The 15 Best Market Tours in Ho Chi Minh City

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

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

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho, Ben Tre, and Can Tho with an English-speaking guide such as Bac, Pham, Ben, or Ele. Ride motorboats and sampans, taste fruit and honey tea, visit Cai Rang Floating Market and a noodle factory, then make bánh xèo before returning.

“Thanks for all ! Nelson is the best. The experience was enriching and varied. We learned a lot about the history of the Mekong Delta. We tasted a lot of local food. It was fantastic 👍🏻”

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

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

Trade Ho Chi Minh City traffic for Mekong canals, coconut farms, village lanes, and an overnight stay in Can Tho. You’ll visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, Cai Rang Floating Market, local food workshops, and a countryside market with an English-speaking guide. Guides such as Bac, Nick, Lucky, and Phuc are known for making the busy schedule easy to follow.

“This is an excellent snapshot into life in the Mekong delta. All the activities are fun and interesting, and you spend the perfect time at all of them. Enough time to look around a bit, but not too much time that you sit around ready to leave for ages. Our guide Nick was awesome :), he was funny and very knowledgeable and would go out of his way to make sure we all had a comfortable and exciting trip. Really wouldn’t be the same without him, and couldn’t recommend him more. Overall a perfect experience that is long enough to get a good idea of the region and short enough…”

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3.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 by van, boat, sampan, bike, and kayak. You will visit Vinh Trang Pagoda, coconut workshops, Cai Rang Floating Market, a rice noodle factory, and an ancient riverside house. Guides such as Viet, Harry, Tom, and Khoa have been praised for clear explanations and friendly care.

“Great tour with our fantastic guide KHOA who was very interesting in his explanations, very efficient , very good English speaker and with a great sense of humour .”

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4.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 ride from a District 1 or 3 hotel, then shop for ingredients at Ben Thanh Market with a guide. Chef Vu and his team teach knife work, seasoning, plating, and several Vietnamese dishes in a small class before you eat lunch and egg coffee. Recipes and a certificate are included.

“This was a fantastic cooking class. It didn’t disappoint from the moment we got picked up from our hotel to the end of the class. We went to the local market to buy the ingredients for our dishes. The chef explained all of our ingredients and he was very entertaining throughout the morning. My sister and I had so much fun and can’t wait to cook the dishes we made for our families when we get back home. This has been one of our highlights in Vietnam. I would highly recommend. Definitely value for money.”

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5.Immersive Cooking Class & Market Tour By Local Chef+Cookbook

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 426 reviews · from $33Best value

Start at Ben Thanh Market with an English-speaking guide, then ride to a clean cooking school for a hands-on Vietnamese meal. You get your own station, cook three dishes plus dessert, share the results, and take home a cookbook with more than 25 recipes. Vegetarian cooking is available by request.

“We cooked three dishes, the chef was very kind and welcoming, her explanations were very detailed, I had a lot of fun. The walk to the market was special, especially the fresh part.”

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6.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 teaching kitchen for a hands-on Vietnamese cooking class. You’ll prepare classic dishes such as fresh spring rolls, pho, pancakes, or grilled meats, with your own station and a cookbook to take home. The class suits beginners and groups.

“Beautiful food and wonderful chef teacher. Lovely experience and well worth the cost. We learnt valuable Vietnamese cooking skills”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 197 reviews · from $112

Leave Ho Chi Minh City at 5:00 AM for Cai Rang Floating Market, where boats sell produce and breakfast is served on the river. Continue to My Tho for a Mekong cruise, sampan ride, fruit, honey tea, village music, lunch, and a bike ride. Private transport, guide, boats, water, and hotel transfers are included.

“This was an incredible full day tour that was extremely well run and organised, full of adventures and excitement. We have done so many interesting things and had lots of different experiences. Tom Cruise (and Jerry the driver) went above Read more”

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

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

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City in a small group of about 10 to 12 people, with a guide such as Stark, to explore My Tho, Vinh Trang Pagoda, Can Tho, Cai Rang Floating Market, and Cai Be. You’ll ride motorboats and hand-rowed boats, cycle, eat Vietnamese meals, and sleep in a local homestay.

