Getting away from a hustling and bustling city to start 4 Days Mekong Delta Ha Tien Tour is a perfect choice on your holiday. Govietnamvisa.com has provided a Mekong Delta tour travelling to My Tho, Can Tho, Chau Doc, Long Xuyen, Ha Tien from Ho Chi Minh City. You visit Unicorn Island, bee farm, Cai Rang floating market, pagoda, Tra Su forest, Mui Nai beach in Ha Tien and enjoy tropical fruits, folk music and local specialities. It is a memorable trip to explore 4-day Mekong Delta Tour.

Highlights:

• Island tour

• Tropical fruits garden + bee farm + coconut candy workshop and small cannal.

• Vinh Trang Pagoda

• The biggest Cai Rang floating market

• Truc Lam Phuong Nam Buddhist Meditation Monastery

• Motor boat.

• Long Xuyen - Crocodile Farm

• Tra Su forest

• Tay An Pagoda

• Ba Chua Xu Temple

• Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb

• Ha Tien: Mui Nai beach, Phu Dung pagoda, Mac Cuu mausoleum, Thach Dong mountain, Tinh Bien market at border

DAY 1: SAI GON - MY THO - BEN TRE - CAN THO

• 08:00am, Mekong Delta Ha Tien Tour from Sai Gon 4 Days (My Tho - Can Tho - Chau Doc - Long Xuyen - Ha Tien) - travel by coach to My Tho.

• 9:30am - 10:00am, arrive in My Tho. Board a wooden motor boat (20 minutes) to Unicorn Island. On this boat along the river’s bank, you’ll be passing through natural creeks, interesting fisherman's port; stilt houses (half on land, half on water).

• From there, we’ll take you to a bee farm where you have a chance to taste a tasteful cup of authentic honey tea. After that we walk around quiet villages and watch the life of rural people in Mekong Delta.

• Things get small and personal now. We are divided into many groups (if you take group tour) and get on small row boats. During this 15 minutes trip, you’ll witness all kind of interesting transportation modes that local people use to move around, while enjoying the fresh air along the canal and beautiful water coconut tree scenery. Away from the city, that is it all about!

• When you feel it's enough for the serenity, let's get back to the large motor boat for something different. You'll cruise a canal whose 2 long sides are orchards (seasonable orchards). After that, we cruise to a village where the sweat smell coconut candies are in the air. To satisfy your curiosity, we'll get to a village that has many small shops that make coconut candy and handcrafted items from coconut trees of Mekong Delta. You might learn that those people can amazingly make dozens of useful products out of coconut trees. It is indeed inseparable from the villagers' life.

• Now let's have a lunch the restaurant.

• One of the boat’s stops during this trip is at a seasonable orchard that has many different types of tasty tropical fruits for your enjoyments. You can enjoy the fruits for free while checking out the folk music that is typical to only the people in Southern Vietnam.

• You will return to My Tho by motorized boat and then visit Vinh Trang pagoda. Visiting Vinh Trang Pagoda, which is known as "the largest pagoda in Tien Giang", you will be able to see firsthand a unique spiritual architecture that perfectly combines both Western and Eastern styles. After this, our coach takes you to Can Tho.

• Check-in hotel and stay overnight in Can Tho.

Included: Coach, boat trips, entrance fees, English speaking guide in tour, lunch, dinner (standard tour without 01 dinner), 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation in Can Tho.

Excluded: Breakfast, drinks, travel insurance, tips and personal expenses.

DAY 2: CAN THO - CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET - TRA SU FOREST - CHAU DOC

• After breakfast, around 7:15am, we board a boat and travel to Cai Rang floating market.

• After that, we continue on our riverine route for 5-7 minutes and then on foot for about 5 minutes to reach a noodle and a rice paper factories.

• Next place to visit today, Truc Lam Phuong Nam Buddhist Meditation Monastery: It is the place for people who want to know about Zen and it is one of the most beautiful temple in Vietnam. With a large area, 2 lakes, specific structure and loads of statues. It makes you feel relaxed!

• The time now should be around 12 noon. Time for lunch! Let's go back to Can Tho for that.

