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Overview
The small boat takes you to the Cai Rang floating market – the biggest one in Vietnam. Unlock the secrets of Can Tho & her intriguing labyrinth of small canals with an amazing sampan ride. Join hands with the local to make traditional noodles. Visit the local fruit garden & savor seasonal fruits.
DAY 1: HCM – CAN THO – SON ISLET
- 07:00 AM, Have breakfast at your hotel in HCM
- 07:30 AM, From your hotel in HCM
- You take a taxi or grab car to the bus office ( FUTA BUS ), Address : 43 – D. Nguyen Cu Trinh – P. Pham Ngu Lao – Quan 1 –Tp.Ho Chi Minh
( https://maps.app.goo.gl/G6uifuEZmdwdvbRU9?g_st=iz )
- Please be at the address above at 8:00 Am, the buy the ticket to Can Tho at 9:00 Am, the price bus ticket is 165.000 vnđ/ticket
- Then there is a a shuttle bus bring you to the main bus station ( Ben xe mien tay )
- From here ( Ben xe mien tay ) you get on the big bus go to Can Tho.
- Please message or WhatsApp me when you on the big bus +84 94 925 96 75. They have WiFi on the bus with the password is 19006067
Or from you hotel, you can go directly to the main bus station ( Ben xe mien tay ), but it is outside the central cost you taxi or grab ), you should take Futa bus. Note : If you want to transfer by private car from HCM please let me know
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- 12:00 AM, Arriving at the bus station in Can Tho city, the driver or guide will pick you up from the bus station and transfer to the hotel to leave your luggage there and then back on car
- 12:30 PM, Our tour guide will pick you up at the local market, Visit local market to see how local buy ingredients for their daily day meals and you also have chance to buy ingredients for cooking your own meals at a local house. To learn and enjoy lunch your own cooking dishes.
- 02:00 PM
Visit Can Tho floating fish farm
To begin Con Son islet tour, nothing can be as great as taking a boat sightseeing Can Tho Floating fish farm on Hau river. The river reflects the ups and downs of the fish farming village which has long been famous in the area. The locals made their floating house in the river for both living and fishing. Take a boat trip and go along the river, you see how the floating life happens and how the locals take care of their fish farm. Visitors can take leisure time to interact with the fisherman to learn about different interesting colorful freshwater fish and unlock the secrets of the river habitats on the Mekong river as well.
Visit Con Son fruit garden
Visit the Con Son fruit garden where the fruit-picking experience is, you will enter the garden with the Con Son people to visit the garden and eat fruit in the garden. But not the type of climbing freely picking and eating. But Con Son still gives you a feeling of picking the fruits (seasonal) and eaten fruits (rambutans, guava, rose apple…) right in the gardens. Relax on hamock in the local garden and enjoy fresh fruit.
The Flying Snakehead Fish Show
Get to another local house for the Flying Snakehead Fish show. On Son islet, snakehead fish are very interesting, the locals can train them to fly high, beautiful, and simultaneously to grab the bait, but it takes a lot of practice.
Homemade traditional cakes
Visit one more local house for the homemade traditional cakes. Join hands with the locals to make cakes (sometimes) and enjoy the typical local family in the Can Tho traditional house and garden.
Back to the mainland
Take the boat trip from Son islet to the mainland
- 05:00 PM, back to your hotel. End the Can Tho community-based tourism fun and educational tour.
- In the evening you will be free
DAY 2 : CAN THO – FLOATING MARKET – CACAO FARM
- 5:30 AM, Our guide will pick you up at your hotel and take you to the boat
Arrive at Cai Rang floating market – a must thing to see in Can Tho. Your guide will explain things about the history of the market, the local life on the river. Enjoy Vietnamese breakfast and the fresh pineapple on the floating boat.
Visit the rice noodle family factory – This traditional noodle oven has been around for a long time. Coming here, you will visit the stages of making noodle soup from cooking rice paper from flour, drying, cutting into noodles and other stages.
Visit the dragon fruit garden
Water coconut canal and walk in the peaceful villages, tropical orchards, countryside roads. Stop and pass by “monkey bridges”
Visit the organic cacao farm where the guide will tell you interesting stories about cacao and Mr. Cacao and how to make chocolates, wines, cosmetics…Have a glass of cacao milk and can taste cacao wine.
- 11:30 AM, Arriving at the local restaurent for lunch
- 12:00 PM, End your tour
TOUR INCLUSIONS
- Local well – speaking tour guide
- Tea & Coffee
- Pineapple
- Vietnamese breakfast on river
- Local fruit
- Boat
- Lunch
- Hotel
- All fees
- Fruit and cakes
- Craft experience fee
Contact :
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