Every question, in one place

Some do, most do not. Your private guide interprets throughout the sessions, which is why we keep groups small enough for everyone to hear and ask.

Because they are private individuals, not performers. We name them in your written confirmation once they have agreed to your date and to being named.

Yes. The craft villages and Sa Dec trips join naturally into five or six days, since Cai Be and Sa Dec are about an hour apart by road.

Send the enquiry form on any page. We reply by email to the address you give, with questions if we need them and then a draft plan.

Yes, with notice. Tell us when you enquire. The cook will plan a vegetarian lunch and leave the fish sauce on the side; expect a simpler menu than the meat and fish version.

No. It is a family kitchen in a home. That is the reason the session exists, and also why it is limited to six people.

We do not recommend it. The drive is three to three and a half hours each way and the market is liveliest before 07:30, so a day trip either misses the market or starts in the middle of the night.

The boat runs in light rain with covers, and the market still trades. A storm warning on the river would cancel the boat; we would replace it with a longer market walk and refund the boat line.

Weekdays in the three to five weeks before Tet. For 2027, with Tet on 6 February, that means roughly early to late January, before the private gardens begin closing in the last week.

Yes for the old town, the Huynh Thuy Le house and the boat yard, and the village sells plants all year. It is not the full spectacle; we would build a different trip around it.

The house offers guest rooms with lunch and breakfast. Availability is limited and we confirm it at quote time; the town hotel is the fallback.

Yes, as an option. It runs late at night, until about two or three in the morning, so we only add it on the night before a free morning.

Usually because ours pays a specialist for each session and keeps the group private and small. The section on how cheaper quotes are made lists the usual differences; compare line by line and ask us about any you cannot match.

No. What you buy, you pay the maker directly, at their price.

Quotes are in US dollars. Local costs on this page are shown in Vietnamese dong because that is how they are published.

Yes. The car, guide, boat and session fees are the same for one person as for two, so a solo traveller carries all of them.

Because the space is small: a mat loom, a small boat between flower beds, a photographer-guide who needs to stand beside each of you. We set the limit by the room, not by the price.

No. They are independent cooks, makers, growers and photographers who agree to run a session for a fee. Their work goes on whether or not we visit.

You can, and it is welcome, but it is never expected. Their fee is already paid.

The flower beds, the boat yard, the basket weaving and popped rice usually work well. Hot pans and charcoal grills need close supervision; we will say which sessions we would skip with young children.

Flowers are grown all year. The village is fullest in the four to five weeks before Tet, which falls on 6 February in 2027 and 26 January in 2028.

Yes. Published hours (October 2025) are 08:30 to 17:30 daily, with a small entry fee. It occasionally closes for maintenance, so check before you go.

There are clean, simple town hotels and guest rooms in the Huynh Thuy Le house. For a larger hotel, stay in Can Tho, about an hour away.

The front section is, on weekends before Tet. The canals further in, with a grower, are not.

No. Since the 2025 merger the former Ben Tre province is part of Vinh Long province. The town and the name are unchanged.

Yes, at the basket and mat sessions. The families decide how much to hand over; a few rows on a loom is usual.

Not any more on the main road. The second Rach Mieu bridge opened in August 2025 and the ferry stopped.

The orchards around Cho Lach are heaviest from May to August.

Many people will not object out loud, which is exactly why we ask. Asking takes a second and changes the picture.

No. Paying for a photograph turns it into a pose. Buy from the stall, or send a copy of the picture.

Yes, generally, with a ticket. Ask on the day about tripods and flash.

Only on the photography trip, or if you ask. On other trips, your interpreter-guide asks permission for you.

It depends on the trip. For Sa Dec, January before Tet. For photography and crafts, December to March.

No, only a different one. Expect some wet mornings, but the orchards are full and the delta is at its greenest.

Families celebrate, many workshops stop, and the flowers have been sold. We avoid planning sessions in the first days of Tet.

26 January 2028, so the flower weeks fall in late December and January.

Not on this site. Every enquiry goes through the form and we reply by email to the address you give.

Yes. If it relates to a trip you are planning — a month, a session, a place — send it through the form.

Yes. Tell us what you would like to see made, grown or cooked, and we will say whether we can find someone who does it within reach of our four places.