Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City - BenTre (4.5 hrs drive)
Depart to My Tho, ferry crossing, we have a break in an orchard before heading on to Ben Tre. After lunch, we drive to Vam Ho Bird Sanctuary in a mangrove forest. Dinner and overnight Ben Tre.
Day 2: Ben Tre - Tra Vinh - Soc Trang (4 hrs drive)
After breakfast, a wonderful day with picturesque ferry crossings over Mekong River branches and islands. Discover some of the most beautiful Theravada pagodas of Tra Vinh and Soc Trang and encounter the Khmer monks and thousands of bats in a Khmer pagoda. Dinner and overnight in Soc Trang.
Day 3: Soc Trang - Bac Lieu - Ca Mau (4 hrs drive)
After breakfast, morning visit Khmer pagodas around Soc Trang, then we drive to Bac Lieu Bird Sanctuary. After lunch, drive to Ca Mau: the southern tip of Vietnam land of mangrove swamps. Dinner and overnight in Ca Mau.
Day 4: Ca Mau - Rach Gia - Hon Chong (2 hrs drive)
After breakfast, up early to load our motorbike on board, a long distance ferry boat up to 8 hours which will take us through the immense mangrove forest to Rach Gia - a great opportunity for photos of river life on the way to Hon Chong. Dinner and overnight in Hon Chong.
Day 5: Free day for relaxing, swimming
Day 6: Hon Chong - Ha Tien - Chau Doc (5 hrs drive)
After breakfast, drive to Ha Tien, sightseeing in this vibrant border town. In the afternoon we drive along Vinh Te border canal to Tinh Bien, followed by a ride up the sacred Sam Mountain with its panoramic view over the vast plains of the Mekong Delta and far into Cambodia. Dinner and overnight in Chau Doc.
Day 7: Chau Doc - Cao Lanh (3 hrs drive)
After breakfast, rising early for a boat ride through an amazing riverside market and through floating villages with tons of fish farmed in cages underneath water. We have more ferries and local road to Tan Chau and Hong Ngu before heading onto Cao Lanh for the night. Dinner and overnight in Cao Lanh.
Day 8: Cao Lanh - Ho Chi Minh City (4 hrs drive)
After breakfast, driving through the rural area of Dong Thap and Long An province which is known as "the big rice basket" of Mekong Delta. Visit to bustling floating markets, and driving past the beautiful and vast rice fields along a bumpy but incredible scenic dirt road. Lunch in Tan An. Return to Ho Chi