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Private tourNEW 2026Ho Chi Minh CitySmall group · Local experience
Ben Tre 2 Days 1 Night: Coconut Canals and a Riverside Eco Lodge with Pool
Day one is the full Ben Tre boat day: your own boat, a bicycle, a hand-rowed sampan and a motor trishaw through the coconut... Ava Travel price: from $118.
Questions before you book? Message us on WhatsApp or send an email. Phone +84 904 251 545. Ava Travel Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Style
Private tour
Ho Chi Minh City
Duration
2 days · 1 night
Pickup support available
Book this tour
Live prices for the date and group size you pick. Ava confirms your departure and pickup within 1 hour of booking.
Prices are the total for the travellers and the date you pick. Ava reconfirms the departure and the pickup point within 1 hour.
Tour optionWhat's includedPrice
Private tour
Your group onlyPriced for your group size, so each person pays less in a bigger group
✓ Local English-speaking guide✓ Meals as listed✓ Entrance tickets included
—total · 2 travellers
Secure checkout
- We confirm your departure and pickup within 1 hour
- Cancel more than 30 days ahead at no cost
- No booking fee. The price shown is the price you pay
Full refund if you cancel more than 30 days before check-in
- More than 30 days before check-inFree
- 30 to 11 days before check-in15% of total
- 10 to 7 days before check-in30% of total
- Less than 7 days, or no-show100% of total
A change of travel date counts as a cancellation and a new booking, and the same scale applies.
If the operator cancels the cruise, or in case of severe weather or force majeure, we move your date free of charge, or refund you in full if we cannot reschedule.
Price includes all taxes and service charges.
Ho Chi Minh City tour overview
Why this trip
- Day one is the full Ben Tre boat day: your own boat, a bicycle, a hand-rowed sampan and a motor trishaw through the coconut villages.
- Then, instead of driving back to Saigon, you stay the night in a deluxe room at a small riverside eco lodge with a pool.
- The next morning you walk or cycle 500 m to watch one family make rice wine and another make rice paper.
- Lunch, dinner and breakfast are included, and the afternoon of day one is yours to swim or sit by the river.
An honest note: the car from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to the meeting point and back is not in this price. We add it when you book, and the road takes roughly two hours each way. The evening is free time at the lodge rather than a guided activity.
At a glance
| Duration | 2 days, 1 night |
| Start and finish | Meeting point in Ben Tre at 10:00 on day 1, check-out at 12:00 on day 2 |
| Group size | Private, your group only, up to 10 guests |
| Walking | Short village walks, about 4 km of flat cycling on day 1 and 500 m on day 2. You step on and off boats that can sit up to 1 m above the dock |
| Best for | Couples and families who want one quiet night in the delta without a long day trip |
| Guide | Local English-speaking guide |
Price
Private departure. Your own guide and vehicle, your own pace. The total falls per person as your group grows.
| Group size | Total | Per person |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $201 | $201 |
| 2 people | $273 | $136 |
| 3 people | $392 | $131 |
| 4 people | $523 | $131 |
| 5 people | $620 | $124 |
| 6 people | $744 | $124 |
| 7 people | $827 | $118 |
| 8 people | $945 | $118 |
| 9 people | $1063 | $118 |
| 10 people | $1181 | $118 |
Children. Children under 4 travel free. From 4 to under 11 they pay 70 per cent of the adult price, and from 11 they pay the adult price. Tell us the ages when you book and we apply it before you pay.
How it works
- Book and confirm. Pay at checkout or message us on WhatsApp first. We confirm your date, pickup time and guide within one hour.
- Pickup. Meet your guide in Ben Tre at 10:00 on day 1. Car from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) not included.
- On the day. 2 days, 1 night, 10:00 on day 1 to 12:00 on day 2. Your guide keeps the timings loose enough for photographs and questions.
What's included
Local English-speaking guidePrivate boat trips as describedBicycle, rowing sampan and xe loi ridesOne night in a deluxe room at a riverside eco lodge, twin or doubleLunch, dinner and breakfastEntrance fees and all activities in the programVAT
Your itinerary
Saigon to Ben Tre: boat, bicycle, sampan and trishaw
Meals: lunch, dinner. Overnight: deluxe room at a riverside eco lodge in My Thanh village.
- 10:00 meet your local guide at the meeting point and walk through the village to the pier.
- Board your private day boat and cruise the smaller tributaries for about 30 minutes, then stop at a coconut garden for a fresh coconut.
- Visit a coconut processing yard and cycle about 4 km around the village, stopping at a kiln where bricks are still made by hand.
- A rowed sampan through the water coconut canals for about 15 minutes to a local garden for green tea, coconut candy and snacks, then a xe loi trishaw ride along the village lanes.
- Back on the boat to the lodge restaurant for lunch.
- The afternoon is free at the lodge, by the pool or the river, and dinner is at the lodge restaurant.
Rice wine, rice paper and back to Saigon
Meals: breakfast.
- Breakfast at the lodge restaurant.
- Walk or cycle about 500 m with your guide to Mr Ba Tai's house to see how rice wine is made.
- Then to Mrs Sau Tuong's house, where she makes rice paper, the best known specialty of My Long village.
- Back at the lodge, time for the pool or one of the sitting areas.
- 12:00 check out and your guide takes you to the meeting point, where your car back to Ho Chi Minh City waits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for planning this trip with Ava Travel.
No. You meet your guide in Ben Tre at 10:00 and finish there at 12:00 the next day. We can add a private car from your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and back, priced separately.
A small riverside eco lodge with a swimming pool and gardens in My Thanh village, Giong Trom district. You sleep in a deluxe room, twin or double. We confirm the name when we confirm your booking.
Yes. Choose one traveller in the booking box and the price adjusts, because a room costs the same whether one or two people sleep in it.
You need to walk without help and step on and off boats that can sit up to 1 m above the dock, depending on the tide. The cycling is flat and slow.
The group price is per person. The private price is the total for your party and the table on this page shows it for every group size. Prices are in US dollars and include taxes and service charges, and there is no booking fee or card surcharge, so the total at checkout is the total you pay.
Within one hour. We come back to you with the pickup time, the meeting point and your guide, and tell you what to bring.
More than 30 days before departure costs nothing. From 30 to 11 days we keep 15 per cent, from 10 to 7 days 30 per cent, and inside 7 days or a no-show is charged in full. Changing your date counts as a cancellation and a new booking. If we cancel, or weather makes the tour unsafe, we move your date at no cost or refund you in full.
What guests say about Ava Travel
5.0Tripadvisor rating
These are real Tripadvisor reviews of Ava Travel as your booking agent, quoted word for word. They are not reviews of Ben Tre 2 Days 1 Night: Coconut Canals and a Riverside Eco Lodge with Pool itself.
★★★★★
Kehren Eade
“She made the process SO easy, SO manageable, we felt we were in great hands at all times, even though everything was done by remote!”
Tripadvisor, August 2026
★★★★★
Arshia Z
“Whenever we had questions or needed assistance, the response was prompt, helpful, and reassuring.”
Tripadvisor, June 2026
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