Location: Can Tho
Top Things to do in Can Tho
8 Points of Interest & Landmarks in Can Tho That You Shouldn't Miss
Can Tho is the main city of the Mekong Delta, the "nine dragon river delta" where the Mekong River empties into the South China Sea. It's also the main transportation center for the region. The extensive canals make for a pleasant boat ride, and the nearby floating markets offer authentic goods and exotic local fruit. *Fly into Ho Chi Minh City International Airport where you can take a car or van (approximately 4 hours) to Can Tho.
Restaurants in Can Tho
1. Meditation Centre Truc Lam Phuong Nam
2. Cai Rang Floating Market
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1,750 reviews
Touring a floating market in the Mekong Delta is a box that many travellers to Saigon wish to check, and none are bigger, or more popular than the Can Tho’s Cai Rang Floating Market.The Cai Rang Floating Market, the largest wholesale floating market in the Mekong Delta, starts around 04:00 and runs until 10:00, meaning that you’ll have to get an early start of the day if you want to visit.The market is about six kilometres from Can Tho, or about a 40-minute boat ride. While floating down the river, you get a glimpse of life along its shores. You’ll pass vibrantly painted boats anchored along the shore, merchant vessels carrying loads down the river and houses built on stilts over the water.Once you finally reach the market, it’s an impressive site. A stretch of boats selling all variety of goods lines the river. Not really a place for souvenirs, people come here instead to buy large quantities of goods, mostly foodstuffs, and you will get an idea of what water commerce in the Delta looks like. Your guide on the boat will usually give you information about Cai Rang as you weave through the hordes. You’ll learn that boats identify what they are selling by hanging a sample off the top of a long pole; if you want pineapple, simply scan the horizon for a hanging pineapple. You’ll also get the opportunity to interact with some of these floating merchants; most commonly this happens when a small boat selling drinks latches onto the tour boat’s side.After the market you’ll be ferried off to your breakfast break at a local orchard. You’ll be led around a fairly large garden growing a big variety of local fruits, which you’ll get to sample after your walk. Once your breakfast or fruits is eaten, you’ll go back to the boat and it’s time to explore some of the Mekong’s canals. Your tour boat will slowly coast down a few of these quiet canals, choked on both sides by greenery. As the sun starts to heat things up, your tour will draw to a close, returning you to downtown Can Tho.Since the market starts early in the morning, and because Can Tho is a healthy bus ride from Saigon — about four hours — you won’t have the option of seeing this floating market as a day tour from HCMC. Instead, you’ll have to spend the night in Can Tho.
Reviewed By alonlevy39
we had a fabulous day with Zen, a super friendly guide and very good knowledge as well as speak excellent english. We had a delicious breakfast at local floating restaurant. We were in floating market with many fruit boats. I think this market like a unique floating market still survive, so please come here before too late. Then we went to many beautiful canals and villages, then stop at cocoa farm, we eat fresh cocoa and drink chocolate at this farm, Zen also bought plenty of fruits such as mango, jackfruit, pineapple and star apple, all of them are so delicious. Then we went to noodle factory in which we learnt how to make noodle and had a really great lunch with pizza noodle which is the best food I never had. We are really grateful for this unforgetable trip. Highly recommend! you can contact with zen via his whatsapp +84335699848
3. Quang Duc Pagoda
4. Binh Thuy Ancient House
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4.0 based on 152 reviews
Reviewed By fabulousmekongt - Can Tho, Vietnam
fantastic house, We wen to this house with my friend. We had a chance to explore the architecture of France mixing with chinese in Viet Nam
5. Ong Temple
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 147 reviews
Reviewed By robertgA7875KT
A beautiful very old temple, a place of worship to be respected. Take your shoes off, step over the threshold not on the board that runs across. In all religious temples and pagodas ask if you can take photos, these places werent built for tourists they are part of the culture and serve the needs of the population, we are priveleged to be allowed in them. Many beautiful pagodas in Vietnam all good places to go and contemplate your own life and to pray for others and the world in general. Go there with a good heart and a willingness to learn and you will come away better for the experience.
6. Hai Ba Trung Street
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4.0 based on 34 reviews
Reviewed By 2019liketravel
this street is beside Ninh Kieu park, where looks over CanTho river, CanTho bridge (Vietnamese - Japanese bridge), Xom Chai island, Tourist boat terminals, ... And there are some big hotels along the other side of this street
7. An Hoa Church
8. Can Tho Museum
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 60 reviews
Good exhibits on Khmer and Chinese contributions to the Mekong Delta's development, also interesting is a small exhibit on local watercraft.
Reviewed By PhilipGibbs - Horwich, United Kingdom
A great walk through time in Vietnam. Well put together and ordered to give visitors a good understanding of the history of Vietnam, albeit maybe a little controversial in later events!
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