: Full Day Mekong Delta Private Tour Option 1: Transportation only

Explore the Mekong Delta on a full-day private tour from Ho Chi Minh City. Visit the My Tho and Ben Tre cities and explore their waterway network.
Discover the Mekong Delta on a full-day private tour from Ho Chi Minh City. Visit My Tho (Tien Giang province) and Ben Tre province, and explore the waterways and fruit orchards of the region. Enjoy a traditional lunch and see a music performance.

ITINERARY

08:00 AM, the car driver (no tour guide) will pick you up from your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and transfer to Vinh Trang Pagoda, the most beautiful pagoda of the province with a mixed structure of many styles.

Vinh Trang Temple (no tour guide)
The rest stop on the way at the pagoda, the car driver will stop at Vinh Trang pagoda in My Tho which was built in 1849. It is the greatest pagoda of Tien Giang Province and was recognized as a national historical and cultural relic.

My Tho
Local guide (English speaking) will welcome you at My Tho port, you will ride on a local motor boat along Dragon Island, Unicorn Island (Cồn Thới Sơn), Phoenix Island, Turtle Island and stop at the famous Unicorn Island. While at the Unicorn Island, you will visit natural pure honey at a beekeeping farm, taste some honey wine, rice wine, banana wine; a performance site where Vietnamese traditional music (Đàn Ca Tài Tử - A folk art form from Southern Vietnam accredited by UNESCO in 2013 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) can be heard and seasonal tropical fruits and honey tea can be tasted (included).
Walking in the village and taking a rowing boat along the natural water coconut canal to see local’s daily life in Mekong Delta.

Ben Tre
Coco candy producing process Continuing the journey on the river until reaching the local hidden Tan Thach village (which is less touristy than Thoi Son island tourism a lot), you will get to know many things about coconut uses (coconut candy, wine, oil, mat, coco shell), the tour guide will explain about coco candy producing process at the local coconut workshop as well – very kid-friendly. Enjoying free samples of local specialties and discovering daily activities of local people.

Horse cart
Take a short walk to explore the village. You enjoy more Mekong countryside with the horse cart as a Landlord in the old days.

Afterward, being on a hand-rowing sampan (small boat) in a small canal and slowly cruising through a small creek with beautiful overhanging coconut trees. Lives from both sides of the creek can be observed.

Lunch with an elephant ear fish. Around noon, have an authentic set menu lunch with an elephant ear fish.

Disembark at My Tho boat station where the car driver (no tour guide) waits for you there and picks you up and transfers straight to HCMC city.
Arrive at HCMC around 3-4pm.

TRANSPORTATION
Vehicle type (private tour)
1 - 3 pax: Sedan car
4 - 5 pax: SUV car
6 - 11 pax: Van

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.