Things to do in Can Tho, Mekong Delta: The Best Food & Drink

May 18, 2021 Major Galusha

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. Mekong Tours - Cantho Food Tour

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Mekong Tours - Cantho Food Tour

Join the Local Can Tho Street Food Tour and explore Cantho life through the food we eat. Learn more about our food and the culture of the Mekong-Delta. What will you experience+ A walk through some of the upcoming locations in Can Tho city+ Absolutely local street food+ Locally produced beer and freshly-made fruit drinks+ The Mekong city life through the eyes of a local and cultural stories on the corners we pass+ Interesting facts about the food we eat+ Meeting other international traveller and locals. Celebrate Mekong Street Food: ❶ We start the tour at a place where we get a deep fried fish tofu stick and beef snack balls (7.000VND). ❷ We continue to a place in the food street, where we eat Banh Cong (10.000 VND), a Can Tho traditional pie cake made from a mixture of green beans, little shrimp and minced pork, which is steamed and then deep fried in a flour dough. ❸ At the next location we try “Nem Nuong” - pork BBQ rolled up in rice paper with rice noodles, lettuce, thin banana slices, Asian basil, mint, pineapple, coriander, fresh herbs and leaves, that you dip in a yummy sweet-spicy sauce (18.000 VND/portion). ❸ If you are getting thirsty, do not worry. We will right away stop by a local pub and enjoy an extra-large jug of “Phong Dinh” beer (36.000 VND/2L), the locally produced beer named after the historic name of Can Tho city. ❺ Arriving at the riverside a friendly lady, known by the Can Tho youth since their childhood, “Di map” (Jie map), will make us the most yummy sticky rice (6.000 VND). ❻ We will end our evening excursion at a street cafe in the quay area with a fresh smoothie made from fruits of the delta (15.000 VND). Options: As we have dozens of locations and hundreds of street food stalls in the city, we can adapt the tour to the preferences of our daily groups. There is an option of a Vegetarian tour or an “Out of the ordinary tour” available where you can try rather strange food like grilled field mice, snakes, frogs or snails.Start: 6.30 pm daily. Place: 93 Mau Than Street, Xuan Khanh, Ninh Kieu in Can Tho. Price: Pay What You Like at the end of the tour.

2. EcoTours

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EcoTours

Eco tours was launched by a group of Vietnamese local people in Mekong Delta, who are really into travelling and meeting people all around the world. Having been travelers ourselves, we understand how difficult it is for people to find a fantastic trip, especially those with a very tight budget. If you are one of those, you are at the right site. To tours, we specialize in Mekong Delta region such as boat trip, floating market tours, food tour, bicycle tour and motorbike tour. Do not hesitate to contact us for further information about our offering tours.

3. Can Tho Touring with Susan

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Can Tho Touring with Susan

Offer tours , homestay , boat trip , motobike tour to see off beaten track , cooking class around Can Tho and Mekong Delta. You will have an authentic experience with us

4. Can Tho Street Food Tour

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Can Tho Street Food Tour

The Best cooking class in Can Tho, cook with the local foodstylist. Beside the Can Tho floating market.

5. Can Tho River Tour

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Can Tho River Tour

Can Tho River Tour is the best local travel company in Can Tho city specialising in hand-crafted, intimate group and private guided tours to Can Tho, Chau Doc in Mekong Delta, Vietnam. We are offering many high quality insider tours and activities: Cycling tours, classic boat tours, adventure motorbike tours (on the back of scooters), discovery tours, wildlife & forest tour, local home-stay, pick-up Can Tho airport, speed boat ticket to Phnom Penh, Phu Quoc, Con Dao, VIP private transfer service and licenced local expert tour guides to match all your travel preferences and wishlist. Our local experts are willing to design a free customised itinerary for you. Where would you like to go? Can Tho River Tour Team

6. Fabulous Mekong Eco-Tours

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Fabulous Mekong Eco-Tours

Experiencing the local culture is a part of travelling and trying traditional food is largely connected with that cultural experience. We proudly operate our tours in Mekong Delta with the following “No” commitments: No tourist shop stops No tourist traps No animals are involved or harmed

7. Winter Spring

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Winter Spring

We are local, we have a small homestay in Can Tho. We have offered homes, tours daily in mekong delta, floating market, cooking class, explore Can Tho countryside and short trips from Ho Chi Minh to Can Tho Host at: Winter Spring Homestay Winter Spring Home & tourist Winter Spring Colors House

8. Can Tho Daily Tours

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Can Tho Daily Tours

Welcome to Can Tho Daily tour, we will take you go around Can Tho. You can be sure of an authentic experience if you book one of tours with local English/French speaking guides. Please contact with us for details of our specialist tours and we took forward to hearing from you and helping requirements. We have many choices for you: Boat Tours, Food Tours, Cultural Tours, Eco Tours, Photography Tours, City tours.

9. Can Tho Local Food Tour

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Can Tho Local Food Tour

Welcome to Can Tho which is heart of Mekong delta. We proudly to offer professnional English speaking tour guide and highly recommend to join food tour where the food are only found by our Fabulous Local guide.

10. Nguyen Eco Tours

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Nguyen Eco Tours

Nguyen Eco Tours was founded by a group of local guides who love Vietnamese nature, people, culture, customs, especially the Mekong Delta. With passion, enthusiasm and youth, we would like to introduce the best extraordinary things of our country to international friends to help you understand more about the beautiful of this area.

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