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Mekong Delta Explore Cai Rang and Phong Dien Floating Market

Name: Mekong Delta Explore Cai Rang and Phong Dien Floating Market
Brand: Winter Spring Homestay
SKU: 115555P2
Price: 45.00 USD
Rating: 5.0 (154 reviews)

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Mekong Delta Explore Cai Rang and Phong Dien Floating Market small group

From $45.00

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

7 hours
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

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Overview

This Mekong Delta day trip is perfect for travelers interested in local food and scenic views. Take the stress out of navigating by having hotel pickup and drop-off included. Visit two floating markets, and enjoy a tasty Vietnamese breakfast on the Mekong river. It’s a great overview of local food experiences, as you’ll also visit a bakery, a noodle factory, and a fruit garden.

Go to two floating markets in a day—Cai Rang, and Phong Dien
Avoid the hassle of transport planning with door-to-door transfers included
No need to eat beforehand—a tasty Vietnamese breakfast is included
Perfect for foodies—visit a fruit garden, a noodle factory, and a bakery

What's Included

Pick up and bring back your hotel
Breakfast
All tickets and enjoy fruits seasonal on floating and fruit gardens.
Local guides speaking English
Fruit / snacks
Admin: Winter Spring Homestay / Winter Spring Tours

Meeting and Pickup

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Start time

05:00 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

- We offer pick up from hotels in center of Can Tho at 5:00AM (free) - If your hotel is not on the list, please write down name of hotel and address - If you stay in Ho Chi Minh city, it's an extra charge (round trip by limousine /minivan) please contact us in advance before you book tour. we will confirm through whatsapp, phone, email... - We also meet traveller at Winter Spring Ninh Kieu Quay - 22B Le Thanh Ton st, Ninh Kieu Dist, Can Tho.

What To Expect

Cai Rang Floating Market

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Rice Noodles Pizza Sau Hoai

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Phong Dien Floating Market

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps

Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Belinda_S

Was a wonderful tour, the floating markets were awesome but my highlight was going through the small canals; so beautiful. Our tour guide Trinh was very friendly and knowledgable. Would recommend!

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Fascinating Trip along the Mekong Delta

Vincent_C, Mar 2024

Lovely trip along the Mekong Delta River, fascinating to see another way of life. It's quite a journey to get to the Phong Dien floating market but its great to watch the sunrise and have breakfast amongst the local traders. On the return leg you get to see the Cia Rang floating market. This is away of life that is slowly diminishing. You should see before it disappears. Our tour guide Nhu Y Le was was fulll local information along the tour. Would highly recommend.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thank you so much for your highly recommend. We will tell our guide (Ms Nhu Y) about your nice review. Best regards! Vu Lang host at Winter Spring Homestay .com P: +84907040033 (Whatsapp, zalo...) M: vulang@winterspring.com.vn A1: 75 Ung Van Khiem, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho A2: 14 Tran Dai Nghia, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho

Maybe we wouldn’t do it again…

Ocane_R, Feb 2024

The guide is very lovely and she really did her best for us to have an amazing moment, she took a lot of pictures for us and shared many information. She is a very good guide. The boat and the driver were also excellent. The breakfast on the boat is a nice experience. Nice to discover how to cut rice noddles and cocoa farm. The bad point of the experience is not made by the tour but the Mekong by itself… it’s extremely polluted, you will not see fish but plastic floating everywhere. It was very heartbreaking to see that much pollution. We saw a man throwing fish in the river, then a plastic bag and the big plastic jar where the fish were… Extremely sad to see how people are not aware of the impact of this behaviour. Not the tour fault but we didn’t have any pleasure to see this disaster. Maybe a « bad » point for the tour has been to put the elderly at the back of the boat, my mom struggled to go on top of the two bench before she could reach her seat many times during the tour.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

The government has tried a lot in recent times to protect the Mekong River, We will join hands for that. Thank you very much Best regards! Vu Lang host at Winter Spring Homestay .com P: +84907040033 (Whatsapp, zalo...) M: vulang@winterspring.com.vn A1: 75 Ung Van Khiem, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho A2: 14 Tran Dai Nghia, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho

Floating fantasies

Lisa_M, Feb 2024

Excellent tour. Informative, interesting, so much to see & explore. Loved the variety of activities included.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thank you so much for your highly recommend. We will tell our guide about your nice review. Best regards! Vu Lang host at Winter Spring Homestay .com P: +84907040033 (Whatsapp, zalo...) M: vulang@winterspring.com.vn A1: 75 Ung Van Khiem, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho A2: 14 Tran Dai Nghia, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho

Amazing and authentic time

Thomas_V, Feb 2024

An was an amazing guide, providing us very worthy information about people’s life in Mekong delta and traditionnel daily life. Wake up is quite early but it’s definitely worth it!

