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If you are in the South of Vietnam and have only one day left in this country, how to spend 24 hours left on meaningful activities to relieve stress before coming back to the normal life? The simplest answer is to get away from the city and travel to the Mekong Delta area. In this article, you will find 4 exciting experiences in the Mekong Delta that you will not want to miss when visiting one of the southwest provinces.

Visit Tra Su Indigo Forest in An Giang

Every year, in September of the lunar calendar, visitors will eagerly seek for tours to the southwest. In the itinerary of one-day tour to the Mekong Delta, the most visited destination is Tra Su Indigo Forest in An Giang province.

Tra Su is a famous eco-tourist destination with a typical ecosystem of the mangrove area. If you have been sitting on a boat surrounded by droplets on the water, watching the forests sunk in the rising water, you would surely can never forget the feeling of astonishment then fall in love with everything there.

Enjoy the experience of being on the floating market

Coming to the southwest provinces, you definitely should spend time to experience the trading activity at a floating market with local people. This is the busiest place where sellers and buyers do not use vehicles as a means of transportation as usual but use boats and ferries instead.

Trading activities usually start from early morning at the meeting point of river branches and attract curiosity of both domestic and international tourists. You will have the opportunity to sit on a boat, sip a glass of iced coffee while watching the sky above. This may be strange to you but it is an interesting experience that is really worth a try.

Below is a list of 6 most famous floating markets in the Mekong Delta for you to choose to visit:

• Cai Rang Floating Market – Can Tho
• Cai Be Floating Market – Tien Giang
• Phong Dien Floating Market – Can Tho
• Nga Bay Floating Market – Hau Giang
• Tran On Floating Market – Vinh Long
• Nga Nam Floating Market – Soc Trang

Enter fruit orchards to directly pick and taste fresh tropical fruits

Besides being known as “the rice basket of Vietnam”, the fertile land of Mekong Delta is also one of the main source of fruits for the country. Recently, Mekong Delta tours to the orchards have been becoming a trend among tourists. It allows visitors to enjoy the rustic scenes of the villages in the southwest of Vietnam as well as experience the daily life of the locals, directly pick and try fresh tropical fruits.

The fruit orchards are undoubtedly a huge appeal of Mekong Delta to discover and relax. The experiences the trip offers will surely never let you down.

3 largest fruit orchards in Mekong Delta for you to consider:

• Cai Be fruit orchard – Tien Giang
• Cai Mon fruit orchard – Ben Tre
• Vinh Long fruit orchard

Catch fish by net or hands – Exciting experiences in the Mekong Delta

Have you ever imagined that you can fishing with your own hands or a net without using any modern equipment at all? Coming to the Mekong Delta, you will have the opportunity to try this activity in an authentic way.

You can either just sit on the bank with your fishing rod, waiting for your lunch to get hooked on your bait – or you can get muddy! Roll your jeans up and get into the water with countless other locals doing the same.

If you are lucky enough to catch edible fish, you can have a go at straw roasting the fish you caught like the locals do. The fish are surrounded by straw and just set on fire. That is all you have do then just wait and taste the delicious and fresh insides.

Although you only have 24 hours, a day trip to the southwest provinces of Vietnam with these above activities will definitely help you refresh your soul and have unforgettable experiences.