Mekong Delta 3 Days: Ben Tre Canals, Cai Rang Market & Can Tho
Three days from Ho Chi Minh City: Cai Rang Floating Market, boat trips in Can Tho and Ben Tre, a fruit garden, and a coconut-candy village.
Ho Chi Minh City → Can Tho → Cai Rang Floating Market → Ben Tre → Ho Chi Minh City
Overview
A private 3-day, 2-night tour from Ho Chi Minh City to Can Tho and Ben Tre. You visit Cai Rang Floating Market, take boat trips on the canals, and see how coconut candy is made. Both nights are in a Can Tho hotel.
From Can Tho’s riverfront to Ben Tre’s canals
The tour starts in Ho Chi Minh City and drives to Can Tho. On day 1 you visit Cai Rang Floating Market and have fruit and coffee on the river, then a rice-paper and coconut-candy village. You finish with a walk along the Can Tho River and a look at Can Tho Bridge.
On day 2 you cross to Ben Tre and travel by boat through narrower canals. You visit a fruit garden and a coconut-candy village, where you see the candy made and taste it warm. A forest honey farm follows, with honey tea flavoured with lemon and lemongrass.
Both nights are at the same hotel in Can Tho, so you do not change hotels. Day 3 returns to Ho Chi Minh City.
The route follows the delta through its trade and food: the floating market, canal boats, fruit, honey and coconut candy.
Cai Rang, Ben Tre and Can Tho in sequence
Boat trip through Bến Tre’s canals
Travel by boat along the narrow coconut-lined canals and past village houses.
Fruit garden and coconut candy
Taste seasonal fruit in a garden, then see how coconut candy is cooked and cut at a village workshop.
Cai Rang Floating Market
Visit the Cần Thơ floating market by boat and have fruit and coffee on the water.
Who it suits
Travellers who want a 3-day, 2-night private tour with one hotel base in Can Tho, built around the river, canals, fruit gardens and craft villages.
In Ben Tre you can choose to cycle through rural villages or visit a pottery village.
Accommodation and transport
You stay at a hotel in Can Tho. Meals are as listed in the itinerary.
Boat trips in Can Tho and Ben Tre are included. Airport pick-up and drop-off are excluded unless stated.
Highlights
From USD 292 per person.
Stay 2 nights at a hotel in Can Tho.
Visit Cai Rang Floating Market and enjoy fruit and coffee on the river.
Take boat trips in both Can Tho and Ben Tre.
Visit a fruit garden and a coconut candy-making village.
English-speaking guide and private air-conditioned transport are included.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1
Ho Chi Minh City – Can Tho – Cai Rang Floating Market
- Visit Cai Rang Floating Market
- Enjoy fruit and coffee on the river
- Visit a rice-paper and coconut-candy-making village
- Take a stroll on the Can Tho River
- View Can Tho Bridge
Day 2
Can Tho – Ben Tre – Fruit Garden – Craft Village
- Explore Ben Tre’s canals by boat
- Visit a fruit garden
- Visit a coconut-candy village, see how the candy is made and taste it warm
- Visit a forest honey farm and try honey tea with lemon and lemongrass
- Have lunch at a garden restaurant
- Optional: cycle through Ben Tre’s villages or visit a pottery village
Day 3
Can Tho – Ho Chi Minh City
- Shop for Can Tho specialties
- Check out of the hotel
- Return to Ho Chi Minh City
Included / Not Included
Included
- 2 nights’ accommodation in Can Tho
- Private air-conditioned vehicle throughout the journey
- English-speaking guide
- Meals as stated in the programme
- Entrance fees: Cai Rang Floating Market, fruit garden and coconut-candy village
- Boat trips in Ben Tre and Can Tho
- Bottled water in the vehicle
Not included
- Flights and visa
- Airport pick-up/drop-off unless clearly stated
- Drinks and personal expenses
- Tips
- Single-room and holiday/Tet surcharges
- Travel insurance