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Karen L
Brisbane, Australia9 contributions
Sep 2023 • Family
I cannot rate this trip highly enough - so good! As a family of 5 with boys aged 11, 12 and 15, we had done a few tours in Thailand and Cambodia before this one and this 1 day tour is the only one they actually really loved. We saw no tourists, and felt we saw the real Vietnam. Enough said! So many highlights … but it was not just that our guide, Duc was awesome in every way, but the lunch was also so delicious ( a true taste of real Vietnamese food but familiar too - our kids loved everything), the scooter ride was terrific and the coconut candy factory was very interesting. It’s a big day with a 1.5 hr travel time each way but everything you see and do is so incredibly insightful into Vietnamese culture, that it’s just a brilliant way to experience Vietnam! Book this tour!!
Written 24 September 2023
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chelsea p
1 contribution
Jul 2023 • Family
Nothing was too much trouble for our wonderful guide Đức on this Mekong delta tour. We had the two day trip. Highlights were buying from local vendors. Eating dragon fruit straight from the tree. Shots of medicinal wine with our lunch hosts. This trip is a great way to see the real Vietnam. We loved it. Be prepared for some long car journeys is the only negative. A great trip for families
Written 22 July 2023
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tolldene
London, UK3 contributions
We had an amazing time today, the trip was everything we hoped it would be. Our guide was superb and we loved every minute. I am trying to pick a highlight and just can’t because it was all so good, would 100% recommend spending that bit more and taking this tour if you want to see the authentic side without bus loads of tourists.
Written 2 April 2023
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Christoph H
4 contributions
Mar 2023 • Couples
The trip was really great. We booked it very spontaneous, but the team found a way to arrange the tour for us. Our guide Ms Duyen was great, she was very motivated to show us the Mekong Delta and had a lot of knowledge about the area. We had the best meal of our whole Vietnam trip on the first day and had a chance to visit the rural areas far from tourism. The boat trip on the second day led us to two floating markets, where we had time to enjoy the sunrise on our own private boat. The other stops were also worth the time. Finally, special thanks also to Mr Nam, our driver who took care of us all the time, we felt safe every second. In total, we highly recommend this tour. Thank you very much for the experience!
Written 17 March 2023
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GoPlaces757760
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We had a lovely couple of days exploring the Mekong Delta. Our guide Đức was super knowledgeable and fun- and everything was seamlessly well-planned, from motorbike to boat rides. It was impressive that we didn’t encounter large groups of tourists through much of the tour. I enjoyed the rural aspects the most, like the dragonfruit farm, lunch and boat ride/walk along Tortoise Island. Can Tho was a surprisingly large city, but it was interesting to see some of the more industrialized, agriculture towns along the way. It is a lot of driving, as Can Tho is over 3 hours from Saigon, but seeing the floating market was a priority for me. I thought it was great value for the price. This tour company was recommended to me by friends - and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to others as well.
Written 2 March 2023
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Alain K
Bangkok, Thailand392 contributions
Feb 2023
I took the Mekong River Tour with my son and mly grandson, and was very happy about the whole experience: competent guide, good trip, excellent food, interesting trip with perfect and timely organisation, as well as competitive prices
Written 1 March 2023
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Ryan Z
Manila, Philippines2 contributions
Oct 2022
This had been a great all-day trip in the Mekong Delta area. My wife and I were picked up from our hotel (Bongsen Saigon, which is adjacent to the Sheraton Saigon) at about 8 AM and didn't get back until around 7 PM.
Queenie was our guide for the day and I truly commend her for the things we learned about daily life in Vietnam through our entire trip. As an expat living in the Philippines, I found the experience to both familiar and unfamiliar. Enjoying the rural ambiance of the rice farms, walking through a wet market, riding a paddle boat in a muddy river, riding pillion on a motorcycle, and visiting a pretty big church is also a part of life in that country, yet that common ground made for many interesting conversations with our guide, comparing and checking the differences between two Southeast Asian countries with two similar yet different cultures.
Our first stop was a walkthrough of the Can Duoc wet market. It was remarkably cleaner than what I am used to, and certainly more lively, especially with the way the stall owners were keeping their meat "fresh". Queenie also bought our ingredients for lunch later there; looking back, I should've contributed a little more, as some of the food we ate later that afternoon was so good it wasn't enough.
