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Sai Gon – Cu Chi – Ben Tre – Cai Be – Can Tho – Chau Doc – Phnompenh

Day 1 : Arrival Sai Gon (D)

Arriving in Sai Gon, you will be welcomed by your guide and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is at your leisure to explore the best animated city in Vietnam. Welcome dinner on the river Sai Gon. OVERNIGHT IN HO CHI MINH CITY

Day 2 : Sai Gon City short trip – Cu Chi (B,L)

In the morning, We start tour by visiting the History Museum, Thien Hau Temple, Binh Tay Market, Notre Dame Cathedral & the historic Municipal Post Office. In the afternoon, to continue tour we will visit Cu Chi Tunnel at 01:30 p.m. The tunnel system, built over 25 years starting in the 1940s. It was an underground city with living areas, kitchens, storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers. In places, it was several stories deep and housed up to 10,000 people who virtually lived underground for years…. getting married, giving birth, and going to school. Since 1988, two sections of tunnels have been open for visitors. Return to Ho Chi Minh City and Diner your own. OVERNIGHT IN HO CHI MINH CITY

Day 3 : Sai Gon – Ben Tre – Boat cruise – Homestay (B,L,D)

After breakfast, Drive through the scenic Mekong Delta to My Tho and board a boat to Coconut Island. Take a horse-drawn cart to Quoi Son to visit a bee farm and float on a sampan through narrow, tree-lined canals. Continue to Tan Thach commune to visit a family-run enterprise making coconut candy. After lunch continue by boat to Phu Tuc village for the overnight stay. Try fishing whilst sightseeing on a late-afternoon rowboat trip along the Tien River. Enjoy the hospitality of a local family and have dinner with traditional Mekong Delta foods. Afterwards take in a performance of traditional rural music. Spend the night in a local house in Ben Tre. OVERNIGHT AT HOMESTAY IN BEN TRE

Day 4 : Ben Tre – Cai Be – Can Tho (B,L)

After breakfast depart for Cai Be and take a boat to the floating market to practice the age-old art of bartering. Visitors will be supplied with sweets, sugar, milk, etc. which they can then barter for different kinds of local fruits. Continue by river to see family-run businesses producing a local version of popcorn, rice paper and an authentic old house. Visit a fruit wholesale market, a local school and a French-influenced Catholic Church. Drive to Can Tho for the night. OVERNIGHT IN CAN THO

Day 5 : Can Tho – Cai Rang – Chau Doc (B,L)

Early morning boat cruise to Cai Rang floating market, filled with small boats darting through the water as vendors sell their wares. Cruise through narrow canals and stop at a fruit orchard to taste some of the succulent fruits of the Mekong Delta. From here take a “xe loi” – a pedicab drawn by a motorbike to visit Binh Thuy old house and a local market. In the afternoon, we continue to ChauDoc with a stop over at the stork garden near Thot Not. Then, a visit to Sam Mountain for sunset is highly recommended. There are dozens of pagodas and temples around Sam Mountain and reach the peak, with its fantastic views over the vast plains into Cambodia. OVERNIGHT IN CHAU DOC

Day 6 : Chau Doc – Phnompenh (B)

After breakfats, we will have a boat ride from Chau Doc to Phnom Penh departing at 7:30am. The boat takes us along the Mekong River. It continues on to the Vietnamese (Vinh Xuong) – Cambodian (Kaom Samnar) border and then to Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia. The journey takes more than 4 hours. Arrival in Phnompenh. End Vietnam Hidden Charm’s service

Note: Although this tour ends at the Phnom Penh boat dock, we suggest booking additional services in the city, such as transfers and hotels. If you wish to explore Cambodia in more depth, search Cambodia Travel collection

Trip includes

- Hotels and homestays as mentioned in the program. (base on 2 person/room)

- Meals as mentioned in the program ( B = Breakfast ; L = Lunch ; D = Dinner)

- Air-conditioned private vehicles for all transportations

- English speaking local guides

- Private Boat trips as mentioned in the program

- Speed boat tickets Chau Doc – Phnompenh

- Entrance fees

- VAT & Service charge

Trip excludes

- Personal Insurance

- Visa in Cambodia

- Hotel in Phnompenh

- Beverage, personal expense
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