Cái Bè - Chợ Mới - Cần Thơ

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Program of the journey: Cái Bè - Chợ Mới - Cần Thơ

Cái Bè - Chợ Mới - Cần Thơ

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Cái Bè, on the first day at noon

• Boarding at Cai Be with a local boat through the Cai Be floating market. Boarding on the Bassac, welcome drink, introduction to the ship and crew. Check into the cabins.
• Departure from Cai Be upstream through Mỹ Thuận bridge then Sa Đéc while lunch is served on board.
• The Bassac enters the river of the Tiger then drops the anchor for a visit of a XIXh century monastery.
• Back on board, a refreshment awaits you.
• Dinner is served as the Bassac gets under way towards the Northern part of Chợ Mới.
• The Bassac drops anchor for the night.

Day 2

• Breakfast is available from 6:30.
• The Bassac continues to cruise upstream Tien Giang river towards Vàm Nao.
• Transfer onto a local boat for a visit of a village North of Chợ Mới, not far from the main temple of the Hoa Hao sect.
• Boarding at noon at the Cho Moi pier, welcome drink.
• Departure on Vam Nao river, then downstream on the Bassac river, as the crew serves lunch.
• Upon arrival at Thot Not, transfer on the longboat for a visit of a village.
• Boarding back before dusk, a welcome drink and the dinner are served on board while en route.
• Rest on the deck before the night. The Bassac drops anchor for the night.

Day 3

• Breakfast is served from 6:30 AM, as the Bassac is on its way downstream the river towards Can Tho.
• Arrival in Cai Rang floating market, check out and transfer onto a local boat to visit the floating market, then a noodle factory and return to the Ninh Kieu pier.
• Arrival at Ninh Kieu, Can Tho, by mid-morning.

End of services by mid-morning on shore at Cần Thơ.

Please note you will leave the Bassac for good upon boarding the small boat for the last visit, typically about 8:30.
The details of the program and the visits may vary depending on logistics or technical constraints.

Some possible extensions

Here are some extension possibilities about the journey you are preparing. These, for the most part, we manage ourselves. May you find here some inspiration.

Staying near Cái Bè

If you are staying near Cái Bè, you may have a good time at The Island Lodge, at Michel and Françoise's on Thới Sơn island, facing the Mekong. The Island Lodge offers a relaxing experience by the pool, a view over the lush and ever-varied green of the countryside, and gourmet dining at Le Comptoir de Marthe et Édouard.

There are opportunities for activities from The Island Lodge.

After disembarking in Cần Thơ

Upon disembarking, you may take a tour of the old market and the Ninh Kiều pier, with its pagoda, then have lunch in Cần Thơ if you have time. The pier has a few good spots to stop for a meal: from the Sao Hôm restaurant, in the old market hall where you disembark itself, to the Nam Bộ restaurant (1 Ngô Quyền, just 300m away), which both serve classic Vietnamese cuisine and specialities, and even some western food for the weary traveler, and to l'Escale (the Port of Call), on the top floor of the Nam Bộ, which serves fine cuisine on a terrace overlooking the Mekong.

You may also take a cycling tour to some nice green spots in the surrounding contryside and discover how different Cần Thơ is, again, in the variety of landscapes of the Mekong delta.

You may also fly straight to Đà Nẵng if you are going on to Central Vietnam, that will save you hours on the road to Saigon.

There is a direct flight to Đà Nẵng every day. See VietJetAir.com

Staying near Cần Thơ

If you are staying near Cần Thơ, you may make the best of your time and take a cycling tour, or a cruise to a Khmer sanctuary or try yourself at rowing Mekong delta style.

offer a wealth of activities and day tours, and also initiations to arts and crafts: Mekong delta cuisine and fruit carving.

You will find with the same attention to detail and caring service as with us.

You may also spend a night or more in the Nam Bộ Boutique Hotel, a charming hotel right on the Ninh Kiều pier, at a stone's throw of the Bassac's mooring point. The Nam Bộ has 7 suites only, welcomes families and offers breakfast on a comfortable terrace with a view, at l'Escale.

To book an extension

You may simply ask us to book any of these extensions, just mention it when booking the Bassac. We can also help you with the road transfer arrangements.

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