• After this, our coach takes you to Chau Doc. On the way, we will stop at Long Xuyen to visit Crocodile farm (If time permits). And we will continue to Tra Su Forest. You seat on long boat with a motor which allows you through water covered in green lilies. A bit surreal as it almost likes land, enjoy precious moments living in harmony with nature as well as the wholesome atmosphere. You will be flabbergasted by small houses on stilts with rudimentary bamboo ceilings that are firmly tightened to cajuput trees, making an unusual existence in the quiet ambience of the forest.

• You stand on a 23.5m high watch tower in the midst of the forest; enjoy a panorama of the vast greenery spotted with the white of storks below and surrounding countryside.

• You have a BBQ buffet dinner in Chau Doc.

• We stay overnight in Chau Doc.

Included: Coach or private transport, boat trips, entrance fees, English speaking guide in tour, breakfast, lunch, dinner (standard tour without 01 dinner), 01 Aquafina water bottle and accommodation in Chau Doc.

Excluded: Drinks, travel insurance, tips and personal expenses.

DAY 3: CHAU DOC – HA TIEN

7:00am - 7:30am: Visiting the and after breakfast, our guide will take you to travel 3 places: Tay An Pagoda, Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb, Ba Chua Xu Temple.

• Tay An Pagoda was constructed in 1847 at the base of Sam Mountain in An Giang. Then it was restored extensively in 1958. It is beautifully decorated with many elements from the Cham, Vietnamese, Chinese and Indian cultures. The interior and main gate follows Vietnamese design, having figures of 2 dragons and lions fighting for chrysanthemums, pearls, lotus blossoms and apricots trees on the roofline romp.

• Ba Chua Xu Temple, also known as the Holy Mother of the Realm is a solemn and ancient architecture built in 1820. The layout of the temple looks like the writing of the Chinese characters with the shape of a blooming lotus and 4 blue tiles roofs. According to An Giang Records Book, in 2009, this temple was recognized as the oldest sandstone statue in Vietnam. Legend tells that the Holy Mother helped the villagers to fight back the Siam Army in the past while blessing good weather and rich harvesting seasons to them. Thus, worshippers often come here a lot to touch her statue and ask for her blessing and protection.

• Thoai Ngoc Hau (1761-1829), a mandarin serving Nguyen Dynasty, was the pioneer to exploit this Chau Doc’s virgin soil, establish living settlements as well as dig Thoai Ha and Vinh Te channels. After his death, local people built a tomb to commemorate his dedication of developing agriculture in the 1930s. He was buried with his 2 wives together with a temple in his honor. Thoai Ngoc Hau tomb was designed by a harmonious architecture. There are many thick stone walls around the tomb. In the middle of it, there are temples and tombs for worshipping. Besides, numerous tombs of officials who had supported Thoai Ngoc Hau in the past were also constructed.  

14:00: We continue to visit 4 places this afternoon

• Phu Dung pagoda : This pagoda was founded in the mid-18th century by Nguyen Thi Xuan. Her tomb and that of one of her female servants are on the hillside behind the pagoda. Inside the main hall of the pagoda, the most notable statue on the central dais is a bronze Thich Ca Buddha from China. Behind the main hall is a small temple, Dien Ngoc Hoang, dedicated to the Taoist Jade Emperor. Head up the steep blue stairs to the shrine. The figures inside are of Ngoc Hoang (the Jade Emperor) flanked by Nam Tao, the Taoist God of the Southern Polar Star and the God of Happiness (on the right); and Bac Dao, the Taoist God of the Northern Polar Star and the God of Longevity (on the left). The statues are made of papier mâché moulded over bamboo frames.

• Mac Cuu mausoleum: Not far from town are the Mac Cuu Family Tombs, known locally as Nui Lang, the Hill of the Tombs. Mac Cuu, a Khmer-appointed 18th-century Chinese governor, and several dozens of his relatives are buried here in traditional Chinese tombs decorated with figures of dragons, phoenixes, lions and guardians. At the bottom of the complex is an ornate shrine dedicated to the Mac family. Best with a good guide as the beauty is mostly in history.

