Duration: 2 days/ 1 night
Operation: Daily
Tour route: Saigon – Ben Tre - Saigon
Brief description: This new tour combines cycling and kayaking in Mekong delta, so you can explore some islands where locals have never seen any tourists. Depending on the river tide, our guide will arrange the kayak route. Therefore, we can not have a fixed program (see below a draft itinerary). The water color is light brown, as it originates high in Tibet, flowing 4500km through China, Myanmar - Laos - Thai border and through Cambodia and Vietnam, passing many volcanic red soil plateaus. Swimming in Mekong river? No problem, local people swim in the river everyday!
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Day 1 : CaiBe - BenTre (L,D)
07:30 am Depature by bus for CaiBe (2hrs), we start biking off road ~10km with ferry crossing, then boarding on boat for cruising on Mekong river. See CaiBe floating market, then off the boat for short cycling to ancient house. Lunch break. Afternoon relax on hammock when cruising to island, start kayaking 2 hours in small arroyo. Back to our boat. Then cruise to BenTre for the night. Sunset view from the river. Overnight homestay in farmer house.
Day 2 : BenTre - SaiGon (B,L)
This day, we cycle total around 30km from morning until 3.00 pm with many stops and visit. After breakfast, we start cycling 4hrs back on small trail along the river, see daily life of the locals, feeling lost on winding road under the green coconut canopy. The coconut palms that make BenTre famous in Vietnam. On arrival in BenTre at noon time, we cruise down the busy branches of Mekong and into a peaceful canal. Visit an island orchard, lunch break with traditional meal, see the daily life of farmers and try exotic seasonal fruits unique to the region. Hammock siesta, then we cycle to explore this quiet area, call on coconut-candy workshop and other handicraft workshop (if time permitting) before coming back to our bus. Return to Saigon.
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