Cai Rang Floating Market Day Trip from Ho Chi Minh City
Watch boat vendors advertise from tall poles, then row through coconut-shaded canals
A private guided day trip from Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Rang Floating Market, where hundreds of boat vendors sell fruit and food from sunrise, followed by motorized and rowing boat tours through My Tho and Ben Tre provinces. You'll visit a tropical fruit garden, a bee house, a coconut candy shop, and Vinh Trang Pagoda, with breakfast and lunch served in the orchard and included throughout the 10 to 12 hour tour.
Step-by-step itinerary
Explore Cai Rang and Mekong Delta
- Visit Cai Rang Floating Market
- Boat trip on Tien River to Lan Islet
- Visit local fruit garden and enjoy fruit
- Listen to Southern Vietnamese folk music
- Join daily activities of local people
- Visit bee house and photograph pythons
- Lunch in orchard garden
- Boat cruise through Bao Dinh canal to Ben Tre
- See Garden - Pond, Cage agricultural model
- Visit coconut candy-making shop
- Rowing boat trip on small canal
- Return boat ride to port and van to Ho Chi Minh City
- Cai Rang Floating Market Entry included 2h
- My Tho 3h
- Vinh Tràng Pagoda Entry included 30m
What’s included
- Private transportation from Ho Chi Minh City.
- English-speaking guide for the full day.
- breakfast and lunch.
- all entry fees and taxes.
- Every day 05:00
Last departure this season: 31 Dec
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Private guided tour from Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Rang Floating Market at sunrise, then boat trips through My Tho and Ben Tre with local breakfast.
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The experience
The tour starts before dawn with a drive from Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Rang Floating Market, where the market is already alive with boat vendors. Each seller displays their goods on a tall pole attached to the boat (fruits, vegetables, hot food), so buyers can spot what they want from a distance without the vendors having to shout over the boat engines. You move through the market by boat, watching the activity unfold, then sit down for a locally styled breakfast of noodle soup before the vendors pack up and the market winds down by late morning.
After the market, a motorized boat takes you south on the Tien River to Lan Islet in My Tho province. You walk into a local fruit garden where islanders perform Southern Vietnamese folk music while you sample tropical fruit and watch daily village life. The tour includes a visit to a bee house and a chance to photograph pythons. Lunch is served in the orchard garden itself. The boat then cruises through Bao Dinh canal into Ben Tre province: known as "the land of coconuts", where you see the traditional "Garden - Pond. Cage" agricultural model and stop at a coconut candy-making shop. A rowing boat carries you down a small canal completely shaded by water coconut trees before the motorized boat returns you to the port.
Vinh Trang Pagoda, the largest temple in Tien Giang Province and a recognized national heritage site, is also on the route. The full day ends with a return drive to Ho Chi Minh City, arriving around 5:30 to 6:00 PM. Your private guide speaks English throughout, and all transportation, meals, entry fees and taxes are included.
Top questions
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Child (3 to 11 years); Infant (under 3): free.
What exactly do the boat vendors at Cai Rang Floating Market sell?
Cai Rang vendors sell fruits, vegetables, and hot food from their boats, each displaying samples on a tall pole so buyers can identify the goods from a distance.
Do I get to eat during this tour?
Yes. Breakfast (a locally styled bowl of noodle soup) is served after the floating market visit, and lunch is served in the orchard garden at Lan Islet.
What happens during the afternoon boat trips?
After the morning market, a motorized boat takes you through My Tho to a tropical fruit garden where you sample local fruit and watch folk music performances, then visit a bee house and coconut candy shop. You finish with a rowing boat trip through a small canal shaded by water coconut trees.
Is Vinh Trang Pagoda a major stop on this tour?
Vinh Trang Pagoda is included on the route. It's the largest pagoda in Tien Giang Province and recognized as a national historical and cultural heritage site, located about 4 kilometers from My Tho city center.
How long does this tour actually take?
The full tour runs 10 to 12 hours: roughly 5 hours for visiting the market and attractions, plus 5 to 6 hours for transfers to and from Ho Chi Minh City.
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Cai Rang Floating Market Day Trip from Ho Chi Minh City
10h–12h · EN · at your hotel
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