12 Cai Be Floating Market Tours from Saigon to Build a Day Around

1.Cai Be Mekong Delta Tour: Cooking Class, Cycling & Craft Villages

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,881 reviews · from $39Our pick

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Be for a boat ride near the old floating market, folk music, craft workshops, antique homes, a Vietnamese cooking class, lunch, and a gentle countryside bicycle ride. Guides such as Abe and Mark are praised for fluent English and personal care.

“Although this was a guided tour, with Abe, there were so many people along the way who helped make the trip memorable. It was a pleasure to see families at work in their businesses, to see how local food was made. At lunchtime, Read more”

Check availability →Read our full review

2.1-Day Mekong Delta Tour: Less-Touristy Cai Be & Vinh Long(Max 10)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 294 reviews · from $35Best value

Leave Ho Chi Minh City at 7:30 a.m. for Cai Be and Vinh Long with a group capped at 10. Visit a chocolate maker, candy and rice workshops, a honey farm, fruit orchards, and river channels by sampan. Cooking, lunch, biking, kayaking, and hotel transfers are included.

“Good blend of activities Ele good travel director Fun day Great way to visit the Mekong Value for price”

Check availability →Read our full review

3.Mekong Delta Tour Full Day Cai Be-Vinh Long

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 132 reviews · from $158

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Be and Vinh Long with an English-speaking guide, hotel pickup, boat rides, a rowboat through narrow canals, cycling, tropical fruit, bánh xèo, lunch, traditional music, and a rice cake village visit.

“Special shout out for our excellent tour guide Thang of Kim Travels. Very sincere guy. The trip was well organosed and punctual”

Check availability →Read our full review

4.Mekong Delta Trip To Cai Be – Tan Phong Island With Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 72 reviews · from $45

Spend about 10 hours traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Be and Tan Phong Island. You’ll cruise the Mekong, visit a coconut candy workshop, taste orchard produce, prepare lunch, hear folk music, and cycle through village lanes. Guides may include Dana, Danny, Frank, Jack, or Jay Jay.

“Really enjoyed this tour, in part due to our tour guide Danny. He was very knowledgeable, humorous and accommodating. We packed a fair amount in a day, including the floating market which unfortunately by the time we got there was fairly quiet, cooking class, wonderful lunch and bike ride. It would recommend it to anyone in a heart beat.”

Check availability →Read our full review

5.Cai Be Village – One-Day Mekong Delta Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 42 reviews · from $91

Spend about 8.5 hours from Ho Chi Minh City exploring Cai Be by wooden boat, sampan, bicycle, and air-conditioned vehicle. Visit Ut Kiet ancient house, family workshops, a honey farm, fruit gardens, and Tan Thai Island. Guides such as Lam, Thang, and Bang Bang are noted for clear English and friendly service.

“Everything was great. Kate in the office was so helpful and explained us all about the trip. Our guide was also very prepared und funny. We can recommend the trip and this office.”

Check availability →Read our full review

6.Mekong Day Tour by Car:Cai Be market, Local Island & Cycling

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 33 reviews · from $125

Travel by private car from Ho Chi Minh City to Cái Bè for a full day of Mekong life. Cruise by motorboat, ride a hand-rowed sampan, visit a coconut candy workshop and bee farm, eat lunch at a local house, and walk or cycle through village lanes with an English-speaking guide.

“What a wonderful day trip. Our guide Joy was so awesome. She is extremely knowledgeable, kind and caring. Has no issues with answering any questions and she is very passionate. The day is full of adventure and learning about life on the Mekong. I would recommend this tour to anyone traveling in Saigon. We ate fresh local fruit. Drank honey tea at the bee farm. Had a lovely home stay lunch and explored the local village and markets. Transportation is top class as ate all the boats on the Delta. Thank you so much Joy you are a legend. ♥️”

Check availability →Read our full review

7.Cai Be Vinh Long & Cooking Class 1 Day Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 27 reviews · from $158

Leave Ho Chi Minh City at 7:30 am for a private Cai Be and Vinh Long day trip. Your English-speaking guide leads boat rides, village cycling, food-making visits, a cooking class, lunch, fruit tasting, and a sampan ride. Hotel pickup is available in Districts 1 and 3.

“Our guide was excellent. Very knowledgeable. The Sampan Ride wasn't really worth it. And the bike tour wasn't needed. The food was good.”

Check availability →Read our full review

8.Private Mekong Delta tour to Cai Be – Tan Phong island full day

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 25 reviews · from $115

Spend about 10 hours traveling privately from Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Be, Tan Phong Island, and Vinh Long. Cruise the Tien River, paddle through narrow canals, visit orchards and a family candy workshop, cycle village paths, and enjoy garden lunch with elephant eared fish and folk music.

“Danny is my tour guide, we go this Mekong tour 1 members and tour is nice and we love to see river and fruit garden, thank for this nice tour! Thank you”

Check availability →Read our full review

9.1-Day Cai Rang Floating Market-Vinh Long-Cai Be-Group of 10 Max

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 20 reviews · from $205

Leave Ho Chi Minh City at 4:30 AM for Cai Rang Floating Market, then continue to Cai Be and Vinh Long. You will ride merchant and sampan boats, try Mekong foods, make rice noodles, visit a local home, and join a cooking class. Groups are capped at 10, with private upgrades available.

“Good tour - we had booked for the group of 10 people and ended up with a private tour instead. It was well organised and we enjoyed it.”

Check availability →Read our full review

10.1-day Mekong Delta Tour: Cai Be Market, Local Island and Cycling

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $125

Start at 7:30 am from central Ho Chi Minh City and head to Cai Be with your private guide and vehicle. You’ll visit the river market, eat local food, take a boat and sampan ride, and cycle through orchards. Guides including Nancy, Cong, Thao, Tram, Hannah, and Dong have led this tour.

“The tour was well conducted and the hospitality was very warm. This was our first day in Vietnam and Cong and his team made it very special for us. They accommodated all our requests and customised the entire day based on our needs. Cam On! And we hope to do this again with Cong in the future!”

Check availability →Read our full review

11.1-Day Less Touristy Mekong River (Cai Be-Vinh Long) trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 7 reviews · from $40

Leave Ho Chi Minh City for a full day in the Mekong Delta. Visit Kimmy Chocolate, sample local sweets and fruit, cruise canals by boat and sampan, cook lunch, kayak, and cycle through a village. Small groups and English-speaking guides such as Nhu and Xu are available.

“It was a truly small group of six. Our guide, Nhu, was very attentive and always concerned about our well-being! Of course, we also visited destinations that were full of tourists. However, we always visited at times when we were alone, or almost alone. The lunch break was definitely off the beaten track and very charming. A great tour. Thank you very much!”

Check availability →Read our full review

12.MEKONG DELTA TOUR TO FLOATING MARKET CAI BE from HCM city

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4 reviews · from $45

Leave Ho Chi Minh City early for Cai Be, where a river boat, sampan, bicycle, and small-group guide take you through canals, workshops, orchards, and island villages. Guides such as Felix, Zen, and Yan have been praised for clear English and personal attention. Lunch and District 1 hotel transfers are included.

“Loved the boat ride and the smaller boat round the smaller rivers. Very interesting seeing toffee and rice paper made in the more manual way. Can't say I enjoyed the lunch but that was a personal choice as I'm not keen on fish. Great spread of food for those who do enjoy fish. Guide was great, very informative and helpful.”

Check availability →Read our full review