BIKING 2days/1night SAIGON to VINH LONG - MEKONG DELTA BIKE AND BOAT TOURS

In English the river is called "the Mekong River", in Vietnamese: Sông Mê Kông (pronounced [soŋmekoŋ]), Sông Lớn ("Great River", [soŋlə̌ːn]), Sông Cửu Long ("Nine Dragons River", [soŋkɨ̃wlɔŋ]). But in the Thai languages it is essentially the "Mae Nam Khong", where "Mae" translates as "Mother" and "Nam" translates as "Water". "Khong" is derived from the Sanskrit "ganga," meaning the Ganges. Many Northern Thai and Laos locals refer to it as the "River Khong", suggesting its origins and the subsequent formulation of "Mekong" literally meaning "Mother Khong". Such is the case with the Mae Nam Ping in Chiang Mai which is known as the "Ping River". The Tonle Sap in Cambodia is a similar example – where Tonle translates as "Great lake or river", making the Tonle Sap River an unnecessary repetition of what is in fact the "Sap River."

Since the river flows through a number of countries, it has many different names in local languages.

Tibetan: རྫ་ཆུ་[1] rDza chu.

Chinese: Riverhead: 加果空桑贡玛曲, 扎那曲 and 扎曲 Zā Qū, upper reaches: 澜沧江, 瀾滄江 Láncāng Jiāng ("Turbulent River", "Láncāng" is also same to Lan Xang in Chinese), middle and lower reaches: 湄公河 Méigōng hé.

Burmese: Mè‘kaung Myit.

Thai: แม่น้ำโขง IPA: [mɛ̂ː náːm kʰǒːŋ], แม่โขง IPA: [mɛ̂ː kʰǒːŋ].

Laotian: ແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ IPA: [mɛː nâːm kʰɔ̌ːŋ], ນ້ຳຂອງ IPA: [nâːm kʰɔ̌ːŋ].

Khmer: មេគង្គ Mekongk, ទន្លេមេគង្គ Tonle Mekongk, ទន្លេធំ Tonle Thom ("Great River“).

Vietnamese: Sông Mê Kông (pronounced [soŋmekoŋ]), Sông Lớn ("Great River", [soŋlə̌ːn]), Sông Cửu Long ("Nine Dragons River", [soŋkɨ̃wlɔŋ]).

Brief Itinerary:(L)

You will be picked up at your hotel in early morning and transfer with bikes to Long An. Ride to My Tho and cruising along small creek to Mekong River estuary and stop over a garden on Con Phung (Phoenix Island) restaurant for Vietnamese lunch

The motorized boat cruises more along natural creeks and quiet village in Ben Tre Province. Visit orchards, bee - keeping farm, taste natural honey and honey wine, enjoy tropical fruit,traditional music, see round a distillery, explore the local coconut candy production process, taste candy & coconut pulp.

Keep riding along the single track around Quoi An village in Ben Tre and stop at the pier for a boat row through the narrow canal with lush water-coconut trees on head back to the motorized boat, cruising to the Van heading HCM city.