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Can Tho Floating Market & Cacao Farm & Cycling
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  • Can Tho, Cai Rang, Phong Dien
  • By Vemekong
05:00 AM – 11:30 AM Sampan (Small Boat), Bike 12km Up to 10 guests Can Tho's countryside English speaking tour guide Veggie-friendly

If you’re looking for a wonderful tour that captures from the river culture to the deepest countryside of Can Tho and the Mekong’s landscapes, this is THE tour for you. It includes the Cai Rang Floating Market, an organic cacao farm, the lively Mekong fish and farmer markets, a homegrown fruit garden, and a countryside bike tour along quiet canals and peaceful villages. You’ll also visit a secret VC base at the giant heritage tree. Breakfast and drinks are included.

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Highlights
Take the small boat to floating market Visit the lively Mekong's Fish & Farmer Market Visit: cacao farm, fruit garden and heritage tree Bike (12km) like an insider in non-touristy village Explore Can Tho’s nature, river, local life, village
Itinerary
  • Pick-up
    5:00 AM, our English speaking tour guide and car will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to the Ninh Kieu pier for embarking the authentic small boat (sampan).
  • Can Tho floating market and the sunrise (sometimes) sampan ride
    Arrive at Cai Rang floating market – a must see in Can Tho, Mekong Delta. Your guide will explain and tell you why "early market" "why floating market here" and "why floating market is getting smaller after every 365 days" "why we should see it in real life, real smell before it disappears" and more. The experience includes the best noodle soup on the river tour. Even our guide will take care of your vegetarian breakfast as well. Find a reason to interact with the river life.
  • The Mekong's fish and farmer market (no-touristy)
    Visit the Mekong's fish and farmer market (no-touristy) lets you see the Delta's true heartbeat. It's where locals trade fresh fish, fruits, and produce in a lively, authentic setting untouched by mass tourism. You'll witness real daily life, colorful scenes, and the spirit of community that sustains the Mekong.
  • The tour will be serving the fresh seasonal tropical fruits at the floating market as well.
  • The organic cacao farm
    The sampan keeps reaching to the organic cacao farm where the guide will tell you interesting stories about cacao and Mr. Cacao and how to make chocolates, wines, comestics... Have a glass of cacao milk (included).
  • A ride of your life in Mekong (cycling 12km)
    Let’s bike (12km) like an insider and make “a ride of your life in Mekong”. Your cycling tour will weave in and out untouched peaceful villages, tropical orchards, countryside roads. Stop and pass by many small canals.
  • On the cycling way, you will visit a famous old giant ficus microcarpa tree - a great place for VC
    On the cycling way, you will visit a famous old giant ficus microcarpa tree - a great place for VC to camouflage and hide means of warfare and trained guerrilla. Your guide will absolutely explain more interesting about war sides in Mekong region.
  • The homegrown fruit garden along the biking way!
    On the cycling way, you will visit and walk around the local fruit garden where the guide will tell you interesting stories about local Mekong countryside life, homegrown garden and fruits.
  • Back to hotel
    Our car/taxi picks you up, and transfers back to Can Tho city. Around 11:30 AM end the tour at the hotel in Can Tho City.
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171 reviews on “Can Tho Floating Market & Cacao Farm & Cycling”

  1. Anaïs Dupont. from Switzerland said:
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    One Day, A Thousand Impressions

    If you want a tour that feels both alive and peaceful, this is it. Guide Duy made everything flow naturally — from breakfast on the river to cycling through quiet backroads. The floating market was chaotic in the best way, while the canals afterward were pure tranquility. On the bike, I loved the mix of sunlight, breeze, and the smell of tropical fruit. The ficus tree, once used by Viet Cong fighters, was haunting yet fascinating. And that cacao milk… mon dieu, I could drink it every morning! I left the tour feeling both moved and refreshed.

  2. Lukas Andersen. from Norway said:
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    From the River to the Road, Every Turn a Story

    Guide Lâm was such a legend — calm, funny, and full of heart. We started with the floating market and he pointed out details I’d never notice: why boats display their products, how families actually live on them. Then the cycling part kicked in, and wow — 12 km through real Mekong life! We stopped to taste fruits from a homegrown garden, and it felt like visiting friends, not strangers. The war story under the giant ficus tree was powerful. Ending the day sipping cacao milk, sweaty but smiling, I thought: this is Vietnam unfiltered.

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