Top Ho Chi Minh City Day Cruises

Journey from Ho Chi Minh City into the heart of the Mekong Delta on a small-group tour led by an experienced local guide, cruising along the mighty Mekong in a private long-tail boat. Experience this important river delta firsthand as you explore both jungle-shaded canals and wide waterways to see fishing villages, exotic fruit farms, and the rhythms of daily life. Enjoy a lunch of traditional Mekong Delta dishes and sample local specialties along the way.

Enhance your cultural experience of Vietnam on an enriching full-day excursion from Ho Chi Minh City to the rural countryside of the Cai Be. Accompanied by a knowledgeable guide, feast your senses on the enticing aromas of fruit orchards; tantalize your taste buds at a traditional candy factory; and browse stalls bursting with exotic produce during a visit to a floating market. Interact with locals as you uncover the secrets of Vietnamese cuisine and enjoy a bicycle ride around the town of Cai Be on this intimate small-group tour.

Explore the Cu Chi tunnels and Mekong Delta on a private tour from Ho Chi Minh City. Board a long tail boat, then set off to explore the villages along the river. About half of Vietnam’s food supply is produced in the delta, and you will visit a fish farm, a bee farm, and a coconut candy factory along the way. Have lunch at a local restaurant (included) as you reflect on the day’s rich cultural offerings.

Travel deep into the Mekong Delta on a full-day tour from Ho Chi Minh City, and explore rural villages, river islands, and lush, plant-fringed canals. You’ll travel by bus, river boat, and row boat, stopping along the way to taste local foods and listen to traditional South Vietnamese music. This Mekong Delta tour includes all activities, lunch, and round-trip transport from select hotels in Ho Chi Minh City.

Depart before sunrise to start this comprehensive full-day tour. Breakfast is on the Cai Rang floating market, the biggest in the Mekong Delta. Enjoy the opportunity to experience working factories producing rice noodles and local baked goods. Immerse yourself in rural life with an authentic village lunch and cake buffet while exploring a pomelo and star apple orchard. Visit a floating fish raft village and watch the snakehead fish dance.

This boat trip from Ho Chi Minh City lets you see much of what the Mekong Delta has to offer, while enjoying the outdoor beauty of the Mekong River, too. Skip the driving and visit waterside fruit markets, rustic villages, rice paddies, and Buddhist temples. Further along the river, stop at a bee farm and experience traditional music at a local culture house. Lunch in Ben Tre is included, as well as round-trip transport.

The rural villages, tiny islands, and lush rice paddies of the Mekong Delta lie just over an hour’s drive from Ho Chi Minh City. On this private tour, enjoy the undivided attention of your guide as you cycle through the countryside, cruise around the islands on a traditional sampan, and visit a honey farm, tropical fruit plantation, and coconut candy workshop.

Experience the peace and tranquility of life along the Mekong Delta during this day cruise from Ho Chi Minh City. Escape the hustle of urban streets and relax into the scenic countryside as you tour the watery landscape of southern Vietnam. You'll float past green rice fields, orchards and quiet villages, and have time to explore on your own during this all-inclusive tour that showcases the best of this epic waterway.

Experience the floating markets, delicious local food, and the maze of canals on this family-friendly private group tour along the Mekong Delta. Float through the famous bustling floating markets, and see how the local people busily exchange food and produce on this unique highlight of Vietnam. Visit fruit orchards, enjoy a lunch of local cuisine, and explore the area on this full-day tour.

- Start 5:15am Visit the Cai Rang floating market. You will enjoy breakfast in the Mekong. - You will also stop at a rice noodle factory/ traditional bakery mill+ small canals - Visit CACAO orchard on the way - Go to traditional market to buy materials for the cooking class - Learn cooking and have lunch at a local family (my parent's home in the countryside) - Take a nap with hammock and relax at our home in the countryside - Go around the countryside to experience countryside’s life (go to seasonal fruit garden, rice fields…) - Come back around 3 - 4pm. Please note that we don’t do the tour professionally like other tourism company, we do everything very naturally, we bring you to our home in the countryside, there my parents and my sister will prepare lunch for you and teach you how to make some traditional foods, then my sister will take you to rice fields and seasonal fruits orchard where you can pick by yourself and enjoy it….Everything is very naturally.

Near 1 hour (45 minutes) enjoy traditional puppetry art – a very special moment for grown up and children alike. A ride on a cyclo for an adventure winding through the sights sounds & smells of this historic metropolis – the ideal way to experience the city at night. Unforgettable 2 hour scenic cruise along the Saigon River in a traditional junk& Vietnamese / Western dinner.

This Mekong Delta cruise combines modern comforts with regional boat-building traditions to create a unique 20-passenger vessel. Stay overnight in the Mekong aboard a river cruiser built from a former rice barge, and leave your itinerary in the hands of your crew. Side trips and savory meals are included, along with the option of hotel transport from Ho Chi Minh City.

Enjoy an overnight cruise on the Mekong Delta waterways, where daily life plays out along the banks and immerse yourself in local culture with a visit to the Cai Rang floating market aboard a traditional sampan, surrounded by local villages, fruit orchards and rice fields.

If you’re short on time in Ho Chi Minh City, and are looking to pack in as many sights as possible, opt for a stress-free day trip to Cai Be floating markets, Sa Dec town, and the Mekong River. Let a guide take care of transportation and navigation as you sit back, relax, and discover historical and cultural info integral to understanding Vietnam. Plus, traveling by three different modes of transport—boat, bike, and coach—provide different sightseeing perspectives.

This package is designed for those who have just one free day in Sài Gòn and want to experience two most popular destinations nearby the city, Củ Chi tunnels and Mekong Delta. It will be a long day and you will spend almost 5 hours on a van travelling from city center to the Củ Chi district, the Mekong Delta, and back to Sài Gòn. So if you have more than a day, we recommend you to make 2 different day tours to enjoy each tour at its best.