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Day 1: Saigon - Bike ride to Ben Tre - Tra Vinh
Pick up at your hotel at 8:30 am and departure for Ben Tre. Then take a boat cruise on the Ben Tre river. Visit a brick oven to discover the technique of making and baking bricks by hand. Visit a workshops of coconut products and make a bike ride on the way to Nhon Thanh village to discover the weaving of mats and hammocks among the locals. Continue the bike ride through coconut gardens, cultivated fields and rice fields. Breakfast in a local restaurant.
Afternoon, continue cycling through the fields and under coconut trees along the Ham Luong river to discover the daily life of the local people. Visit Thanh Long puffed rice, Thanh Bach coconut candy workshops and Caodaism temple of My An (8 km). Return to the pier and road to Tra Vinh, check in at a private lake view bungalow. Dinner and overnight at Tra Vinh Lodge.
Day 2: Discovery of Tra Vinh - Soc Trang
Breakfast at Tra Vinh Lodge. Bike or walk along the paths under the coconut and fruit trees around Tra Vinh Lodge to meet the locals and discover their daily life. Then visit a local factory of rice cakes, cooking ovens and the local market where you discover local products and ingredients. Return to Tra Vinh Lodge to attend a cooking class to learn how to make crispy pancakes and spring rolls. Lunch at Tra Vinh Lodge.
Afternoon, departure for Soc Trang then visit splendid pagodas and temples of Khmer people such as the pagoda of the Bats and the temple of the Lady for the discovery of the culture and the civilization of the Khmer in Soc Trang. Dinner and overnight in Soc Trang.
Day 3: Soc Trang - Vinh Long
Breakfast at the hotel. Then visit Nga Nam floating market in Soc Trang. This market is similar to Cai Be, Long Xuyen and Cai Rang floating markets… but this floating market is more authentic and less touristy. On the market, the boats are loaded with local products to sell and the boats that bought them, but the difference between the boats that sell the products and the boats that buy the products is the pole on which the locals hang the products they want to sell and there is no pole on the boats that bought. Then return to the pier and drive to Vinh Long. Arrival in Vinh Long, check in at a local homestay on An Binh island and walking or cycling around to discover the local daily life. Dinner and overnight at homestay.
Day 4: Vinh Long - Cai Be - Saigon
Breakfast with the locals. Then, visit An Cu rice floating which is the market for the biggest rice exporters in Vietnam. Then visit local craft workshops on the banks of the Tien River, then bike rides on Tan Phong Island through orchards, canals, crop fields and rice fields. Meet the locals, discover their daily lives, taste their specialties and buy local homemade products... Return to Mekong Ecolodge for a cooking demonstration to learn how to make some typical dishes typical of the region and taste these delicious dishes.
Afternoon, drive to Saigon and you arrive in Saigon at the end of the day. End of our services but if you need our services for other destinations, we are always at your disposal to satisfy your desires.