PKHCM01 – Ho Chi Minh 3 days 2 night – Friendly Sai Gon

Arrival Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh, you will be picked up by our driver, taking you to hotel in center. 

Check in hotel then free time.

Please choose 1 of these options

Option 1: Foody tour by motorbike

5pm our guide and motorbike will com to your hotel to pick up for Saigon Sightseeing&Food By Night (from 5pm – 9pm)

On this tour, you have a lot of chances to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine. And visiting the most popular tourist attractions in Saigon.

–Saigon China Town is a colorful mix of old and new features, with lots of traditional shops, markets, and local food stalls.

–Thich Quang Duc Monument – A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

–Saigon Central Post Office, Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, Ho Chi Minh City Hall – French Colonial Architectures which are known as one of the most charming features of this city.

–Nguyen Hue Walking Street – located in District 1. It is currently a famous pedestrian street in the city.

–Saigon River Side – Sitting on the banks of a romantic river, chatting and enjoying unique drinks, Saigon at night will be in your sight.

You will enjoy three Vietnamese cuisines:

+Vietnamese Pancake – known as Banh Xeo, a crispy, stuffed rice pancake.

+Fresh Spring Roll – consisting of pork, prawn, vegetables, bún, and other ingredients.

+Beef Spice Noodle Soup -thick round rice noodles, topped with rare steak, brisket, and meatballs.

Finish our time, we get on the motorbike and drive back to your hotel.

Option 2: Night life tour

The tour starts at 17:45 our guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel, by 18:15 you will be arriving at the traditional puppet theater to enjoy a traditional puppetry show featuring Vietnamese farmers’ lives. Puppet masters will stand behind the stage smoothly controlling all the puppets on the ends of poles beneath the stage, giving you a new cultural experience different from normal South East Asian activities. The show will end at 19:15 then you will head to the cruise for a great dinner in the middle of a river, enjoy the colorful view of Sai Gon riverside by night. After your dinner we will transport you back to your hotel around 21:30

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city

7:45am Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel and our guide will give you full lecture about the Viet Nam war, Cu Chi tunnels war, Agent Orange on the way to the first stop at Agent Orange center where you will see how they make the lacquerwares. 

Our driver will drive you more than 45 minutes to reach the Ben Duoc original tunnels where there are less tourists. This is a special warzone kept by the government showing a part of the Vietnam war. 

You will have a small lecture about the clever techniques used by Viet Cong soldiers during this particular period. You will spend more time to explore the underground well, secret entrance, bamboo traps, underground hospital, meeting room, commander in chief room, kitchen. You will decide to explore/ go inside the tunnels 15-30-50 meters). After the experience, you will understand how resilient Vietnamese people are. It is an excellent journey to see the popular tunnels that played a major role in the history of Vietnam. 

Then you will taste VC food tapioca, visit uniform bunker, Ho Chi Minh sandals made form car tires, weapon bunker and trap bunker.

You will have a chance to shoot real guns AK47, M16 but it costs 600.000 vnd (for min 10 bullets). You can pay by cash or with credit cards.

After having lunch at a local restaurant, the tour will proceed to the second destination on 2 – hour drive. The second destination will be My Tho. From here, you will be taking a boat trip through the river, passing through floating fish rafts, houses along many other great views.

After arriving at Thai Son island, there will be upcoming activities waiting for you:

Visiting a honey farm, you will get to learn about the process of producing honey and how to collect royal jelly, you will also get to have a taste of wonderful honey tea on the spot.

Tourist trams or tuk tuk will then transport you to next stop where you can enjoy fresh tropical fruits and Don Ca Tai Tu – a traditional form of western Vietnamese singing art perform by the villagers.

Then walking deep into the village, passing through fruit gardens and you will reach the rowing boats. After travelling on the rowing boats, big motorboats will be waiting for you, continuing your journey to the coconut candy factory.

Finally, you will get back to the van and go back to Ho Chi Minh city, ending an exciting and memorable trip at around 7pm

Overnight in Ho Chi Minh

Breakfast at hotel.

Free time to take sightseeing bus (hop on hop off bus) to discover Ho Chi Minh city by your style.

You are free until time to the airport for next destination.