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No. Each trip starts with a short briefing, and the environment and communities pages on this site cover the background in about twenty minutes of reading. The trips suit people who like to ask questions, not people who already know the answers.

No. Most of our sample trips are for adults travelling as a couple, a family with teenagers or a small group of friends. One programme is shaped for school and university groups, and the others can be adapted for a class.

Because the size of the party changes the cost per person more than anything else, and our groups range from two people to a full coach of students. The pricing page explains what a quote contains.

Send the form on any page. We reply by email to the address you give, with questions first if the trip needs them, then a draft programme.

It depends on the month and on the field. The delta grows two or three crops a year and farmers sow at different times, so in most months some fields are being harvested somewhere. Tell us your dates and we say what you are likely to see.

Yes. If you are already in Can Tho or flying into its airport, the trip starts at your hotel and the road hours drop to about one hour a day. The price is lower because there is no long transfer.

Not on this trip; the fish story is told on the river with the figures. The floating fish farms on the Hau River are near Chau Doc, which the four-day study programme includes.

No, but it needs warning. Many delta dishes use fish sauce or fermented fish. Tell us in the form and the guide orders separately at each meal.

You see its effects rather than the salt itself: closed sluice gates, tanks of stored rainwater, stressed trees, fields turned into ponds. In February to April your guide can often show a salinity reading at a canal or ask a farmer for the latest local measurement.

It is honest, which is different. Most of the people you meet are adapting with some skill, and the trip spends as much time on their choices as on the problem.

We base the nights in Ben Tre and Tra Vinh towns so that we can name each hotel on your quote and keep the evenings for the briefing. The coast is reached as day visits from those towns.

Since 1 July 2025 Ben Tre and Tra Vinh have been part of an enlarged Vinh Long province. The town names are unchanged and everyone still uses them.

Usually because of the guide and the hours. Our guides interpret at every stop and prepare a briefing, and our boats leave early enough to see trade rather than its aftermath. Many day tours share a boat and a guide between dozens of people and arrive later. The pricing page lists the usual differences.

The group price for a class already reflects the shared costs, which is a larger saving than a percentage discount would be. Accompanying teachers are shown on separate lines.

US dollars by default. Ask if you need another currency for your school's budget, and we tell you what is possible.

Some items, such as drinks, are paid locally by you. The core of the trip is paid in advance on the terms written on your quote.

Can Tho, if you have one or two nights. It shows rice, fruit and river trade within a short distance and has the widest choice of hotels.

No. Since 1 July 2025 it has been part of Can Tho city. The town is still called Soc Trang.

Not well in four days or fewer, which is the longest trip we run. Choose two: Can Tho with Chau Doc, or Can Tho with Soc Trang.

Administratively it is now in An Giang province, but it is an island in the Gulf of Thailand with a different story. Our trips do not go there.

Usually yes, the grounds and often the main hall. Remove shoes before entering a hall, cover shoulders and knees, and ask before photographing monks.

Not since 1 July 2025, when it became part of Can Tho city. The town keeps its name.

It is a lively time, but crowded, and the date moves with the lunar calendar. Tell us your dates and we check the year's date.

Bún nước lèo, a noodle soup with lemongrass and a light fermented-fish note, and bánh pía. Your guide explains which community each dish comes from.

No. My Tho is on the north bank of the Tien River, in the former Tien Giang province, now Dong Thap. Ben Tre is across the river on the islands, reached by the Rach Mieu bridges.

It is a muddy, tidal coast of mangroves and mudflats rather than a swimming beach. We do not plan swims.

Because the Khmer rice villages near Tra Vinh show how a different community adapts to the same salt, and the Co Chien mouth completes the picture.

Drink bottled water, as everywhere in the delta. Local households often rely on stored rainwater in the dry months, which is one of the things the trip looks at.

Yes. Khmer pagodas are generally open to respectful visitors. Dress modestly, remove shoes in the halls and ask before photographing.

Often, as quiet guests. Festival dates follow the lunar calendar and change each year; tell us your dates and we check.

Most people are generous when asked politely and given a reason. The guide explains who you are and why you are asking. If someone is busy or prefers not to talk, we move on.

Across the Hau River from Chau Doc, at Chau Giang and Chau Phong, reached by a short boat crossing.

English-speaking guides who know the delta and can interpret conversations at farms, markets and pagodas. Your quote describes the guide's role for each day.

Yes. International schools and universities can send the form; the field-trip planning page covers what they usually need.

We work by form and email, and the trips run from Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho.