Can Tho - Mercados flotantes de Cai Rang y Phong Dien (Delta del Mekong, Vietnam)
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- Distance
- 22.84 mi
- Elevation gain
- 144 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 148 ft
- Max elevation
- 28 ft
- TrailRank
- 38
- Min elevation
- -42 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 5 hours 9 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3942
- Uploaded
- July 15, 2022
- Recorded
- July 2022
near Khu Vực Năm, Can Tho (Vietnam)
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+ Route data marked by Garmin GPS: 35.69 Km
+ Route itinerary: Can Tho - Phong Dien Floating Market - Small Canals - Fruit Garden - Cai Rang Floating Market.
+ Notes: This route describes the route and points of interest of the motorboat excursion to the floating markets of Cai Rang and Phong Dien from the town of Can Tho, in the Mekong River Delta.
The floating markets on the river have historically been the main meeting and marketing points for the population of the Mekong Delta. Nowadays, this activity is in clear decline due to the improvement of land infrastructures and the construction of bridges between the islands of the delta that allow the transport of merchandise in trucks, its distribution and sale. Some markets, such as Phong Dien, have almost disappeared, bringing together only a few dozen boats dedicated to the purchase and sale of different goods.
To hire a private boat trip to the markets (it can also be done in larger boats for groups of tourists) it is advisable to go to the Can Tho pier located in the gardens with the statue of Ho Chi Minh that is located on the banks of the river. There you will be approached by numerous people who are in charge of offering the excursions for the next day. It is important to clarify what the route of the route is going to be, at what points it is going to stop, how many hours the route will take and ensure that no other tourist is going to be put on the boat. It is advisable to haggle over the price and ask several people to see which is the best offer. In general, almost all of them offer similar tours. A shorter one that goes to the Cai Rang market, runs through some small canals and stops at a noodle factory or similar and other more lakes (about 5 hours) that include the Phong Dien market. Some people will say that they don't go to Phong Dien market anymore because it doesn't exist anymore. This is not true, but rather, as I have already mentioned above, the number of vessels that carry out commercial activities has been greatly reduced. However, I recommend your visit because, in addition to enjoying the river tour for a longer time, it is a much more local and intimate market than Cai Rang. Here small boats meet with merchandise that they exchange with each other and sell to people from the surroundings who come to buy in other small boats. In contrast, the Cai Rang market, which is still attended by numerous boats (including many tourist ones), is more reminiscent of a wholesale market, with much larger boats that sell different products that are advertised with a sample of what is offered hanging at the top of a pole that rises above the ship's deck. Both markets are different and interesting to see, so I think it's worth going to see both. It is important to visit the markets very early, at dawn, as their activity soon declines. For this reason, most tours start at 5 AM.
As I have already mentioned above, the excursions are complemented with a small tour through smaller canals with exuberant vegetation and a visit to a factory or other point where tourists are concentrated. In our case they took us to the Fruit Garden. Some orchards with fruit trees on the banks of the river where you have to pay to enter, unless you have a drink at the bar located at the entrance, in which case access is "free". Although the orchards are not ugly, they are not very interesting either.
+ Route itinerary: Can Tho - Phong Dien Floating Market - Small Canals - Fruit Garden - Cai Rang Floating Market.
+ Notes: This route describes the route and points of interest of the motorboat excursion to the floating markets of Cai Rang and Phong Dien from the town of Can Tho, in the Mekong River Delta.
The floating markets on the river have historically been the main meeting and marketing points for the population of the Mekong Delta. Nowadays, this activity is in clear decline due to the improvement of land infrastructures and the construction of bridges between the islands of the delta that allow the transport of merchandise in trucks, its distribution and sale. Some markets, such as Phong Dien, have almost disappeared, bringing together only a few dozen boats dedicated to the purchase and sale of different goods.
To hire a private boat trip to the markets (it can also be done in larger boats for groups of tourists) it is advisable to go to the Can Tho pier located in the gardens with the statue of Ho Chi Minh that is located on the banks of the river. There you will be approached by numerous people who are in charge of offering the excursions for the next day. It is important to clarify what the route of the route is going to be, at what points it is going to stop, how many hours the route will take and ensure that no other tourist is going to be put on the boat. It is advisable to haggle over the price and ask several people to see which is the best offer. In general, almost all of them offer similar tours. A shorter one that goes to the Cai Rang market, runs through some small canals and stops at a noodle factory or similar and other more lakes (about 5 hours) that include the Phong Dien market. Some people will say that they don't go to Phong Dien market anymore because it doesn't exist anymore. This is not true, but rather, as I have already mentioned above, the number of vessels that carry out commercial activities has been greatly reduced. However, I recommend your visit because, in addition to enjoying the river tour for a longer time, it is a much more local and intimate market than Cai Rang. Here small boats meet with merchandise that they exchange with each other and sell to people from the surroundings who come to buy in other small boats. In contrast, the Cai Rang market, which is still attended by numerous boats (including many tourist ones), is more reminiscent of a wholesale market, with much larger boats that sell different products that are advertised with a sample of what is offered hanging at the top of a pole that rises above the ship's deck. Both markets are different and interesting to see, so I think it's worth going to see both. It is important to visit the markets very early, at dawn, as their activity soon declines. For this reason, most tours start at 5 AM.
As I have already mentioned above, the excursions are complemented with a small tour through smaller canals with exuberant vegetation and a visit to a factory or other point where tourists are concentrated. In our case they took us to the Fruit Garden. Some orchards with fruit trees on the banks of the river where you have to pay to enter, unless you have a drink at the bar located at the entrance, in which case access is "free". Although the orchards are not ugly, they are not very interesting either.
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