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This
new tour combines cycling and kayaking in Mekong delta, so you can
explore some islands where locals have never seen any tourists.
Depending on the river tide, our guide will arrange the kayak route.
Therefore, we can not have a fixed program (see below a draft
itinerary). The water color is light brown, as it originates high in
Tibet, flowing 4500km through China, Myanmar - Laos - Thai border and
through Cambodia and Vietnam, passing many volcanic red soil plateaus.
 Day
1: CAI BE - BEN TRE
8.00 am Depature by bus for CaiBe (2hrs), we start biking off road ~10km
with ferry crossing, then boarding on boat for cruising on Mekong river.
See CaiBe floating market, then off the boat for short cycling to
ancient house. Lunch break. Afternoon relax on hammock when cruising to
island, start kayaking 2 hours in small arroyo. Back to our boat. Then
cruise to BenTre for the night. Sunset view from the river. Overnight
homestay in farmer house.
Day
2: BEN TRE - TP. HO CHI MINH
After breakfast, start cycling 4hrs back on small trail along the river,
see daily life of the locals, feeling lost on winding road under the
green coconut canopy. The coconut palms that make BenTre famous in
Vietnam. On arrival in BenTre at noon time, we cruise down the busy
branches of Mekong and into a peaceful canal. Visit an island orchard,
lunch break with traditional meal, see the daily life of farmers and try
exotic seasonal fruits unique to the region. Hammock siesta, then we
cycle to explore this quiet area, call on coconut-candy workshop and
other handicraft workshop (if time permitting) before coming back to our
bus. Return to Saigon. End of tour.
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