BOAT TRIPS (The boat has a roof, so please feel free to ask your guide or boat driver to put it on if you feel hot or it rains)
PACKAGE 1: CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET – SMALL CANAL
Brief:
- Means of transportation: boat
- Duration: 3.5 hours (5:30 am – 9:00 am)
Include: breakfast, drink and entrance fees...
Not include: personal expenses
Information about the trip
During the boat trip, you can see bustling activities along Can Tho river. For instant, you get a chance to watch local people fishing by using different kinds of fishing traps or how people transport passengers from one to other sides of river and products by waterway. After about 30 minutes by boat, you will see Cai Rang floating market, the biggest floating market in the Mekong Delta, just 8km from Can Tho in the direction of Soc Trang. The market is best before 9am, although some vendors hang out until noon. Cai Rang can be seen from the road, but getting here is far more interesting by boat. From the market area in Can Tho it takes about an hour by river. you will get the feeling of travelling back in time cause buying and selling activities at present are as it was in many decades. To understand more about local lifestyle, you will be driven into a small canal named Rach Nho. This gives you an opportunity to get to know and to be closer to southern countryside. You, then, go back to Can Tho. This journey should take approximately three and a half hours return from Can Tho
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PACKAGE II/ CAI RANG AND PHONG DIEN FLOATING MARKET
Brief:
- Means of transportation: boat
- Duration: 7 hours (5:30 am –12:30 pm)
Include: breakfast, drink and entrance fees
Not include: personal expenses
Information about the trip
Just 8km from Can Tho in the direction of Soc Trang is Cai Rang, the biggest floating market in the Mekong Delta. The market is best before 9am, although some vendors hang out until noon. Cai Rang can be seen from the road, but getting here is far more interesting by boat. From the market area in Can Tho it takes about an hour by river. After that, you will be taken to see a traditional noodle factory. At there, you can explore how people make noodle in person with simple machines.
Then, your boat will ahead to Phong Dien Floating market. Perhaps the best floating market in the Mekong Delta, Phong Dien has fewer motorised craft and more stand-up rowing boats. It’s less crowded than Cai Rang and there are far fewer tourists. The market is at its bustling best between 6am and 9am. It is 20km southwest of Can Tho. You can visit the small canals on the way and stopping a while for walking. Then, your trip will stop at a small garden where you can enjoy Vietnamese dishes and try monkey bridge. After that, we will go back to Can Tho city, calling at the Cai Rang floating market. This journey should take approximately seven hours return from Can Tho
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