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Ho Chi Minh: Mekong Delta Cai Be Floating Market Day Tour

3.7  / 53 reviews
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Private tour
Ho Chi Minh: Mekong Delta Cai Be Floating Market Day Tour
3.7  / 53 reviews

Enjoy this full-day trip from Saigon and visit the ever-so-popular Cai Be floating Market in the Mekong Delta. See the daily activities of the local people and enjoy a ride on a hand–rowing sampans as you travel along the small canals.

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Duration 10 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Pickup included
Pickup is available from centrally-located hotels in Ho Chi Minh City. If your hotel is outside the selected area, you must make your own way to the meeting point( 17 Thu Khoa Huan, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1).
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Experience

Highlights

  • See the Cai Be floating market
  • Ride a bike, taste fruits, and learn about local life via your guide
  • Visit family-run businesses of the local people
  • View a home-cooking demonstration

Full description

Begin the tour with pickup from your Ho Chi Minh District 1 accommodation, from where you will make the journey to the Mekong Cái Bè small floating market. For those with just a short amount of time, this trip provides an overview of typical Vietnam. On the way, see the green paddy fields stretching towards the horizon, as your drive for 3 hours. After arrival in Cai Be, board a boat for some exploration of the lush vegetation of the Mekong Delta. Encounter the lively little floating-market buyers as they bargain. Following that, take a rowing boat ride through a maze of shady canals to arrive at a local orchard. Once there, enjoy tropical local fruits and witness the handicrafts and daily activities of the local people in the village. Then, stop for a lunch break at the orchard fruit garden. From there, enjoy riding a bicycle to the villages, sightseeing, or relaxing on a hammock. At the conclusion of your experience, you will continue on your boat to a land market before being returned to Ho Chi Minh.

Includes

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (from centrally located hotels only)
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Experienced English-speaking guide
  • Boat trips, rowing boat, and bicycle
  • Lunch set menu
  • Mineral water, wet tissue, cake
  • Travel Insurance
  • Other things not clearly mentioned in the included list

Not suitable for

  • People with back problems

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Important information

What to bring

  • Camera
  • Comfortable clothes
  • Cash

Not allowed

  • Pets
  • Unaccompanied minors

Know before you go

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Vegetarian options are available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • This tour is free for children under 5 years of age (parents will be responsible for handling any costs which arise during the tour)

Customer reviews

Overall rating

3.7 /5

based on 3 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4/5
  • Transportation
    4.3/5
  • Value for money
    3.7/5

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GetYourGuide traveler March 1, 2020  – Verified booking
I advise against this tour. The main reason: the title is very misleading in terms of activities. The Floating Market is shown on a roughly 20 minute boat ride (at least with English commentary). However, practically nothing happens on this market, since all trading activities and thus the exciting part take place in the early morning, but you only arrive at this market in the afternoon. But that's not all: on this tour you will always be taken to stalls and sales shows - really like a bad coffee trip. All other activities (bike tour, boat tour, lunch, local musicians) are rather below average. All in all, also with regard to the long time there and back, I cannot imagine that this tour really makes someone happy. GetyourGuide usually offers a lot of good tours, unfortunately this is not one of them.
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Kristine February 1, 2020  – Verified booking
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Basel – United StatesJanuary 30, 2020  – Verified booking
It was a great adventure, the guide is the best, his name is “Canh” he is the best guide i had so far, fun, experienced. Would definitely recommend this tour
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Product ID: 341796

Activity provider:KIM TRAVEL

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