Can Tho cooking class: Bánh Khọt & Cai Rang Market
Cook Bánh Khọt over a clay stove in a riverside hut.
A morning cooking class in Can Tho where you learn to make Bánh Khọt, the traditional steamed leaf cakes, on a clay stove using local ingredients, after a sunrise boat trip to Cai Rang Floating Market and a walk through Mekong villages. The class runs about 6 to 7 hours and includes an English-speaking guide, breakfast on the boat, tropical fruits, and tea in a traditional hut. Choose between a morning group option or a private departure. An afternoon option skips the floating market.
Options for this experience
3 optionsStep-by-step itinerary
Mekong Delta Floating Market and Village
- Start early at river
- Cruise to Cai Rang Floating Market
- Explore river life and trading boats
- Enjoy fresh pineapple on boat
- Visit homemade rice noodle workshop
- Try noodle pizza specialty
- Walk through fruit gardens and riverside homes
- Join hands-on Bánh Khọt cooking session
- Relax in hammock with fruits and tea
- Visit floating house
- Return downtown and finish tour
What’s included
- English-speaking guide.
- boat transport to Cai Rang Floating Market (morning and private options).
- breakfast on the boat with Vietnamese coffee.
- entrance to the market.
- a peaceful walk through Mekong villages.
- hands-on Bánh Khọt cooking class on a clay stove.
- tropical fruits and Vietnamese tea in a traditional riverside hut.
- time in a hammock by the river.
- a visit to a floating house.
Times
- Every day 05:30 13:00
Before you book
Operated by Mekong By Local
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The experience
The day starts before dawn on the river. You board a boat and cruise to Cai Rang Floating Market while it's still alive with traders: boats loaded with produce, vendors calling across the water, the kind of scene that has worked the same way for generations. Your guide explains what you're watching: how the market survives, what gets traded, why the boats cluster where they do. Breakfast arrives on the boat itself: Hủ Tiếu or Bánh Mì with Vietnamese coffee, and a vegetarian option if you need it. The freshest pineapple comes next, straight from a floating vendor.
After the market, you walk through a quiet village. Fruit gardens line the path, and you pass riverside homes where families live the way the Mekong has shaped life for centuries. This is not a photo stop. It's a stretch of real time in the delta, the kind of calm that makes the earlier bustle make sense. Then you arrive at a traditional hut where a clay stove waits. You learn to make Bánh Khọt (the tiny Vietnamese pancakes that are savory, not sweet) using the stove and ingredients a local cook has gathered. It's hands-on: you're not watching a demonstration, you're making the thing. Tropical fruits and green tea come after, and you sit in a hammock by the river before a final visit to a floating house. The whole experience wraps around 11:30 AM.
Two tour options let you choose your timing and group size. The morning group option departs early and includes the floating market. The private option offers the same itinerary but on your schedule. An afternoon option skips Cai Rang and starts later if you prefer to sleep in. All three include the cooking session, the guide, and the meals.
Is this one for you?Book the morning group option if you want the full Mekong experience (market, villages, cooking) at a shared pace with other travelers. Choose the private option if your group prefers its own schedule and guide. Pick the afternoon departure if an early start doesn't work for you and you're willing to skip the floating market.
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Top questions
What languages is the tour guided in?
Live guide in English and Vietnamese.
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Youth (6 to 17 years); Child (1 to 5 years).
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 exactly do I cook in the Bánh Khọt class?
Bánh Khọt are traditional steamed leaf cakes (savory, not sweet), and you make them on a clay stove using local ingredients. The cooking happens in a riverside hut after the market and village walk, and it's a hands-on session, not a demonstration.
Does the tour really start at Cai Rang Floating Market?
Yes, the morning group and private options both begin with a sunrise boat trip to Cai Rang Floating Market, where your guide explains the trading scene and how the market works. You eat breakfast on the boat (Hủ Tiếu, Bánh Mì, or a vegetarian option) before moving on to the village walk and cooking class. The afternoon option skips the market and starts later.
What's included in the price?
The tour includes an English-speaking guide, boat transport to the floating market, breakfast on the boat, entrance to the market, the hands-on cooking class, tropical fruits, Vietnamese coffee and tea, and time in a traditional hut. You'll also visit a floating house before the day ends.
How long does the whole experience take?
The tour runs about 6 to 7 hours from start to finish, wrapping around 11:30 AM. This gives you time for the market, the village walk, the cooking session, and a rest in a hammock by the river.
Can I book this as a private tour instead of a group?
Yes. A private option is available at checkout with the same itinerary (floating market, village walk, cooking class, and all inclusions), but on your own schedule and with your own group instead of joining others.
Is the afternoon option the same cooking class?
The afternoon option includes the Bánh Khọt cooking class, the village walk, tropical fruits, tea, and a visit to a floating house, but it skips Cai Rang Floating Market and starts later in the day if you prefer not to wake before dawn.
Can Tho cooking class: Bánh Khọt & Cai Rang Market
6h–7h · EN +1
from US$ 32.20 per person
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