Day 1: My Tho – Mo Cay (L,D)
Upon arrival, you will board your Mango Cruise boat at Chuong Duong Pier and head to An Hoa River. Enjoy your welcome drink and peaceful scenery while crew members board your luggage. The cruise will take you to Phong Nam village in Giong Trom, where you will take a rowing sampan boat through the small canals, which are covered green by the water coconut plants.
Stop at a local house to taste the tropical fruits and chat with the farmer. Visit the rice noodle factory before starting your bike trip around the village. Return to your boat and enjoy lunch onboard. After lunch continue your cycling trip to My Long to visit Mr Sau Tuong, a former Vietcong soldier who survived two years fighting the Khmer Rouge in Phnom Penh. Now he and his wife live on making rice paper which is the most famous specialty of My Long village. Have a chat with him and enjoy the crispy rice paper made by his wife, and see how it is made.
Continue to visit the nearby house of Mr Hung, who is a famous sticky rice maker in the village. You can also feed his stock of catfish and walk through his fruit garden before getting back on the boat and continuing to cruise to Mo cay district on Ham Luong river. Arrive Vam nuoc Trong cannals in late afternoon and enjoy the sunset.
Relax and prepare for the cooking demonstration and dinner onboard .
Overnight will be spent onboard at Vam Nuoc Trong cannals.
Day 2: Vam Nuoc Trong - Cho Thom (Mo Cay) (B,L)
In the morning, breakfast will be served on board before starting to explore Mo cay wet market. Then continue to visit at the coconut processing workshop where you can see how the locals utilize every bit of the coconut. Then take the biking trip long the cannals to Thom market to explore more of the local life style. Stop for a visit at the sugar factory where the local produce sugar from the sugar cans in the traditional way. After that get back to the cruise, refresh and prepare to check out for your onwards trip to Can Tho or head back to Saigon.
