Mekong Delta Adventure: Chocolate Making, Kayaking & Local Culture

$40
Duration
9 hours 30 minutes
Type
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About This Tour

Explore life along the Mekong River, a vital waterway flowing through six countries. Known as the "Nine Dragons" in Vietnam, it features floating villages, ancient houses, and vibrant markets. This tour offers a deep dive into local culture with a rowing boat trip, chocolate tasting, a cooking class, kayaking, and village cycling—blending relaxation, adventure, and discovery.

What to Expect
✔️ Authentic local experiences on both land and water
✔️ Traditional chocolate and coconut candy production
✔️ Sampan boat ride through picturesque canals
✔️ Fresh tropical fruit tasting & traditional folk music
✔️ Hands-on cooking class with local ingredients
✔️ Kayaking and biking in a peaceful Mekong village
✔️ Small group experience for a more personalized tour

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Inclusions

  • vegetarian upon request
  • Boat trips, Biking and Kayaking, Drinking water, cooking class
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Food & drinks

Exclusions

  • Personal expense, Gratuities (optional)

Tour Plan

Mekong Delta 1 day with the Chocolate drop (Cai Be-Vinh Long)

‘You can’t be unhappy in the middle of a big, beautiful river’ – Jim Harrison

Schedule details
• Departure: daily
• Duration: 1 day
• Tour Category: luxury group
• Starting time: 7:30 AM
• Finish time: 18:30 PM
• Group size: 12 people maximum
• Transportation: Bus & Boat
• Meeting point: HanaTourist Office or your desired place upon requested.

At 7:30, our tour guide will pick you up for Cai Be in Tien Giang province. Several beautiful villages and green rice fields are on both sides of the vehicle’s windows during a 2,5-hour van drive.

Arriving in Tien Giang province, we shall pass the Kimmy Chocolate Manufacture. They manufacture handcrafted chocolate here. Cocoa trees are carefully planted and taken care of by local farmers of Chợ Gạo Cooperative in Mekong Delta following Japanese UTZ standards. Upon arriving in Cai Be, we will board on boat to eye-witness some of the Mekong Delta’s most breathtaking scenery: Mekong life on the boat. You will learn about how the Delta is the agricultural heart of southern Vietnam; how the Delta is also one of the most important fishing regions in all of Vietnam, and more importantly, you will know how life on the boat is.

Next, you will land on the local village to see how local people make some traditional products like Pop rice cake, rice wine, rice paper, and sticky, toffee-like coconut candy. Heading back to the water once more to cross a large river to a beautiful island and then we will take a skinny sampan boat through fruit orchards and mangroves, coconut groves. This is the moment that you can marvel at the beauty of this part of Vietnam. At the simpleness. And at the silence. You will then be led to a local orchard garden where you could enjoy some tropical season fruits, listening to traditional folk songs performed by local artists. Crossing over a Monkey Bridge, you will then visit a bee farm and have a taste of honey tea, honey wine. It’s just how things are here, in a place where tourism is swiftly becoming an important industry of its own.

Lunch is served at a local leaf-roof restaurant nearby where they will bring you out delicious fresh spring rolls, whole grilled fish, curries, rice, fresh fruit, and more. You will then take a rest or take KAYAK for a while or ride a Bike Cycle around the village. After a half-hour rest, you are to walk around the village, traveling on the river back the ferry, transit to the bus back home, arriving in Saigon at around 18:00. Tour ends with sweet memories.

Meeting / Pickup

Meet on location or pick-up: Customers can come to our location or we can pick them up on request.

Know Before You Go

  • Public transportation nearby

Please Note

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not stroller accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Our guides and van shall be at your hotel lobby from 07:30 am to 08:00 am. Please be advised that the pick-up order shall be carefully chosen by our drivers/guides to ensure the convenience of the route and timing.

Cancellation Policy

  • We will charge a cancellation fee of 100% if booking is cancelled 1 day or less before the event
  • We will charge a cancellation fee of 0% if booking is cancelled 1000 days or less before the event

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