Description
Day 1 - Ho Chi MInh City - Can Tho
Private car to Can Tho
This morning you will be collected by private car and taken to your Eco Lodge in Can Tho.
Check in to Eco Lodge
Once you arrive in Can Tho you will check in to your stunning eco lodge and enjoy a relaxing walk around the beautiful grounds of this delightful gem in the Mekong.
Day 2 - Free time in Can Tho
Cai Rang Floating Market Tour (B,L)
- Tour Duration: 3 Hours
- Start: 7.15am
After breakfast at the lodge you will head out on your floating market tour.
We leave Can Tho Ecolodge via a private sampan boat on the Ba Lang River. Joining the Can Tho River to the north, we are soon greeted with the lively picture of local trading across wooden rowboats and motorised tin boats.
We spend time discovering how this ancient market operates and grabbing some great local deals on food, crafts and beyond. After that we visit An Binh Market on land to see the different between floating fruit market and local market.
After this, we make our way onto land and finish our tour with a visit to a local village. This small commune has spent hundreds of years perfecting the art of making rice noodles, available to see in a process involving rice grinding, mixing with starch and cutting sundried rice pancakes into strips. heading back to the lodge for you to check out the lodge facilities.
Free time in Can Tho
This afternoon you can make use of the free bicycles at Can Tho Ecolodge which are of high quality. Get closer to nature, cycling the quaint paths of the Mekong Delta as it goes along its meandering rivers. Pass by arching palm trees and abundant fruit gardens as you make your way around this sun-dappled land, where the quintessence of Vietnam manifests in smiling locals and swaying carpets of rice crop.
Head back to the lodge and relax before enjoying the evening to yourself.
Day 3 - Free time in Tam Coc - Transfer to Ho Chi Minh City (B)
Private car to Ho Chi Minh City
This morning after you have checked out you will be collected by your private driver and taken back to Ho Chi MInh City to check in and relax.
*Time of departure is flexible
