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 $63.00

Review by:   donnap,    December 2017
Unfortunately this trip I snot worth the time invested. It was almost 10 hours and almost 5 of that is in the van getting there. The brick factory tour was a quick walk around a factory and you could see some clay pottery that had been made previously flower pots saw a working kiln. Then a 40 - 50 min boat ride up a canal without much to see. Then a nice lunch, the boat back across the Mekong Delta to the floating market. There were about 6 - 7 boats that made up the market and we went past them in our small boat, turned around and back to the jetty to get in the van for the return trip. Our tour guide did not share a lot of information and in fact slept most of the boat trip.

Review by:   Ermanno C,    July 2017
This was a very enjoyable day. The river cruise was so peaceful and lunch was excellent. Our tour guide, Lam, was just perfect - she knew so much about the area and its history. We highly recommend her.

Review by:   Rich,    April 2017
Good trip, well organised and no hassle. Great way to see the sights and get a feel for this part of the country.

Review by:   James C,    January 2017
This was one of the highlights of a two week trip to Vietnam. Our guide, Dao, was perfect in every way. She was well spoken and easy to understand. She was informative throughout the trip.

Review by:   Linda Y,    December 2016
This trip was the highlight of our stay in HCMC. Our guide Lam was a lovely and very interesting lady which made the day fun. The private tour suit our family as Lam could cater to our personal needs and she did that very well. We were very comfortable throughout the trip whether is in the long car drive or on the boat .

Review by:   Graham W,    November 2016
We had a fantastic day. Our tour guide was a fun loving lady called Lan. She was hugely informative, very good English, great sense of humour and made our trip really memorable

Review by:   David W,    June 2016
Brilliant tour. The guide was really good, having a private tour was amazing, we stopped for lunch at a terrific restaurant on the river and the food was unbelievable. _br/_ Would highly recommend

Review by:   Doug M,    April 2016
The private tour was an excellent way to experience the Mekong. Our guide was very knowledgeable and aimed to please. Boat ride was interesting. The food at the prepared lunch was average.

Review by:   Davey,    March 2016
Great full day out with excellent tour guide the highlight was how peaceful it was on the rowing boat away from the hustle and bustle

Review by:   Daryl M,    January 2016
Stunning and a wonderful day. Thank you so very much Viator for everything!!!

Review by:   Jackie S,    March 2015
Excellent trip. Tin the guide spoke excellent English and was really informative. He couldn't do enough for us. Lunch was really enjoyable. The whole trip was fantastic.

Review by:   Chanda,    March 2015
We had a wonderful time on this trip. The candy was delicious!

Review by:   James G,    February 2015
Excellent guide and excellent tour

Review by:   Sharmini P U,    January 2015
Was an enjoyable experience sailing along the Mekong River and visiting the Candy Factory and Brick Factory. Had first hand experience on the floating markets which too was quite interesting. Thank you.

Review by:   Eugene G,    October 2014
excellent guide; wonderful day trip_br/_ the only miscue was that Viator miscommunicated/did not verify with the local tour guide the proper number of participants; nothing that several cell phone calls couldnt solve.

Review by:   Dean P,    March 2014
This particular tour was the highlight of our 7 day stay in Saigon. There was only 4 of us on this tour and we had the most amazing guide for the day, [ Thomas, who treated us like family]. We were picked up promptly at our hotel in our air condition mini bus and headed off towards the Mekong. The floating markets, seeing the local confectionary being made, [and sampling it of course], tasting the snake wine, the 5 mile trip across the Mekong to the island where we had a fabulous Vietnamese lunch and a few beers, and our sampan experience along a small canal all made for a truly enjoyable day, and an insight into the Vietnamese culture. The tour lasted approximately 10 hours but can be longer depending on the tides on the river and the traffic back. A very well priced tour for a great day out.

Review by:   Nicole G,    October 2013
Excellent day out with a very knowledgable guide who accommodated our wishes

Review by:   Emma C,    September 2013
Excellent! Our guide and driver were faultless!!

Review by:   mitchell r,    July 2013
Overall this was a great tour. Got to see so much of the Mekong and it was beautiful. Our tour guide was great till we gave him a tip at th completion of the tour and he went sour. We paid alot of money to go on this tour and we gave generously at then end and it still was not enough. That really upset us and put a bit of a downer on the say!

Review by:   Diane B,    July 2013
It turns out we were in the off season and so my husband and I were the only ones on the tour. We thought that was great--until we realized that the guide was hurrying us along to try and finish as quickly as possible. We're usually quick and with no one else to slow us down, we were even quicker. So I'm certain the readers will understand our resentment when we noticed our guide paying more attention to his WATCH than to us. And when he did deign to converse with us, he frequently talked more about himself and his plans to move to the US than the subject matter of the tour. Very disappointing, especially since all our other Viator tours (including Halong Bay) were so delightful.

Review by:   Tracy S,    April 2013
Brilliant. The 3 of us were the only people on the tour = private. Great guide, spoke English very well and was very knowledged in his tour, country and anything else we wanted to know. Very interesting places visited. Mekong was brilliant, peaceful, beautiful. Highly recommend

Review by:   Adele.p,    January 2013
This tour was one of the highlights of the trip. Ann our guide was superb and gave us a thorough insight into Vietnamese life. We would highly recommend this tour if you are staying in Ho Chi Minh city and would not hesitate to use Viator again wherever they provide a service. 1st class thank you!

Review by:   Mike F B,    November 2012
Another great tour. The boat tour was very interesting with different stops on the way.

Review by:   Xing X,    October 2012
The Mekong River cruise was interesting, as it gave us a glimpse of the day-to-day life of the people that make a living there on the river. However the scenary was really not the best. The best part of the tour was the lunch. The food was fantastic, and the coffee there was also the best we had in Vietnam.

Review by:   Kerrie B,    October 2012
Tour guide, transportation and driver all top class. The tour of the Mekong River was fascinating and very enjoyable. The luncheon that was served was the BEST ever Vietnamese food I have ever tasted. An absolutely wonderful day!

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,    December 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:   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:   Daniel V,    August 2011
What a fantastic experience: everything was really well organized and the guide was very good !

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

Review by:   Peter Kay Tong C,    January 2011
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:   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.