Mekong Local For A Day
Tour Hightlights
Summary
- Duration: Full day
- 7:30 – 17:30 (customizable)
- Departs & ends: Saigon.
Overview
Let’s join Water Buffalo Tours for a travel to some untouched areas of the Mekong Delta where you will definitely get an insight into the locals’ daily routines and activities.
You will enjoy a stunning short bike ride through remote villages stretching along beautiful paddy fields and fantastic boat ride through the narrow channels amongst the Delta’s incredible scenery. We ensure you will be amazed by lots of the locals’ activities on their paddy fields, orchards and at the local market.
The locals’ strong sense of ancestral worship can be felt and seen everywhere. The locals’ hospitality and their simple but healthy food will surely make your trip even more enjoyable.
Tour Plan
Tour Plan
- Kick start our exciting day with a short cyclo ride (rickshaw ride, 40 minutes) to Ho Thi Ky Alleys, with a short break at the Monument of Thich Quang Duc – the burning monk.
- Upon arrival at Ho Thi Ky alleys, we will enjoy a short walk (20 minutes) in the alleys and visit Saigon’s largest wholesaled flower market which has been here for almost a century
- Drive to Cho Lon (known as china town) and stroll through the backstreets market of Tan Thanh where hundreds of U.S ammunition boxes found their way to this market after the Vietnam War and are now being reused as toolboxes
- We go on to visit Binh Tay Market, the largest wholesaled market in Saigon
- Pay a visit to Thien Hau Pagoda
- Savor our lunch at 46A restaurant with Saigonese styled & giant crepes with pork, prawn, beansprouts, etc., and beautiful home-made spring rolls
- Afternoon: we will visit the sobering War Remnants Museum and the historic French-built landmarks i.e. Notre Dame Cathedral, Central Post Office and the City Opera House
NOTICE: Notre Dame Cathedral is under massive renovation. Thus, we can only view it and take photos from distance. Thank you for your understanding and apologies for the inconvenience!
- Wrap up our day with some free time for your own shopping at Ben Thanh Central Market
Price List
| Price | ||||||
| 1 pax | 2 pax | 3 pax | 4 pax | 5 pax | 6+ pax | |
| Adults | 720/pax | 390/pax | 335/pax | 285/pax | 255/pax | 235/pax |
| Children 6-11 years | N/A | 292/pax | 251/pax | 213/pax | 191/pax | 176/pax |
| Children 3-5 years | N/A | 195/pax | 167/pax | 142/pax | 127/pax | 117/pax |
| Children under 3 | Free of charge | |||||
*Rates are in USD per person. Your payment will be converted into VND in accordance with Vietnam’s Commercial Law.
Please click here for Vietcombank’s current exchange rates (updated daily)
**Online transaction/wiring/banking fees are NOT included in the tour prices.
Included/Excluded
Included/Excluded
- Modern air-conditioned private vehicle
- Lunch with local beer or soft drinks
- Private boat trip and sampan cruise
- All entrance fees for specified stops
- Gearless bikes or scooters with drivers
- Fresh tropical fruits
- Professional English-speaking guide
- 2 bottles of mineral water per person
- Drinks, meals and any other incurred expenses, that are not mentioned above
- Personal travel insurance
- Tipping – tipping is optional. If you enjoyed our guide’s and driver’s service and decided to offer a tip, we would really appreciate your effort to hand over the tip to our guide and our driver separately so they both could appropriately express their thanks to you at the same time
Disclaimer
- For safety reasons, we do not provide small bikes for young children of 12 years and below. They will sit either on the back of your bike for the ride; or on the back seat of a scooter, in between the driver and one of the adults. The ride is safe on flat and quiet villages’ paths at the speed of no more than 25km/h
- Some parts of Mekong Delta are not that green during the dry season which goes from January to late-May
- The weather can be very hot and humid from April to early-June
- Please bring along a good brimmed hat and sun-cream for the bike/scooter ride
- Proper sandals are required for the wet season (May to late-November) and shoes for the dry season as you have to get on and off the boat quite a few times
- We will visit a local Cao Dai Temple on this tour. Wearing shorts is ok, but not too short. Also, you are advised to get your shoulders covered while visiting the temple
- There will be no shopping stop on this tour!
Extra Notes
- To all future visitors to Vietnam: please keep in mind that tap water is ABSOLUTELY NOT safe to drink whether at homestays, hotels or 5-star resorts.
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- We only run private and customizable tours. There isn’t a group tour option nor do we team our guests up for a group.
- We offer free pickup and drop-off from District 1, 3, 4, 5, 10 and Phu Nhuan. Pickup/drop-off outside of this area and airport transfers are subject to extra charges.
- Some of the stops can be slightly changed, depends on actual time of travel
- While traveling with us, your luggage will be safe in the car with our driver. However, we are NOT responsible for your money, jewelries, cell phones, and any other valuable belongings
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