Cai Rang Floating Market in Can Tho City is one of the three biggest in the Mekong Delta. The shops and stalls at the market are boats of different sizes.
One of the most interesting sights in the Delta are the floating markets and associated river life. The Market is open all day but it is busiest from sunrise to about 9 am. The main items sold there are farm products and specialties of Cai Rang Town, Chau Thanh District, and neighboring areas.
Every boat has a long upright pole at its bow on which samples of the goods for sale are hung.
Local life in Cai Rang floating market
In the early morning, larger sized boat anchors and create lanes that smaller boats weave in and out of. The waterway becomes a maze of hundreds of boats packed with mango, bananas, papaya, pineapple, and even smuggled goods like cigarettes.
Therefore, the sellers don’t have to cry out about their goods because their goods can be seen in a distance. Small boats that sell beer, wine, and soft drinks go among the other boats to serve market-goers and visitors.
Each boat is load with plenty of seasonal goods. With activities at the market are also an occasion for tourists to study the cultural aspects of southerners. You can see the market in the distance, it does not look like much, just a mass of boats. The boats all display their wares on a mast, so you can see what they have available.
To visit Cai Rang Floating Market, visitors can join a tour of the Mekong Delta. On the way to Can Tho, visitors can stop to visit My Tho and take a boat trip to visit orchards, bee farms and coconut candy establishments in Ben Tre.
Many have agreed that visiting floating markets is among the can-not-miss experience in Southern Vietnam. There are a lot of travel agencies that offer a wide range of tours to Mekong Delta. Those without lots of time in their schedules to chose one Mekong delta day tour. With the floating market in its itinerary that best fits their time-frame.
Have you been to the Cai Rang Floating Market? If not yet, let’s take a 30-minute boat ride to the market. You will be actually awake and enjoying it! You wind to find it very peaceful floating down the river in the early morning. Tell us why you think this market is a great place!
