The 5 Best Can Gio Mangrove Tours from Saigon

1.Can Gio Trek – Monkey Island & Crocodile Farm

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 353 reviews · from $28Our pick

Spend 9 to 10 hours outside Ho Chi Minh City with an English-speaking guide such as Kevin, Sam, or Rich. Walk through Can Gio’s mangroves, meet cheeky monkeys, visit Hoa Ca crocodile farm and Rung Sac Military Base, enjoy lunch, and add a speedboat ride if you wish.

“Had a great day away from HCMC. Tour guide Kevin was excellent and very informative. Mangrove forest walk and monkeys were the highlights”

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2.Can Gio Mangroves – Monkey Island by Motorbike and Scooter

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 126 reviews · from $65

Leave Ho Chi Minh City at 7:30 AM with a local motorbike guide such as Nathan, Tyrone, Ben, Adam, Long, or Khoi. Ride the ferry to Can Gio, see hundreds of monkeys, learn wartime history, visit the seafood market, beach, and Cao Dai pagoda.

“The tour was excellent. To summarise, motorbike ride and Ferry with awesome views to visit the monkey island to see the monkeys and learn Vietnams history. Highly recommend it if you are down for a bit of an adventure and want to explRead more”

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3.Vam Sat Mangrove Forest – VIP Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 74 reviews · from $129

Spend about eight hours exploring Can Gio with a private guide, canoe rides, bird and bat sanctuaries, wild monkeys, crocodiles, seafood lunch, and a 26-meter forest tower. Pickup covers Districts 1, 3, and 4, with VIP limousine or private vehicle options.

“Fun activities, lovely landscape, friendly guide and not too far from Saigon. I really enjoyed travel.by speed boat and look out to the mangrove forest.”

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4.Can Gio Mangrove Adventure: Speedboat with Monkey Island

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 60 reviews · from $38

Spend a full day in Can Gio with a private English-speaking guide, feeding monkeys, visiting a crocodile farm, riding a speedboat to a wartime guerrilla base, and relaxing at the beach. Guides such as Duckie, Phil, and Harry have helped make the day friendly and easy to follow.

“The bus ride was quite long but it was fun driving onto the ferry to get across to the island. The best part was the forest itself as it is quite unique. The rest was just ok.”

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5.Cần Giờ Eco-Tour with Monkeys, Crocs & War History

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 59 reviews · from $32

You’ll leave Ho Chi Minh City by air-conditioned van for Can Gio, where a guide leads you around Monkey Island, a mangrove boat route, and a crocodile farm. Lunch, entrance fees, water, cool towels, and District 1 hotel transfers are included. A vegetarian meal is available by request.

“This tour was rather disappointing. After we booked the dinner cruise online we were then told that the cruise boat was not operating that evening because of Lunar New Year Holiday. So the dinner was swapped for one in a local restaurant. Read more”

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