Vietnam · Boating

2-Day Mekong Delta with Cai Cang Floating Market from HCM City

2 Days Round trip from Ho Chi Minh City Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Visit Cai Rang Floating Market in Can Tho
  • 02 Cruise the Mekong waterways by boat and sampan
  • 03 See local workshops producing rice paper, rice wine, and coconut candy
  • 04 Enjoy tropical fruits, honey tea, and traditional folk songs
  • 05 Cycle around village paths and orchard countryside
  • 06 Optional kayaking and time to relax by the river
  • 07 Visit Bang Lang Stork Garden, one of the Mekong Delta’s major bird sanctuaries
  • 08 Includes 1 night in a 4-star hotel or optional home-stay

Discover the waterways, villages, and floating-market culture of the Mekong Delta on this 2-day journey from Ho Chi Minh City. Travel through Cai Be, Vinh Long, and Can Tho to experience life along the river, from traditional cottage industries and orchard gardens to sampan rides through mangroves and visits to one of the delta’s best-known bird sanctuaries.

Along the way, enjoy local meals, tropical fruits, folk music, and hands-on activities including cycling and kayaking. An early visit to Cai Rang Floating Market adds a lively finale, with boat traffic, riverside production workshops, and countryside scenery offering a memorable glimpse into daily life in southern Vietnam.

You will be led to a local orchard garden to enjoy some tropical season fruits, listening to traditional folk songs.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 2 Days
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access No
Cities Can Tho, My Tho, Ho Chi Minh, Cai Be, Vinh Long, Mekong Delta
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

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Day 01

CaiBe – Vinh Long- Bang Lang Stork Garden-Can Tho (B/L..)At 6:30, We take a 1,5-hour bus to My Tho. Breakfast is included. Make a quick stop at Kimmy Chocolate, Southern’s largest handcrafted chocolate manufacturer, in Tien Giang. Upon arriving in Cai Be, you will learn about how the Delta is the agricultural heart of southern Vietnam, one of the most important fishing regions in all of Vietnam, and more importantly, you will know how life on the boat is. Next, you will land on the local village to see how local people make some traditional products like Pop rice cake, rice wine, rice paper, sticky, toffee-like coconut candy. Heading back to the water to cross a large river to a beautiful island then we will take a skinny sampan boat through fruit orchards and mangroves, water coconut leaves. You will be led to a local orchard garden to enjoy some tropical season fruits, listening to traditional folk songs. Crossing over a Monkey Bridge, visit a bee farm and have a taste of honey tea, honey wine. It’s just how things are here, in a place where tourism is swiftly becoming an important industry of its own. Lunch is served at a local leaf-roof restaurant nearby where they will bring you out delicious fresh spring rolls, whole grilled fish, curries, rice, fresh fruit, and more. You will then take a rest or take KAYAK for a while or ride a Bike Cycle around the village. We shall then leave Cai Be for Bang Lang stork garden, in Thot Not district, 60 kilometers from Can Tho city, one of the biggest bird sanctuaries in Mekong delta. Bang Lang stork garden has become an attractive eco-tourism site in Can Tho City. Thousands of birds on the bamboo tree could be seen from 16:00 to 16:30 pm as the birds return home. From here, the van shall take 01 hours to your hotel/(Home-stay Optional) checking in. Free time to explore Can Tho at nightOvernight in Hotel. Home-stay is Optional

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Day 02

Can Tho – Cai Rang Floating Market – Ho Chi Minh City (B/L..)After breakfast, we shall pick you up at 06:30 for an early floating market trip. It takes about 40 minutes to get to Cai Rang floating market, the largest floating market on Mekong River. you’ll have a chance to board a merchant boat. our boat goes on to reach a noodle and a rice paper factory and another 10-minute boat ride shall take you to a fruit orchard where we will have 30 minutes of biking around the countryside. Tropical fruits and tea, together with the fishing activity shall be the next part to recharge after the biking time. 11:00 back Ho Chi Minh, we will have lunch at the biggest beautiful restaurant in Mekong Delta.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Ho Chi Minh City 6 cities · 2 Days

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Lunch
  • Breakfast
  • All entrance fees, Boat trips, bicycle, and kayaking
  • Speaking - English guide, Brand New Minivan, Drinking water
  • 1 night in 4 stars hotel or Home-stay (home-stay dinner included)

What's Not Included

  • Personal costs, Travel insurance, Tip (no mandatory)

Know before you go

  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • INFANT SEATS AVAILABLE
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not stroller accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Our guide and van will be at your hotel lobby between 07:30–08:00 AM. Pick-up order is arranged for the most efficient route and timing.
  • If your hotel is not listed or is outside our pickup zone, please let us know. We'll provide an alternative meeting point that works for both sides.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Ho Chi Minh City, VN
Tour start
Ho Chi Minh City, VN
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 2 days finish where they began, in Ho Chi Minh City.

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