CHAU DOC - CAI BE - CAN THO 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.148

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Overview

If you prefer to plan your discovery of the Mekong delta from the wider to the more intimate, or are coming from Cambodia, join in on Châu Đốc - Cái Bè - Cần Thơ, departing on Sundays, which will take you from the largest Hậu Giang river through Sa Đéc and Cái Bè, then into the smaller waterways of Vĩnh Long to Cần Thơ, ending at the Cái Răng floating market.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Chau Doc - My Thuan

Day 2: My Thuan - Cai Be - Tra On

Day 3: Tra On - Can Tho

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: Châu Đốc at noon

Boarding at the Chau Doc pier, welcome drink, introduction to the ship and crew, check into your cabin.

Departure downstream on the Bassac river, as the crew serves lunch.

We connect through river Vam Nao and around the district of Cho Moi to the First River.

Mid-afternoon, we sail along a small tributary to Song Ho. Exploratory visit at Cho Moi: Village and old churches.

Boarding back at dusk, welcome drink. Dinner is served en route.

the Bassac drops anchor on the way in view of the My Thuan bridge for the night.

Day 2: Cai Be

Breakfast is available from 6:30 on.

The Bassac sets sail after sunrise towards Cai Be, through sceneries of sweet water mangroves on river My Tho.

Arrival in Cai Be, transfer to a local boat for a tour of Cai Be floating market and handicraft.

Boarding at Cai Be at noon. Welcome drink, departure towards Cho Lach on the Tien Giang river.

Lunch while en route. Rest on the deck.

The Bassac slips into the Chợ Lách canal, in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the river traffic, between markets and churches, a unique opportunity for a glimpse of the very varied life on the banks as well as on the water.

Visit of a village on the banks of river Mang Thit, an opportunity to appreciate the way of life and hospitality of the local inhabitants. Visit of the orchard or rice fields nearby.

Boarding back, complimentary drink as a welcome back on board. Rest on the deck enjoying the sunset. The crew will serve dinner while the Bassac is cruising Mang Thit river.

The Bassac sets anchor just downstream from the little Tra On floating market, for the night.

Day 3: Can Tho

You may get up for breakfast as early as 06:30, as the ship is resuming its cruise the Tra On floating market. The ship then departs towards Can Tho.

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

End of services by mid-morning on shore at Cần Thơ.

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