Cai Be River Tour From Can Tho 1 Day
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  • Can Tho, Cai Be, Vinh Long, Can Tho
  • By Vemekong
08:00 AM – 04:00 PM Car, boat, sampan, lunch Up to 10pax Cai Be River Tour English speaking guide Veggie-friendly

Cai Be – Vinh Long is a convenient destination between Can Tho & HCMC. Enjoy the amazing mighty Mekong river full day boat trip. Learn about homemade coconut candy in the village, Pop-rice, rice wine. Discover the giant beehive kilns. Experience the rowing sampan in small canals.

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Highlights
Pickup from Can Tho, drop off in Can Tho Explore Mekong River & have lunch on the islet Visit the amazing brick & pottery kilns Enjoy the rowing sampan & small canal Unlock the village for coco candy & pop rice
Itinerary
  • Pick-up
    The car driver (no tour guide) will pick you up from your hotel in Can Tho City and transfer to Cai Be boat station (about 10:00 AM) where your tour guide will greet and welcome you for embarking the boat.
  • Coconut cand & pop rice
    Arrive in Cai Be, start the Mekong boat trip from there. Discover the village, house on stilts. Then, keep cruising and visiting a local workshop, there are things to see such as coconut candy producing process (very kid-friendly), pop rice, rice wine, snake wine...Enjoying free samples of local specialties and discovering daily activities of the local Mekong people.
  • Cai Be Floating Market (about 10 boats after Covid)
    The boat continues on reaching the island for enjoying Vietnamese traditional music (Đàn Ca Tài Tử - A folk art form from Southern Vietnam accredited by UNESCO in 2013 as - Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity). Your boat trip also passes by Cai Be floating market but it has already disappeared after Covid (now Cai Be floating market has about 10 boats only, it will be great to see the beautiful Can Tho floating market on the next day).
  • The rowing sampan and small canals
    Leave the big boat behind for a while. Let’s experience the rowing sampan (with the locals) and a small canal on Tan Phong Islet. A must photo of Mekong featured with the sampan.
  • Lunch in the garden
    Home-cooked lunch is served and included in the garden on the islet (set Menu included elephant ear fish).
  • Vinh Long pottery kilns
    After lunch, take a boat ride along the mighty Mekong river to Vinh Long and stop for a visit at the amazing traditional brick kiln and pottery.
  • End the boat tour in Vinh Long & take the car back to hotel in Can Tho
    Disembark in Vinh Long where your car driver (no tour guide) waits for you there and picks you up for Can Tho city. End the tour in Can Tho around 04:00 PM.
  • P/s
    We can provide you a transfer service from Vinh Long to Ho Chi Minh city or other provinces in Mekong Delta
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105 reviews on “Cai Be River Tour From Can Tho 1 Day

  1. Jakob Stein. from Austria said:
    Verified ✓
    From River to Heart

    Danh had a way of making everything feel personal — he told stories, not facts. As we floated past river homes and visited the candy workshop, we saw the Mekong Delta not as tourists but as welcome guests. My favorite part was the traditional music — sincere and raw. The garden lunch was simple and filled with love. The brick kilns were surprisingly fascinating. This day felt honest, immersive, and incredibly well-paced.

  2. Emilie Fontaine. from France said:
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    Touched by the Spirit of the River

    What a soulful journey this was. David guided us through every step with gentle kindness. I especially appreciated the cultural immersion — watching how locals make coconut candy and rice wine, hearing the old folk music that my grandmother used to hum when I was little. Even though the Cai Be market is now small, it felt personal, intimate. The rowing sampan was peaceful — it gave me space to reflect and absorb the stillness. Lunch was divine, and the pottery kiln stop at the end was such a lovely surprise. I’ll remember this tour for the peace it gave me.

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