[PH-RMG-PVT] 5D4N MEKONG DELTA TECHNICAL VISIT
3 Days
Da Nang, Viet Nam
Agriculture visit: cacao farm & factory, fruit plantation, cooperative
Pick up at Tan Son Nhat airport then take photo at the Notre Dame Cathedral the spiritual and cultural crucible of the French presence in the Orient & the General Post Office, the ancient & with French colonial architecture style. Have lunch. Transfer to hotel for check in Free time until dinner at a local restaurant.
Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
Breakfast at a hotel, transfer to Mekong Delta for visit Cacao Farm & Chocolate Factory, then transfer to My Tho is a prosperous town of 175,000 inhabitants in the Mekong delta. It is famous for its extensive orchards and immense rice fields, have lunch at a local restaurant then take a cruise on the Mekong river to visit islands.
Here, you can have a chance to visit coconut candy workshops & to taste fresh candy- specialty. Enjoy tropical fruits, honey tea & listen to Southern traditional music. Get on a small boat to discover a natural canal of Ben Tre province. Take a short walk in the coconut farm to visit a typical house in Mekong Delta. Back to the big boat by rowing the boat on a small canal.
Back to Ho Chi Minh city. Dinner & Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
Breakfast at a hotel then leave Ho Chi Minh for Cu Chi tunnels. Here you will have the opportunity to witness how rice paper is made and to explore the amazing labyrinth of tunnels used by the guerrillas during the war.
Return to Ho Chi Minh for lunch, then explore local markets
Dinner cruise at Saigon River & Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
Visit the War museum which primarily contains exhibits relating to the American phase of the Vietnam War, and is a major tourist attraction, passing by Reunification Palace which was the workplace of the President of South Vietnam & was then known as Independence Palace.
Lunch then transfer to China town: A fun cyclo (30 minutes) around China town, then visit Binh Tay Market, Thien Hau Temple, Giac Lam Pagoda. Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
Breakfast at hotel, then transfer out to airport for flight back.
Brief Itinerary:
Day 1: ARRIVAL HO CHI MINH (L/D)
Day 2: MEKONG DELTA TECHNICAL VISIT (B/L/D)
Day 3: CU CHI TUNNELS – MARKET VISIT (B/L/D)
Day 4: HO CHI MINH CITY TOUR (B/L/D)
Day 5: HO CHI MINH - DEPARTURE (B)
