Private Tour

Private 3-Day Mekong Delta River Tour from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City

Overview

72 hours

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Spend three full days exploring the Mekong Delta on a private tour from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City. Cross from Cambodia into Vietnam, traveling by speedboat along remote waterways. When you reach the border at Chau Doc, you’ll visit pagodas on Sam Mountain, and cruise along small canals past villages, islands and temples.Take an eco-tour of Tra Su Bird Sanctuary and end with a boat trip through the Cai Rang floating market. Enjoy personalized attention from your informative private guide, with transport and hotel accommodation included.

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Specialized infant seats are available

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking

There is a surcharge for bookings on Christmas, New Years and Lunar New Year

This tour ends in Ho Chi Minh City

You MUST obtain your Vietnamese visa prior to this tour as there will not be any visa-on-arrival service at the border crossing to Vietnam. All visa requirements are the sole responsibility of the traveler.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Private guide

2-nights accommodation as per itinerary

Meals as per itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner)

Transport by air-conditioned minivan

Food and drinks, unless specified

Surcharge for bookings on Christmas, New Years and Lunar New Year

What To Expect

Day 1

Phnompenh - Chau Doc by Speedboat (Via Song Tien Landport)

Accommodations

Overnight: 3-star Option: Chau Pho Hotel or 4-star Option Hotel : Victoria Chau Doc Resort

Phnom Penh

12:00 pm Meet our team at Phnompeh Pier (103 Sisowath Quay, Kh Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia). You’re whisked away to the Cambodian border, stopping for a passport and visa check (see the Important Information tab for details) before arriving in Chau Doc after about four hours. You'll arrive at the Chau Doc Port, where you can disembark and start your free exploration of the town and its surroundings Thien hau Pagoda or Sam Mountain You'll spend the night in your choice of hotels: The 3-star Chau Pho Hotel is located 15 minutes from cultural attractions such as Lady Chua Xu Temple and Tomb of Thoai Ngoc Hau. Bright and spacious rooms are fully equipped and provide sweeping views. The 4-star Victoria Chau Doc Resort, located on the banks of the Bassac River crossing, features a colonial style with low-rise French architectural design and blends perfectly with its natural surroundings.

6 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Day 2

Chau Doc - Tra Su Cajuput Forest

Accommodations

Overnight: 3-star Option : Ninh Kieu 2 or similar or 4-star Option : Nam Bo Boutique Hotel

Food and Drinks

LUNCH

Lunch

Chau Doc

After breakfast, pay a morning visit to a local market overlooking the confluence of three rivers. Then, drive to Chau Giang district where a tiny mosque serves the local Cham community. Learn about this minority ethnic group, which once dominated coastal Vietnam from the 2nd to the 9th centuries, and perhaps see their silk weaving at work in the village. You'll visit a beautiful Khmer temple and some floating houses that double as catfish farms.

2 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Tra Su Bird Sanctuary

Next, depart Chau Doc town for an eco-tour in the Tra Su Cajuput Forest and Bird Sanctuary. This 2,088-acre (845-hectare) protected nature reserve is an ecological haven with its forest of cajeput trees and wetlands providing habitat for waterfowl, bat colonies, and various bird species including storks, egrets and cormorants. Keep an eye out for turtles, snakes and freshwater fish in the meandering canals.

3 hours • Admission Included

Day 3

Can Tho - Floating Market - Ho Chi Minh

Food and Drinks

LUNCH

Lunch

Can Tho

After breakfast, you'll leave bright and early to visit the Cai Rang floating market in the Mekong Delta. In order to get close to all of the activity, hop on a small boat and dart through the water between the floating stalls as you watch vendors sell their wares. You’re transferred to Ho Chi Minh City, visit Vinh Trang Pagoda enroute. Tour ends in the afternoon.

4 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Vinh Trang Temple

Vĩnh Tràng Temple is a Buddhist temple near Mỹ Tho in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. It is one of the best-known temples in the region

30 minutes • Admission Included

Options

Standard Accommodation

Meals as indicated in itinerary, All entrance fees, Air conditioner bus, English Speaking Guide
Standard Accomodation : Can Tho: Hau Giang hotel – Superior or Similar Chau Doc: Hung Cuong hotel - Deluxe or Similar

Deluxe Accommodation

Meals as indicated in itinerary, All entrance fees, Air conditioner van with new model, English Speaking Guide
Superior Accomodation: Victoria Can Tho - Superior or Similar Victoria Chau Doc - Superior or Similar

