Getting to Cantho, Can Tho Transportation, how to travel Can Tho

Theme: Ship/Boat

It's The Delta Way
Boating is the only way to criscross the many canals and rivers in the Mekong Delta. Atop the boats are people, animals, groceries, building supplies, furniture, machines, bicycles, and even dirt. There is nothing a boat cannot carry and there is no place in the spider web of waterway in the delta the boat cannot get to and through. There is a boat tied down to a post in front or in the back of almost every house along the river, some are under a protective cover and in good condition, others dilapidated and abandoned to rot.

Mekong Delta ferry
Passenger and goods ferries in Mekong Delta Buy your tickets on the boat. You should be aware that these aging vessels lack the most elementary safety gear, such as life preservers.

Sinh Cafe
It seems the easiest and oddly enough, cheapest way to tour the Mekong Delta is on an organized tour. I spoke with a few intrepid travelers and though they enjoyed their solo sojourns into the region; it was not as easy or cheap as they anticipated. Don’t get me wrong, it was not an expensive area by any means, but the tours are such great value, it is hard to pass them up. We paid 873,000 dong ($55) for the both of us and this included our transport by bus into the Delta region, two nights in air-conditioned double rooms (Cantho and Chau Doc), two breakfasts, one lunch, numerous boat and bus trips around the region, and a boat/bus to Phnom Penh in Cambodia. That’s less than ten bucks a day and it was a well run trip at that. The boat trips in particular were great fun and ranged from tours of the floating markets to navigating more narrow rivers to local villages. Good stuff. We used Sinh Cafe out of Saigon (linked with Capital in Cambodia) but there are loads of other outfitters so shop around to keep them honest. ;)

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