On the occasion of Women’s Day, Ben Thanh Tourist in HCMC has launched tours for all women to celebrate the special holiday. Because International Women’s Day is next Monday, a working day, the tour operator is arranging one and two-day tours suitable during this weekend or on Monday.
There is a day-tour to Can Gio District and another to the Mekong Delta’s Tien Giang Province. The trip to Can Gio is VND353,000 per tourist and VND403,000 per foreigner and takes in the Can Gio Mangrove Forest, HCMC’s green lungs, to explore the wildlife including crocodiles and monkeys. The tour operator will arrange boats to take tourist through the canals of the forest and take them to visit the former Rung Sac Military Zone before hitting the beach, a pagoda and Can Gio Market.
The tour to Tien Giang’s My Tho is VND341,000 per tourist and VND396,000 per foreigner. Tourists will visit the old Vinh Trang Pagoda in My Tho, float on canoes to visit islets, fruit gardens and trade villages, have lunch and enjoy don ca tai tu (a kind of traditional Southern music) before returning to HCMC in the afternoon.
The trip from HCMC to Vinh Long Province includes an excursion on the Tien River to visit the Cai Be Floating Market and trade villages, a walk on An Binh Islet and biking through fruit gardens. The tour is VND363,000 per tourist and VND418,000 per foreigner.
The trip to Phan Thiet takes in attractions like Ta Cu Mountain, the sand hills, the Poshanu Towers and the Lau Ong Hoang site. Lau Ong Hoang consists of a community of hills, mountain, river, sea and pagoda creating an area of beautiful sights. The tour is VND1.3 million per tourist and VND1.5 million per foreigner.
The two-day HCMC-Chau Doc-Long Xuyen-An Giang tour covers the major pagodas of An Giang Province to pray for health and happiness and includes the 32m-high statue of Mitreya Buddha at Cam Mountain with its peaceful surrounding rivers. The price is VND938,000 per local and VND1.138 million per foreigner.
The two-day HCMC-Vinh Long-Can Tho tour covers Vinh Sang Farm in Vinh Long Province with activities like fishing, ostrich riding, sightseeing in Can Tho City at night and the Cai Rang Floating Market the next morning. This tour is VND1.13 million per local and VND1.33 million per foreigner.