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Cai Rang Floating Market (Cho Noi Cai Rang) Tours
No place gives better insight into life on the Mekong Delta than the Cai Rang Floating Market (Chợ Noi Cái Rang), where hundreds of wooden rowboats showcase everything from rice and clothing to exotic fruits and vegetables. Located just 4 miles (6 kilometers) from the city of Can Tho, the market can be admired from dry land or during a boat ride.
The Basics
Options for exploring the Mekong Delta are plentiful and provide a relaxing break from the bustle of Ho Chi Minh City, which serves as a convenient jumping-off point for the river. Visitors can enjoy Cai Rang Floating Market independently or as part of a multi-day Mekong tour. These range in length from one to four days and typically include accommodation in a local home and activities such as biking on Ben Tre Island and a cruise by wooden rowboat.
Things to Know Before You Go
How to Get There
By road from Ho Chi Minh City, the journey to Cai Rang Floating Market takes around 3.5 hours depending on traffic. Most travelers visit the market by boat from the Mekong Delta town of Can Tho, 45 minutes away. If not arriving as part of an organized tour, get a boat from the market area in Can Tho or drive to the Cau Dau Sau pier and take a boat the last 10 minutes from there.
When to Get There
The Cai Rang Floating Market is at its best between 6am and 8am. Cai Rang Bridge is a great spot for taking photos, and going earlier will mean capturing the busyness of the market before it is overcrowded with day-trippers.
Feast Your Senses at the Floating Market
Cai Rang Floating Market gives visitors the chance to sample exotic produce they may never even have heard of. Adventurous travelers can try mangosteens, recognizable by a deep purple exterior; durian, a fruit so pungent that many hotels ban guests bringing it inside; and coconut candy, a prize Mekong Delta export.
The Basics
Options for exploring the Mekong Delta are plentiful and provide a relaxing break from the bustle of Ho Chi Minh City, which serves as a convenient jumping-off point for the river. Visitors can enjoy Cai Rang Floating Market independently or as part of a multi-day Mekong tour. These range in length from one to four days and typically include accommodation in a local home and activities such as biking on Ben Tre Island and a cruise by wooden rowboat.
Things to Know Before You Go
- Cai Rang Floating Market is a must-see for visitors in the Mekong Delta.
- Bring plenty of sunscreen as shade is rare when exploring the outdoor market.
- Southern Vietnam is prone to sudden downpours, so an umbrella and raincoat are useful at any time of year.
- Bring plenty of smaller bills if you’re planning to purchase goods as vendors rarely have change.
How to Get There
By road from Ho Chi Minh City, the journey to Cai Rang Floating Market takes around 3.5 hours depending on traffic. Most travelers visit the market by boat from the Mekong Delta town of Can Tho, 45 minutes away. If not arriving as part of an organized tour, get a boat from the market area in Can Tho or drive to the Cau Dau Sau pier and take a boat the last 10 minutes from there.
When to Get There
The Cai Rang Floating Market is at its best between 6am and 8am. Cai Rang Bridge is a great spot for taking photos, and going earlier will mean capturing the busyness of the market before it is overcrowded with day-trippers.
Feast Your Senses at the Floating Market
Cai Rang Floating Market gives visitors the chance to sample exotic produce they may never even have heard of. Adventurous travelers can try mangosteens, recognizable by a deep purple exterior; durian, a fruit so pungent that many hotels ban guests bringing it inside; and coconut candy, a prize Mekong Delta export.
Address: 46 Hai Bà Trưng, Lê Bình, Cái Răng River, Can Tho, Vietnam
35 Tours and Activities to Experience Cai Rang Floating Market (Cho Noi Cai Rang)
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Mekong Delta and Cai Rang Floating Market 5-Hours Tour
Immerse yourself in Vietnamese customs and culture on a 5-hour tour to the Mekong Delta from Ben Pha Xom Chai. Comfortable round-trip transfer from your hotel allows you to relax and enjoy the scenery. Experience the Cai Rang Floating Market, where you're treated to a typical Vietnamese breakfast. Next visit a noodle factory or bakery to see how classic dishes are made. Finally, tour a colorful fruit garden.
