From Ho Chi Minh: Cai Rang Famous Floating Market in Can Tho – Southern Vietnam, Vietnam

EXPERIENCE

Cai Rang floating market is a spontaneous market, one of the most famous and largest floating markets in the Mekong Delta and completely different from other floating markets in the Mekong Delta. From early morning, countless boats and sampans will gather here, making the whole area more lively and splendid than ever. When you come here, you can explore the agricultural life of the locals and how they trade goods directly from boat to boat.
05:00 VN Bike Tour tour guide will pick you up at the hotel. We will have a light breakfast in a private car. On the way to the Mekong Delta, you can also see the endless green or yellow rice fields on both sides of the road.
After about 3 hours driving from Saigon, we arrived at Cai Rang Floating Market, Can Tho city.
Then, we took a private boat to visit Cai Rang Floating Market, one of the most famous and largest floating markets in the Mekong Delta. From early morning, countless boats and sampans will gather here, making the whole area more lively and splendid than ever. While the big boats are filled with agricultural products and specialties such as vegetables, grapefruit, coconuts, bananas, watermelon, dragon fruit, and rambutan, the small boats mainly focus on selling food, coffee, snacks, and Vietnamese noodles. , soft drinks… for breakfast. It would be a pity if you couldn’t stop by and buy things here.
Then our tour guide will take you to some traditional workshops. You have a great time learning how the locals make Hu Tieu. Talented chef – Gordon Ramsay once exclaimed that the bowl of vermicelli he ate at Cai Rang floating market had the best broth he had ever tasted.
At 11:00, leaving Can Tho city, we went to Cai Be (Tien Giang Province) to participate in a cooking class.
Joining the cooking class, you will participate in the cooking class to learn how to make traditional Vietnamese dishes, clearly feeling the peace, simplicity, and rusticity in the daily life of Vietnamese people. Mekong people; Furthermore, maybe you will find out different local flavors even in Vietnam.
After enjoying a delicious lunch cooked by yourself, it is the ideal time for you to lie down in the comfortable hammocks under the shade of tropical fruit trees to recharge your energy.
You’ll never forget those precious moments cycling through car-free village roads lined with tropical fruits and ornamental gardens, as well as visiting some nearby craft workshops to appreciate more. about the real Mekong atmosphere.
Next, we relax on a rowing boat and go through the mangrove palm canal to feel the truly peaceful atmosphere of the Mekong Delta, even knowing more about the lifestyle of the locals while joking joke with the friendly female boatmen. Besides, it’s time to enjoy the melodies of Southern folk music.
03:30 pm return to Saigon and end Cai Rang Can Tho Floating Market 1 Day

HIGHLIGHTS

Cycling through village roads to feel the poetry
Join the cooking class to learn how to prepare and cook the traditional food
Watch the large boats filled with vegetables and fruits doing a lively trade
Enjoy breakfast at a floating market at dawn
Experience shopping on a boat

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