Highlights:

-       Enjoy the peaceful country scenery of rice fields, boat and sampans

-       Excellent services on the unique and exotic traditional boat

-       Run a different route to untouched remote areas

-       Boating down the Mekong River to explore lively floating markets with an abundance of colorful fresh fruits and vegetables

-       Enjoyable tourism experience and opportunity for tourists to meet locals

Itinerary:

8.00, meet our guide at hotel, then transfer to Cai Be town pier at around 10.30.

Upon embarkation, clients are welcomed with fresh rolled cotton towels.

The program will start with the visit of Cai Be colorful floating market cruising among local barges full of fruits and vegetables. Further, a visit will be done at an ancient Mandarin house dating from the 19^th century where you will be greeted by the family.We will proceed to Phu An, an untouched remote area reflecting some of the best sights the Mekong Delta can offer. On the way, an optional stop can be made at local home factories where you can see how rice paste and rice popcorn are made. A delicious lunch will be served at Le Longanier, a superb Indochinese villa located in a lush tropical plantation, by the river.

(*) Set menu lunch: Vegetable Soup, Le Longanier Fried Spring rolls, Fried Mekong Elephant Ear Fish, Fried Mixed Vegetables with Pork, Caramelized Pork in Clay Pot, Seasonal Fresh Fruits. (For other menus, please contact us.)

 

After lunch, your sampan will cruise deeper into the country side on smaller canals and arroyos passing under several small traditional bridges made by wood and bamboos. Stops can be made during the cruise to visit some fruit markets and plantations on the banks (bananas, water melon, and longans), an opportunity to make contacts with local inhabitants. Along the river, local houses are still traditionally made of wood and palm tree leaves. On the river banks, you will observe some very large rice fields while cruising between numerous suspended fishing nets, an ancestral way of fishing in the Mekong Delta. The cruise will end at around 3pm at Phu Nhuan Bridge near Cai Lay. Transfer back to Saigon.

(*) An optional bicycle tour can be arranged on the banks, through the country side.

 

*During cruise, fresh cotton towerls, hot green tea, mineral water and exotic seasonal fruits will be served on board free of charge

 

Including: 

Private transportation with airconditioner

English speaking tour guide

1 Day cruise on Cai Be Princess junk on private chartered basis

Fresh cotton towels, fresh fruits, hot green tea, mineral water during cruise

Lunch (as per menu described)

Service charges, taxes and bank fees if paying by credit cards.

 

Excluding: 

Drinks, gratuities and personal expenses

Insurance

Other private expenses

All services not clearly included

PACKAGERATES (per person): validuntil 31 Dec, 2012
Numberin group	2 -3	4 -6	7 -9	S.R.S
Package	138 US$	115 US$	100 US$	NA

 

 *At the time of quotation, Travel Sense Asia reserves the right to adjust prices to take account of unusual movements in currency markets, hotel and transport costs as a result of inflationary price pressures in oil and other commodity markets.