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Mekong Delta floating markets private tour, explore countryside and small canals
- Visit the two floating markets in Can Tho: Cai Rang and Phong Dien floating market - enjoy breakfast on floating market.
- You will also stop at a noodle factory / traditional bakery factory,
- See gardens with local fruits and flowers, rice fields (seasonal) , and small canals.
Duration: 7 hours
Departure: 4:45 - 5:00 AM
The price includes:
+ Pick up and bring back your hotel by private car/ taxi (at the center of Can Tho city)
+ Typical Vietnamese Breakfast + drinks (coffee/ coconut on the Mekong river)
+ Tickets to fruit garden/ enjoy some seasonal fruits in the market
+ English speaking guide
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Mekong Delta Explore Cai Rang and Phong Dien Floating Market
This Mekong Delta day trip is perfect for travelers interested in local food and scenic views. Take the stress out of navigating by having hotel pickup and drop-off included. Visit two floating markets, and enjoy a tasty Vietnamese breakfast on the Mekong river. It’s a great overview of local food experiences, as you’ll also visit a bakery, a noodle factory, and a fruit garden.
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Boat trip - Cai Rang floating market
1/ Visiting largest Cai Rang floating market
Exploring Cai Rang floating market and enjoying hot Vietnamese coffee and traditional rice noodle soup from local people who are selling on floating boats. In addition, you also taste super fresh pineapple right on the boat trader.
2/ Visiting local Mekong rice noodle family business made by traditional way
After having breakfast at Cai Rang floating market, your boat will move slowly into small canal to come rice noodle homemade. In here, you can try to do some steps to make rice noodle.
3/ Visiting fruit orchard and go back to downtown
Visit a great tropical fruit garden to see all types of fruits that Mekong Delta can grow . Then you will have chance to try fresh fruits from their garden. After all, you go back to your boat and finish your wonderful morning river trip with short time but unforgettable.
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Mekong Delta and Cai Rang Floating Market Half-Day Tour
The Mekong Delta is the ‘rice bowl of Vietnam’ and cruising past the riverside villages, orchards, and rice paddies is an unforgettable experience. This private 4-hour tour from Can Tho is ideal for those short on time, including a tour of the Cai Rang Floating Market, a visit to a traditional rice noodle factory, and fruit tasting at a local orchard.
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Private Cai Rang Floating Market in Can Tho 1 Day
It would be a miss if visiting Mekong Delta without a stop at Cai Rang Floating Market in Can Tho City, an originally spontaneous market, which is one of the most famous and biggest floating markets in the Mekong Delta and absolutely different from other floating markets in Thailand. From the early morning, a countless number of boats and sampans will gather here, making the whole area more lively and stunning than ever. Cai Rang Floating Market is opened all day and night that you have a lot of time to explore the local's agricultural life and how they trade their goods directly from boat to boat.
The very first impression the tour makes on everyone is the extremely lively and crowded trading atmosphere of Cai Rang Floating Market. After that, we’ll head to Cai Be for joining a local cooking class, biking around peaceful village paths, enjoying the melody of South Vietnam folk music, and then relaxing on a rowing sampan through a mangrove palm canals to feel the real Mekong atmosphere.
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Private Cai Rang Floating Market 2days 1night
Cai Rang can be seen from the road, but arriving by boat is much more fun! If not arriving as part of an organized tour, get a boat from the market area in Can Tho or drive to the Cau Dau Sau pier, from where it takes around 10 minutes to reach the market.
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Cai Rang Floating market and Cycling in the village
Save yourself the hassle of haggling with boatmen and enjoy prime position for Cai Rang Floating Market on this door-to-door private guided tour that takes you deep into the Mekong Delta’s charming countryside. Start early, to reach the market as it gets going, then savor a Vietnamese breakfast as vendors and shoppers glide by. Next, visit a noodle factory and explore traditional villages on foot and by bike.