The second stop was one of the many Caodai Temples in the area. While Queenie wasn't a Caodaist, she knew a little bit about the religion and its underlying theology. It was amazing how it melded the major religions in the land as well as their figures/symbols into one coherent system. I believe it would've added to the experience if we had been able to observe if not sit in during one of their ceremonies. It would be similar to, say, two Christians attending mass in the Notre Dame or the Vatican. (Speaking of which, my wife and I had attended mass at the Saigon Notre Dame just a couple days earlier, at her insistence, and it was a unique experience; the only thing missing from that would be accessibility features to encourage foreign Christian tourists to come and visit.)
We swapped over to motorcycles for our third stop and rode pillion on two different motorcycles. My wife rode with Queenie, so she had lots of things to talk about with her during the ride. The person I rode with didn't speak a lick of English, but that was OK -- it was an experience in itself since I got to take in the scenery and also immerse myself fully in the ride. I've never ridden pillion for such a long time, and it's something I wouldn't forget for a while.
It was a 30 minute ride to a dragon fruit farm, where we got to talk to the local farmers while having a couple fruits. I work closely with people in the agriculture industry, so their agriculture practices and the way they differed drew my interest. Unfortunately, the language barrier got in the way. (For improvement on this experience, I suggest looking into brewing dragonfruit wine.)
Once we got back from the farm, we took a quick break for lunch at Hien's place, where we had a slew of homecooked meals along with shots of exotic Vietnamese wines. One of them surprisingly tasted identical to Adobo, while the other dishes were delicious in their own right (especially the noodles we'd been served). The exotic wines were strong, and our hosts were excited that I had no problems taking every shot they offered me. We spent quite a long time there, fully relaxed and enjoying the moment.
But no trip to the Mekong Delta is complete without a boat ride along the Mekong River. By this point, the "non-touristic" aspect of the day trip had been felt the entire time, but it truly sunk in when my wife and I rode alone, with our guide, on a boat large enough to fit 20 to 30 passengers. Along the way we got to see the Vinh Trang Pagoda and the Mother Temple (with the tall statues), which we wish we had also been able to visit during the trip.
From there, we swapped to a rowboat and went slowly through the mangrove. It was beautiful and did its job well as a concluding note for the full-day tour.
Overall it was a fantastic experience. However, I believe there's still room for improvement, hence the 4 out of 5. I would certainly take my family here again, the next time I get the chance.
Queenie was our guide for the day and I truly commend her for the things we learned about daily life in Vietnam through our entire trip. As an expat living in the Philippines, I found the experience to both familiar and unfamiliar. Enjoying the rural ambiance of the rice farms, walking through a wet market, riding a paddle boat in a muddy river, riding pillion on a motorcycle, and visiting a pretty big church is also a part of life in that country, yet that common ground made for many interesting conversations with our guide, comparing and checking the differences between two Southeast Asian countries with two similar yet different cultures.
Our first stop was a walkthrough of the Can Duoc wet market. It was remarkably cleaner than what I am used to, and certainly more lively, especially with the way the stall owners were keeping their meat "fresh". Queenie also bought our ingredients for lunch later there; looking back, I should've contributed a little more, as some of the food we ate later that afternoon was so good it wasn't enough.
The second stop was one of the many Caodai Temples in the area. While Queenie wasn't a Caodaist, she knew a little bit about the religion and its underlying theology. It was amazing how it melded the major religions in the land as well as their figures/symbols into one coherent system. I believe it would've added to the experience if we had been able to observe if not sit in during one of their ceremonies. It would be similar to, say, two Christians attending mass in the Notre Dame or the Vatican. (Speaking of which, my wife and I had attended mass at the Saigon Notre Dame just a couple days earlier, at her insistence, and it was a unique experience; the only thing missing from that would be accessibility features to encourage foreign Christian tourists to come and visit.)
We swapped over to motorcycles for our third stop and rode pillion on two different motorcycles. My wife rode with Queenie, so she had lots of things to talk about with her during the ride. The person I rode with didn't speak a lick of English, but that was OK -- it was an experience in itself since I got to take in the scenery and also immerse myself fully in the ride. I've never ridden pillion for such a long time, and it's something I wouldn't forget for a while.
It was a 30 minute ride to a dragon fruit farm, where we got to talk to the local farmers while having a couple fruits. I work closely with people in the agriculture industry, so their agriculture practices and the way they differed drew my interest. Unfortunately, the language barrier got in the way. (For improvement on this experience, I suggest looking into brewing dragonfruit wine.)
