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.
