Private Tour: Mekong River Cruise Tour from Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Explore the Mekong River - the rice bowl of Vietnam - by boat on this full-day tour from Ho Chi Minh to the Mekong Delta. Travel by Boat along these canals and visiting the floating markets, a truly memorable experience. Cruise through the lush green vegetation of the Mekong canals to an orchard, where you are treated to a delicious lunch complete with tropical fruits, before continue along to the town of Vinh Long town, where you are picked up for your return transfer to Ho Chi Minh City.

Often referred to as the rice bowl of Vietnam, the fertile Mekong Delta is also famous for its tropical fruits and flowers. Traditional transportation in the Delta is by boat along a vast network of canals and channels. Boating along these canals and visiting the floating markets always proves to be a fascinating and rewarding experience for all visitors. On this trip, you will boat through the lush green vegetation of the canals to an orchard, where you are treated to a delicious lunch complete with tropical fruits. Travel by boat to Vinh Long town where you will be picked up and driven back to Ho Chi Minh City around 6:30pm.

USD $60.00

Review by: j a f	January 2012
Once again a very pleasant and informative guide. the trip is really enjoyable including the village stop.

Review by: Mark S	November 2011
This tour was one of the highlights of my three country vacation. This tour was outstanding. It provided really great insight into the importance of this river to Vietnam and the lives who live there. I was a little apprehensive as I get motion sickeness easily, but a little dramamine and those wrist bands worked. No problem. The tour guide, drivers (car and boat) were all excellent.

Review by: Colin S	November 2011
Efficient service, especially as they had such a long wait for us to get through the very slow visa process.

Review by: Robin N	October 2011
Don't skip the small row boats! The local music was not worth my time. The hotel had better artists. The "stops" are just for tourists and you'll only see westerners for lunch and at the "factories". You can buy stuff if you wish, but you'll find it cheaper at the markets in the cities. Buyer be ware.

Review by: Henry W	October 2011
The tour was great and our guide was outstanding. He was very knowledgable and personable and spoke English GREAT.

Review by: robert t	August 2011
We took the one day tour up the Mekong because we had limited time. Had a great day. The sights were terrific and the lunch more than adequate. Highly recommended.

Review by: Tom K	June 2011
Excellent guide, excellent driver, excellent trip. I can strongly recommend it.

Review by: Gina r	December 2010
My family thoroughly enjoyed the private tour of the Mekong River Cruise. The tour guide was extremely friendly and imformative throughout the whole of the experience and also spoke very good english. The journey from Ho Chi Minh City was fairly long but the car was cool and comfortable which made it easier. On arrival at the Mekong Delta we were guided to our personal boat and were shown the floating market and houses along the river, it was humbling to see how the families lived there. we were given fresh local fruits to eat and coconut milk to drink during te boat ride. We were then taken to an island to meet some locals and see coconut candy, popping rice and other stuff being made the locals were very friendly and didnt mind us taking photographs of the experience we also got to try the different types of candy and drank jasmin tea. The boat then took us to a smaller paddle boat and we were taken down a quieter part of river and on to a local place to eat where we had a feast of 6 courses including delicious elephant ear fish. After lunch our tour guide took us for a walk in the orchard where we were shown all of the wonderful fruits growing. Finally we were taken back to our boat and on to dry land to head back to Ho Chi Minh City. So far this has been the highlight of our trip and we would definately reccomend.

Review by: Daniel V	December 2010
What a fantastic experience: everything was really well organized and the guide was very good !

Review by: Peter Kay Tong C	October 2010
Best tour in Ho Chi Minh city. Highly recommended for content, excellent tour guide who spoke perfect English. And the people in the village we went too very friendly . The visits made to the fruit farm and cottage industries very very good...unforgettable experience

Review by: Bernadette J, Australia	June 2010
Very enjoyable and different trip for my husband and I , lunch was great and our guide was fantastic

Review by: Clyde V	May 2010
Overpriced. Timing for the floating market was too late. The fish lunch not nearly as good as on prior trips. No sampan ride. No embroidery workshop even though the guide promised one and said not to buy shirts at an earlier stop. We ended up returning to the US without them.

Review by: Jason T, Philippines	April 2010
our tour guide is very professional and discuss a lot of things about the mekong river and saigon in general. answers our question very well. and was very felxible to give in to our request,

Review by: Waymond G, France	August 2009
The guide was on time. Explanations of the schedule for the trip were clear. I was looked after at every minute. What I paid for I got and more. Definitely do this again in HCM City.

Review by: Susan M, United Kingdom	March 2009
Brilliant trip! Worth every penny. Our guide was very helpful, full of information, a sheer please to speak to. The trip included a meal which was very good, we had elephant fish and giant prawns.

Review by: Elaine N, United States of America	February 2009
Our guides were excellent, and the stops we made on the river were so interesting.

Review by: Claudia G, Singapore	September 2008
Great day on the Mekong River with interesting stops to watch the manufacturing of rice popcorn, rice paper and coconut lollies; to listen to traditional Vietnamese music; and to have a fantastic lunch!

Review by: Ian W, Australia	September 2008
Everything is planned really well!!! There is so much to see and it is explained. Good English. Highly recommended.

Review by: IAN W	September 2008
Everything is planned really well!!! There is so much to see and it is explained. Good English. Highly recommended.

Review by: Gary W, Macau	August 2008
We had a fantastic day. Our tour guide was just wonderful. His English was great, and he just talked and talked about everything. I would highly recommend this tour. Saigon is not the prettiest city, but getting out of the hustle and bustle is the only way to really enjoy it. The elephant ear fish lunch was so delicious.

Review by: Amanda S, Australia	April 2008
We had a great tour guide and driver. The private tour was so much better than being with a bus load of tourists!

Review by: SUZANNE S	April 2008
Very poor trip. Photo displayed for this trip looks like a nice floating market, like Thailand floating market, however the reality is different to the photo advertised and therefore misleading. The market we were taken to looked like an industrial one. Very disappointed.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	March 2008
This is definitely worth doing. The drive there was long but interesting. It's a great way of seeing the Mekong Delta.

Review by: Caroline Y, United Kingdom	March 2008
Take a hat, as it is quite hot on the Mekong.

Review by: Stacey W, United Kingdom	January 2008
We enjoyed this trip to the Mekong Delta, however we didn't realize that it was a three hour long journey each way by van to the Mekong Delta area, which made it a very long day. It was great to see the floating markets and the Vietnamese way of life on the river. The Elephant Ear fish for lunch was interesting!

Review by: Thomas S, United States of America	January 2008
Our tour guide was the best ever. She pointed things out all the way to our destination and was able to answer all our questions. One problem, having to confirm the booking by phone once we got to Vietnam was a huge problem. The email confirmation should suffice.

Review by: Ian W, United Kingdom	September 2007
You can't fault any aspect of the tours we went on. The food and location to eat on each trip were both excellent.

Review by: Stewart F, United States of America	August 2007
Our tour guide was friendly and honest!

Review by: Reginald T, Australia	June 2007
We had a great day. Our guides were efficient, friendly and helpful.

Review by: Loke Shing O, Singapore	May 2007
The trip was interesting and insightful. However, the boat can move faster as it was a bit warm. The boat trip felt a bit draggy. The food was below average. However, the serving staff was friendly.

Review by: Jennifer B	December 2006
Both of the guides were very good. The trip was fine but I couldn't eat the lunch due to food poisoning the day before.