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Deep in the Mekong Delta

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Day 01: Ho Chi Minh City - Can Tho

Leave Ho Chi Minh City and head south to Can Tho deep in the Mekong Delta. Break the journey at My Tho, 2 hours drive south of HCMC, to visit the ornate Vinh Trang Pagoda in a family-run rice-noodle factory. Arrive in Can Tho and check into hotel. Overnight in Can Tho.

Day 02: Can Tho - Chau Doc

After breakfast ,check out the hotel and head northwest to Chau Doc, situated on the Cambodian border. Transfer to hotel on arrival. In the afternoon take a boat visit fish farms where fish are bred in wooden cages suspended under floating houses on the river. Continue by boat to visit a village of stilt houses belonging to the Cham minority where colorful traditional textiles are woven on old wooden looms. Return to the dry land in time to drive up Sam Mountain to watch the sunset over the Cambodian border. Overnight Chau Doc

Day 03: Chau Doc - Vinh Long - HCM

Leave Chau Doc after breakfast and head back towards Ho Chi Minh City via Vinh Long. Break the journey at Vinh Long to take a boat trip to visit Phan Thanh Giang Confucian Temple and the cottage industries of Cho Cua village. Visit a ceramic tile factory, a tofu and fish sauce factory, a blacksmith’s, a roof Thatcher's and a rice husking factory. Continue to Cai Be Floating Market and rejoin the car to drive to HCMC. End tour.

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