The market is the main biggest wholesale floating market near Can Tho where hundreds of boats carrying much of goods exchange throughout the area every day. The boats are laden with fresh fruit and vegetables. A variety of colors come from fruit, vegetables, traders, tourists creates a large stunning painting across the green murky waters. To join in the market, tourists should go there early in the morning (as early as 5:30 am), and come back through the small tributaries to Can Tho river about 3-4 hours.

Make sure that you book a small boat at Ninh Kieu pier or from local tour agents to go through the small canals where the big ones cannot navigate. Prices are negotiable and depend on the length of Mekong Delta daily tours.

Cai Rang floating market- Can Tho (Best time to visit this market at 05.00 am)

Option to visit  Cai Rang Floating market:

• 05:00 AM, our guide & car driver will pick you up from your hotel & transfer to the boat for embarking.
• Arrive to Cai Rang floating market – a must thing to see in Can Tho. Your guide will explain things about the history of the market, the local river life. Enjoy the tour with the freshest pineapple on the floating boat and say GOOD MORNING VIETNAM! GOOD MORNING MEKONG!
• Explore small canals and your guide will share a lot of information about the region and local life.
• Visit the friendly family’s traditional noodle house. You’ll be impressed by the colorful noodles, and how fascinating the noodles are made by local. The family will serve you the yummy noodle pizza made by the owner’s wife…
• The 2,800-hectare forest is an ideal destination for nature lovers. Explore and weave in the untouched wetland of Mekong delta by boat gives the best experience the wildlife and nature.
• Arrive to the forest & wetland conservation. The tour guide then helps you with boat ticket. Take a lovely walk to the boat station. Enjoy the wonderful boat trip in the nature, see and pose a lot of native birds (seasonal) along the boat trip. Then, get to the 25-meter observation tower to enjoy the fascinating view over the wetland forest and the stunning rice fields. (about one hour in the forest).
• Visit the organic cacao farm where the guide will tell you interesting stories about cacao and Mr. Cacao and how to make chocolates, wines, cosmetics…Have a glass of cacao milk and can taste cacao wine.
• 12:00 PM, finish the tour in Can Tho City.

 >> Boat rental for Cai Rang Floating Market around 30-35 USD/ private boat for 3 hours/ 2ways (like the boat you see at above picture)