15 Market Tours in Ho Chi Minh City Worth the Day

1.Mekong Delta & Cai Rang Floating Market 2-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,183 reviews · from $81Our pick

Spend two days tracing the Mekong from My Tho to Can Tho, with motorboat and sampan rides, fruit tasting, local workshops, Cai Rang Floating Market, a rice noodle factory, bánh xèo cooking, and a three-star hotel stay. English-speaking guides include Bac, Ben, Pham, Phuc, Ele, and others.

“Awesome experience, our guide, Pham was super funny and her english very good guided us through the many and various activities in Mekong and Can Tho”

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2.Cai Rang Floating Market & Mekong Delta 2-Day Tour from HCM City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 942 reviews · from $61Top rated

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho, Ben Tre, and Can Tho, then rise early for Cai Rang Floating Market. Expect boat trips, coconut candy, rice paper, local food, cycling, and an English-speaking guide such as Bac, Nick, Lucky, or Vinh.

“This was such a wonderful experience and Kia our tour guide was excellent, it will be a trip we’ll never forget, well worth doing”

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3.Small-group Mekong Floating Market Day Trip from Ho Chi Minh City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 886 reviews · from $92

Leave Ho Chi Minh City at 5 a.m. for a full day in the Mekong Delta. Cruise to Cai Rang, visit workshops and fruit gardens, cycle near Cai Be, and help prepare a five-course lunch. Small groups are limited to 12, with guides such as Win, Lin, Bevis, and Hanh often praised for their care and local insight.

“So expensive and the worst of all four trips we did in Vietnam. The guide was only after a tip and hinted about it all day. He cancelled us going on the Mekong delta because it rained for 15 mi utes. We were stuck at a stupid house where the Read more”

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4.Mekong Delta & Cai Rang Floating Market 2-Day Tour from HCMC

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 813 reviews · from $67

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho and Can Tho with an English-speaking guide such as Viet, Dian, or Harry. Cruise Mekong canals, visit workshops, cycle and kayak, make bánh xèo, and rise early for Cai Rang Floating Market. Hotel pickup, meals, boats, and one night’s lodging are included.

“Even if the tour was conform to the description, it was disappointing overall. The biking and the kayaking are done in the same place so you see twice the same thing. And you do kayak in a residential area which is quite ugly to be honest. There is no point in doing kayak if it is not to see something interesting. Also, we thought that the boat tour was in the mangroves as shown on the pictures. But, in fact, you stay all the time in the canals next to residential areas. Also, at one point, you are forced to listen to traditional music singers, which is quite awkward ,…”

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5.1-Day Mekong Delta Cai Rang Floating Market-Ancient House-Pancake

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 653 reviews · from $47

Start before dawn from Ho Chi Minh City and ride south to Cai Rang Floating Market. With an English-speaking guide, you’ll travel by motorboat, bicycle through a local village, visit a Cai Be ancient house, enjoy folk music, fruit, breakfast, lunch, and Vietnamese pancake-making.

“Our guide Than (Tim) was excellent. He knows such a lot and kept us all entertained during the day. Very pleased with him, and would recommend him and the company, to anyone.”

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6.Chef Vu Cooking Class Plus Market Trip in Saigon Center (Pick up by Cyclo)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 477 reviews · from $46

Start with a 30-minute cyclo pickup through central Ho Chi Minh City, then shop for ingredients at Ben Thanh Market with an English-speaking guide. At Cyclo Resto, Chef Vu or another class chef teaches knife work, seasoning, plating, and Vietnamese dishes before you eat the meal with egg coffee.

“Wanting to know more about how to cook my fav Vietnamese dishes, we had high hopes for this cooking class. We were lucky enough to be the only ones booked on this tour so we got a one on one class. Chef Vu was explained the maRead more”

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7.Immersive Cooking Class & Wet Market Tour by Local Chef +Cookbook

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 367 reviews · from $49

Start at Ben Thanh Market with a local guide, then move to a District 1 kitchen for a chef-led class. You cook at your own station, usually preparing spring rolls, salad, pho, pancakes, or grilled dishes, then eat together and take home a Vietnamese cookbook with 25-plus recipes.

“We had a wonderful day exploring the markets and learning how to cook 3 traditional Vietnamese dishes. A was our chef who was very patient and explained each step very well. The food was amazing and there was heaps of it so don’t eat before you do the cooking lessons. An excellent tour, highly recommended.”

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8.Small-group 2-Day Mekong Delta: Floating market, Cooking Class…

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 194 reviews · from $170

Travel in a small group of about 10 to My Tho, Vinh Trang Pagoda, Can Tho, Cai Rang Floating Market, and Cai Be. You’ll ride motorboats, row smaller channels, cycle locally, eat Vietnamese meals, and sleep at a village homestay. Guide Stark has earned particular praise for his organization and care.