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thank you so much for your highly recommend. We will tell our guide ( An ) about your nice review. Best regards! Vu Lang host at Winter Spring Homestay .com P: +84907040033 (Whatsapp, zalo...) M: vulang@winterspring.com.vn A1: 75 Ung Van Khiem, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho A2: 14 Tran Dai Nghia, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho

Floating markets - go early and choose a smaller boat to experience your outing

Joanne_M, Feb 2024

Interaction with the floating market vendors was most special. They made us coffee, a delicious Vietnamese soup and we bought some great banana chips. Appreciated our guide Anh and her boat driver for making this day a most memorable one. We saw both floating markets, toured the back canals and saw people going about their everyday life, visited a rice noodle factory and on our way back, thanks to our guide, we were able to embark and visit three floating boats and share some fruit with them while sitting on a mat. A special day indeed but recommend you start early. We left at 4:50 am.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Amazing

Tabitha_S, Jan 2024

We had Trinh as our tourguide, she was so generous and told us a lot about the markets! Furthermore we could try lots of food. We had an amazing time

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Thank you so much for your highly recommend. We will tell our guide Trinh about your nice review. Best regards! Vu Lang host at Winter Spring Homestay .com P: +84907040033 (Whatsapp, zalo...) M: vulang@winterspring.com.vn A1: 75 Ung Van Khiem, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho A2: 14 Tran Dai Nghia, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho

Interesting tour in a relaxed small group setting

Bernd_P, Jan 2024

Excellent trip with guide Trinh. Good communication before the day of the tour, pick-up on time, small group (5+guide+boat driver), excellent boat driver, good explanations and atmosphere for the whole group, relaxed atmosphere while visiting all the places. Thank you for a nice tour on the rivers and canals at Can Tho :-)

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Local, authentic, and beautiful!

DeSheng_H, Jan 2024

Our tour guide was excellent and even took us on a mini food tour afterwards. We really appreciated the extra hospitality. This tour was by far the most local feeling tour so I would definitely recommend it if you want to get to know what local life for merchants on the floating markets.

Response from Host, Jan 2024

An experience not to be missed!

Tracy_S, Jan 2024

We loved our tour of the Mekong Delta floating markets. While it was a very early pick-up, it was worth it as we got to see the sunrise from the boat. The floating market was better than imagined and the Phong Dien market was exactly what we wanted to experience, we even got to eat a hu tieu breakfast that was delicious on our boat! A treat at the end was to visit a fruit farm and experience the fresh fruit of the region. Truly an experience not to be missed!

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Disappointed by the experience offered

Louis_C, Jan 2024

Visit to two floating markets, a noodle factory (disappointing not to see people working there, but simply a store to sell noodles).The activity is announced for 7 hours but in reality you can count on 5 hours. On the boat (6 people) it was very difficult to hear the guide's comments, unfortunately. In summary, your hotel will offer you essentially the same tour but less expensive which could be more interesting for you.

Response from Host, Jan 2024

It's unfortunate that your trip was not appreciated. Our trip was actually about 7 hours (including free hotel pick up and drop off time) Your hotel is very far from the center, but it is close to Phong Dien Floating Market (first attraction), so it took us nearly 1 hour to pick you up at your hotel. So your trip is shorter than other guests. We will try to improve our trips to bring our customers the best experiences. Best regards! Vu Lang host at Winter Spring Homestay .com P: +84907040033 (Whatsapp, zalo...) M: vulang@winterspring.com.vn A: 14 Tran Dai Nghia, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho

The full experience as family

Robert_B, Dec 2023

What an amazing experience getting to see and love the experience of the Boat people and markets. The day didn’t stop there we had fish farms and learning how to cook and make items seem at markets. Our guide Như Ý Lê was unbelievable treating us like family. Showing us how things are done and explained why. Highly recommend this Tour, tour group and guide Như Ý Lê. Well done and thank you for looking after us

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Thank you so much for your highly recommend. We will tell our guide Nhu Y about your nice review. Best regards! Vu Lang host at Winter Spring Homestay .com P: +84907040033 (Whatsapp, zalo...) M: vulang@winterspring.com.vn A: 14 Tran Dai Nghia, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho

Perfect Mekong experience

HaticeUlkem_F, Dec 2023

Our guide Nga was very nice. The fact that it was a little boat was good because we did the little canals which are better than the big river. Taking breakfast on the boat in Phong Diem was an experience very nice.

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Thank you so much for your highly recommend. We will tell our guide (Nga) about your nice review. Best regards! Vu Lang host at Winter Spring Homestay .com P: +84907040033 (Whatsapp, zalo...) M: vulang@winterspring.com.vn A: 14 Tran Dai Nghia, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho

Not good

Charlotte_M, Nov 2023

We did not realise that to get to the Delta from central Saigon took so long and was soo expensive when we booked the trip. It added another 2million vnd ie over 50 percent to the cost . The company were late picking us up at their suggested time of 2.45am and so we only made the floating market for about 10 mins and missed the boat ride to get there, as they took us most of the way by car to try and remedy the situation. It took nearly 7 and a half hours driving, although we had a nice , non English speaking driver. The loo stop was very basic , worst in 3 weeks of travelling in Vietnam. We are really after a refund of some type

