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Cai Be - Can Tho With Bassac Cruise 2 Days
Duration: 2 Days / 1 Night
Prices: $US 227 - $US 290
Start Date: Every Tuesday and Thursday
Depart From: Hochiminh City Destinations: Saigon, Mekong Delta
Trip Overview
The Bassac I is entirely built of wood, from the hull of an 80-foot-long rice barge. She can accommodate up to 12 passengers in six nicely decorated cabins, each with air-con and a private bathroom, and features a 100 sqft restaurant that opens all around, a large galley, a small office room and 700 sqft of sundeck. The Bassac I can take her passengers on cruises up to seven days without stopping, and offers a great flexibility in programming your journey. She also is so powerful and has such a shallow draft as to be able to cruise upstream the Mekong or bring you to your destination regardless of the season, the tide or the current. The Bassac II & III is entirely built of wood in a hull of gỗ sao, the now rare essence of wood used traditionally used for building quality ships. She can accommodate up to 24 passengers in twelve nicely decorated cabins, each with air-con and a private bathroom, and features a 500 sqft restaurant that opens all around, a large galley, a small office room and 1500 sqft of upper deck, mostly covered.
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City - Cai Be (Meals : B/L) Day 2: Can Tho - Ho Chi Minh City (Meals : B/L)
DAY 1: SAIGON - CAI BE Pick you up at your hotel in Saigon. Boarding at Cai Be at noon. Welcome drink, Introduction to the ship and crew, check into the cabins. Departure towards Cho Lach on the Tien Giang river. Lunch while on route. Rest on the deck. Turning into Cho Lach canal for 30 minutes through the traffic of sand and rice barges, in a scenery of fruit drying facilities and wooden ship building yards. Visit of a village on the banks of river Mang Thit, an opportunity to appreciate the way of life and hospitality of the local inhabitants. Visit of the orchard or rice fields nearby. Boarding back, complimentary drink as a welcome back on board. Rest on the deck enjoying the sunset. The crew will serve dinner while the Bassac is cruising Mang Thit river. The Bassac sets anchor just downstream from the little Tra On floating market, for the night..
DAY 2: CAN THO - SAIGON Breakfast is available from 06: 30, while the ship is cruising the Tra On floating market. The ship then departs towards Can Tho. Arrival in Cai Rang floating market, check out and transfer onto a local boat to visit the floating market, the nearby arroyos and gardens and return to the Ninh Kieu pier. End of the services on shore at Can Tho by mid-morning. Drive back to Saigon. ***** Please note you will leave the Bassac for good at the time you embark for the last visit
Tour Prices (Price per person and in US$)
Prices quoted in US$ nett per person
Cabin
Joining boat
Single
2 persons
4 persons
6 persons
Double/ Twin
US$ 290
US$ 238
US$ 227
US$ 90
Included
Transfer and tour with English /French / German speaking local guide
2D/1N Bassac package (joint basis)
Accommodation on boat with meals as program.
Entrance fees
Service charge, room tax and handling fee
Exclude
Accommodation in Ho Chi Minh City
International airport tax in Ho Chi Minh at USD 12.00 nett per person
International airfare to/from Vietnam
Personal insurance
Expenditure of a personal nature, such as drinks, souvenirs, laundry & etc.