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Private Cai Rang floating market early morning
People said that “If one has not visited floating market, he has not visited the south-west of Vietnam”. Literally, floating markets which have been around for a long time make the liveliest part of life in the south-west, the land of rivers, canals and ditches. With this tour, you will have a chance to explore the largest floating market in Mekong delta: Cai Rang floating market.
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2 days tour in Mekong Delta visit Cai Rang floating market and cooking class
Highlight attraction
Day 1: Cooking class on Island based community and explore local life on Mekong river
Our plan:
Going to the market by the river and then heading to the island by car and boat.
Cook what you buy.
Dishes: At least 3 dishes, depends on your expectation and allergies.
Having lunch
Visiting the garden pomelo or Rambutan, longan or milky fruit. Seasonal fruit
Walking around the island
Visiting floating fish farm the best unique fish farm on Mekong River
Day 2: Cai Rang floating market and cacao farm
Cai Rang Floating market
Noodles factory
Small canal
Walking in the village
Small canals with full of green trees
Cacao handmade chocolates
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Hot Tour Mekong Delta 2020: Floating Market – Fish Catching Game - Fruit Garden
-Get on the boat to the Authentic Cai Rang floating market.
-Arrive at rice noodle workshop to see how people traditionally make rice noodle.
-Keep going to fruit garden, enjoy seasonal fruits and experience lots of special activities as go cycling, boating, try wearing regional clothes called “áo Bà Ba”, join in “Duck & fish catching” game...etc
-Have lunch with a menu of countryside specialties
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Private Mekong Delta 2-Day Tour with Floating Markets
Immerse yourself in the vibrant culture of the Mekong Delta on a private 2-day tour from Ho Chi Minh City. Meals, transportation, and accommodation are included allowing you to skip the planning and embrace the adventure. Get to know the local community, watch a blacksmith in action, learn to make traditional cake using local ingredients, and more. The tour also includes visits to the Phong Dien and Cai Rang Floating Markets.
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Experience Cantho Floating Market & Surrounds
1. Experience the real Cantho and surrounded area with local guide.
2. Experience Floating market and River life.
3.The best way to see Cantho countryside by cycling.
4. Interaction with the locals.
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2 days Mekong Delta Can Tho Floating market - to Phu Quoc pick up from Sai Gon
Day 1: Binh Thuy ancient house & tropitropical island tour in Mekong river
- 7:00 A.M Pick you up from Ho Chi Minh city (1 , 3 district)
- Visit Binh Thuy Ancient house
- Explore Son Island in Mekong River
* Enjoy & visit floating fish-raft villages
* Seasonal fruit trial at the orchard
* Learn to make traditional cakes and cook rustic dishes of local people there
* Eat Vietnamese pancake (bánh xèo)
* Local Lunch
* Enjoy lying down on the hammock
* Walking around island
- Overnight at Winter Spring homestay (including the tour)
- In the everning
* city tour by bike
* have dinner on Yacht
Day 2: Explore Cai Rang floating market and shuttle to Phu Quoc inland
- Visit Cai Rang - enjoy breakfast on floating market.
- You will also stop at a noodle factory
- See gardens with local fruits and flowers, rice fields (seasonal).
- small canals.
- Walking in the village.
- shuttle to Rach Gia and to Phu Quoc Islands
- More option: shuttle to Tran De and to Con Dao islands
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Mekong Delta Tours CanTho 2days - Boat cruise in natural waterways
Swap the busy streets of Ho Chi Minh City for the tranquil waterways of the Mekong Delta on a 2-day tour that provides a perfect cultural introduction to the area for first-time visitors. Without having to make any arrangements in advance, you’ll explore Cai Be and Cai Rang floating market, and stop at islands famed for their coconuts, dragon fruit, and honey. Plus, you’ll receive personalized attention from your guide in a small group limited to eight people.
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Private Mekong Delta 3 Day 2 Nights ( Saigon-My Tho-Can Tho- Chau Doc)
This Mekong Delta 3 days 2 nights will take you to the coconut kingdom (Ben Tre), the rice kingdom & also the largest city in Mekong Delta (Can Tho), biggest local floating market - Cai Rang market, fermented fish sauce kingdom (Chau Doc), Tra Su cajeput forest.
