Photos: One day in Tien Giang

1. Food

The specialties of Tien Giang include My Tho noodles, snake porridge, bun goi gia (noodle salad), mam cong (sea crab sauce), and banh gia cake.

2. Places to visit

Dong Tam Snake Farm is the first snake museum of Vietnam. it has the largest collection of snake specimens in the country. You can visit and discover the life of snakes, how to extract venom and how  to make snake specimens.

Cai Be floating market is the biggest wholesale market in the Southwest region. Unlike other floating markets in the Mekong Delta, Cai Be is open all day and night on a large scale and with diverse goods.

Vinh Trang is the largest temple in the province with both Asian and European style.

Other places to see are Go Cong Sea, Rach Gam-Xoai and Ap Bac, and Phao Dai relic sites.

You can also visit orchards and eco-tourism sites like Mekong Lodge, Thoi Son Island, Ngu Hiep, Dong Thap Muoi ecological zone, Cai Be …

Recommended schedule for a 1-day tour:

6am: Depart from Saigon to Tien Giang

7am: Arrive in the city of My Tho, taste My Tho noodles, then go to Dong Tam Snake Farm (9 km)

11am: Leave the snake farm for My Tho city. Make a river tour on the Tien River, visit the floating market, then stop at an isle or orchard for lunch and a rest.

3.30pm: Visit a coconut candy production facility. Experience the feeling of sailing on the tiny canal network.

5pm: Visit Vinh Trang pagoda.

6pm: Return to Saigon.

Tours cost VND250,000-VND350,000/person

Photos: One day in Tien Giang

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