This is one of the most interesting & popular Muslim day trip while in Ho Chi Minh City. Taking this one-day Halal Muslim trip to Mekong Delta – My Tho and Ben Tre, you will have a general understanding of the region and enjoy the waterway! The Mekong River runs through Cambodia, Laos, Myanmmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan (China) and is the longest river in the southeastern Asia region. Deep in history and rich in culture, it’s one of the last travel frontiers with stunning natural beauty and incredible cultural diversity.

TOUR DETAILS:

08:00AM: After breakfast, our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel and depart for My Tho. We are heading out of town, we travel by road to My Tho, a capital of Tien Giang Province which is an island port in the Mekong River Delta which is about 2 hours driving from Ho Chi Minh city. On the way, we stop to visit beautiful Vinh Trang Pagoda.

Upon arrival at My Tho, we cruise a long day by boat along the Upper River (Mekong Delta) through a region where there are 4 islands with the names of fabulous animals found in Buddhism (Dragon–Unicorn– Phoenix–Turtle), looking over the floating houses and feed fish farms along Mekong River, visiting and seeing some activities of Vietnamese daily life to understand about the life depends on the river Mekong. (handicrafts, souvenirs make from coco wood, candies make from coconut or banana…those are all the special products of local people in Ben Tre).

At another stop-Bee keeping Farm, we learn how to collect natural honey all kind of Pollen-Nectar from tropical fruit gardens. Taste some tea with honey mixture you will feel strong and pleasant. We continue to Dragon Island by rowing boat through the natural canals with water coconut trees on two banks of river (sampan ride in palm shading creeks – hand rowing boat)). We get on land and walk in tropical orchard, taste some tropical fruits and enjoy traditional music with local people (if available). We drive back to Ho Chi Minh city. The trip ends at your hotel at around 17:30.