Cai Rang Floating Market tour Can Tho: Rice noodles, cacao farm

Trade boats at the floating market, then learn chocolate-making at a family farm

A five-hour boat tour of Can Tho's Mekong Delta starting at Ninh Kieu Wharf, visiting Cai Rang Floating Market at sunrise, a rice noodle factory, and Muoi Cuong Cacao Farm where you taste handmade chocolate. The tour includes an English-speaking guide, breakfast, sightseeing tickets, and stops at small canals away from the main market crowds.

Step-by-step itinerary

Stops and time at each

1. Ninh Kieu Wharfpass by
2. Cai Rang Floating Market30m
3. Muoi Cuong Cocoa Farm30m · entry included

Explore Mekong Delta and Floating Market

• Board boat at Ninh Kieu Wharf
• Cruise along river to Cai Rang Market
• Visit Cai Rang Floating Market
• Tour rice noodle factory
• Explore small canals by sampan boat
• Visit Muoi Cuong Cacao Farm

The experience

The boat leaves Ninh Kieu Wharf in the early morning and heads upriver toward Cai Rang Floating Market, where vendors sell fresh produce and tropical fruits directly from their boats. You'll watch traders negotiate on the water, see how commerce moves along the Hau River, and move through the market in a traditional boat while the morning is still cool. The market operates early, so the timing puts you there when it's most active.

After the market, the tour takes you to a rice noodle factory where you watch rice get soaked, ground, steamed into sheets, and cut into fresh noodles, then taste what comes out. At Muoi Cuong Cacao Farm, a family-run operation, you see how cacao pods are harvested, fermented, dried, and turned into chocolate, and you sample the cacao fruit and handmade products. The farm is small enough that you move through the whole process, not just look at it from a distance.

Between the main stops, the route includes narrow canals lined with local homes and gardens, a quieter stretch where you see farmers and children by the water instead of crowds. Breakfast and coffee or tea are included, and your guide speaks English throughout. The whole day runs five hours, which fits the market's early timing and leaves the afternoon free.

What’s included

• Sightseeing entry tickets to all stops.
• English-speaking guide for the full tour.
• breakfast, coffee and tea.
• boat transport from Ninh Kieu Wharf through the floating market, canals, factory and farm.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day

AgesAdult (11 to 70 years) · Senior (71 to 90 years) · Youth (10 years) · Child (6 to 9 years) · Infant (under 6): free

GroupUp to 6

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.You can choose from 41 pickup points.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated 3 days ago

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by CHN Explore Mekong Delta

Is this one for you?Choose this if you want to combine the famous floating markets with a quieter canal and a working cacao farm: three distinct stops that show both the Delta's bustle and its slower rhythms.

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Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (10 years); Child (6 to 9 years); Infant (under 6): free.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What time does the boat leave Ninh Kieu Wharf?

The tour departs early in the morning from Ninh Kieu Wharf to reach Cai Rang Floating Market when it is most active. Exact departure time is confirmed at booking.

Can I taste the chocolate at Muoi Cuong Cacao Farm?

Yes. Muoi Cuong Cacao Farm lets you sample fresh cacao fruit and handmade chocolate products like cacao nibs, powder, and chocolate bars as part of the tour.

Is breakfast included in the tour price?

Breakfast and coffee or tea are included. You also get sightseeing entry tickets and the services of an English-speaking guide for the full five hours.

What happens at the rice noodle factory?

At the factory, you watch the traditional process of turning rice into fresh noodles (soaking, grinding, steaming into sheets, and cutting), and you taste the handmade noodles.

Are the small canals part of the tour route?

Yes. The tour includes time on narrow canals lined with local homes and gardens, offering a quieter, more rural view of the Mekong Delta between the floating market and the farm visits.