Cái Bè - Chợ Mới - Cần Thơ : Bassac

Choose your journey

In a few moments, our availabilities for tomorrow and the day after.

Pick your own itinerary if you would rather charter a boat and run along your own route.

Pick one port of call for each day of cruise¹.

For instance, for a two-night cruise, pick the place of departure, the port of call on day two, and the destination. The trips between Chau Doc or Vinh Xuong and Phnom Penh are extensions on board speedboats.

Mekong Delta Map

Just fill-in the form, or simply click on your chosen ports of call on the map on the right.

Mistaken? Or would you like to start afresh? Just reset the form, or correct the port of call with its drop-down menu.
Are you feeling lost? See our animated map of the Mekong Delta to get some hints about the possible destinations.

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

[image] Cái Bè - Chợ Mới - Cần Thơ

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

hotel If you are staying near Cái Bè, you may [image] The Island Lodge, Thới Sơn 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 [image] a salad at l'Escale 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.

cycling 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.

fly away 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 are daily direct flights between Đà Nẵng and Cần Thơ by Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air.

Vietjet Air flies by the end of the morning, so you may take the flight after disembarkation.

Staying near Cần Thơ

activities 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.

hotel You may also [image] Nam Bộ Boutique Hotel 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 pick-up.

Site map & Footnotes

The cruise typically starts at noon on the first day and ends by mid-morning on the last day. ↩

Cái Bè - Chợ Mới - Cần Thơ