CAN THO - THOT NOT - CAN THO - CAI BE BY BASSAC CRUISE | Indochina Charm Travel: Specialist of Private Tour and Group Travel to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

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3 days / 2 nights

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ICT-VN.145

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Overview

3 days/2 nights exploring Thốt Nốt, North of Cần Thơ by Bassac Cruise and providing you with a glimpse of yet another ambiance: larger rivers and more floating fish farms

Itinerary:

Day 1: Can Tho

Day 2: Can Tho - Thot Not

Day 3: Thot Not - Cai Be

About Transmekong

TransMékong is a family company established in 2003 in Cần Thơ, in the heart of the Mekong delta, by a franco-vietnamese couple. They both had a few years' prior experience managing projects and SMEs and the urge to escape from it all.

Their team is locally recruited and trained, and we learn from the newcomers as much as from the experience we build together. They foster personal development in a happy team, and many on board took part themselves in the construction of the boat

They originally bought the hull of an existing rice barge, stripped it bare and built Bassac I, with which they learned much about what building and running a cruise boat entails. Since then they designed themselves and built Bassac II and III and the Mystic sampans according to the same tradition.

The Bassac pioneered cruises in comfort in the Mekong delta, and they strive to deserve remaining the reference on the region.

Itinenary

Day 1: Cần Thơ at noon

Boarding at Can Tho at Ninh Kieu pier. Welcome drink, introduction to the ship and crew, check into the cabins. Departure upstream of the Hau river. Lunch on board while en route.

Upon arrival at Thot Not, transfer on the longboat to take some walks at the bamboo village in Thot Not.

Boarding back at dusk, rest on the deck for the sunset while taking somes drinks at the bar.

The dinner is served on board. The Bassac takes the way back to Can Tho and casts anchor near Can Tho for the night.

Day 2: Can Tho

Breakfast is available from 06:30, while the ship is cruising towards Can Tho city.

Arrival in Cai Rang floating market, transfer onto a local boat to visit the floating market, the nearby arroyos and gardens and return to the Ninh Kieu pier.

Arrival at Ninh Kieu, Can Tho, late morning.

Boarding at Can Tho at Ninh Kieu pier. Welcome drink, departure downstream of the Hau river. Lunch on board while en route.

Tour near Tra On floating market.

Turning into Nicolai canal, towards the Mang Thit and Co Chien rivers. Rest on the upper deck in a scenery of rice fields, sugar cane, woods on the near banks.

By mid-afternoon, the Bassac casts anchor for a visit on shore: past the first tree line, quiet discovery of the peaceful life in the delta's countryside, of rice fields, fruit trees and the welcoming inhabitants.

Boarding back, complimentary drink as a welcome back on board. Rest on the deck or around the bar enjoying the sunset.

The crew will serve dinner while the Bassac is cruising Mang Thit river towards her anchorage point for the night.

The Bassac sets anchor for the night on river Mang Thit.

Day 3: Can Tho – Cai Be

06:30 Departure towards Cai Be. The passengers take their breakfast while enjoying the scenery on the banks.

The Bassac crosses Co Chien river then branches into Cho Lach canal for 30 minutes through the traffic of sand and rice barges, in a scenery of fruit drying facilities and wooden ship building yards.

Arrival in Cai Be, check-out and boarding of a local boat for a tour of Cai Be floating market and handicraft.

End of services by mid-morning on shore at Cái Bè.

Please note you will leave the Bassac for good upon boarding the small boat for the last visit, typically about 8:30.