8 am. Our driver and tour guide will pick you up at your accommodation and then depart for Ben Tre.
It will take about 2 and a half hours to drive to Ben Tre and our first stop is a local market to learn about local daily activities.
We then board our boat to see the brick kiln, where they bake bricks in the traditional style. We stopped at a coconut workshop to see the process of making coconut candy. Continue to see the mats woven the traditional way, by hand. We then enjoy a row in a sampan along the creeks and a fun ride in a local tuk-tuk.

Mekong Delta Exploring

Have lunch at a local restaurant.
After lunch, we will go for a cycling tour along Ben Tre island. We take the road to Vung Liem, an off-the-beaten-track destination. You will arrive in a small village, and from there, we will walk to the Lodge. We check into a bungalow overlooking the river with rows of water palm trees and from the terrace of your bungalow. On The way, you will be able to observe boats loaded with coconuts, it’s also a great spot from where you can admire the sunset.
6:30 pm: Cooking class and interaction with locals then stay overnight at the Lodge.

For early risers, before breakfast, it will be possible to observe and participate in agricultural activities with the farmers. We take a sampan through the water canals until we reach the home of a family. They specialize in making a Vietnamese-like popcorn product made of rice. After that, we will ride our bikes through peaceful green villages. There are houses hidden under the shade of coconut trees and other fruit trees. In this region, reeds are also grown for weaving mats.
We stop for lunch at the Lodge before we leave Vung Liem in the afternoon. We drive on a small provincial road stopping to visit a Khmer Pagoda along the way before reaching Can Tho. Hotel for check-in. Overnight in Can Tho.

We have breakfast at the hotel before we take the boat to visit the Cai Rang floating market on the Mekong river. This floating market, despite not being the largest of all, is the one that has the most commercial activities. It offers the opportunity to contemplate the hustle and bustle of hundreds of small boats and even canoes. The boat was filled to the brim with fruits, vegetables, and rice (excellent rice from this area of the Mekong).

Local life in Mekong Delta

We pay a visit to the Ba Cong garden where you can taste the tropical fruits. Have lunch at a local restaurant before we return to Ho Chi Minh city. Drop you off at your accommodation in Ho Chi Minh city.

End of Mekong Delta local life trip.