Chợ Mới - Cái Bè - Bến Tre : Bassac

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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.

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Program of the journey: Chợ Mới - Cái Bè - Bến Tre

[image] Chợ Mới - Cái Bè - Bến Tre

Chợ Mới, on the first day at noon

Boarding at noon in Cho Moi, welcome drink, introduction to the ship and crew.
Lunch is served as the Bassac gets under way towards downstream of Song Ho (the river of the Tiger) in a scenery of fish-farming nets.
Early afternoon, visit of a XIXth century monastery and convent still alive, and of the nearby countryside.
Boarding back before dusk, with a welcome drink, to get under way towards My Thuan.
Dinner is served while on the way along the Mekong by night.
The Bassac drops anchor in view of the broad My Thuan bridge for the night.

Day 2

Breakfast is available from 6:30 on.
The Bassac sets sail towards Cai Be, crossing the My Thuan bridge and turns into a smaller branch lined with mangrove.
Arrival near Cai Be, transfer to a rowing boat for a quiet visit through a small canal.
Rendez-vous with a local boat, which will take you to shore for a visit of Cai Be's handicraft.
boarding back at noon, with a welcome-back drink.
Lunch on board as the Bassac is en route towards Binh Hoa Phuoc Island.
Rendez-vous with a local boat to visit an old colonial house and an orchard garden on the Island.
Boarding back before dusk. Refreshment drink then departure towards My Tho.
Dinner is served en route.
The bar is open, and the upper deck welcomes you for a cool evening.
The Bassac drops anchor for the night in front of the Ben Tre islands.

Day 3

Breakfast is available from 6:30 in the morning.
Mid-morning, check out and transfer to a local boat for an extensive visit of the Ben Tre islands: rowing through the arroyos shaded with water coconut trees, on a horsecart through to a honey farm where you will taste the local production, especially honey tea.

End of services by mid-morning on shore at Bến Tre.

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 Bến Tre

hotel If you are staying near Bến Tre, 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.

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. ↩

Chợ Mới - Cái Bè - Bến Tre