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Cruises and Discovery into the Delta

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This page is linked to /lib/on_page_seo.txt and can be edited and uploaded there for convenience.

If you do so, be sure to mdpull before editing off-line and to mdpush after.

This holds our strategy and choices for on-page SEO: keywords, description, the use of Open Graph etc. See also our hashtags (deprecated).

Technical note

We set HTML meta tags with a plugin (documentation)

/!\ On all the public pages, set metatag-robots=(index,follow), as the default is noindex,nofollow.

Don't declare an empty meta tag, as it would suppress a pre-existing meta tag from the page

This allows setting Open Graph tags for social media.

Target networks

  • Social media (posts, appearance) → open graph (primer)

Q: let's assess what social media we want to appear on: FB / Insta / LinkedIn / others ? and how much time and effort we want to put in there.

Keywords strategy

Questions

  • Do we want to raise visibility of the whole website, or focus searches specifically on some pages (e.g. tour: immersion in 3 days from Saigon)
  • Focus on 7 identified landing pages
  • set OpenGraph tags to manifest the relation between pages
  • Same question for each section (overnight, accommodation, daytime, tours)
  • Home page,
  • Bassac, –other pages in Bassac are linked with OpenGraph tags (to be defined)
  • Accommodation
  • Daytime: 3 services

* Gold & Green, as our best seller

	* Breakfast //or// Lunch to Phù Ly, as an alternative to the floating market
	* Breakfast to the floating market, as a high demand service
* Getaways -> FIXME page to be written and fleshed out
Mid-January 2025: we decide to equip all our main public pages with metatags, disregarding the keywords and description, but mentioning the og:description and other openGraph tags.

Meta tags for main pages

Each section below refers to a public page, and holds hidden meta tag code that will be included in the public page.

To access this code, include this section from the page where it belongs, e.g. for /en/2_mystic/1_cairang:

{{section>:admin:0-org:marketing:assets:web:on_page_seo#en2_mystic1_cairang&noheader}}
Please only edit them if you know what you are doing.

Be sure that an include in a public page refers correctly to the section here-under, else it will include the whole page.

  • If you update the section names here, update at once the page calling it
  • /!\ Notice how the section name in the calling page does not bear “:” or “/”,
    so :en:2_mystic:1_cairang is referred to as #en2_mystic1_cairang

Home page

:en:start

:fr:start

Bassac main page

:en:0_bassac:start

:fr:0_bassac:start

Accommodation

:en:1_nights:start

:fr:1_nights:start

Daytime cruises

:en:2_mystic:start

:fr:2_mystic:start

:en:2_mystic:1_cairang

:fr:2_mystic:1_cairang

:en:2_mystic:3_phuly

:fr:2_mystic:3_phuly

:en:2_mystic:4_lunch

:fr:2_mystic:4_lunch

:en:2_mystic:8_gold

:fr:2_mystic:8_gold

Getaways main page

:en:3_tours:start

:fr:3_tours:start

:en:3_tours:overnight_cruise

:fr:3_tours:overnight_cruise

:en:3_tours:immersion

:fr:3_tours:immersion

:en:3_tours:essentials

:fr:3_tours:essentials

Secondary pages: set the OpenGraph tags

Secondary pages are not the target / landing pages of ad campaigns.

They hold meta tags to help third party consumers (Google, Facebook, Linked In…) graph them with their respective relationships.

:en:0_bassac:1.0_charter

en:0_bassac:4.0_bassac

fr:0_bassac:4.0_bassac

en:0_bassac:4.2_bassac2

fr:0_bassac:4.2_bassac2

en:0_bassac:4.3_bassac3

fr:0_bassac:4.3_bassac3

Bassac itineraries

Which page should this be? Discovery? → yes, but rewriting so it is clear it encompasses CB-CT and CT-CB

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Bassac availability

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the Bassac: construction

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the Bassac: history

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Logo Bassac

Bassac 2 on a grey morning

The Bassac

Lose yourself deep into the heart of the Mekong delta, over one night or more, on board the Bassac, the last classic wooden cruisers on the Mekong delta, with all comfort on board and caring service.

Hotline: 0903 033 148
bassac@mekong-delta.com

the boats | availability about your dates | Prices and terms |brochure

Next departures: 20% off for departure within 48 hours

Tomorrow, we have 11 cabins available along Discovery Cruise.
For the day after tomorrow, we have 8 cabins available along cantho-caibe.

See our Getaways for how to experience the delta and the Bassac from Saigon.


The services of the Bassac come in two flavours:

Discovery Cruises

[image] Bassac II on a grey morning

The Bassac are the perfect means to discover the Mekong delta as part of a journey in Vietnam.

Join in on a discovery cruise: the Bassac take you into the greener areas of the Mekong delta, overnight into the middle of life about the river. We take you to visit in the afternoon the countryside and its inhabitants, and in the morning what the destination is known for, be it its market, a famous old house or the local handicraft.

All the meals are included and crafted on board, from a lunch of classics to a more elaborate dinner, and including a breakfast of fresh-baked bread and danish that make us proud.

All these journeys are available as Getaways from Saigon.

Departure at noon - Arrival by mid-morning

The discovery loop

The discovery loop is meant for explorers based in Cần Thơ: it departs from Cần Thơ, takes you to the greener reaches of Vĩnh Long and returns you to Cần Thơ.

From Cần Thơ heading to Saigon

The journey from Cần Thơ to Cái Bè is the perfect finale for a traveler coming from the North or Center: after flying to Cần Thơ, experience the Mekong delta, boarding in Cần Thơ, and disembarking in Cái Bè, on the way to Saigon.

From Saigon to the delta

The exploration trip from Cái Bè to Cần Thơ ventures deeper into the Mekong delta, starting where day tours from Saigon typically end, and takes you to experience the countryside from up close. Further activities are available at the destination.

Private Cruises

Sunset on the Mekong

Charter a Bassac for your own use.

Make a special occasion really special and host it on board a Bassac, in the middle of nature in the Mekong delta.

Or host a meeting or training session on board, away from any distractions, and with pauses or excursions to set the pace.

The boat is yours to route as you will, even on the fly.

Enjoy the ultimate freedom and charter a Bassac to take your party wherever you like, imparting it with your spin and character.

Whether you mean to explore specific places in the delta, or simply see varied landscapes, chartering a Bassac affords you the freedom to reach most everywhere.

You may build your own itinerary.

From a XIXth century franciscan monastery to the land of Khmer temples, we have even been to the mouth of the Mekong on the Gulf of Thailand.


Last modified: 2025/01/16 17:22 [benoit] Copyright (c) 2014-2025 TransMékong 144 Hai Bà Trưng, QNK, Cần Thơ - 0903 033 148