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Saigon – Mekong Delta Tour By MotorBike 8 Days

Tour description: Depart Saigon and drive to My Tho. Cross the Mekong by ferry and stop for a break in an orchard before heading on to Ben Tre. After lunch, visit Vam Ho Bird Sanctuary located in a mangrove forest. Dinner and overnight in Ben Tre.

Tour Route: Saigon - Ben Tre - Tra Vinh - Soc Trang - Bac Lieu - Ca Mau - Hon Chong - Ha Tien - Chau Doc - Cao Lanh

Tour Begin / Tour End: Ho Chi Minh City / Ho Chi Minh City

Tour Code: DST - 20

Tour Duration: 8 Days

Dates: Upon your request

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Highlight:Saigon - Ben Tre - Tra Vinh - Soc Trang - Bac Lieu - Ca Mau - Hon Chong - Ha Tien - Chau Doc - Cao Lanh


Day 1: Saigon - Ben Tre (4.5 hours drive)
Day 2: Ben Tre - Tra Vinh - Soc Trang (4 hours drive)
Day 3:   Soc Trang - Bac Lieu - Ca Mau (4 hours drive)
Day 4: Ca Mau - Rach Gia - Hon Chong (2 hours drive)
Day 5: Free day for relaxing and swimming
Day 6: Hon Chong - Ha Tien - Chau Doc (5 hours drive)
Day 7: Chau Doc - Cao Lanh (3 hours drive)
Day 8:   Cao Lanh - Saigon

Day 1: Saigon - Ben Tre (4.5 hours drive)
Depart Saigon and drive to My Tho. Cross the Mekong by ferry and stop for a break in an orchard before heading on to Ben Tre. After lunch, visit Vam Ho Bird Sanctuary located in a mangrove forest. Dinner and overnight in Ben Tre.


Day 2: Ben Tre - Tra Vinh - Soc Trang (4 hours drive)
After breakfast, a wonderful day with picturesque ferry crossings over Mekong River branches and islands. Discover some of the most beautiful Theravada pagodas of Tra Vinh and Soc Trang and encounter the Khmer monks and thousands of bats in a Khmer pagoda. Dinner and overnight in Soc Trang.


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Day 3:   Soc Trang - Bac Lieu - Ca Mau (4 hours drive)
After breakfast, visit Khmer pagodas around Soc Trang, then drive to Bac Lieu Bird Sanctuary. After lunch, drive to Ca Mau located at the southern tip of Vietnam in area of mangrove swamps. Dinner and overnight in Ca Mau.


Day 4: Ca Mau - Rach Gia - Hon Chong (2 hours drive)
After an early breakfast, a long distance ferry boat will take us through an immense mangrove forest to Rach Gia - a great opportunity to photograph life on the river on the way to Hon Chong. Dinner and overnight in Hon Chong.


Day 5: Free day for relaxing and swimming
Free on your own.


Day 6: Hon Chong - Ha Tien - Chau Doc (5 hours drive)
After breakfast, drive to Ha Tien and go sightseeing in this vibrant border town. In the afternoon, drive along the Vinh Te border canal to Tinh Bien and ascend the sacred Sam Mountain which affords panoramic views over the vast plains of the Mekong Delta and far into Cambodia. Dinner and overnight in Chau Doc.


Day 7: Chau Doc - Cao Lanh (3 hours drive)
After an early breakfast, take a boat ride through an amazing riverside market and through floating villages which farm tons of fish in cages under the water. Continue by ferry and road to Tan Chau and Hong Ngu before heading on to Cao Lanh for the night. Dinner and overnight in Cao Lanh.

 

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Day 8:   Cao Lanh - Saigon
After breakfast, drive through the rural area of Dong Thap and Long An province which is known as "the big rice basket" of Mekong Delta. Visit bustling floating markets, and drive past the beautiful vast rice fields along a bumpy but incredibly scenic dirt road. Lunch in Tan An. Return to Ho Chi Minh City at 2pm. End of our services.

 

 

 

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