Once we got back from the farm, we took a quick break for lunch at Hien's place, where we had a slew of homecooked meals along with shots of exotic Vietnamese wines. One of them surprisingly tasted identical to Adobo, while the other dishes were delicious in their own right (especially the noodles we'd been served). The exotic wines were strong, and our hosts were excited that I had no problems taking every shot they offered me. We spent quite a long time there, fully relaxed and enjoying the moment.
But no trip to the Mekong Delta is complete without a boat ride along the Mekong River. By this point, the "non-touristic" aspect of the day trip had been felt the entire time, but it truly sunk in when my wife and I rode alone, with our guide, on a boat large enough to fit 20 to 30 passengers. Along the way we got to see the Vinh Trang Pagoda and the Mother Temple (with the tall statues), which we wish we had also been able to visit during the trip.
From there, we swapped to a rowboat and went slowly through the mangrove. It was beautiful and did its job well as a concluding note for the full-day tour.
Overall it was a fantastic experience. However, I believe there's still room for improvement, hence the 4 out of 5. I would certainly take my family here again, the next time I get the chance.
Written 13 February 2023
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Alina
6 contributions
Jan 2023 • Friends
We booked the 3 day Mekong Delta Tour and had an amazing experience. Our guide Duc was very kind and knowledgeable. He answered all our questions about Vietnam and the region and showed us the real beauty of the delta. We went on several boat rides, visited local families, learned how to prepare local food, went to fruit farms, on a bicycle ride, to temples and so much more. I would highly recommend this tour.
Written 5 January 2023
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Martina
9 contributions
Nov 2022 • Friends
In November we had the pleasure to experience both Mekong Delta tour and Cu Chi tunnels tour and we were extremely satisfied. Our guide had great knowledge about the places and their past. Considering the Cu Chi tunnels tour - he told us so much about history, and the construction of the tunnels, we were able to visit also the real tunnels, we saw some traps and weapons and stuff… but without the guide we wouldn’t really get anything from this place. I recommend this tour and also the Mekong delta tour so much, it was one of my absolute favorites from Vietnam!!
Written 3 January 2023
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Sanjay K
Toronto10 contributions
Dec 2022
Excellent trip with an excellent guide, full of knowledge and history of Vietnam . A true private tour of Mekong Delta. No tourist in sight, even in high season of December 2022. A great experience by visiting local markets , walk through villages, ride bikes through the rice farms and authentic Vietnamese lunch at a local farmers home with a view of rice farms. Everything was so well organized and the tour went like clock work. I highly recommend this tour to anyone enjoys to learn about local history and gets 100% attention and not be in a large group of tourists where you are following a guy with a flag on a stick.
Written 29 December 2022
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totravelandinspire
London, UK38 contributions
Hi there, please could we have a contact number/ email? We're looking to go to the Mekong Delta on Saturday & Sunday if possible.
heinzhuynh
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam3,614 contributions
Dear Totravelandinspire
Thanks for your questions.
You can contact number +8493 641 8461 (via viber / whatsapp)
Or email: realmekongtours@gmail
Have a nice day!
Nicola B
Sheffield, UK47 contributions
What can I take for the local children/ villagers ?
heinzhuynh
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam3,614 contributions
You can offer kids some m&m chocolate or candy and nugget of your home country for villagers. They are very much appreciated.
Cheers
Nicola B
Sheffield, UK47 contributions
What can I take for the local children/ villagers ?
jeffchia88
Singapore, Singapore528 contributions
Get a big bag of sweets. Divide it for distribution depending on the number of kids that come forward. Unlike Thailand, I have had no experience of children coming forward for sweets like Thailand hilltribe children. However, you may try the above.
sassi-b
Düsseldorf, Germany8 contributions
Hi,
where did you book this tour? can you give me the name of the homepage? I see so many tours in here, so I'm not sure, which is the correct one with Hien :-).
Thanks and best regards
Saskia
Followthesun1946
Saigon185 contributions
We booked through Hien with real Mekong delta tours on trip advisor. Emailed back and forth to customise our private trip. The price is high but worth every penny
Brendazart4016
Sacramento, CA2 contributions
Hi, Daniel,
Thank you for the info/ review. How can I contact Hien? What did he charge? What was his itinery?
Thank you!
Brenda