Reviews

3.79

28 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Most of the time is spent...
Samira F,
Nov 14, 2023
- Viator
2.00
Most of the time is spent in the car (apart from the boat to Chau Doc). The advertised itinerary does not fit to the actual one. And the tour guide's English was limited unfortunately. It is not worth the money, rather take a bus to Ho Chi Minh City and do one of the Mekong day trips from there.
Never book a tour operated by Bravo Indochina Tours
Moritz W,
Oct 31, 2023
- Viator
1.00
This operator is the worst I ever experienced: Communication per WhatsApp, very pushy and harsh in tone, sometimes even aggressive. Very unpleasant, especially on a holiday in a country you have never been to. The tour began with a rip-off: Pick up from the hotel to the pier, 4 minutes drive in a small car, 20 $ extra (more expensive than in Switzerland) - local price would have been 3 $, as they told us in the hotel before we left. Then: It‘s actually a 2 day private tour, the first day from Phnom Penh to Chau Doc you are on your own in a big boat without guide (you better book this part on your own). Accomodation in Victoria Hotels (luxury version) was very good, but we were a group of three adults and the operator wanted us to sleep in one room with extra bed… Two rooms only if we paid 100 $ extra, and after 10 minutes of unfriendly text-messaging). Most of the time you spend in the car (ca. 5 hours on the first, 4.5 on the second day). Not very much nature of the Mekong-Delta is shown, hardly any animals to be seen. No rowing on the waters like on the tour-advertising-picture f.e., that would be on extra cost too and no time for that. The only nature-experience of the tour is in a public and very touristic nature parc, mostly eucalyptus trees, not a real jungle, as said. The tour guide was very friendly though. So: better book the boat and hotels yourself and it‘s possible to book transfers and tours there. For sure it’s much better than with Bravo Indochina Tours!
A colorful and amazing experience
David M,
Feb 29, 2020
- Viator
5.00
The tour is rich in experiences, you’ll see and feel the Mekong, walk about among rice paddies and forests, sail in floating markets. My guide Tony was super helpful and funny, “telling me a story”, same, same but different :). Its hassle free and for your money you get the exciting boat trip, good hotels, tasty local food (try that its worth it), market and town tours, private car, and your guide. Small hiccups at departure in Phnom Phen but if you like perfect schedules don’t come to SE Asia 🤣.
My dear fellow travelers<br/> I've...
Marcel W,
Mar 10, 2018
- Viator
2.00
My dear fellow travelers
I've just arrived in Ho Chi Minh after a privat 3-day Mekong Delta tour. I have to say very clearly that I am disappointed about the whole experience. I am disappointed for the following reasons.

Negative:
- There was no plan, time table or anything that would give me some information about the whole trip. I was picked up at the hotel and that was it. I had to ask the people there about my ship and all...
- I've tried to reach the tour organization because I've changed my pick-up-location. I wrote several emails and I had to wait for 4 days for any answer.
- I think the price-value relation was really poor. They sell the whole trip as a 3-day tour. Sorry to say that but the first day was the normal ship cruise you can book in PP for 25 dollars. The picked me up around 5:30 pm, brought me to the hotel, we had dinner afterwards. That was day one . That is really not much private activity if you ask me. Day two was okay. But then day 3 started at 6 am and we were back at the hotel at 10 pm. The driver brought me to Ho Chi Minh and that was day 3!!! Come on guys. I don't like to use the word scam but it goes in that direction, I am afraid...
- The dinner on the second day wasn't included! I know, you can eat very cheaply in Vietnam for European standards. But when I pay 600 bugs I really think the dinner should be included...
- The driver could't speak English at all. As long as I was with the Vietnamese guide, that was not a problem. But on my way to Ho Chi Minh City we stopped for lunch. The driver was somehow pissed and pushed the whole time hurry.

Positiv:
- The guide was really sweet and really tried to give me a better feeling about the whole trip
- The hotels were nice compared to back packe standards...
- The program on the second day was great.

I have to point out that I am always organizing everything on my laptop during my travels or directly at the booking agencies. I really thought this trip would be something special but after 2 days only day 2 was a whole day I have to say that it wasn't worth the money. Everything could be organized by myself for - lets say - 150 bugs. The prices for the means of transportation are so low and I think a 4 star hotel room is not really necessary.

So I would recommend this trip to people that have much money, no time or talent for organizing and do need a 4 star hotel room. For the rest: you can do a personal trip with a private guide for much less money...
The tour itself was a 4/5. Positives...
Samantha M,
Apr 17, 2017
- Viator
3.00
The tour itself was a 4/5. Positives - our tour guide was great, interesting activities, the Victoria hotels were amazing, took us to hotel in hchm. Negatives (2/4) not enough information before given VIATOR get your act together, tour didn't start until after midday on first day so very rushed.