Response from Host, Nov 2023

We are very sorry for your negative experience with the trip. We would like to give many reasons as follows: - This trip departs from Can Tho city (5:00 a.m). We have a public note: If you are staying in Ho Chi Minh city, there will be an additional transfer fee, please contact us before booking the tour. - When you have booked the tour, we will also quickly inform you that the pick-up in HCM is 1,900,000 VND (HCMC to Can Tho is 170km, 2-way transfer by car). - After many options you have agreed to a pick up time of 2:45 am. - However, 6 hours and 30 minutes before departure time, i.e. 7:43 p.m., you sent a message (whatsapp) asking to cancel the shuttle service because you found a Taxi for 1,800,000 VND and made an appointment with us at the pick-up point. meet. We happily accepted and provided the meeting point information as well as the guide's phone number. - But at 2:45 a.m. (We were sleeping), you sent us a text message and asked us to pick you up at the hotel (Ho Chi Minh). Our tour guide received the information and called us, and we called the car to pick you up in 15 minutes, even though we were picking up other guests. - We have handled many issues but always want to bring the best experience to our customers. No matter what the reason, we organized the trip very well but maybe you two were not satisfied. for many reasons. - Many customers have chosen to start their trip from Ho Chi Minh City to avoid having to stay overnight in the Mekong. But we also request our guests contact us to advance. Thank you so much.

Perfect Mekong River Morning

Dan_A, Nov 2023

One of the best cultural experiences I’ve ever had. Toby was a delightful guide and very energetic and helpful who clearly loved what he does. I highly recommend this opportunity to understand the Mekong River life.

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Welcome to Can Tho. Thank you so much for your highly recommend. We will tell our guide about your nice review. Best regards! Vu Lang host at Winter Spring Homestay .com P: +84907040033 (Whatsapp, zalo...) M: vulang@winterspring.com.vn A: 22B Le Thanh Ton, Ninh Kieu Wharf, Can Tho

A must when in Can Tho

Paige_B, Nov 2023

Was amazing from start to finish, the noodle soup for breakfast at Phong Dien floating market was a highlight for me, lots of food given throughout the tour and all was very good. A very relaxing and scenic cruise, couldn’t fault the boats person skills and our tour guide was very knowledgeable and made sure we had a great time.

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Amazing tour, very cheap definitely recommended

James_H, Sep 2023

Early pick up from the hotel, quick walk to the river where we boarded a small boat just for us. Watched the sun rise whilst learning about the history of the area from our super helpful guide. Food was fantastic and had plenty of fruit and drinks. Highly recommended

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Welcome to Can Tho. Thank you so much for your highly recommend. We will tell the guide about your nice review. Best regards! Vu Lang host at Winter Spring Homestay .com P: +84907040033 (Whatsapp, zalo...) M: vulang@winterspring.com.vn A: 22B Le Thanh Ton, Ninh Kieu Wharf, Can Tho

Great tour with Ms Trinh

Joshua_G, Aug 2023

Great tour visiting two floating markets, a nice ride up a small canal, fresh fruit at a dragon fruit farm, and making rice noodles. Ms Trinh was a great guide with lots of information to share.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Welcome to Can Tho. Thank you so much for your highly recommend. We will tell Ms Trinh about your nice review. Best regards! Vu Lang host at Winter Spring Homestay P: +84907040033 (Whatsapp, zalo...) M: vulang@winterspring.com.vn A: 22B Le Thanh Ton, Ninh Kieu Wharf, Can Tho

Unbelievably good tour, do early morning its worth it

Alex_O, Aug 2023

Honestly the greatest tour I've ever been on. We did the private tour with Ms Trinh who knows all about the local area and environment. Highly recommend this, especially the early morning start as it is worth it for the 6:30am breakfast on the floating markets. Ms Trinh was super attentive and we felt like the tour gave us more than what we paid for. We really loved the experience especially because everything felt really local and authentic. The breakfast was unreal!

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Be careful of weather conditions.

Brian_R, Aug 2023

We had to leave Ho Chi Minh City at 2.30am only to find due to weather the floating market was closed. A long round trip not to experience the reason for going.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

We sincerely apologize that the weather in Can Tho has affected your experience. We hope that you can understand this adverse condition. Thank you so much for traveling to Viet Nam and the Mekong delta. Vu Lang host at Winter Spring Homestay P: +84907040033 (Whatsapp, zalo...) M: vulang@winterspring.com.vn A: 22B Le Thanh Ton, Ninh Kieu Wharf, Can Tho

Non-touristy experience on the Mekong Delta

Niels_V, Jun 2023

We were picked up at 4:20 am at our hotel in order to visit the Phong Điền floating market early in the morning. It took a 2 hour boat drive to get there. It's a small floating market with approx 10 boats of local people, where you are the only tourist and you have a delicious noodle soup breakfast. Afterwards we visited a local dragonfruit farm as well as a rice noodle factory. As a last stop, we visited the Cái Răng floating market on our way back. Our tour guide Trinh was wonderful. She was very friendly, excited and provided us with lots of information. It was sometimes difficult to understand her due to the noise of the boat engine, but we could always ask to repeat what she said. Additionally, Trinh arranged all buying and trading, included in the tour package, so that you don't need to feel obliged to buy stuff on the markets. Overall, a very non-touristy experience which was well worth waking up early for!

Response from Host, Jun 2023