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Day 1: My Tho - Ben Tre - Can Tho (L)
A smooth one-and-half-hour car ride through rice field scenery along National Highway 1 brings you to the beautiful rural district of Trung Luong.

Take a motorboat to enter My Tho city through Bao Dinh natural canal. Then pay a visit to My Tho's colorful street fruit market alongside the canal to soak up the lively atmosphere and watch the locals trade their produce.

The Mekong Delta Tours take a leisurely cruise on the Tien River to Tortoise Island. End route, view the fishing port, the traditional stilt houses and boat building workshops, and the other three evocatively named Islands - Dragon, Phoenix and Unicorn islands. Enjoy a sumptuous lunch served right in the heart of the orchard to the accompaniment of Southern Vietnamese folk music performed by the islanders.

After visiting the coconut candy mill, take an amazing rowing boat trip along the small canal. Then continue to Ben Tre province, "the country of coconuts", to see a typical agricultural model known as "Garden - Pond - Cage". Enjoy a relaxing cup of honey tea before returning to My Tho via Tan Thach natural canal, cruising under the shadows of water coconut palms. Overnight in Can Tho at Victoria Resort.

Day 2: Phong Dien - Cai Rang floating market (B,L)

After breakfast, take the morning boat trip to visit the Phong Dien floating market which is at its busiest at this time of day. Keep cruising through the small channels system and visit a rice noodle-making village. Experience the "Monkey Bridge" in the Delta. Break for lunch. Return to Ho Chi Minh City.

Tour Price Includes:  bottled drinking water, private car, private boat trip in My Tho & Can Tho, English speaking tour guide, accommodation (twin share), 0 lunch, 01 breakfast, fruit, honey tea and all entrance fee.