Cai Be Tour From Ho Chi Minh 1 Day
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- HCMC, Cai Be, Vinh Long, HCMC
- By Vemekong
08:00 AM – 05:00 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 HCMC, drop off in HCMC
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 Ho Chi Minh 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 HCMCDisembark in Vinh Long where your car driver (no tour guide) waits for you there and picks you up for Ho Chi Minh city. End the tour in HCMC around 05-06:00 PM. Let us know in advance, we offer free transfer from Vinh Long to Can Tho city center if you book Can Tho floating market tour on the next day with us.
from $119pp
from $119pp
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 Ho Chi Minh City by car
Others expense
Compulsory insurance
Gratuities
Guest reviews
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It was meant to be just a light day out, but it turned into one of the most interesting parts of our Vietnam trip.
Duy, our guide in Cai Be, was young, knowledgeable, and very thoughtful. He shared details I wouldn’t have noticed otherwise.
The workshop visit was genuinely fun—we saw how coconut candy is made and got to try so many things. Pop rice was a hit with my kids!
Floating market? Tiny now, but still lovely to see the boats and life on the river.
The rowing boat section through the narrow canal was… honestly, quite magical. Duy let us enjoy the silence.
Lunch was delicious—we didn’t expect it to be so well set up in the middle of a garden.
And those massive red-brick kilns in Vinh Long were impressive. A nice surprise to end the day.
Back in Saigon by sunset, feeling full and calm. Wouldn’t change a thing.
This tour offered the right balance of culture, food, nature, and easy logistics.
The pickup was punctual and comfortable. In Cai Be, we met our excellent guide Hannah who was full of insight and kindness.
She showed us around the local candy and rice puffing workshop, letting us try things along the way. Snake wine was a fun surprise!
Cai Be’s floating market isn’t what it used to be, but the scenery is still beautiful and the river life is real.
The highlight was definitely the rowing sampan—just me, the trees, and the slow rhythm of the water.
Lunch was healthy and flavorful. The elephant ear fish was beautifully prepared and the garden was shady and green.
The pottery kilns in Vinh Long were a bonus. It’s a rare thing to see such traditional work still alive.
Back in Saigon before dark, and I felt like I’d really seen something—not just taken photos.