Location: Far from Ho Chi Minh City only 85 km to the West, Ben Tre is one of the most beguiling cities in Cuu Long region. The Kingdom of coconut is a green island located at the middle of Mekong Delta. Now a day, this province becomes an attractive destination for whom loves to immerse themselves into the waterways, traditional handicraft families in Mekong Delta Tours.
The West river area with many charms of immense fields, romantic river's scenes, attractive specialties. A summer trip to the Ben Tre is one of tourism experience that you should try. Let's start with Ben Tre, the famous hometown of coconut trees.

Weather in green Island of Ben Tre

Ben Tre belongs to the Southwest region with warm and sunny climate year-round. Visitors can travel to Ben Tre at any season of the year. But more appropriate time is the summer (June, July, August). At that time, you've not only admired colorful nature painting, but also enjoyed the seasonal fruits that has been picked off as mangoes teen, durian, rambutan, annona, etc.

Sightseeing places in Ben Tre Province

Determining tour schedule will help you easily prepare convenient transportation and save time. Ben Tre has many sightseeing places and here are some suggestions for you:

• Con Quy (Turtle Island): belonged to Chau Thanh district with specialties are fresh fruits and shrimp fish. Visiting Con Quy, visitors have a chance to enjoy “don ca tai tu” (amateur singer) bearing deep Southern river area.
• Con Phung (Phoenix Island): located on floated at the middle of Tien river isles, belonged to Tan Thach commune, Chau Thanh district. Coming here, visitors can travel along the holmme by motorboat to visit coconut candy and souvenirs from coconut processing facilities. Moreover, you can ride a horse to visit fruit orchards then stop at coconut roof thatched houses to drink tea with honey, kumquat and taste tropical fruit.
• Fruit gardens: There are two gardens you should to go are Cai Mon garden in Lach market and Tien Long - Tan Phu garden in Chau Thanh district. You can not only enjoy the garden’s green space but also taste fresh fruits by your hand-picked and eat on the spot. The fare includes one time to visit the garden and relish comfortably any kind of fruit. If you want to buy fruits to bring back home as a gift, you have to pay extra.
• Tomb area of Nguyen Dinh Chieu: situated in An Duc Commune, Ba Tri district, is the resting place of great national poet, patriot and healer of people. On the first of July yearly, Ben Tre residents always hold the traditional festival to memory the famous poet as well as the son of the South.
• Dong Khoi Tourism Village: belonged to Dinh Thuy Commune, Mo Cay District. Going here, visitors can take a look exhibition house area where display the primitive weapons that Ben Tre residents in the past used to against the invaders.
• Home-stay: Being covered by a fresh green of palm trees and the tasty colors of mature fruit gardens, Ben Tre is a great place to learn more about Mekong local culture. It is really exciting when you join in local daily life here. Riding bicycle, fishing, fruit picking, and cooking demonstration are the best to do.

Time to travel to Can Tho

The most famost attractions for visiting in Can Tho in the Mekong delta tours

• Cai Rang Floating Market
• Bang Lang stork sanctuary
• Tropical fruit gardens & traditional handicraft families
• Ecotourism My Khanh Village
• Ong Temple
• Binh Thuy ancient house
• Can Tho Bridge
• Phuong Nam Zen Monastery
• Ninh Kieu Wharf
• Can Tho Market (in the center of Can Tho City)

An Giang owns the largest number of population in Mekong Delta. Its square is also the fourth largest in Southwestern region of Vietnam. For this reason, An Giang is one of the best tourism destinations with fascinating attractions such as Tra Su Indigo Forest, Cham Village, Sam Mountain, or Chau Doc floating villages, etc.

Location: An Giang is located in the upper branch of the Cuu Long Delta with covering of Hau River & Tien River (2 largest branches of Mekong River Vietnam). This province is shrouded by lots of narrow canals, small rivers that makes a crisscrossed interlacing. However, a western flat of An Giang contributes a significance to the agricultural productivity and quantity.

Especially, An Giang has a long border connecting to Cambodia. From Chau Doc town, you can take a speedboat crossing over Vinh Xuong border gate to Phnom Penh (Capital of Cambodia). If climbing to the peak of Sam Mountain, you can take an overview to Chau Doc and see the border between Vietnam & Cambodia.  

Climate: To be similar to other provinces of Mekong Vietnam, there are 2 clear seasons in An Giang. From November to the next March, it is the flooding season with a comfortable temperature. The rest period is the dry season.

About Tourism

• An Giang is one of the most familiar destinations in the Mekong Delta tours owing to its famous attractions such as:
• Tra Su Cajuput Forest belongs to Tinh Bien District. It is known as an immense green forest. It always wears on a cool verdant of soaring cajuput and water-fern. From September to the end of November, Tra Su becomes too attracting that no one can be unmindful.
• Cham people in Chau Giang Village – impressive destination in classic tours to Mekong River Angiang in general because of many unique features and extremely characteristic.
• Mt. Sam: Far from the center of An Giang province “Long Xuyen City,” about 60 km away to the west along Highway 91, visitors will reach to Chau Doc town where there is a famous mountain that many people know and want to climb up, that is Sam Mountain. This mountain named Same because this mountain’s appearance from far away is similar as a king-crab (animal type called Sam) clinging on vast green fields.
• The series of pagodas, temples and tombs on the feet of Mt. Sam.

Transportation

Transportation in An Giang is very convenient with both of land way and waterways. In the Mekong Delta tours, we often arrange An Giang visiting accompanied with some near places as Cambodia, Long Xuyen (62km), Ha Tien (96km), Can Tho (117km), Ho Chi Minh city (245km).

The highlights of Tien Giang Province

• My Tho District: My Tho City is located in the junction of Tien River (Tien Giang Province). Nearly three centuries has gone, here owns cultural characteristics of one river city as well as brings beauty of Mekong River. Most of tours on Mekong River, after you move by bus from Saigon, you will get on local boats at My Tho wharf to begin.
• Cai Be floating market: is the biggest wholesale market in Southwest region. It takes place right on the river, all day and night at a large scale. Goods here are varied and plentiful. Cai Be district is famous for many largest orchards in Mekong River Tien Giang with delicious fruits such as king oranges (cam sành), honey orange (cam mật), mango, guava, tangerine, etc.
• Thoi Son Island: is a famous ecotourism in Tien Giang, far from Ho Chi Minh City about 85km. Coming to the Island, you will go to the primitively ecological area, ecological garden environment, and experience many new activities such as paddling, riding horse.
• Luxuriant orchards along the islet looks endless, the climate is cool and pleasant, many rows of house in straight line show full of handicraft items made from coconut trees; embroideries, knits, wine, cake … specialties of the local. Especially, tourists can visit the orchards laden with fruits, bee farm, and coconut candy… typical items of the South.
• Dong Tam – the house of snake in Mekong River Vietnam: From the center of My Tho City, you only need to go about 9 km to visit the Kingdom of Mekong snakes. Dong Tam snake farm currently nourish more than 400 other kinds of snake. It is a snake researcher center with the aim of serving for producing medicine. When you enter throughout the Dong Tam’s entrance, you will feel like you lost in another World with the no feet things everywhere. Though you like snake or not, or even you are scare of them, you should visit Dong Tam farm once time.

When to visit Phu Quoc Island?

• Let travel Phu Quoc in its peak of time that falls into the mid of winter (from November to March). You will have a chance to immerse yourself with blue sky and turquoise ocean. 
• From July to November, it is rainy season. You can save your money for exploring this island, but it can be quite inconvenient.