Cai Rang Floating Market, about 6km from Can Tho City, is the most famous and biggest
floating market in the Mekong Delta. From the early morning, the waterway becomes
a maze of hundreds of boats packed with fruits, vegetables, plants, foods, etc...
Sellers hang a sample of what they have from the top of a long pole so that buyers
can see from a distance what they are selling.
What to do? Visiting Cai Rang Market, you will have a great photographic opportunities as all
manner of produce is traded from boats, communicate with the local, visit local
houses and enjoy fresh fruits.
When to go?
Trips to
Mekong Delta are suitable all year round but the best time is the monsoon
from June to September.
Travel Tips: Almost floating markets start in the very early morning (from 5am) and finish before
noon. Thus, to catch the liveliest and busiest scenery, you need to stay one night
in
Can Tho. Bring along camera, hat, sunscreen and insect repellant.
