Inquiries & Booking : Bassac

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[image] Bassac II on river Mang Thit in the heart of the Mekong delta

If you need support and advice about your trip, please call us at +84 (710) 382 9540, we shall be happy to hear from you.

Please also see our rates.

Please mind, it is 7:35 AM now in Vietnam (GMT+7). The office is available from 8 to 12 and from 13:30 to 17:30 everyday but Saturday afternoons and Sundays.

For a journey along chomoi-caibe-bentre, please just fill-in the message here-under and send it.

If you are open to other journeys or wish to make a broader enquiry, simply mention it in your introduction.

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.
Transfer on a local boat through the floating market 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.

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

We offer a 20% late booking rebate to passengers boarding within the next 48 hours.¹

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Children over 2 are counted as passengers and given a discount, babies under 2 sleeping with their parents or in a baby cot are accommodated free of charge.

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Site map & Footnotes

We guarantee departure for all bookings except for late booking. We offer a 20% late booking rebate for all bookings within 48 hours of departure, but cannot guarantee availability or departure in case the ship would not have enough passengers. Call 0710 382 9540 or get a quote. ↩
2 years old or more and under 12 years old. ↩
babies are not counted among the passengers, and sleep with their parents or in a baby cot ↩
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it will default to your name if left blank. ↩
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Except in case of force majeure. Please refer to our general sales terms. ↩