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Cai Be Floating Market - Mekong Delta 1 Day Tour

Cai Be Floating Market is a famous market in Mekong Delta. Here the Tien River forms the border between Tien Giang, Vinh Long and Ben Tre Provinces. Every day, hundreds of boats filled with fruits, vegetables and other products anchor along the banks of the river, waiting for traders and customers. The place is picturesque, and the trade is hot and fun.

Option 1: Saigon - Cai Be Floating Market 1 Day Tour

Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at 07:00AM at your hotel in the center of Ho Chi Minh City for our drive to Cai Be, where we board our private boat for a cruise through the busy Cai Be floating market. We then make a stop to visit some local cottage industries such as the coconut candy workshop, learn how to make puffed-rice, puff-corn, or witnessing the process of making rice paper. Continuing with our cruise through the maze of canals the criss-cross the An Binh island, we land at Mr. Ba Kiet old house. Here we can enjoy devouring the fresh tropical fruits of the Delta, while having a short traditional music show performed by local artists. Lunch at a local garden restaurant.

After lunch, we have a short walk around the island to see how the people here make their living and enjoying their life. We carry on to a Nursery garden, where you can see most of the Delta fruits seedlings. The final point of visit will be a Brick & pottery kiln. Drive back to Ho Chi Minh City. Tour ends at your hotel at around 18:00.

Tour Includes:

• Local English speaking guide, other language speaking tour guides are available on request.
• Entrance fees during guided time
• Transfers & transport with air-condition
• Private boat cruise in Mekong River
• Lunch in a local restaurant

Tour Excludes:

• Accommodation in Saigon - This is available on request
• Personal expense such as telephone, drinks…
• Tips and gratitude,...
• Others note mentioned in the tour program

Option 2: Saigon - Cai Be Floating Market - Vinh Long Tour 1 Day

Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel at 07:00 for departure. Start early in the morning for our drive to Cai Be, where we board our private boat for a cruise through the busy Cai Be floating market. We then make a stop to visit some local cottage industries such as the coconut candy workshop, learn how to make puffed-rice, puff-corn, or witnessing the process of making rice paper. Continuing with our cruise through the maze of canals the criss-cross the An Binh island, we land at Mr. Ba Kiet old house. Here we can enjoy devouring the fresh tropical fruits of the Delta, while having a short traditional music show performed by local artists. Lunch at a local garden restaurant.

After lunch, we have a short walk around the island to see how the people here make their living and enjoying their life. We carry on to a Nursery garden, where you can see most of the Delta fruits seedlings. The final point of visit will be a Brick & pottery kiln. Drive back from Vinh Long town to Ho Chi Minh. Arrive at around 18:00. Tour ends at your hotel in Saigon.

Tour Includes:

• Local English speaking guide, other language speaking tour guides are available on request.
• Entrance fees during guided time
• Transfers & transport with air-condition
• Private boat cruise in Mekong River
• Lunch & Water during the trip

Tour Excludes:

• Accommodation in Saigon - This is avaiable on request
• Personal expense such as telephone, laundry,...
• Tips and gratitude,...
• Others note mentioned in the tour program

Length of the trip: 1 day
Trip Starts from: Ho Chi Minh City
Trip Ends in: Ho Chi Minh City

Tour Price: Rates vary frequently. Please Contact Us to get the best possible price based upon your travel period, group size and specific touring needs.

Cai Be Foating Market Information:

Cai Be, one of the many well-known floating markets in the western region of southern Vietnam was formed in the Nguyen Dynasty in the 19th century. The Cai Be Floating Market is always busy, bearing all the characteristics of the locals’ life in the western region.

All the goods are transported to the market by rafts and boats. The floating market lies in the Tien River, adjacent to three provinces of Tien Giang, Vinh Long and Ben Tre.

The market is divided into two parts: buying and selling places. Rafts and boats are anchored along the two sides of the river for kilometres. From the floating market, goods are shifted for selling at inland markets or small boats take them for delivery along canals in the Plain of Reeds.

From three 3 am in the early morning, rafts and boats are crowded because Cai Be is one of the biggest wholesale markets in the region. Traders live on the river and some link their lives with boats like their mobile house for generations. Cai Be seems to be an inseparable part of their daily lives.

On each boat, goods are hung on poles that are called dialectically “cay beo”. Hundreds of such poles point the sky wards. Boats also operate like “taxis,” very convenient for tourists around the region.

Along the criss crossing canals, people in the Plain of Reeds take not only goods of each countryside to the Cai Be Floating Market but also their unique cultural characteristics, creating such a beautiful river painting.