- Experience the tunnels’ system
- Visit Ben Tre Province
- Cruise by boat along the upper Mekong
- Enjoy honey tea, seasonal fruit, fresh coconut candy and Southern Vietnamese Folk Music
- Mekong floating market.
Tour itinerary
We depart from Vietnam Travel Group office or pick you up at your hotel. We are take you visit Cu Chi Tunnels. And head to Cu Chi Tunnels for 60km from Ho Chi Minh City. Cu Chi is now considered a heroic district for the role it played in the Vietnam War The famous Cu Chi tunnels are a huge underground 220 km network. The tunnels were once used as a military base for the Vietnamese Soldiers resistance to the US forces during the Vietnam War and often used as hiding spots or spy activities. Along the way to Cu Chi from Ho Chi Minh city, we will pass by the scenic local countryside, where you might even spot ducks and buffalo cooling off in the river. You will find it hard to imagine the destruction and damage that once dominated the area, caused by bombing and mines when Cu Chi was "a free target zone."
The afternoon: We depart from Cu Chi to Mekong Delta for two hours by car. On the way to Cai Be, we stop by at a restaurant to have a lunch with Vietnamese cuisine. Arrive Cai Be, check in homestay, take a rest, then biking along the countryside road to get to know the locals going about their day. 17:00. Attend a cooking class with local chef. Dinner will be served once the cooking class is finished. 19:00. Leisure time! Stay overnight in the Bungalow Or Homestay (Vinh Long).
Home Stay: You will be transferred to riverside by “the King Local transport” which is a wagon pulled by a motorbike. Enjoy your nice dinner with your “ Sweet Vietnamese Family”. Overnight on wooden bed with straw mattress.
Breakfast at the hotel/homestay. We will take a leisure boat trip to explore the picturesque tributaries of the Lower Mekong River (Bassac River) then visit to Cai Rang floating market which is the liveliest one in the whole of region. Walking trip to visit the fruit plantation and local noodle factory. Visit Binh Thuy communal house and Munir Ansay Pagoda - a Khmer pagoda, renowned for its unique structure. Have lunch and return to Ho Chi Minh City.