DAY 01: HO CHI MINH CITY - CAI BE - SA DEC (L, D)

08h00 Pick up at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City for 2 hour transfer to Cai Be.
11h00 Embark Authentic Mekong Cruise and welcome drink. We take a morning junk trip to Dong Hoa Hiep Island to explore evergreen islands and visit the former Imperial residence the traditional House, where surviving members of the Kiet family will welcome us with tea, and we can wander in the fruit orchards around the house.

Then, go ashore to visit the French Gothic Cathedral and colorful port area, with its colonial buildings, delightful flower gardens and local coconut candy and rice paper manufacturers.

Authentic Mekong Cruise boat set sails torward Sa Dec while luch is served. We embark on Cai Thia for a pleasure wark/ bike on the footpaths of the countryside to discover tropical fruit orchards and local people's daily activities in My Thuan island. Authentic Mekong Cruise moor midstream for the night in Sa Dec.
Dinner and overnight on board.

DAY 02: SA DEC - LAP VO - LONG XUYEN (B, L, D)

Rising up early for another nice day we contemplate sunrise while having breakfast on board. We take small boat to visit bricks and tiles kilns and the manufacture of earthenware pots on a bank of river, then go to the heart of Sa Dec town to visit the local market, following the tracks of French novelist Marguerite Duras. Walks/ Cycle amongst the ever blossoming Sa Dec flower village and local industries.

Back to boat and enjoy welcome back drink while lunch is served. Authentic Mekong Cruise set sails through the canals of Lap Vo with a magnificent landscape that come along the river banks: rural walks, farming, nursering farm, fishing, boating, smiling school children all in full swing. Enjoy traditional herbal foot massage on boat. Dinner and while Authentic Mekong Cruise  cruises towards Long Xuyen.
Overnight on board.

DAY 03: LONG XUYEN - HO CHI MINH CITY (B)

Breakfast on board. Explore the Long Xuyen market, one of the most bustling floating markets in Mekong Delta with hundreds of small boats barging and jostling for space as owners attempt to sell their goods. Visit Cu lao Ong Ho – a small island by the Mekong river enjoy the scenery and walk/cycle to visit villages the island, passing by farmers, children, villagers tendering their daily load. See local farmers trading their produce on the water as they have done for centuries. You will have a unique opportunity to discover a side of Delta life that few travellers experience.

Back to board and have welcome back drink. Check out and disembark for return to Ho Chi Minh City.

Note: The cruise program can be reversed starting from Long Xuyen ending in Cai Be.