DAY 1: HO CHI MINH – CAI BE – HOMESTAY (L/D)
You will be transferred from Ho Chi Minh City downtown to Cai Be district in morning. Its takes you 2,5 hours to Cai Be through Trung Luong highway. Arriving in Cai Be, you will be welcomed by the hospitable smile of the host and try some fresh fruits before embarking on boat to visit Cai Be Floating Market and traditional handicraft villages. You'll have an opportunity to talk to the sellers on their boats. The boat will then lead you to the home-stay on Tan Phong Island for lunch.
In the afternoon, local host will takes you to his orchards where you can learn how to take care for the garden and how to pluck the ripen fruits as the host does every day.
In the late afternoon, you will visit the vegetable garden and choose fresh vegetables for your dinner. You will prepare your own dinner with the help of local host. You have an opportunity to practise cook Souther Vietnam dishes. Stay overnight at the home-stay.
DAY 2: TAN PHONG ISLAND - HO CHI MINH (B)
After breakfast, you will explore more the Tan Phong Island by bike. You will visit kinder garden if it is school day. Stopping at a local farmer’s house to learn how to make Jackfruit leafs cake and then cycling to Bonsai garden and talking to him to understand how local farmers take care for their gardens, then try plucking the fruits and tasting them.
After cycling back to Mekong Rustic, taking short rest and check-out at about 11:00. Then the small boat will transfer you back to the tourist boat Cai Be for driving back to Ho Chi Minh City. End of the tour at 17:30 in Ho Chi Minh City
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Leaving the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City right from the early morning, you will have chance to enjoy the peaceful life of Mekong delta in our two-day tour, stay overnight at homestay in Cai Be will get you nice experience. See the seasonal picturesque flat rice fields, witness the daily activities on floating market, wander in orchard, fruit plantation, and listen to traditional southern Vietnamese folk music, overnight at homestay and enjoy local food prepared by host will be unforgetable memories inVietnam.