Cai Be River Tour From Can Tho 1 Day
- ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 110 reviews
- 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.
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
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Pick-upThe 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.
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Coconut cand & pop riceArrive 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.
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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).
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The rowing sampan and small canalsLeave 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.
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Lunch in the gardenHome-cooked lunch is served and included in the garden on the islet (set Menu included elephant ear fish).
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Vinh Long pottery kilnsAfter 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.
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End the boat tour in Vinh Long & take the car back to hotel in Can ThoDisembark 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.
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P/sWe can provide you a transfer service from Vinh Long to Ho Chi Minh city or other provinces in Mekong Delta
from $89pp
from $89pp
Contact for reservation/support
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Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo+84939888559
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Emailhello@vemekong.com
Guest photos
Better to know
A/C car and experienced driver
English speaking tour guide
Authentic lunch, boat & sampan (small boat)
Water 500ml/pax & entrance fees
Pick up from/to the hotel in Can Tho City by car
Others expense
Compulsory insurance
Gratuities
Guest reviews
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There’s something special about a day spent floating through the Mekong, where everything slows down and the outside world fades a bit. This tour from Cai Be to Vinh Long gave me that rare stillness, and it was all beautifully guided by Lam, who added depth and warmth to every stop along the way.
Lam greeted us at the boat station with sincere enthusiasm. His style of guiding felt more like storytelling than lecturing, and I loved how he weaved personal experiences into the cultural explanations. Our first stop at the local workshop was surprisingly fun—watching how pop rice and coconut candy were made was both fascinating and nostalgic. The smells, the heat of the open fire, the chance to taste everything—it was a sensory feast.
Passing the Cai Be floating market, Lam talked openly about how things have changed since Covid, which gave me a deeper appreciation for the resilience of local communities. Even though the market isn’t what it once was, there was something poignant in watching the few remaining boats still going about their daily trade.
Later, drifting silently on a sampan through narrow canals, I had one of those “I’ll remember this forever” moments. Water lapping softly, trees arching overhead, and nothing to hear but birds and paddles. Magic.
Our lunch in a garden on Tan Phong Island was simply lovely. The elephant ear fish was fresh and perfectly cooked. Then came the surprise of the day—the Vinh Long brick kilns. I never expected a brick oven to move me, but Lam explained the family traditions behind them, and I walked away seeing them not just as structures, but as stories.
This was not just sightseeing. It was a soulful journey. Grazie, Lam!
What a powerful way to discover the Mekong. From the car ride to the greeting at Cai Be, to every step along the river — Danh made sure we felt cared for. The candy and rice making was fascinating, the music emotional, and the garden lunch comforting. The quiet paddle through the canal felt like time stood still. The visit to the pottery kilns capped off the day with awe. I left the tour not just with photos, but with a deeper appreciation of Vietnam’s soul.