On the Mekong Delta 3 days 2 nights, we ensure that you will be amazed by lots of local activities such as visiting a honey bee farm, a coconut candy workshop, exploring an agricultural life and how locals trading goods on Cai Rang floating market , try the real taste of local cuisine etc …
Let VN Bike Tour bring you many unforgetable moments in this authentic area with an impressive hospitality from our locals only on the Mekong Delta 3 days 2 nights tour.
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Mekong cruise 3 days from Saigon to Phu Quoc
Are you planning to spend your holiday on Phu Quoc Island? We suggest you an 3-day exciting program on Mekong Eyes Cruise that not only brings you a wonderful holiday but also offers you the fantastic scenic of Mekong Delta River. Along the journey, you will take part in tour from Saigon to Phu Quoc and have a chance to go for a walk in small villages and visit local house, and explore colorful floating markets in Cai Be. Let’s spend a leisure day while taking in the beautiful scenery on Mekong River.
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Saigon - Mekong Delta Muslim Tour 4 Days
Saigon Mekong Delta Muslim Tour 4 Days is included all MUST SEE sites @ Tra Su Cajuput Forest, Biggest Floating Market, Floating Fish Farms, Coconut Islands, Mosques, Halal Lunches, Muslim wholesales factories…
Day 1: SAIGON – MY THO - CHAU DOC
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Airport / Hotel pick up - @ morning time
Drive 2 hours to My Tho.
Take boat trip to visit the islets @ coconut factory, small bee farm, horse cart riding, traditional music performance and sampan hand row ride through the charm coconut canals…
Halal Lunch
Drive another 2 hours to Chau Doc
Overnight in Chau Doc City
Day 2: TRA SU - CAN THO
Floating fish farm
Visit the local Mosque
Tra Su Cajuput Forest
Halal Lunch
Can Tho night market
Overnight in Can Tho City
Day 3: FLOATING MARKET - SAIGON
Cai Rang Floating Market
Visit fruit gardens & taste fruits
Halal Lunch
Saigon shopping at wholesales Muslim factories
Visit ancient Post Office, Opera House and City Hall
Day 4: DEPARTURE
Airport drop off (Driver Only)
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Best mekong delta bike tour
Get an inside glimpse into Vietnamese culture on a 2-day tour of the Mekong Delta. Rather than rushing to pack everything into just one day, you'll visit Cai Be floating market, Can Tho, and the produce-rich islands of the delta at a leisurely pace. Plus, you'll spend the night in a homestay to observe local life and customs.
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Mekong River Cruise PhnomPenh ChauDoc CanTho Saigon 3days
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A wildly active day in Cantho
For most tour, people let you observe as an outsider but we wont let you out of the fun. Joining us in daily acts in Mekong delta with a full day of activities: Float around with fruit vendors' boat and sell things with them, cook in a private orchard that have full of country side living including goats, rabbits. We guarantee there wouldnt be a moment you stop enjoying the engagement with locals.
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Mekong cruise 3 days from Cambodia to Saigon
A special tour is offered for anyone who want to experience culture and beauty of Cambodia and Vietnam on a cruise. Join our trip, you will have chance to watch the fantastic scenery and the daily life of the Mekong people, explore Cai Be or Cai Rang floating market, the region’s busiest and most lively markets by water way from Cambodia. Let's take your luggage and join us!
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Mekong Cruise 3 days from Saigon to Cambodia
A special tour is offered for anyone who want to experience culture and beauty of Cambodia and Vietnam on a cruise. Join our trip, you will have chance to watch the fantastic scenery and the daily life of the Mekong people, explore Cai Be or Cai Rang floating market, the region’s busiest and most lively markets, and visit the famous temples of Angkor Wat, Cambodia.
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Mekong River Cruise CanTho ChauDoc PhnomPenh 3 days
Rather than taking a plane from Vietnam to Cambodia, combine traveling with culture on a 3-day tour of the Mekong Delta. The ideal choice for first-time visitors looking for a cultural introduction to Vietnam, this tour takes you off the beaten track and reveals a side of the Mekong Delta that few tourists see.
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