Day 1: Can Tho - Cho Moi
The passengers will board at our private pier in Ninh Kieu quay in CAN THO, at 12:00 noon. Our staff will greet you with a welcoming tropical fruit juice and then assist you with checking into your cabin. The cruise will then departure upstream on the Hau River. Lunch is served on board as we cruise towards Cho Moi, a small town where typical Vietnamese cultural features are still remains. Here the guests transfer to small boat to cruise through the small canals get to know the local people’s life. You will visit a small village where you have a chance to see people weaving bamboo baskets by hand. On our return, on the Mekong Feeling, you will enjoy handmade snacks sipping the cocktail of your choice (the guests' own account) while experiencing the beautiful sunset view on board. By 19:00-19:30 you will be served a relaxing dinner. The Mekong Feeling will then anchor at a peaceful place where our guests will spend a calming night onboard.
Day 2: Chau Doc
06:00 to 06:30 AM wake up catching the magic dawn in Mekong Delta while the Mekong Feeling leisurely cruise. Enjoy the breakfast while our cruise continue to CHAU DOC. Mekong Feeling cruise on a little arm of the Mekong where traditional activities can be observed on the banks (net fishing, house of fish). Enjoy the last precious minutes of tranquility on your cruise before check out at 09:00am.
After saying goodbye to our captain & cabin crew on the MEKONG FEELING, you will transfer to a small boat to visit the floating fish houses one of the main ways for earning their lives here. Our last visit is at the Cham Minority People village who is a small group of Muslim people finding out about the brocade textile industry and activities features of Cham people in Chau Doc. The tour end by 11:00AM.
NOTES: * Chau Doc is a small town which is 270 km south-west of Saigon or just 135 kms to Phnompenh by river cruise. Our company is the leading boat operator providing the highest quality speed-boats from Chau Doc to Phnompenh, the capital of Cambodia where you can continue your tour to Siem Reap to visit one of most famous world heritages, the Angkor Temple complex.
* Should you need a speedboat from Chau Doc to Phnompenh, please feel free to book in advance this excellent speed-boat service at your local travel agency or ask our operator. Traveling by this way, you have another chance to feel the Mekong difference! |