This tour focuses on South Vietnam with visits to Ho Chi Minh City, Tay Ninh, Cu Chi, and Mekong Delta. The tour is also the combination of culture, history and nature, besides exploring the everyday lives of people in the Mekong Delta.
- Price from: US$ 195.00
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City - Arrival
On arrival at Tan San Nhat Airport, you are met and transferred to hotel. Ho Chi Minh City, still called Saigon by many locals, is a center of commerce, finance, culture and tourism in Vietnam. This bustling metropolis, contradiction of its northern counterpart, is crowded with motorbikes and cars, excited by numerous shopping area and sidewalk cafés. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh City - Cu Chi Tunnels tour - Cao Dai (B, L)
AM: Our guide pick you up at the hotel and driving through typical southern Vietnamese countryside to Cu Chi district, and Tay Ninh Province. Upon arrival in Cu Chi district, make a couple of stops for photo opportunities and a visit to a rice paper making factory at Tan Phu Trung Village. Experience ourselves the underground village of Cu Chi guerrilla fighters, which is simply a network of tunnels built during the long years of wars.
PM: Continue to drive another an hour and half from Cu Chi towards Tay Ninh to visit the incredible Cao Dai Great Temple, and attend the noon time service with architecture that could have come straight from a Walt Disney fantasy and where all the major faiths of the world blend together in a unique religious cocktail; photo opportunities during the ceremony. Lunch is at a local restaurant. Drive back to Saigon around 7 pm. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 3: Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta tour (B, L)
AM: Heading out of the town, we travel by roads to the Mekong Delta, Vietnam largest rice bowl. On arrival in My Tho we embark on a boat navigating around the intricate small canals in the delta region, which is a great way to observe the local lifestyle close-up and catch a view dotted by many islands. The exciting excursion will pass the lush green vegetation before arriving at the famous Unicorn Island. Here we have opportunities to stroll around an orchard, taste many seasonal fruits and enjoy wonderful traditional music. The next stop of our trip is Ben Tre Province to visit some fascinating local industries. After feasting on a huge lunch we return to Ho Chi Minh, stopping off along the way to see the beautiful Ving Trang Pagoda and the Cho Lon, Saigon’s Chinatown, which is crammed with sacred temples and mysterious, narrow lanes.
Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City tour - Departure (B)
This is the opening day of the tour because it depends on your flight schedule. If your flight time in the afternoon, we will have a half day to visit Ho Chi Minh City.
You will visit Reunification Palace which was the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until the end of April 1975. Close to the palace are some beautiful French colonial structures including the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Saigon Post Office. We also visit the Jade Emperor Pagoda and the War Remnant before we continue to the bustling Ben Thanh Market where anything and everything is for sale. Some free time until transfer to Tan San Nhat Airport for departure flight. End of the tour.
