Trải nghiệm - Review - Đánh Giá Chau Doc Home Stay - mới nhất 9/2024

Agreed with all other reviews that the homestay itself is very nice -- you are a part of their home with a nice family (three generations -- parents, two kids, daughter-in-law, baby grandson), good room/bathroom for being in the country (AC/fan, clean, no hot water but to be expected), lovely fields nearby, and breakfast (down the street at a little local pho stand) and dinner included. I want to give a bit more detail on how to actually get here because I was deeply confused from looking online prior to arrival. No matter how you arrive in Chau Doc (I came by Hang Chau boat from Phnom Penh -- very nice), you should get in touch with the Thanh Nham 2 hotel in advance to tell them of your arrival time and they can arrange transport to the homestay. It would be virtually impossible to get there yourself. In some guidebooks/online they are called Mekong Tours, but from my understanding this is an older company that no longer exists and has been subsumed by the Thanh Nham 2 hotel that doubles as a tour agency and knows the homestay. (I ended up finding my way to Thanh Nham once I arrived and they were nice enough to take me to the homestay but better to contact them in advance). The family doesn't speak English but there is a lady who works at Thanh Nham and lives down the street from the homestay who acts as your local "tour guide" and will introduce you to the family on arrival, take you around the local fields on the first day, and then arrange other excursions via motorbike taxi if you would like. I did my tours through Ms. San Tours, however, and would highly recommend that for a more personal experience. I also wasn't able to find exactly where it was online anywhere so I took a few screenshots of the location and am including the photos here. Hope you decide to stay here!

We were driven to this place on a bike. rickety little village roads took us through farms and little markets to reach their house. It was nicely set in the countryside with lots of farms around. the hosts welcomed us warmly and showed us our room. though they couldn't speak english we could communicate easily. we used google translate on my phone and would make them read it. living space is minimal, clean and enough for a homestay. A bed and a good loo.. thats all you need. You should have your expectations right about this place and you will be more than happy. Dont expect five star stay. Its good value for money. You get entry into a typical vietnamese house, they offered us supper with them, we played with their little child and made good friends with the host. I went for a walk around the place. People were quite surprised to see a stranger/indian in that part of town. i wandered into someone's farm and when he stumbled upon me wandering about he offered me a papaya from his farm very lovingly. No talk, no speak... genuine warm hearted people. yes, there are mosquitos.