Ho Chi Minh - Floating market - Cu Chi - Tay Ninh

This morning, we leave the bustling city behind and drive northwest to Tay Ninh Province to visit Cao Dai church and attend the religion’s daily midday service. The religion practiced here is known as Caodaism, an monotheistic religion officially established in Tây Ninh city since 1926 and is the 3rd largest religion in Vietnam with around 3 million followers. 

Lunch at local restaurant before short drive to visit Cu Chi tunnels, an extraordinary network of tunnels more than 120 miles in length that was used by the Viet Cong as a hideout and secret village during Vietnam war. Here, after a 20 minutes long documentary movie you will learn about how the tunnels were created and have a chance to walk through a section to experience what life would have been like underground.  Having brief look at famous Ben Thanh market.  

Early tonight, board  boat restaurant cruising on Sai Gon river for dinner. 
   
   Meals: Breakfast / lunch / dinner
   Accommodation: Ho Chi Minh city

Make 2hours journey outside of bustling Ho Chi Minh City to discover the famous Mekong Delta that considered  “Rice bowl of Vietnam”. The delta is blessed with the best weather, excellent geographic location and a vast area of 3.8 million hectares of rice cultivable area. Our destination is Ben Tre where is famous for its coconut plantations.

Upon arrival in Ben Tre city, taking private sampan ride to visit local brick kilns to learn how the local burn bricks in traditional method. Continue sampan ride along one of the town's scenic and peaceful canals where you can disembark to visit a riverside coconut candy workshop to learn about making the sweet keo dua the region is known for.  Taking brief walk into local village to visit a mat weaving family, where sedge mats are woven by using a hand loom.

Riding on motor cart (Tuk Tuk) on shady village road, passing by lush rice fields and vegetable plains next. Stop at local restaurant for delicious lunch featuring such local specialty as elephant-ear fish and river shrimp. 

Go back to the main boat by sampan rowing boat. Drive southward to Mekong delta's biggest city - Can Tho where you will stay overnight.
Upon arrrival, check in hotel.

   Meals: breakfast / lunch
   Accommodation:Can Tho

Take early private 30 minutes engine boat ride  to explore the largest wholesale floating market in the Mekong Delta – Cai Rang market. The market begins around 05:00 and runs until midday. Here you will see hundreds of large cargo boats packed with mangos, bananas, coconuts, papayas, mangosteen, watermelons, longans, rambutants, pineapples, vegetables,…  The boat owners advertise what they sell by hanging their product from the top of a long bamboo pole at the bow. More interestingly, smaller boats sell local breakfast dishes like Bun Rieu, Banh Mi, coconut water and even lottery tickets.

We head to rice noodle factory for visit next.  You will see steps of making the noodles from soaking the grains of rice in water to sun drying on bamboo racks and machine cut into noodles. Transferred back to Ho Chi Minh city for departure flight. Tour ends

   Meals: Breakfast