Cai Rang Floating Market overview
Cai Rang Floating Market is about 6 kilometers from Can Tho City. This is the largest and most famous floating market, as well as the most popular destination in Can Tho, which is open daily from 5 a.m. to noon.
Why visit Cai Rang Floating Market?
Exploring the floating market allows you to take some of the most beautiful photos on the Mekong River. This is a market where various products, such as fresh fruits and food, are traded. Every day, almost all of the locals come here to do their business. The floating market is a well-known destination where hundreds of small boats float down the Mekong River. These small boats not only exchange food but are also the main mode of transportation in this river area.
You will also be rowed on a small wooden boat through the small canals, giving you an up-close look at the locals’ daily lives, Try the boat coffee, which is served by the locals and served on a small boat so that you can drink it directly from your boat; this activity is very fun, and this type of coffee is also very delicious, cheap, and unique to this area.
The floating market is a place to do business not only with locals but also with other cities and provinces in the area, such as Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho City, An Giang Province…..Many boats from these cities and provinces arrive here early in the morning, and it is also a place to do business with other cities and provinces in this area, such as Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho City, An Giang Province… This is also an excellent location for tourists from all over the world to learn about life on a river in western Vietnam.
The floating market is one of the most well-known floating markets in Vietnam’s Mekong River/Mekong River Delta. Visitors will be able to learn about the daily lives of the locals by rowing on a small wooden boat through the small canals, and taking the most beautiful photos….all of these activities are very fun and interesting in this water area. The floating market is not far from Ho Chi Minh City, tourists can easily take a bus or rent a private car to get there, this market is most crowded from early morning to noon, but it is open at other times as well, so visitors can arrive at any time before 5 p.m.
When you arrive at Cai Rang Floating Market, you will have the opportunity to try the freshest fruits that have just come from the locals’ gardens or hicks, such as mango, orange, durian, pomelo, and banana….you can buy and try it directly on your boat, or if you want to see and try the different fruits in this area in the hicks, you can request your tour guide to take a boat or transfer you to some hicks.
How to travel to Cai Rang Floating Market?
Cai Rang Floating Market is approximately 30 minutes by boat from Can Tho City or approximately 4 kilometers from the Ninh Kieu ferry in Can Tho. Many tourists travel from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho and Ben Tre to learn about the river life of the locals in the Mekong River Delta, then to Can Tho to stay overnight, and then to Cai Rang Floating Market in the early morning the next day, this is a popular travel route for travelers who want to see everything the Mekong River has to offer.
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