Small-group 2-Day Mekong Delta: Floating market, Cooking Class, and Cultural Experience

Immerse yourself in the vibrant culture of the Mekong Delta with a 2-day trip. Explore floating markets, learn to cook Vietnamese cuisine, and experience local life.

Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Sai Gon - Ben Tre Town - Can Tho

Asiana Link Travel - Start here or get picked up at hotels in District 1

Ben Tre Province - Upon arrival, we board a motor-boat and cruise along a vast network of canals and channels to enjoy wonderful views of life along the Mekong River. Stop at a brick kiln, where the locals work among clusters of beehive-shaped structures that churn out millions of bricks each year in handy traditional style. They offer a fascinating glimpse at a local industry.

What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (District 1, 3 & 4 only, Ho Chi Minh city)
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Boat trips (Motor-boat, hand-rowed boat)
  • Bicycle rental fee
  • Vietnamese English-speaking tour guide
  • Lunch
  • Overnight accommodation at a local villager’s house (Homestay)
  • Dinner
  • Snacks (tropical fruits, coconut candy, pop-rice)
  • Breakfast
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Bottled water (Two 500ml-bottles/Person/Day)
  • Small-group tour (about 10 guests/group)
What's Not Included
  • Personal expenses
  • Beverages
  • Overnight accommodation at hotel on request (with extra pays)
  • Tips and Gratuities (recommended)
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (outside of city center)
Additional Information

Enjoy a 2-day trip to one of the world’s most brilliant cultures with friendly and hospitable people, amazing scenery, tasty food, and thousands of smiles. This package included different ways to discover the area such as motor-boat, hand-rowed boat, bicycle… that you can have an insight view of the local life. Experience an overnight stay at a villager’s house and join them for cooking your Vietnamese dinner is an unforgettable memory.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Infant meals not included
  • Dress code is smart casual
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Seats are assigned by the theater box office and will not be known in advance of the performance date
  • A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
  • Minimum 2 adults per booking
Location
Mekong River Tours [Asiana Link Travel]
Tôn Thất Đạm
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Larettaanna
Aug 12, 2024
Very rewarding! - The trip was definitely worth it. Luckily for us, we were able to do the tour as a couple as no other bookings were made. So we could benefit perfectly from the broad knowledge of our tour guide Jimmy. He told us very exciting and detailed information. Jimmy is very helpful and accommodating, he always responded to our extra requests. The accommodation was very well maintained and beautiful. The driver was serious and safe at all times. We can definitely recommend the tour!
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Ismaelml1895qv
Jul 18, 2024
Fantastic experience in Mekong Delta - Great tour. Our guide, Big David was fantastic, funny and helpful . He took us to the places less crowded to taste a more local experience. Recommended 100%
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72ximenae
Jul 17, 2024
Great experience - We loved the tour. Big David is an excellent guide, always watching the group and adapting to our needs. Excellent food recommendations. Very good hotel. And the Top-rated floating market noddles I've ever tasted.
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Vacation45517138103
May 23, 2024
Great time in the Mekong Delta - It was a great experience!! I was contacted immediately after booking to clarify details and requests. During the tour we received general information about the country and its people, ate delicious food and met nice people. It was two wonderful days with a great tour guide - we would do it again anytime 😌
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Trish2828
Apr 4, 2024
Best tour and best guide!! - This was an excellent experience! Duyen was the best host and very funny too!! She explained so much of the history during our tour. We would recommend booking if you're thinking about visiting these sites.
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76dungt
Mar 26, 2024
Mekong Tour with Dana - Dana Duyen was amazing and really helpful. The tour was well organized. The van was clean, our driver was super skillful. Thanks
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Adi
Mar 22, 2024
Great 2 days tour with an amazing tour guide! - I was worried about this trip after reading reviews on Mekong delta tours. I’m happy we decided to take this tour. Our trip was awesome! Stark was the best tour guide! Very informative and very entertaining. The teenagers that normally have attitudes about everything absolutely loved him! Yes, it was very touristy, and yes everyone tried to sell us stuff, but it’s their livelihood and they were all lovely about it. I would absolutely recommend this tour! Ask for Stark!!
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Y8013vpkarinak
Feb 29, 2024
Greatest tour! Recommended it to all - A great private tour with our guide Stark! He toke good time on all activities so the kids (2, 5, and 8 years old) did not get stressed. We where just in the moment all the time. Stark has a great knowledge and like to share it. We got so much information on the Mekong Delta and the general of Vietnam and the Vietnamese culture. Stark was such a great guide, that we booked him for another trip in Ho Chi Minh City area. The trip had some fine activities along the river side, specially did the kids love the part with the coconut candy and local music. So nice to see the floating market and the locals trade with each other. The Homestay was a really nice homestay with the sweetest owner, we would have loved to stay at it more nights. The dinner at the Homestay was so good! Will recommend the trip to all that would go see the Mekong Delta.
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Kayla
Feb 17, 2024
Do the home stay!! - This was an awesome experience, i highly recommend going on all parts of this two day tour, the first part was a little more "touristy" where you get to see and learn about some of the food and candies as well as traditional song, dance and fruit ☺️ I personally adored the home stay, i was a little iffy to begin with because no one had mentioned it too greatly in thr reviews. It is a lot like "glamping" , but you are in someones home, it was amazing and i honestly wish id spent more nights like this rather than in a hotel room. You get treated like family and get taught how to cook traditional foods as well as being able to eat fresh garnish and herbs grown on tbe property which you are welcomed to explore if you wish ☺️ The floating markets are really cool to witness but are definitely less for tourists and more for the local people to buy and sell produce, having said this i ate the best pineapple ive ever eaten off a boat with thr local chilli salt which i recommend trying too!! Dana/Ying was an awesome tour guide, she was knowledgeable and lots of fun and helpful to get us more accustomed with the culture ☺️
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Inibini22
Apr 12, 2024
Two-day Mekong Delta Tour - We just got back from our two day Mekong Delta tour. Although it was far too hot and humid, is was a quite adventurous tour and we had great fun. The tour started with a group of five – however, as the others had booked only a single-day tour, it was only our guide Big Handsome David and the two of us for day two. Some outstanding experiences were the Sampan ride through the quiet and shady canals, the bike tour through Cai Be neighborhood with tropical fruits growing virtually everywhere, and the floating market. Having some coffee and freshly-pressed orange juice with pineapples on a boat while observing the trading really made up for getting up early. A bit disappointing were the “cooking class” (scheduled for day one) and cooking demonstration (day two). For all three meals we had basically the same: springrolls (with the cooking class being how to roll and fry them from prepared ingredients) and Banh Xeo (with the cooking demonstration being how to pour prepared batter in a wok and adding prepared toppings) along with a variety of salad and tofu-based starters. Overall, the selection was fairly repetetive. Bonus points have to be given for considering our vegan diet. The Homestay for the night was very rustical, but the family was really nice. As for the other stops, they were fairly short and basically just leading is from one stop to the next. Lastly, our guide David was amazing and did a great job in leading us around and providing us with tons of information and insights.
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