Cai Rang Floating Market

It is a real floating market very close to Can Tho city, not only for tourists. I booked the trip with my friend in the harbour in Can Tho to visit. The average price should be 100k to 500k VND per person, depending on the type of boats and how many places you can visit. It usually starts as early as 5.30 AM, so you need to wake up early if you want to have a good view. This market is recommended by a local friend to me. I took a lot of excellent photos during the trip. You can also buy some souvenirs from some shops, even though the price may be a bit higher.

I am sorry but there is only a market on some boats for tourists. Don't believe the pictures they show you! Pictures on the internet from a river full of colorful small boats are from the past. We woke up early for nothing what we did could also be done at 10 in the morning. Use your money for something else.

Last of the large floating markets in the Mekong. Pretty touristy but also very cool!!! 700k for a private boat for about 3 hours. You can just go to the board walk get a ticket. It's standard pricing.

It depends a lot on the tour you do. Big boats are very touristy, but went on a tour with a tour guide on a small boat which allowed us to explore some smaller canals the bigger boats can't get to and also to have a more personalised breakfast from a boat serving beautiful heart soup. Having dumb boat types of tours, a tour guide and smaller boat is the better in my opinion. Went with Tran Ngoc Bich based in Can Tho.

It's a floating market with this fixed location. I saw more than 60 wooden boats, small and big, selling pineapples, durian etc. I am told that they're mostly wholesalers. Some boats were connected, becoming a wider platform where visitors could walk and shop. It's busy early in the morning. I came here at 6am and already busy. It's very intersting to see these boats surviving this crazy era of motorization. It's been here for hundreds of years.

Very little left of what we were told is the last floating market - now it is only wholesale and most business with tourist boats is for food and drink; this is very limited too (mid November 2025). The area of boats stretches about 200 metres when it used to be over 1 kilometre. Could I recommend a visit? For socioeconomic reasons you should go - just to see it's decline and the move to land living, for entertainment you should not. Tours are informative but the use of the waterways as a place to dispose of garbage and assumed bathroom waste from the houses is a reflection of the demographics of this and many regions of Vietnam. What never ceases to amaze and uplift me is the positive cheerful and welcoming attitude of the Vietnamese people. I would come again to Vietnam just for the people.

The floating market was not so special. It was very organized and made only for tourists. The real river markets are probably only deeper inside the country. But the breakfast — Pho soup on the river — was very good. The taste was even better because of the nice atmosphere. Price 2 USD, for the soup.

Mixed feelings. We booked a tour. Our guide was good. But don't expect too much from the market. The promotional photos show more than you can actually see and experience. Still, it's worth visiting the market—you'll have a nice time on the river and can watch some of the trading go on.