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Can Tho Floating Market & Tra Su Forest Tour 1 Day
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  • Can Tho, Tra Su, Chau Doc, Can Tho
  • By Team Vemekong
05:00 AM – 06:00 PM Car, Boat, Lunch, Sampan Up to 10pax Can Tho floating market and Tra Su forest English speaking guide Veggie-friendly

All in one customized tour. The tour includes Can Tho floating market, traditional rice noodle house and more than an hour on the Can Tho’s small canals. After the morning river tour, get on the Car in Can Tho for the Tra Su forest tour. On the way to Tra Su. The tour also includes a seasonal best rice field, an ancient Khmer pagoda and a sugar palm field and more. The tour includes breakfast and drinks and lunch in the forest. This tour is free drop off in Chau Doc at 4 PM or get back to Can Tho around 6 PM.

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Highlights
Start & end in Can Tho. Free dropoff in Chau Doc Enjoy: the small boat to biggest floating market Chill Can Tho's small canals & peaceful villages Tra Su forest with a rowing sampan & a boat trip Visit: sugar palm & best rice field, Khmer pagoda Experience a bamboo walking bridge in the forest Watch the wildlife & have lunch in the forest
Itinerary
  • Check out and leave your luggage in the car/van. And be ready at 5am at the lobby of the Can Tho hotel
  • Pick-up
    05:00 AM, our car and tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to the boat station for embarking the sampan – an authentic traditional small boat for the tour.
  • 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 and enjoy the freshest pineapple in your tour.
  • Can Tho rice noodle factory (not rice paper)
    Firstly, we do not want you to miss this place. They call it a factory but actually it is run by a family and a lot more authentic than you expect (no shops, no souvenirs). Secondly, the rice noodle is not rice paper. How and Why? Your guide will tell you! You’ll be impressed by the colorful rice noodles, and how fascinating the rice noodles are made by locals. The tour includes a yummy rice noodle pizza made by a member of the family.
  • Can Tho's small & peaceful canals
    Can Tho canal system is part of more than 1000 km of green canals of Mekong river, which is known as one of the 15 romantic cities with the most beautiful canals in the world. Your sampan will stop the long-tail engine, but paddling slowly so that you can enjoy as much as possible the Can Tho nature’s song and magical napa palm, water coconut, freshwater mangrove, and more…
  • Depart for Tra Su forest tour
    07:30 AM, finish the morning floating market & the pretty small canals tour. The car will pick you up in the Can Tho’s countryside and keep going to the Tra Su forest.
  • Tra Su Melaleuca Forest
    Arrive at Tra Su Melaleuca Forest. You will have a motor boat in the forest, go and spot as many birds as you can with your now trained eyes and the directions of the guide. Pay attention to the sounds of the forest to grasp a better idea of this mesmerizing place, declared one of one of the area’s most peaceful spots in Southern Vietnam. After getting to the 25-meter observation tower to enjoy the fascinating view over the mountain in the area, the expanses of cajeput forest and the white dots of flying storks. Your tour will slow down by taking the hand-rowing sampan for a close-up birdwatching and enjoy the most beautiful flooded forest in Vietnam as well as SE-Asia. Take an amazing bamboo walking bridge in the forest in Vietnam which gives you much time to feel the beauty of nature.
  • The local authentic lunch is included on tour
    About 3 hours in the forest included the authentic lunch in the restaurant in the forest.
  • One of the best paddy rice fields in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
    On the way, you will see hundreds of hectares of green and yellow rice fields and the tour guide will stop at one of the best rice fields to visit to learn all about the Mekong Delta Rice Fields (rice fields are seasonals in the dry & wet season).
  • Sugar palm fields
    Of course, on this trip, you also can taste the sugar palm fruit juice at the sugar palm fields which may bring you some scenic pictures of the countryside views of Mekong region near the border of Vietnam in Chau Doc Tinh Bien.
  • An ancient Khmer pagoda
    Surrounded by the small minority Khmer village, The Khmer ancient pagoda, 300-hundred-year-old, has a very tranquil setting and is one of the oldest ancient Khmer-style pagodas in Mekong Delta. Walking around the pagoda, you will feel the relaxation, airy but no less ancient thanks to the pleasant complex of peaceful compound with elaborate stupas and ornate painting of spiritual scenes with the Buddha on the outside of the main building.
  • End the tour
    Around 03:00 PM, head back to Can Tho city. Arrive Can Tho around 6pm. Or free drop off in Chau Doc around 4pm.
  • P/s
    This tour offers a free drop off at a hotel in Chau Doc city for your next day to Cambodia by speed boat. We can provide you a transfer service from Tra Su forest to Ha Tien or Rach Gia for Phu Quoc island. Please contact us if you would like to book this extra transfer.
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180 reviews on “Can Tho Floating Market & Tra Su Forest Tour 1 Day”

  1. Markus Weber. from Germany said:
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    A Living Painting of the Mekong

    The day began on the river, right before the sun cracked open the sky. Chris helped us understand why the floating market is slowly vanishing, and I found myself appreciating every boat and vendor all the more. We had coffee from a boat, soup from another—breakfast has never been so alive.

    Our boat turned into tiny canals lined with water coconut and mangrove. We didn’t talk much. We just listened—to the birds, the water, and the heart of the Mekong.

    Later, the rice noodle family showed us how noodles are made by hand. It was charming, personal, and gave us a real sense of pride in the local culture.

    But the highlight for me came in the afternoon, when we stood at the top of the observation tower in Tra Su, looking out over the green sea of cajeput trees. The silence was deep, almost sacred. Even lunch in the forest restaurant felt connected to the land—simple food, made with love.

    Driving back, we passed fields painted with sunlight and shadows, stopping for fresh palm juice and snapping surreal pictures.

    And just before the day ended, we stepped into a Khmer pagoda. Timeless, peaceful, with golden stupas rising quietly into the sky. A gentle finish to a vivid day.

  2. Annika Forsberg. from Sweden said:
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    From Noodles to Nature: A Soulful Day in the Delta

    Waking up at 5 a.m. isn’t usually my idea of a great holiday, but David made it absolutely worth it. Our first stop, the floating market, felt like an echo from the past—real, raw, and deeply human. We sipped coffee on the boat, slurped a bowl of the best vegetarian noodles ever, and watched the sunrise tint the Mekong golden.

    The rice noodle “factory” was humble but so full of life. I loved that it wasn’t touristy. Just a family doing their thing—and letting us in for a glimpse. And the noodle pizza? A surprisingly delicious treat!

    After that, we floated gently through serene canals, where the boat’s engine stopped and all we heard were birds, rustling palms, and David’s calm explanations. The silence was sacred.

    Then the rhythm of the day shifted. We were driven to Tra Su forest, and the birdlife took my breath away. The tower view, the bamboo bridge walk, the soft paddling through flooded cajeput trees—it was magic. Lunch in the forest was authentic and delicious.

    Later, under the scorching sun, we passed by emerald rice fields and even stopped to taste fresh sugar palm juice. The day ended with a visit to a Khmer pagoda that radiated ancient peace and quiet dignity.

    This day stretched my soul. Thank you, David.

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