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

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9.Ho Chi Minh: 1-Day Mekong Delta Tour-Floating Market & Islet

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

Leave Ho Chi Minh City at 5:00 am for Cai Rang Floating Market, where you eat breakfast, drink coffee, watch Hu Tieu being made, and sample pineapple. Continue to Son Islet for fish farms, Koi fish foot massage, fruit picking, cake making, pop rice, and a local lunch. Guides include Safa, Steven, Tony, Michael, and Daniel.

“Really enjoyed this tour. It’s a very big day but worth the money. Steven is a great guide. Highly recommend. Travelling from Ho Cho Minh, even leaving really early, you do miss the early morning hustle & wake-up of the market but it’s still really interesting to watch. And all the other food making experiences make this a fun day trip”

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10.Mekong Delta Cai Rang Floating Market To The Contryside Road

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 184 reviews · from $155

Leave Ho Chi Minh City at 5:00 am for Cai Rang Floating Market, boat rides, a rice cake village, tropical fruit tasting, and a Vietnamese breakfast and lunch. Your guide may be Jackie, Sam, Xem, or another KIM TRAVEL guide. This private outing suits families and small groups seeking a full Mekong Delta day.

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11.Authentic Vietnamese Cooking Class with Market Visit in HCMc

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

Meet at Hai’s Restaurant in District 1 for a 3.5-hour Vietnamese cooking class led by a chef and instructor. Visit Ben Thanh Market for 45 to 60 minutes, choose three dishes from nine options, cook step by step, then eat what you made. Daisy, Jack, and chef Thieu may be part of the friendly team.

“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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12.Mekong Delta ‘Cai Rang’ Floating Market 2-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 176 reviews · from $168

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Be, Vinh Long, Can Tho, and Cai Rang Floating Market on a two-day, small-group tour. Ride boats, eat local meals, visit villages, take a bicycle ride, and stay at Bamboo Eco Village or Mekong Silt Ecolodge. Guides such as Tri, Tom, Logan, and Quí are known for clear explanations and thoughtful care.

“Very well-organised tour, in a small group, with an engaging guide. The 1-night stay at Bamboo Eco Village was comfortable, and we enjoyed all the meals provided throughout the 2-day/1-night tour. The activities like floating market, village tour and cooking were all enjoyable. We had a good time!”

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13.Mekong Delta 2-Day Tour: Floating Markets & Cultural Exploration

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 151 reviews · from $119

Spend two days tracing the Mekong Delta by minivan, boat, bicycle, and foot. You’ll visit Cai Be, Cai Rang floating market, an antique house, a noodle factory, Munir Ansay Pagoda, and Con Son Island. English-speaking guides such as Slim or Tom lead the cultural stops, with meals, one night in Can Tho, and local tastings included.

“The tour was great very good guide and all was a very good experience. But when i booked i was promised Pick up at Aspen in distrikt 2 and i asked on your ap about time and Price, No answer and then I called the provider snd was told it was imposible so I had to take a taxi No problem Thanks to the provider but why promise and confirm something whis is not a posibility ???”

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14.HCM: 2-Day Mekong Delta Floating Market with Cooking & Bike Ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 133 reviews · from $66

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho and Can Tho for pagodas, coconut candy, orchard fruit, honey tea, folk music, and a small-canal rowboat ride. You will visit Cai Rang Floating Market early, make bánh xèo or bánh khọt, and cycle through the countryside. Hau is one guide noted for his energy and organization.

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15.Mekong day tour Visit Cai Rang Floating Market pick up in Sai Gon

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 117 reviews · from $66

Leave Ho Chi Minh City before dawn and travel to Can Tho with a small group of up to 15. Cruise Cai Rang Floating Market at sunrise, eat breakfast aboard, make rice noodles, walk through My Khanh village, explore quiet canals, and visit Muoi Cuong Cocoa Farm. Guides such as Lam, Daniel, Lily, and Tony Nguyen bring local context to a long but full day.

“In kurzer Zeit viel gesehen Sehr interessant Unbedingt erleben Viel Information Kleine Gruppe Gute Reiseleiter”

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