12 Private Market Tours in Vietnam Worth the Early Start

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

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

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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2.1 Day Private Cai Rang Floating Market and My Tho Boat Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 101 reviews · from $150

Start at 5:00 am for Cai Rang Floating Market, where boat vendors sell fruit, vegetables, and hot noodle soup. Continue to My Tho and Ben Tre for river rides, a fruit garden, Southern folk music, a bee house, coconut canals, lunch, and Vinh Trang Pagoda. The private format suits families and small groups.

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3.Full-Day in Mekong Delta Floating Market and Local Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 91 reviews · from $149

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Can Tho and Ben Tre in one long day with a private English-speaking guide. Ride motorboats and a small rowboat, visit Cai Rang Floating Market, taste tropical fruit and honey tea, see rice-paper making, and cycle through rural villages if time allows.

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4.Cai Rang Floating Market – My Tho & Ben Tre – VIP Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 62 reviews · from $125

Leave Ho Chi Minh City before dawn for Cai Rang Floating Market, then cruise the Mekong near My Tho and Ben Tre. You’ll eat noodle soup, taste tropical fruit, see rice noodle making, ride through a village, and stop for lunch. Private transport, an English-speaking guide, meals, and hotel pickup are included.

“The boat tours are very fun! It’s exciting to go onto the river and see all the activity. The best part was making foods; seeing the people make noodles and coconut candies was super fun! I would definitely go again if I had the chance.”

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5.HCMC: 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, honey tea, fruit, music, and a Vietnamese lunch. A private English-speaking guide such as Dang Nguyen, Việt, Theo, or Annie helps you understand daily life in the Mekong Delta.

“Wonderful trip with my best friends. Dang Nguyen, our tour guide was very kind and super helpful. We took a private tour for 3 people and it was very flexible for us. The drive was smooth and comfortable. Mien Tay is an unique place that presents the Southern Vietnamese culture and friendliness. We got to visit a couple islets in Ben Tre, My Tho, and Can Tho. The floating market is cool although it is fading as the local infrastructure gets more improved. Highly recommend before there is no floating market anymore.”

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6.Private Half Day Tour – Cái Răng Floating Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 24 reviews · from $39Best value

Start at 5:00am in Cần Thơ and ride a sampan to Cái Răng Floating Market with an English-speaking guide such as Thanh or Grace. You’ll eat breakfast on the river, watch rice noodles made by hand, glide through small canals, visit a fruit orchard, and taste tropical fruit with tea. This private 4.5-hour tour returns to the same meeting point.

“PA travel company and their guide Grace did an amazingly well organized tour. Guide spoke very good English and showed me the floating market,rice noodle making place,the fruits growing farm and the monkey bridge. Breakfast and coffee at the market was authentic Vietnamese. Tasted multiple fruits in an another boat Floating through many small canals was very beautiful overall had a wonderful time thanks to Grace”

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7.Private ecotour in Can Tho: floating market-nature reserved

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 23 reviews · from $103

Start at 5:30 am with breakfast at Cai Rang Floating Market, then make rice noodles, paddle quiet canals, and visit Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve. Guides such as Edward, Thi, and Khang bring humor and local insight. The tour lasts 8 to 10 hours, costs $103.34 per person, and returns to Can Tho.

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8.Private luxury Ba Na Hills & Hoi An Walking Tour, Night Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $115

You’ll ride Ba Na Hills’ long cable car to the Golden Hands Bridge, explore the French Village, then walk Hoi An’s Old Town and night market. Tommy Dao Local Private Tours provides a private SUV or minivan, an English or Chinese-speaking guide, hotel pickup, water, and towels. The full day lasts about 10 to 12 hours.

“We recommend Tommy and Kong as your driver and guide to fastly show you in one day what you alone maybe can't make it in 3 days. Is the perfect and safest way to see it all and more :)”

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9.From Saigon: Private Tour to Cai Rang Floating Market 1 Day

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 6 reviews · from $152

Leave Saigon at 5 AM with an English-speaking guide and private car. Cruise among Cai Rang’s trading boats, see Hu Tieu made, cook lunch in Cai Be, rest in a hammock, and cycle to local workshops before returning around 5 PM. Guide Jacky and driver Du Du have led this route.

“The day trip was great fun. We were picked up at our hotel at 4.50 am by our guide Jacky and driver Du Du. After being treated to a delicious Bahmi sandwich, we continue our way. We took a boat trip to the Floating Market, where people sell their fruit or vegetables from 5am to 11am. What have we done and seen? We ate delicious fresh pineapple, sang, laughed... took lots of pictures... took a nice trip in a rowing boat and saw a nice show... we saw how noodles are made and popcorn... we also bought delicious sweets and royal jelly.. had a cooking class. Here we made delicious…”

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10.Private Cai Rang Floating Market & My Tho Boat tour 1 Day

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $127

Start at 4 am from Ho Chi Minh City for a private 12-hour journey to Cai Rang Floating Market and My Tho. You will eat noodle soup on the river, cruise village canals, visit a fruit garden and bee house, hear Southern Vietnamese folk music, and ride a bike or motorized rickshaw. English guiding, meals, transport, and boat trips are included.

“Quite a touristy but functional tour. Higher price than other packages, but private trip all the time with your own group and a guide.”

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11.Half-Day Private Cai Rang Floating Market & Small Canal Boat Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $42

Start at 5:30 am from Ninh Kieu Wharf for a private boat ride to Cai Rang Floating Market, a local noodle house, and peaceful My Khanh canals. Your $42 includes breakfast, coffee or tea, transport, and fees. Expect a small boat, an early sunrise, and a flexible experience for your own group.

“We totally LOVED this trip. It was a very early start at 5.30am but it was all part of the experience to watch the world waking up on the water and the sun coming up. It was a small boat with just room for the two of us, the guide and driver. Read more”

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12.Da Nang/Hoi An: Market & Old Town Private Tour with Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $40

Walk Hoi An with a private English-speaking guide who lives in the city. Visit the Central Market, Fujian Assembly Hall, Japanese Covered Bridge, Tan Ky House, Folk Museum, silk workshop, galleries, and a traditional music performance. Hotel pickup and private transfers from Da Nang or Hoi An are included.

“The guide was great! He lives in Hoi An and showed us many very interesting locations!”

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