My Tho, a charming & pretty destination between Can Tho & Saigon, is famous for 4 islands & its’ natural beauties with the mighty Mekong river. Visit the spiritual Vinh Trang pagoda. Learn about homemade coconut candy in the village. Experience the rowing sampan on the water coconut canals.
ITINERARY BY DAY
- 08:00 AM, our driver and tour guide will welcome and pick up you at the hotel in Can Tho City.
- 10:15 AM, visit Vinh Trang pagoda in My Tho which was built in 1849. It is the greatest pagoda of Tien Giang Province and was recognized as a national historical and cultural relic in 1984.
- Arrive in My Tho, boarding the motorboat at a pier and cruising on the Mekong River. Here, overlooking floating houses where fishes are farmed beneath the house (viewing from the motorboat).
- Continuing the journey on the river until reaching Thoi Son island (Unicorn island), taking a horse cart to reach a performance site where Vietnamese traditional music (Đàn Ca Tài Tử - A folk art form from Southern Vietnam accredited by UNESCO in 2013 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) can be heard and seasonal tropical fruit can be tasted (included).
- Afterward, being on a small hand-rowing boat (the main mean of transportation in My Tho & Ben Tre in the past) and slowly cruising through a small creek with beautiful overhanging coconut trees. Lives from both sides of the creek can be observed.
- At noon, before heading to lunch, passing through bee-keeping farm and enjoying honey tea, a typical Mekong house can be viewed here. Then, it is lunchtime.
- Boarding the motorboat and heading to learn coconut candies making the process from a workshop. The sample of candies can be tasted.
- 02:00 PM, get back to the boat station & take the car back to Can Tho City around 04:00 PM.
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Group Tour
(from 2 to 8 persons)
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ADULT
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CHILD
(From 7 to 12)
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CHILD
(from 5 to 6)
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KID
(under 5)
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Price per person
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89 USD
2,270,000 VND
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67 USD
1,700,000 VND
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45,5 USD
1,130,000 VND
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free
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