It would be best if you were at the International Floating Port, 103 Sisowath Quay, Phnom Penh, 30 minutes before the boat journey starts. Board on Hang Chau Speed boat at 12:30 pm. The speed boat ride takes about 4.5 hours to Chau Doc. It's a great time to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Mekong River and Cambodian and Vietnamese life along the river bank. Our team will meet you at the Chau Doc Pier, then transfer you to the hotel to check-in. Welcome dinner in town, then tour briefing before return to the hotel.
Note: Please keep your passport, visa photos, and other related documents in your day bag for your visa application process. Your local guide will help you with exit/ entry and visa procedures at Vietnamese and Cambodian border gates.
- Exit point: Kaamsamnor Border gate
- Entry point: Song Tien Border Gate
After loading luggage on A/C vehicles, we get on the Sampam boat to lose to locals at the floating village. We'll spend 1-hour a motorized boat learning how to raise catfish in a floating village and experience the life of hard-working Cham people living on their small boats in the rural. Walk around the village, visit Cham families and hand-made family workshops making sarong, traditional customs of Cham people before a leisurely morning ride along the Basac river banks, stopping along the villages of Cham, learn more about Cham culture when visiting the Mosque. We turn onto dirt paths and enjoy stunning rice paddy fields and the daily activities of locals along the countryside. Then we re-join the road along River and take Nang Gu ferry, crossing the Basac River. Hop on the support vehicle transfer to Long Xuyen City for lunch at Crocodile Farm. After lunch, a transfer takes us to Binh Thuy rural Dist of Can Tho. We'll visit the Binh Thuy Ancient house before we explore the backwaters and ride on zig-zag paths winds along a network of natural creeks. Mingle through fruit orchards, enjoy riding on narrow bridges. Today's ride will finish in My Khanh village, Phong Dien. We quickly transfer to Can Tho City Center and check into the hotel.
After a leisurely breakfast, we check out, load luggage/suitcases on support vehicles, and have a sampan boat ride to explore the colorful Cai Rang floating market. It takes about 30 minutes to reach the market giving us a great time to watch morning activities; people on small ferries crossing rivers! Women washed their clothes by the river, sampan boats with long-tailed engines and wooden cargo boats steering from different directions. As we enter the floating market, many boats laden with fruits, vegetables, and commodities for trade. Sellers advertise their wares by crying out across the waters or tying their goods to a tall pole attached to their boat so that buyers can see what is for sale from a distance. This is a memorable experience for excellent photo opportunities. Afterward, we disembark your boat and briefly transfer to Binh Minh where we explore the fertile farmlands and vibrant villages through the rivers, and canals of Tam Binh, then to Long Ho. Stop along the way for a short break, and interact with hospitable locals. Lunch will serve at locals before a transfer to Vinh Long City. Enjoy a boat ride, cross the Co Chien River, and enter the Dong Phu River through An Binh Island. Stay a night at your local home. In the evening, help the host to prepare dinner, learn how to cook local specialties for your own, and dine together.
Saying goodbye to your host, and we start riding from the homestay. Enjoy leisurely cycling from the homestay to the local market by the riverside. Follow the back roads, winds along water channels, passing kindergarten and primary schools, and break for Mekong Music Show at an ancient house that was the landlord for many generations. Afterward, we ride on a dirt track through fruit orchards to the local ferry, which will take us to the Tan Phong islands. There will be many stops to visit local family workshops making local snacks. The second ferry will bring us to the Ngu Hiep islands, where the regional growth of most durian fruits. Enjoy the leisurely ride along the Mekong River and fresh fruits directly from local orchards. We end up cycling after the last ferry taking us to Tam Binh, rural Dist. Enjoy delicious lunch at Mekong Restop Restaurant in My Tho before a 1.5-hour transfer to Ho Chi Minh. Tour End!