
Can Tho Community-Based Tourism
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MONDAY, APRIL 14th: Can Tho
Day 1:
Pick up tourists around 12:00 PM in Can Tho city, drive to our beautiful mini resort 12 km away from center. On the way we have light lunch with “Vietnamese pan-cake or spring rolls with fruits". drive you to our destination that is about 45 minutes away. The nice and captivating forest named SPRING CAJUPUT FOREST, nestled in the heart of the Mekong Delta, is where you can immerse yourself in the lush greenery and vibrant biodiversity of the forest.
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When we get to SPRING CAJUPUT FOREST , we will go on a boat tour so you can enjoy the beautiful scenery and listen to the birds singing. You will also see large rice fields and go hiking in the forest. We will relax and drink fresh coconut water while surrounding ourselves with the sound of nature. Back to Ecolodge, free until dinner.
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TUESDAY, April 15th: Floating Market
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Day 2:
Start at 5:30 AM, we take the small boat to Cai Rang Floating Market – the biggest wholesale floating market in the Mekong Delta. The Cai Rang Floating Market is well known for its variety of fresh fruits and other local products. Hundreds of boats still gather there to buy and sell every morning. We will have breakfast and coffee at the market, enjoy fresh pineapple on the local’s boat. This is a unique opportunity to experience everyday life on the Mekong. Afterwards, we visit a local house to see how the locals make rice noodle “hu tieu”. On the way back we will visit Cocoa garden to see first-hand how the locals make fresh chocolate and get to taste some. Following this, we will get back onborard the boat and journey into a very beautiful canal with lots of water coconut on both sides of river. If you are intersted in rowing the boat, there will be an opportunity here to learn (depends on the tide, we can go through the canal or just a short distance).
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After that, we will do biking tour around a beautiful village along canal to see daily activities of the locals. On the way we will stop to try coconut juice, and then keep riding to visit a local house and learn to make FRESH rice noodle called BANH HOI MAT VONG, only one place in Vietnam making this kind of noodle. and have lunch with it. Then we will visit another local house to enjoy some fruits and learn how to make banana cake. Then keep riding on beautiful road back to our ecolodge, free until dinner (lunch, dinner)
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Wednesday, April 16th: Free Day
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Day 3:
Today will be a free day to relax before heading home, or venture out for another exploration.
