Departure – To the river region
🕚 06:00: Private car picks up family at home, departs for Ben Tre. On the car, the tour guide will perform:
🚹 Light communication
🚹 Distribute the “Western Explorer” Travel Book to children (note taking, drawing, mini quiz).
Experience Ben Tre – The land of coconut
🕚 08:30 – 11:00: Arrive at Cai Mon / Phong Nam coconut eco-tourism area:
🚹 Take a motorboat on the small river into the mangrove forest.
🚹 Garden walk / small bike ride through the village (if children are over 8 years old).
🚹 Join “Mini workshop: From coconut to table” :
o Squeeze coconut water, make coconut candy, drink cold coconut milk.
o Observe the process of collecting coconut nectar (related to the model of coconut water sugar).
🚹 Snacks in the garden: grilled bananas, coconut rice paper + ginger tea.
❇️ Educational activities:
o Children learn to distinguish between types of coconut trees, their life cycle and the benefits of coconut trees.
o Stick the corresponding sticker on the coconut ecosystem map in the notebook.
Green lunch & rest
🕚 11:30 – 12:30: Lunch at local garden house (special menu for children).
🚹 Dishes: braised fish in clay pot, boiled vegetables with kho quet sauce, sour soup with sesban flowers, brown rice/young soybeans.
🚹 Dessert: milk puffs & palm juice.
🚹 Hammock rest area or mini air-conditioned room (optional).
Sa Dec – Flower village, ancient houses and Southern culture
🕚 13:30 – 15:30: Travel to Sa Dec (~40 minutes):
🚹 Visit Tan Quy Dong Flower Village :
o Children take pictures – receive the task: find and note 5 typical flowers.
🚹 Entering Huynh Thuy Le Ancient House :
o The tour guide tells the love story of Marguerite Duras simply and easily.
o Learn about the French - Chinese - Vietnamese fusion architecture.
🚹 Mini workshop: Painting flowers on ceramic/porcelain (children paint statues or small plates to take home).
Summary – Back to Saigon
🕚 16:00 – 18:30: Car takes you back to Saigon. On the car:
🚹 Children complete the itinerary book - receive the "Children's Cultural House" Sticker.
🚹 Free small souvenir set: coconut candy jar + ceramic product + instant group photo.