Cai
Be - Ben Tre
Cai Be, on day 1 at noon
Boarding
at Cai Be with a local boat through the Cai Be floating market.
Boarding on the Bassac, welcome drink, introduction to the
ship and crew. Check into cabins.
Lunch on board as the Bassac is en route towards Binh Hoa
Phuoc Island.
Rendez-vous with a local boat to visit an old colonial house
and an orchard garden on the Island.
Boarding back before dusk. Refreshment drink then departure
towards My Tho.
Dinner is served en route.
The bar is open, and the upper deck welcomes you for a cool
evening.
The Bassac drops anchor for the night in front of the Ben
Tre islands.
Day
2
Breakfast
is available from 6:30 in the morning.
Mid-morning, check out and transfer to a local boat for an
extensive visit of the Ben Tre islands: rowing through the
arroyos shaded with water coconut trees, on a horsecart through
to a honey farm where you will taste the local production,
especially honey tea.
End of the services on shore at Ben Tre late morning.
Please
note you will leave the Bassac for good at the time you embark
for the last visit.