Mekong Delta tours for family

So what else you can see in the south of Vietnam? A lot of people must have heard and thought Mekong Delta. It is other type of tours for your family while visiting the South of Vietnam. You can choose to take the tours to Mekong Delta in one, two or even three days. The tours to Mekong Delta in one day is a bit too short and it seems that you don’t really see enough of Mekong Delta at all. You will go to My Tho City, that is about 80 km from Saigon then you will get on the boat, cruising along Mekong River, visit one local market, fruit orchards. Cruising through the cannel to villages where you will see people making coconut candy, honey farm and may be listen to Do Ca Tai Tu, the folk music of farmers in Mekong Delta. If you choose to take one day tour to Mekong Delta, you will not have chance to visit floating market, it is the most interesting to see in Mekong Delta so may be you should consider of take two –day tours to Mekong Delta.

There are three floating markets: Cai Be and Phung Hiep, Cai Rang but Cai Rang Floating market is the biggest one. Cai Rang Market is in Can Tho City. You can visit Cai Rang Floating Market every day. In Cai Rang Market, you will experience bustling daily life of farmers in Me Kong Delta. The most popular transport here is boats. Famers load their boat with fruits, vegetables and any type of agriculture products and bring to market for sales. They way of doing trading is like no where in the world. There is a bamboo stick on each boat and they hang what they sell on that bamboo stick so people know what others are selling. When some one buy things, they will use the bamboo stick to pass sold items to others and get back their money by that bamboo stick as well. Cai Rang Market is famous for tropical fruits. You will find all different types of fruits in this market. It is really an exciting and busy market that is very unique not only in Vietnam but the world as well.

How to get to Cai Rang Market? You can take the bus from Ho Chi Minh City to Can Tho City (4 to 5 hours), stay overnight in a hotel and the next morning, visit Cai Rang Market.

See photos of Mekong delta and Cai Rang Floating Maker

Roy Bui, Bluebell Tours Vietnam