Private Ben Tre Coconut Day Tour from Saigon: Boat, Sampan & Garden Lunch
A private day trip from Ho Chi Minh City to Ben Tre: boat and three-row sampan on the water coconut creek, coconut workshops, and lunch at a garden house.
Ho Chi Minh City – Ben Tre – water coconut creek – coconut candy workshop – fruit orchard – Ho Chi Minh City
Overview
This private tour follows Ben Tre’s coconut landscape from river channels to local production workshops and a fruit garden. It combines boat travel, a three-row sampan ride and a regional lunch at a garden house before returning to Ho Chi Minh City.
Following Ben Tre's coconut landscape
The route leaves Ho Chi Minh City for Ben Tre, where you travel by water. A boat ride and a three-row sampan ride take you through the water coconut creek.
Coconut links the day's visits. You visit a traditional coconut candy workshop and a coconut handicraft workshop and see how products are made from it.
Lunch is at a garden house, followed by fresh coconut water and fruit in the orchard. Then you return to Ho Chi Minh City.
The day follows coconut from the creek to the workshop, the garden table and the orchard.
Creeks, candy and garden lunch in Ben Tre
Boat & Three-Row Sampan
Travel on the waterways by boat, then ride a three-row sampan through the water coconut creek.
Coconut Workshops
Visit a traditional coconut candy workshop and a coconut handicraft workshop.
Garden House Lunch
Lunch of Mekong Delta specialities at a garden house, with fresh coconut water and garden fruit.
Who this Ben Tre day tour suits
This tour suits travellers who want a private day trip from Ho Chi Minh City with river travel, a garden lunch and visits connected to coconut products.
It also suits those who want to travel by boat and three-row sampan and visit a fruit garden and local workshops.
Practical notes for the Ben Tre route
The tour begins and ends in Ho Chi Minh City, with travel to Ben Tre included.
Additional My Tho visits and the seafood lunch upgrade are optional and are not part of the standard programme.
Highlights
Private vehicle transport throughout the journey
Boat and three-row sampan sightseeing in Ben Tre
Lunch featuring Mekong Delta specialities at a garden house
Visit to a traditional coconut candy workshop
Fresh coconut water and garden fruit included
From USD 106 per person
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1
Ho Chi Minh City – Ben Tre – Coconut Village
- Boat sightseeing on the waterways
- Three-row sampan ride through the water coconut creek
- Lunch featuring Mekong Delta specialities at a garden house
- Fresh coconut water tasting
- Visit a traditional coconut candy workshop
- Visit a coconut handicraft workshop
- Visit a fruit garden
- Return to Ho Chi Minh City
Included / Not Included
Included
- Private modern vehicle transport throughout the journey
- Boat and three-row sampan sightseeing in Ben Tre
- Lunch featuring Mekong Delta specialities at a garden house
- Vietnamese- or English-speaking guide
- Drinking water, fresh coconut water and fruit at the garden
Not included
- Personal expenses and drinks outside the programme
- Air or rail tickets to Ho Chi Minh City
- Tips for the guide and driver
- Optional services outside the programme
- VAT if an invoice is requested