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MEKONG ECO TOUR – Floating Market, Small canal and Son Island (Code: MK1-CRF.ISLAND)

Floating Market, Small canal and Son Island

Can Tho city is center of Mekong Delta area, location meek and affable on side by Hau River. There life has many characteristics in the river of countryside. With advantage, Can Tho is a attractive place of West. Let’s Mekong Eco discover famous places in CanTho city such as: Cai Rang Floating Market, Binh Thuy Ancient House, Binh Thuy Temple, Son Island,…

Expecially with Son Island arrival, we will feel immediately pure air and green scene around orchards of Son Island when we come there. Not only we feel Son Island by senses but also we can learn how to make some typical cake of Mekong Delta and enjoy our products.

• Code: MK1-CRF.ISLAND
• Duration: 6-7 hours
• Transportation: taxi, boat
• Price:

Pax	1 pax	2 pax	3 pax	4 pax	5 pax	6 pax	7 pax	8 pax	9 pax	10 pax
Price/person	119	77	62	55	51	49	45	44	42	40

 

Includes: insurance, taxi, boat, English-speaking guide, local guide (Son Islet) , entrance fee , lunch and tourism gifts (hat and bandana)

Excludes: tip and personal expenses

 

ITINERARY:

We will depart from NinhKieu Park by boat  at 7:00 am for the Cai Rang Floating Market – the biggest wholesale floating market in the Mekong Delta. The Cai Rang Market is well known for its variety of fresh fruits and other local products. Hundreds of boats still gather there to buy and sell every morning.

From there, we keep going to home-made rice noodle, made from rice flour and manioc flour.

After that, the boat will take us to small canal where  you will get to know more about local’ life along. We will visit the BinhThuy Ancient House is a combination of Chinese and French architecture, built in 1870. The well-known French film, “L’amant,” was filmed on site at this local treasure and BinhThuy Temple is another well-known landmark, and serves as the center for many community activities before going to Son Island where you can experience how local people raise fish in Mekong River, and visit fruit gardens with many kinds of fruits. You can learn how to make typical cakes of Mekong Delta.

The boat will take us back to Ninh Kieu Quay, on the way we can visit a floating house– where locals raise a lot of fish in Mekong river.

 

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