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Daily tours in Sai Gon

The highlights of the here-under tours depart from HCMC

  • Saigon city tours,
  • Mekong delta tours
  • Mekong delta cruise
  • Floating market in the Mekong Delta River
  • Cu chi tunnels discover

SG 01- Morning Saigon city tour (half day)
Start: 8h00 AM
The morning Saigon city tour will take you around the busiest city of Vietnam country, from downtown Saigon to Chinatown. You will get to know its history and culture with stops at the History Museum and Thien Hau Temple. You will not only learn about the past but also get a glimpse of the daily life of stall and street vendors at the Binh Tay Market and see other places of interests such as Notre Dame Cathedral, the Municipal Post Office, etc. A stopover at a well-known lacquer workshop will help you to pick up some unique gifts for your beloved.

SG 02 - Cu Chi tunnels discovery (half day)
Sart: 8h00AM
Transfer to Cu Chi tunnels, used to be a bitter battleground for many years during the Vietnam War. Visitors to our country cannot miss a visit to this “underground village” in the cu chi tunnels with the intricate network of over 200-km tunnels at Ben Duoc, 75 km from Ho Chi Minh City. It may be incredible if you don’t experience a short, exciting trip through this labyrinth of interlaced tunnels and stop over at the Ben Duoc War Memorial to over 40,000 martyrs who sacrificed to Cu Chi. Then challenge yourselves with rifle shooting at shooting range (optional with surcharge).

Note: no shorts, no sleeveless tops inside the Ben Duoc temple in the Cu chi tunnels, Vietnam country.

SG 03 – Tay Ninh –Cu Chi Tunnels (full day)
Sart: 8h00AM
Transfer to Tay Ninh to visit the Great Caodai Holy See, a place of pilgrimage for quite a few south Vietnamese people who are followers of Caodaism. In time for its noontide prayer service, you will join a peculiar but solemn ceremony with the congregation attired in lively red, yellow, blue and white and chanting religious hymns. Followed is a delicious lunch in Tay Ninh. Then return to Ho Chi Minh City, with a stop at the “underground village” at Ben Duoc in Cu Chi district, which was used by the guerillas during the Vietnam War.

Note: no shorts, no sleeveless tops inside the Caodai temple

SAIGON - MEKONG DELTA RIVER TOURS

SG 04 – My Tho - Mekong delta tour (full day)
Description: The town of My Tho lies on the left side of the Mekong Delta River and just a two-hour drive from the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City. Visitors will enjoy a cruise on the Mekong Delta River and then ride on a hand-rowed sampan through small inlets under a green canopy of water-coconut trees to catch a glimpse of the daily activities of the local people. A visit to an orchard islet to observe the pastoral life and enjoy coconut milk, seasonal fruit, honey tea and lunch of country delicacies will also be arranged on the Mekong Delta region

SG 05 - Vinh Long - Mekong Delta tour (full day)
Description: Some 136km from Ho Chi Minh City, Vinh Long occupies a core area in the Mekong Delta. After three-hour drive, a boat takes you to the Cai Be floating market, the typical daily activities of the Mekong Delta River with sellers and buyers bargaining and exchanging goods from their boats on the Mekong river and then to Binh Hoa Phuoc Islet where the maze of shady creeks will surely fascinate you. You will have a chance to mingle with local peasants, learn the secrets of their bonsai gardening and take a look at local products. A typical Vietnamese lunch at a local home will be arranged.

SG 06 - Deeper Mekong Delta River - Mekong Delta tour (2days/01night)
Description: The depper mekong Delta tour takes visitors deeper into the Mekong Delta to survey the vast rice fields and waters of Vinh Long and Can Tho. It gives a close contact with traditional rural life in Vietnam by stop-overs at orchards on Binh Hoa Phuoc Islet and the Cai Rang floating market, and a boat ride on the criss-cross waterways of the Mekong Delta region, always proves to be a fascinating and rewarding experience for all visitors to Vietnam country.

SG 07: Vam Sat Eco-Tourist Area, depart from HCMC

Traveling to Vam Sat Eco-Tourist Area by sailing is the attracting and interesting new form to the tourists. The journey starts from Bach Dang Wharf at the early morning when Saigon is not yet awake. The tourists could breath in the fresh air and feel satisfied with the sightseeing of Saigon River. You will have serve food and enjoy the feeling of relaxing. And especially, when you join the Vam Sat Eco-Tourist Area by sailing that you could contemplate sunrise and sunset of the city on the sailing. For details - click here
 
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