We joined 2 day cruise on a small classic Mekong Eyes cruise from caibe - Cantho. We visited the market before finishing our cruise trip. It's all good. It's not crowded as imagined but till very good to see people trading things on small boats

After comparing prices of private short boat trips (2 hours), ranging from 300k-400k, Miss Loan (WhatsApp ‪+84 90 845 57 18‬) provides boat trips for the best price at 250k. This price is the best because the boat woman is her aunt, so Miss Loan does not charge any commission from her. Miss Loan even picked me up on her scooter, from my hotel near the city centre at 6am, with no additional charge. She dropped me off at Cai Rang, where her aunt’s boat is, and I went on an unguided tour with her aunt, who is a very fabulous granny. The boat is a small boat, looks like it can seat 3 people max (including the boat woman), so I’m not sure if they can seat more passengers or if there will be an increase in price. The boat trip went on a Cai Rang floating market classic route, first stop eat noodle on a boat, second stop small canals, third stop noodle-making workshop, then back. While most tours will tell you this trip is 2-3 hours, if you don’t eat, it’s actually around 1 hour and 25 minutes, which was enough for me. Overall I had a peaceful boat ride with this cute grandma, without a tour guide yapping in the background. After the boat ride, the area where the boat was parked is a large (land) market, which I had a nice time exploring. It was easy to get a grab bike back to the city centre. I highly recommend this boat trip with Miss Loan’s aunt!

We mad a boat trip with Miss Loan and her friend(Loan too). They picked up us at the hotel in the very early morning and we went to Cai Rang floating market. It was an authentic experience, we ate noodles for breakfast, we tasted coffe and fruits and after the trip we met some Loan's friends. They were very sweet and funny and we spend two hours with them in their everyday routine. It was one of the most beautiful human experience we made in Vietnam.

Miss Loan is wonderful! Just message her on what’s app and she will get back to you ASAP! We considered doing this in our own but at the last minute decided we needed a guide. Miss Loan was fantastic! She and her team got us there and back and we had a wonderful time on the river. As a group of five, we had a private boat which was really nice and we started early. We had coffee, Pho, pineapple, coconut candy, pork bun and noodles. If you want a tour without the nonsense and at a very good price, then Mrs Loan is for you!

We joined the Mekong eyes cruise and visited the market on the 2nd day of the tour. I must say that we had unfogetable experience here. We tried local coffee, tasted fruit and see our merchants selling their local products.

Interesting if you happen to be in town, but not worth going to Can Tho just for this. Most the locals now go to the land market because bridges were built. These floating market now exist most for tourists. The early morning and to float past boats they couldn’t get in was very frustrating for our elementary aged kids. It was interesting once, but we wouldn’t go back.

We did a cruise trip for 2 days from Caibe. Tour finished in Cantho and we visited the market. I could not see many boats, but good enough to see. People move to live on land and the market is mostly for tourists.

Underwhelming and disappointing. There are now only about 40 boats many of whom are larger wholesalers who live on the boats and supply the smaller boats. The guide was far more interesting than the tourist excursion. Most of the trading is done c. 0500. We went at 0700 when it was mostly tourist boats. There is a lot of litter on the banks and the water. This floating market is not what it is hyped up to be. It is only marginally interesting. Still, if you are in the area then you would want to go. I am not sure it was worth the 3.5 hr drive from Saigon even though our hotel on an island was 5*.

After finding one of the lovely older lady boat driver/guides by the small pier south of the market down a little alleyway the day prior, we launched at the agreed time of 5am on a small boat complete with a comfortable seat and life jacket (mandatory). The boat goes somewhat slower than the larger tour boats, however this allows the scene to be appreciated and enables access between the market boats. Head to the hidden pier (location map in the photos) the day before and bargain on the departure time, length of ride and cost (I paid 300k VND for two hours which was an adequate amount of time).

The Floating Market on the Mekong River is an amazing event to experience. Countless boats full of fresh produce and other goods sell their wares to keen customers, also on their boats. This area of the River is teeming with activity and is full of life! Quite an experience!