Unforgettable MeKong River Cai Be Island Day Tour
We booked this tour with Xin Chao because of exceptional guide services in the past as well as felt a new sight of the MeKong Delta/ Cai Be Island was called for. I and also a fellow Vietnam Vet started a motorbike scenic tour of the Ho Chi Minh Path Highway from Da Lat to Hoi An/Da Nang utilizing Bao Loc as an overview a couple of years ago - we were still in our 60s - and also had a good time.Loc picked us up at the agreed upon time at our hotel in District 1, (Pham Ngu Lao). The trip to our initial stop took about 90 minutes.Having been to the Me Kong several times in the past, this verified to be a new experience. We visited the "plantation" as well as tasted a few of his crops - local bananas, jack fruit and also sugar cane juice - not recommended for diabetics, yet my blood sugar was nearly regular by dinner time.The team then boarded river tour boat, about 15 meters long and 3 meters wide for a journey down one of the Me Kong tributaries. We went across the main MeKong River to Cai Be Island and also had a traditional lunch of yummy roast chicken and also rice with veggies.There were still some standard wood framework homes with dust floors, over 50 years old, still inhabited by families. If you don't desire to take a stroll, the restaurant does have WiFi.We departed the island to head to the dock where the van was waiting for us - about a 15 min cruise. Run into a significant riverboat from Cambodia that had actually begun upstream at Phnom Penh as well as was on a 3 day cruise ship bound for Ben Tre in Vietnam.We left Cai Be and quit for a roast pig treat along the way. The overviews presented us with a wonderful team picture as a memento of our journey.The remainder of the trip back to the hotel was a quiet, however beautiful trip. Even if you have been to the "Delta" prior to, this trip supplies sufficient variety to make it well worth your time.I would extremely recommend this scenic tour firm when planning your trip to Vietnam!!! This is among our highlights for our journey in 2019.