• Thach Dong mountain (Stone cave): is located 4km from the center of Ha Tien and only 3km from the border of Cambodia. To the left of Thach Dong entrance is a stone stele, erected to commemorate the southwest border defense war in the last century. During the war, Thach Dong was a strategic defense location. Entering Thach Dong, visitors will see large and small caves formed from geological changes. Inside Thach Dong is Tien Son pagoda, believed to be built in the late 18th century to worship Shakyamuni Buddha and Bodhisattva Avalokitevara. The cave’s large main entrance has stone stairs. There are also three small gates linked to the upper part and a small gate connecting to an underground path which is called the “door to hell". On the walls of the caves, there are protruding rocks that are now home to hundreds of pigeons. The cave has many stalactites of varying shapes. At the front gate of the cave, tourists can see a three-meter stalactite in the shape of an eagle’s wing. Thach Dong is also the place where the Thach Sanh fairy tale came from. There is a small corner to the east of the cave which leads to “heaven”, as legend has it. Thach Sanh got through this corner to kill the monster and rescue princess Quynh Nga and the son of Thuy Te king. Thach Dong is a famous tourist attraction because it was chosen as the background for various films, including late director Do Quang Hai Au’s Thach Sanh Legend, and director Nguyen Vinh Son’s Southern Land.

• Mui Nai beach: The best of the Gulf of Thailand beaches, Mui Nai is 8km west of Ha Tien. The water is incredibly warm and becalmed, so great for taking a dip, and the beach is much improved thanks to several tonnes of sand from Phu Quoc Island, all set beneath a canopy of lofty palms. There are beaches on both sides of the peninsula, lined with simple restaurants and guesthouses.

Have dinner and stay overnight in Ha Tien.

Included: Coach, entrance fees, English speaking guide in tour, breakfast, lunch, dinner, 01 Aquafina water bottle and. accommodation fees, 

Excluded: Dinner, drinks, travel insurance, tips and personal expenses.

DAY 4: HA TIEN – SAI GON

• Today, after breakfast at the hotel, we will discover Tinh Bien Market. It is a large wholesale market of the Western region. This place borders Cambodia, so its goods are quite cheap and unique. You can find a variety of quality goods that are not available everywhere at Tinh Bien market.

• We go down Long Xuyên for lunch at restaurant

• After lunch, we will stop at Long Xuyen to visit Crocodile farm (If time permits).

• Arrive Sai Gon around 18:30

Included: Coach, entrance fees, English speaking guide in tour, breakfast, lunch, 01 Aquafina water bottle.

Excluded: Dinner, drinks, travel insurance, tips and personal expenses.

Note: Special request (diet or vegetarian, …) should be noticed before your departure date.

 Included:

• Coach, boat trips in Mekong delta have enough lifejacket for everyone.

• English speaking tour guide.

• 04 lunches, 03 dinners and 03 breakfasts.

• Accommodation (Please see details at "Hotel" Part).

• Entrance fees.

• 04 Aquafina water bottles/04 days.

 Excluded:

• Tips.

• Drinks.

• Travel insurance.

• Personal expenses.

• Drop-off fee: (Price per person, apply for Standard, Superior and Deluxe Types)

  • Saigon at hotel in District 1: Drop off hotel in Dist 1 at address mentioned in "meeting point"

•  With Luxury and VIP Types, we will free pick-up and drop off at hotel in Dist 1, HCMC, Vietnam with mentioned hotel addresses in "Meeting Point Part".

 Additional Information

• Print your voucher; locate the voucher in your travel confirmation e-mail or in "show ticket" link on the site and show voucher to guide.

• Please provide name of hotel and hotel address in Dist 1, HCMC, Vietnam where we can be free pick-up.

• Please bring your passport for check-in hotel in Can Tho and Chau Doc (Mekong Delta).

• Clients can stay at home-stay in Can Tho. Price is similar to superior type.

• Please provide your full names, phone numbers and your flight details for name board at airport.

Some remarkable information:

• You use air con tourist bus.

• If you are a single person or you request a single room, you must choose "single supplement" part.

 Meeting point

• If your hotel's location is on these streets such as De Tham St, Bui Vien St, Pham Ngu Lao St, Le Lai St, Le Thanh Ton St with over 100th number, Bui Thi Xuan St,Pham Hong Thai St, Thu Khoa Huan St, Nguyen An Ninh St, Cong Quynh St, Ly Tu Trong St…Dist 1, HCMC, Vietnam, we will free pick-up from your hotel at 7:40am - 7:55am (please provide your hotel address, room number and the name of hotel where you will stay at).