Take the bustling highway into the surrounding countryside where you will pass carefully tended, lush rice paddies, before boarding your motorised sampan for a unique experience on the mighty Mekong Delta waterways.
Southern Vietnam, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh (Saigon)
Mekong Delta Tour
You will see how, to the people of Delta, the water is a lifeline – the focus of all daily activity – as you journey through a maze of tributaries and fruit plantations. Enjoy a sample of delicious fruit in the shade of a fruit farmer’s garden before continuing via even smaller waterways to lunch, where the specialty is a remarkable dish of ‘elephants ear fish’.
What you’ll do
- Travel from the city through rice paddies to the Mekong Delta
- Board a motorised sampan to explore waterways and tributaries
- Witness local life centred around the river and its fertile surroundings
- Stop at a fruit plantation to sample fresh tropical produce
- Enjoy a traditional lunch featuring the famous ‘elephant ear fish’
