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Mekong Delta

Best season Dec–Apr

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Counted from 646 traveller posts & comments · Most mentioned Can Tho (143) · 8/9 fact-checked · Updated 17 Aug 2026
Suggested stay1–2 days
Known forFloating markets and canals
Best seasonDec–Apr
Getting aroundTours from Ho Chi Minh City
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What to eat

Eat
Fresh delta produce and homestay meals
Visitors praise fresh ingredients and meals eaten at delta homestays.
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Where to stay

Stay
Central Can Tho
Handy for the early-morning floating market.
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Stay
Garden homestays
Stay with a family in the orchards, eat what they cook.
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What to do

Do
Can Tho
The hub of the delta
143 travellers mentioned fact-checked
Do
Cai Rang floating market
Go at 5–6am or it's over
31 travellers mentioned fact-checked
Do
Ben Tre
Coconut country — small canals, small boats
9 travellers mentioned fact-checked
Do
My Tho
A popular half-day or day trip from Saigon, easily reached by car or organized tour.
5 travellers mentioned

Day trips

Day trip
Day trip from Ho Chi Minh City
Usually done as a long day trip from Ho Chi Minh City.
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Worth knowing

Worth knowing
Guides and boat crew ask for tips
Boat operators and guides here ask for tips more than elsewhere.
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What travellers said they spent, per person per day 380 statements across Vietnam · median $22
52%
19%
14%
15%
<$25$25–50$50–100>$100
Vietnam-wide, not per place · too few travellers name a daily figure for any single province. Roughly one in eight of these is a couple, a family or a monthly figure we could not filter out, so read the shape, not the decimal.

Nearby — often compared

Deciding where to go? Travellers often weigh Mekong Delta against nearby: Ho Chi Minh City · Phu Quoc · Da Lat · Mui Ne