Mekong Delta tours
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 677
Mekong Delta tours
Hi,
Thinking of travelling to Vietnam (first time) in Nov for up to 2 weeks. Hate rushing around so have decided to go no further north than Hué.
So I would have time for a good long trip to the Delta.
Would anyone care to share their experiences with tours? Particularly if booked after arrival in HCMC.
I am not interested in luxury. And please, please, if you explored with a car and driver, only reply if you can tell me how much it cost you.
I am travelling alone and generally speaking couples just don't get this - car and driver is (a) too expensive and (b) too enclosing.
Huge thanks in advance for any tips you may have.
Thinking of travelling to Vietnam (first time) in Nov for up to 2 weeks. Hate rushing around so have decided to go no further north than Hué.
So I would have time for a good long trip to the Delta.
Would anyone care to share their experiences with tours? Particularly if booked after arrival in HCMC.
I am not interested in luxury. And please, please, if you explored with a car and driver, only reply if you can tell me how much it cost you.
I am travelling alone and generally speaking couples just don't get this - car and driver is (a) too expensive and (b) too enclosing.
Huge thanks in advance for any tips you may have.
#2
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 24,773
I used Delta Adventure Tours, booked after I arrived, for a tour of the delta plus boat transport on to Phnom Penh. It was pretty basic, I might go for Saigon Tours if I had it to do over. Head over to the backpacker section (Pham Ngu Lao, if I remember right) and you'll find several tour agencies.
#3
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 868
http://travel.nytimes.com/frommers/t...403020795.html
Check out this 2-week itinerary. I think you can fit in all parts of Vietnam comfortably following this itinerary, but do Mekong Delta instead of Halong Bay in Hanoi.
Check out this 2-week itinerary. I think you can fit in all parts of Vietnam comfortably following this itinerary, but do Mekong Delta instead of Halong Bay in Hanoi.
#4
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 32,783
I like your idea of spending your two weeks in central and south VN. I looked at the itinerary cookie refers to, but it would be far too rushed for me. Hanoi (the city, not the surrounding area) is well worth a week in and of itself!
A friend of mine booked a three day tour of the Mekong Delta after she arrived in HCMC. Sorry, don't know which agency she used. There have also been reports here of such trips as a bicycle trip in the delta, and I think you responded to a message a month or so ago about a boat trip in the delta area (not the Pandaw cruise).
Have a great trip!
A friend of mine booked a three day tour of the Mekong Delta after she arrived in HCMC. Sorry, don't know which agency she used. There have also been reports here of such trips as a bicycle trip in the delta, and I think you responded to a message a month or so ago about a boat trip in the delta area (not the Pandaw cruise).
Have a great trip!
#5
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 677
Thx for the tips, Thursday - noted!
smartcookie - interesting link but I've decided 14 days is not enough time to see the north too - and besides an open jaw ticket would cost me another $250 (aud) which reseach so far tells me would cover quite a few nights' accommodation.
I will save the north for another time.
Kathie - hi - I will see if I can find my own response to what must have been a question of interest. have to say, though, that until very recently I was planning on Vanuatu!!
Any more people out there with personal experience, would love to hear from you.
smartcookie - interesting link but I've decided 14 days is not enough time to see the north too - and besides an open jaw ticket would cost me another $250 (aud) which reseach so far tells me would cover quite a few nights' accommodation.
I will save the north for another time.
Kathie - hi - I will see if I can find my own response to what must have been a question of interest. have to say, though, that until very recently I was planning on Vanuatu!!
Any more people out there with personal experience, would love to hear from you.
