Southern Vietnam Discovery

HCM City is characterized by a vast variety of sights and sounds.

After breakfast, your private tour guide and driver will collect you from the hotel and take you on a guided tour around the city through the mazes of streets to the major attractions of the city. You will first visit the War Remnants Museum, The Reunification Palace, and will pass by the former American Embassy (now the American Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City). You will also visit the Notre Dame Cathedral, the City General Post Office as well as Dong Khoi Street where the City Opera House is located. Enjoy lunch at one of the city’s many fine Vietnamese restaurants.

Continue to visit Giac Lam Pagoda. This is Saigon’s oldest pagoda dating back to 1744 and one of the finest in Vietnam. It will then be followed by a short drive to Cholon (An Dong market), including the Thien Hau Pagoda. Cholon actually means Big Market – a claim that is well justified as Vietnam’s largest market, the Binh Tay is situated here. Return to our hotel in the late afternoon.

Overnight in HCM City
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Leaving the city behind, you’ll drive through pleasant countryside before arriving at Cu Chi. Before entering the tunnel, you’ll watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed. Spend the next hour exploring the maze of tunnels. Also on display are various mantraps and the remains of an American tank, as well as numerous bomb craters made by 500-pound bombs, dropped by B52 bombers.

Leaving the tunnel, you will return to your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

The rest of the day will be for free at your own leisure for shopping and exploring the city.

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Getting picked up in Ho Chi Minh City by our driver, you will head to Cai Be where you will board your comfortable river cruiser. After a refreshing welcome drink, we will show you our on-board facilities and your cozy cabin. As lunch is served, the boat will start cruising. Sit back and watch the fantastic scenery and the daily life of the Mekong Delta people.

In the afternoon, you can disembark for a guided leisurely stroll through a village and the surrounding fruit orchards or rice fields. Meet the friendly locals and taste the local produce and fruits.
Get back on board and enjoy a drink at the bar or relax on deck as the sun sets over the magnificent water landscape of the Mekong river. The cruise boat will anchor for the night. The day will end with a delicious onboard dinner. You will stay overnight onboard on your comfortable river cruiser.

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Breakfast on board, then continue to cruise the Mekong Delta before you head back to the wharf, where your vehicle will be waiting to take you back to the city. The rest of the day will be at your own leisure or last-minute shopping in the olden day Rue Cardinal.

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After breakfast and a leisurely morning on your own, you will check out by midday and your private driver will pick you up and take you to the Tan Son Nhat airport for your departure flight home.

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