Mekong River Tour

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When we have a day to tour around Vietnam. My friend and I chose Mekong River tour as our destination. Our hotel is located near the International Square ( A place with a lot of tourists and travel agency). We booked this Mekong River Tour for only 250,000 VND ( ~approx. 11 USD).

The one day Mekong River Tour includes the following:

• Roundtrip Bus transfer (Coaster Bus)
• One Bottle of Water
• Lunch w/out Drink
• Boat Fees
• Honey Tea
• English Speaking Tour guide 
• Hotel Pick-up and Drop Off

The tips, drinks during lunch, and souvenirs are not included in the trip.

Our Itinerary for Mekong River Tour

Visit a Souvenir Shop (Yes, it's expensive here)
I didn't buy anything here. I just look for things I might buy in other stores. They have rest room, park, souvenir store and cafe in this area. Most of the bus and coaster stop here for tourist to buy more things. 

Outside the store

Meet and Greet with BEES
They will introduce the queen bee food, and let you try different products like honey tea, pollen, chips etc.

Taste the Honey tea with Pollen

Believe it or not, the tea with honey tastes really good. If it's actually allowed, I would take another one.

Free Fruits while enjoying Vietnamese Music

Fruits like Papaya, Dragon Fruit, Pomelo and Pineapple were served to us while this family is singing.

Boat Ride

We rode two boats (Big and Small). Enjoy the fresh air and magnificent view. The water in this river came from different countries like China and other neighboring countries. There are many boats here and the river is so wide. It took us 15-20 mins to arrive to our destination.

You can see the Mekong River Here.

All big boats are equipped with Life Jackets. We'll be safe as long as there's no crocodile swimming around the river.

Yes! There's crocodile here. Do not do what I did in the picture on your left. Someone from our tour group was able to take a picture of a crocodile swimming around this small river, where we use a small boat. 

There are a lot of small boats for a small river path. Yet, They are very good paddlers. We were able to arrive at our destination in less than 10 mins. We gave these old people 40,000 VND as Tip.

The final destination for our small boat trip.

Coconut Candy Making

Candy packaging Corner

All parts of the coconut are somewhat used in this factory. Coconut shells are transformed to house decorations. The Husks are used to create fire. The meat of the coconut are used to make candies and other other food products, while the juice are formed to wine, etc.



Lunch
On our way to our lunch area, we have to ride this boat again. We would pass this area and would have an opportunity for you to take pictures.

I apologize for not being able to take a picture of the food that we eat. However, I still remember the food: Rice + Chicken + Vegetable.

If you want to try exotic food like snakes, iguana, crocodile or squirrel, you can order it. You can see the price for each kind at the picture on top. Some of our tour-mates shared for them to try some of these delicacies. My friend and I, don't want to try these food because it's a little bit creepy.

1 hour Biking
After you're done with your lunch, it's actually free time. You have an option to take a bike (for Free) and tour around the area. Even though I don't know how to use a bike, I tried my best to make it stable. In the end, I still don't know how to use one. 

I recommend to you guys, to just book your tours in the travel agencies in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. They have a lot of travel agencies. We booked our tour on the day of our tour (7:30AM, the departure is at 8:00AM)

I feel so sad, because I only have one day to spend in HCM :( The next time I'll visit HCM, I will go to different travel areas like: Chu Chi Tunnel, Ecological Tour, City tour.

I hope you will try these amazing tour offered by Vietnamese Agencies.