Best of Southern Vietnam Tour 06 Days
Tour brief
With Hightlight of Southern Vietnam 6 days, Asia Local Tours provide you the best experiences in the south of Vietnam about culture, people and their daily life as well as customs. You will experience not only a modern and busy Ho Chi Minh City but also quiet and peaceful Mekong Delta.
Highlights:
- Discover the story of Saigon, from city of conflict to a modern metropolis
- Squeeze through the famous Vietnam War-era tunnels at Cu Chi
- Witness the solemn ceremony of the unique religion – Caodaism at Cao Dai Temple in Tay Ninh
- Experience the slow rhythm of life on the Mekong Delta by riverboat
- Rise early to discover the colorful floating market of Cai Rang on a sampan
Itinerary
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City arrival
Welcome to our beautiful Vietnam! Upon arrival in Tan Son Nhat airport, our guide and driver will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel in the city center. Check-in and spend the rest of the day free to relax in your room or stroll down the bustling centre streets to enjoy the ambience of Saigon.
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Day 2: The untold story of Ho Chi Minh City (B,L)
After breakfast at hotel, our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel, start your day tour of Ho Chi Minh highlights. The first destination is the Reunification Palace - formerly known as the museum of American War Crimes being the former residence of the President of South Vietnam until April 30, 1975. You also visit some of the best samples of French colonial architecture, which are Notre Dame Cathedral church and Saigon Central Post Office. Next to the cathedral stands the Central Post Office that is the country’s largest post office was built in 1891. It is another fine example of French architecture and is Vietnam's largest post office.
After lunch at a popular local eatery in Saigon, we continue to China town area to visit the most popular secret temple of Chinese Vietnamese community in Saigon, the Thien Hau Buddhist temple. The rest of the time is leisurely on shopping and visiting to the most bustling wholesale market in Saigon, also known as Cho Lon market, a well justified as Vietnam’s largest market. If having more time, you will have chances to visit a famous lacquer ware workshop and enjoy interaction with the local artist. Dinner is on your own arrangement.
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Day 3: Cu Chi tunnels and Cao Dai temple (B,L)
Having breakfast at the hotel then the trip will be continued to Cu Chi Tunnel system that was created to assist the Vietnamese Revolutionists against the French in 1948. It was an underground city with living areas, kitchens, storage, weapons factories, etc. Especially, you will have the opportunity to take part in the unique experience of guerillas living underground during the war, with a crawl through 20/30/50 meters of the tunnel system.
We then drive 30km toward Tay Ninh, and visit The Great Temple of Caodaism (a famous local religion). It was built on 9 levels that represent 9 steps to heaven at which you will see a prayer session at noon with beautiful music prayer with Vietnamese folk instrument in a very spiritual environment.
We then come back to Ho Chi Minh City in the afternoon.
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City - Into the Mekong Delta - Can Tho (B,L)
Today you will travel from Ho Chi Minh City to explore Ben Tre in the Mekong Delta (130km - 2.5 - 3 hour travel time). From Phong Nam pier you will board a boat and cruise along the Chet Say river (a branch of the Mekong) and stop off at various local workplaces to give you a picture of how the local economy works, including a coconut activated charcoal factory where coconut shell is put into a high heat kiln to produce coconut charcoal; a coconut processing workshop, where you can sample fresh coconut and see how every single part of this versatile nut is turned into food and other products. Then the boat will cruise through the small canal offering an opportunity to discover the local sights and sounds. Eventually the boat will stop at a quiet village where you can have a short walk to experience real Delta village life, visit a mat weaving house, where straw mats are woven using a hand loom – you can even have a go at weaving yourself before boarding your xe loi (a kind of motorized rickshaw) or biking into the village where you can see a farm, rice fields and vegetable plantings before stopping at a local house for a delicious and filling lunch, featuring such local specialties as elephant-ear fish and river shrimp, washed down with some cold drinks or beers.
After lunch, it’s time to board a sampan for a relaxing trip along narrow canals and back to the pier. From there it’s back to the main road for the trip deeper to the Mekong Delta – Can Tho province. Upon arrival, check-in at your hotel, spend the evening free at leisure.
Accommodation: Hotel in Can Tho
Day 5: Cai Rang floating market – Back to the bustling Ho Chi Minh City (B,L)
This morning, we will visit one of the most legendary floating markets which named 'Cai Rang'. We board our boat and commence our journey along the Mekong River, observing ‘true life on the river’, the hustle and bustle of families carrying out their morning chores and the locals heading our way to the markets to pick up their daily supplies. We will be back to the hotel for checkout before coming back to Saigon.
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Day 6: Goodbye Ho Chi Minh City (B)
At good time, our local driver will pick you up at your hotel and transfer back to Tan Son Nhat airport for boarding your flight back home or onward other destinations.
End of services.
Inclusions
- Accommodation with daily breakfast at selected hotels
- Private vehicles and drivers
- Private English speaking guides (Other languages if available, upon request)
- Meals as mentioned in the itinerary (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)
- Entrance fees for all mentioned sights visited
- Vietnam visa letter authorisation
- Drinking water available on the vehicles
- Service Charge & Government Taxes
Exclusions
- International flights and domestic flights
- Personal expenses (such as laundry, telephone, drinks, etc.)
- Any bank fees or charges at your end
- Meals other than those mentioned in the itinerary
- Personal travel insurance
- Tips for tour guide and driver in each region
- Peak season or public holidays surcharge if any
- Compulsory gala dinner on Christmas or New Year's Eve if any
- Vietnam visa stamp
- Other services not mentioned above
Hotels
- This itinerary can be modified to suit your interests, budget as well as your personal wishes including departure date, duration, accommodation used & how long you spend in each destination.
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