Cai Be is a small charming town, 150 KM from Saigon – Ho Chi Minh City – one of the best choices for 1 day Mekong river tours
The destination is decorated with colorful fruit and vegetable gardens, traditional crafts, a French church from 1935 and an impressive traditional house. The famous Cai Be floating market is getting smaller as smart shops and super markets take the places. The Catholic cathedral near the floating market is one of the impressions of the area.
There are numerous small canals in the area of Cai Be, which invite to a discovery tour by sampan. You can explore the area very well by bicycle riding on narrow roads along small side canals. Many of the small shady canals, which branch off from the larger river arms, are hard to spot because they are overgrown by lush greenery. On an exploration tour you will often think that you landed in a dead end, but after an overgrown bend it still goes on.