The 11 Best Private Market Tours in Vietnam

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, a noodle workshop, fruit garden, Mekong boat ride, sampan trip, village lunch, and bike ride. A private vehicle, guide, boats, lunch, fruit, and water are included. Guide assignments vary, with Bac, Viet, Tony, and others leading past departures.

“What a day. We saw so may aspect of the life in Vietnam. Our guide James was fantastic and always answering all our questions and telling us stories about the country and the people. The car was very comfortable and our driver was amazing. It is a long day but totally worth it.”

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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’s floating market and a local noodle breakfast, then continue to My Tho and Ben Tre by boat. You’ll visit a fruit garden, hear Southern folk music, see a bee house and pythons, eat lunch in an orchard, and row through a coconut-lined canal. Guides may include Jens or Theo.

“Awesome tour. Variety of activities throughout the day. Jens was a great tour guide, very knowledgeable, enthusiastic and great communicator. We enjoyed the boat ride, coconut candy making and the traditional musical of local village people. Highly recommend this tour to everyone!”

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

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

Leave Ho Chi Minh City early for Can Tho’s Cai Rang Floating Market, a rice-paper village, tropical fruit orchard, and Ben Tre’s coconut canals. Your private group travels by air-conditioned vehicle and boat, with lunch, biking, honey tea, fruit, and an English-speaking guide included.

“Too much car. The schedule is not well done. You to change this tour. Better to don’t present it anymore”

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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, ride a sampan, visit a fruit garden, make banh xeo, and eat local dishes. Your private vehicle, English-speaking guide, breakfast, lunch, and hotel transfers are included.

“The noodles and coffee on the boat was a lovely experience as was the rice noodle making and rum tuk drive through the rural villages. I’d pass on the cocoa and song and dance which was a bit contrived. Overall very enjoyable change of scene from Saigon”

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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 early for Cai Rang Floating Market, then cruise from My Tho among river islets and narrow coconut-lined canals. Your English-speaking guide, such as Dang, Việt, Theo, or Annie, helps explain local life. Lunch, boats, entrance fees, water, and hotel transfers are included.

“We had a great experience. Although I wasn’t sure about the “private guide” part — and the higher cost, I’m glad we chose it. Theo (our guide) was very knowledgeable and easy to get along with (and has solid English skills). The limo (a highly-appointed passenger van) was super comfortable. Although we saw other tourists at many of the places along the tour, we had a superior experience, getting to do things rather than just see them.”

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6.Private Half Day Tour – Cái Răng Floating Market

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

Meet your English-speaking guide at Circle K on Hai Bà Trưng Street before dawn, then travel by sampan to Cái Răng Floating Market. You’ll eat breakfast on the water, visit a rice noodle workshop, glide through small canals, and taste tropical fruit at an orchard. Guides include Thanh and Grace.

“Thanh was an excellent guide. She explained a lot about the boats and different fruits we could find in the Mekong Delta. We got to see how to make rice noodles and taste a lot of different fruits. It was amazing to see how people who sell their products on the floating market, live on their small boats untill they have sold everything. Thanh made great pictures during the tour and send them to us afterwards. We recommend taking this tour for an unique private experience!”

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

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

Start before sunrise at Cai Rang Floating Market, eat breakfast on the river, make rice noodles, paddle quiet canals, and visit Lung Ngoc Hoang Nature Reserve. Guides such as Thi, Edward, and Khang bring humor and local insight to this long Can Tho day.

“This tour was an epic trip around the waterways of Can Tho (Vietnam) organised by FME Travel Network. Our tour guide Edward was incredibly charismatic and informative with a great sense of humour. We shared a lot of jokes and made eacRead more”

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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 Southeast Asia’s longest cable car to Ba Na Hills, explore the French Village, then walk Hoi An’s old streets and night market. Tommy Dao’s private service includes an air-conditioned vehicle, English or Chinese guide, water, and hotel pickup. Allow extra for cable cars, lunch, and Hoi An entry.

“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 around 5 AM with an English-speaking guide such as Jacky and a private driver. Visit Cai Rang Floating Market, see Hu Tieu noodles made, cook lunch in Cai Be, rest in hammocks, and cycle to village workshops before returning around 5 PM.

“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

Leave Ho Chi Minh City at 4 am for Cai Rang Floating Market, where you’ll eat breakfast by boat and watch vendors trade from sunrise. Continue to My Tho for canals, fruit gardens, folk music, lunch, a rowing boat trip, and a short bike ride in a private group with an English-speaking guide.

“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 5:30am from Ninh Kieu Wharf for a private boat tour through Cai Rang Floating Market and quiet canals. You’ll visit a local rice noodle house, enjoy breakfast and coffee or tea, and return after about four hours.

“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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