“excellent all round. activities and quality of accommodation and food and guide. no bad parts. 2 days is plenty”

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9.1-Day Mekong Delta Tour-Floating Market & Islet

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 184 reviews · from $70

Leave Ho Chi Minh City before dawn for Cai Rang Floating Market, where you eat breakfast, sip coffee, taste pineapple, and learn to make rice vermicelli. Then visit Son Islet for fish farms, fruit gardens, traditional cakes, pop rice, and a generous Vietnamese lunch with an English-speaking guide.

“It was totally worth the price, we did many more things than I expected looking at the description! We started having a tasty breakfast at the floating market at a traditional boat, then travel around, visiting other boats, meeting locals, tasting delicious coffee, pineapple, then stopped to learn to make noodle wraps and taste some dried fish too. We went to the local market in land where everybody was so friendly and vegetables, fish and meat looked so fresh! After we visited an island where they have tonnes of fish and you can have a foot massage, was so funny very ticklish. Then visited the island so peaceful I would…”

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10.Authentic Vietnamese Cooking Class with Market Visit in HCMc

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 182 reviews · from $45Best value

Meet Daisy, Jack, or chef Thieu at Hai’s Restaurant for a guided Ben Thanh Market visit, hands-on cooking, and a meal of three Vietnamese dishes. Choose from nine chef-suggested options, enjoy one free drink, and finish with an egg or coconut coffee.

“A great morning of visiting the market before ‘helping’ to cook a delicious 3- course meal. The ingredients were top notch and so fresh. Very well presented and hosted by a really friendly crew. We’ll see if we can replicate it back home now 🤣😉. Thank you”

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11.3-Day Mekong Delta Tour including: Cai Rang floating market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 65 reviews · from $495

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City into the Mekong Delta with an English-speaking guide and a group of no more than 15. You will visit villages, a local home, Cai Rang floating market, a rice noodle workshop, fish farms, a bird sanctuary, and a towel-weaving village, with two hotel nights and four included meals.

“A long (3-day) tour to the delta of the Mekong river. An exciting, colorful and insightful experience.”

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12.Mekong Delta Can Tho Floating Market 2-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 41 reviews · from $47

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to the Mekong Delta, stopping at Vinh Trang Pagoda, Ben Tre, and Can Tho. Ride motorboats and rowboats, visit a honey farm and coconut candy workshop, then see Cai Rang Floating Market, cook bánh xèo or bánh khọt, and cycle through a village.

“In think, in Chan Tho City is good if tourist have more activities, like eye seeing city or durian hunting :) Or fruits hunting etc :)”

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13.Cai Rang Floating Market & Mekong Delta Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 38 reviews · from $140

Leave Ho Chi Minh City around 5:00 AM for Cai Rang Floating Market, then continue to My Tho for river boats, narrow canals, a bee farm, fruit, music, and lunch. A private guide such as Dang Nguyen, Viet, Theo, or Annie can make the long day more flexible and personal.

“We had a great experience. Although I wasn’t sure about the “private guide” part — and the higher cost, I’m glad we chose it. Theo (our guide) was very knowledgeable and easy to get along with (and has solid English skills). The limo (a highly-appointed passenger van) was super comfortable. Although we saw other tourists at many of the places along the tour, we had a superior experience, getting to do things rather than just see them.”

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14.Mekong Day Tour by Car:Cai Be market, Local Island & Cycling

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 33 reviews · from $125

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Cái Bè by private car, then explore the Mekong by motorboat and hand-rowed sampan. Meet local producers, taste fruit and honey tea, enjoy a home-cooked lunch, and walk or cycle through village paths with an English-speaking guide.

“What a wonderful day trip. Our guide Joy was so awesome. She is extremely knowledgeable, kind and caring. Has no issues with answering any questions and she is very passionate. The day is full of adventure and learning about life on the Mekong. I would recommend this tour to anyone traveling in Saigon. We ate fresh local fruit. Drank honey tea at the bee farm. Had a lovely home stay lunch and explored the local village and markets. Transportation is top class as ate all the boats on the Delta. Thank you so much Joy you are a legend. ♥️”

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15.1-Day Cai Rang Floating Market-Vinh Long-Cai Be-Group of 10 Max

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 20 reviews · from $205

Leave Ho Chi Minh City at 4:30 AM for Cai Rang Floating Market, then continue to Vinh Long and Cai Be for a homestay cooking class, lunch, cycling, kayaking, pottery, and a sampan ride. Groups are capped at 10, with guides such as Linda, Nick, Tri, and Hine Bui assigned according to availability.

“Amazing trip, we had a few initial hiccups in the morning but thats due to no ones fault. The communication was clear and consise. We did a private tour so had Tri’s(our guide) full attention. He went above and beyond to make the day a success. I would highly recommend them.”

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