4 days 3 nights
Ho Chi Minh & Around
HO CHI MINH
Overview
Day 1: HCM City Tour | Overnight in HCMC (Lunch)
Day 2: Mekong River Delta | Overnight in HCMC (Breakfast/ Lunch)
Day 3: Vung Tau Beach | Overnight in HCMC (Breakfast/ Lunch).
Day 4: Departure (Breakfast)
Itinerary
Day 1: HCM City Tour | Overnight in HCM (Lunch)
When you arrive, Tour Guide will pick you up from airport and transfer to HCM city center.
Enjoy lunch with Vietnamese Beef Noodles "Pho" at a local restaurant.
- Visit HCM City Hall and Nguyen Hue walking Street.
- Visit Coffee Apartment and enjoy Vietnamese local coffee.
- Visit Pink Churck
- Visit Post Office and Notre Dame Cathedral
- You have free time in evening to visit Ben Thanh Night market nearby hotel.
Day 2: Mekong River Delta | Overnight in HCM City (Breakfast/ Lunch)
8:15AM Tour Guide and driver will pick you and depart from your hotel for My Tho city by air-conditioned car/van/bus. In My Tho, boarding the motorboat at a pier and cruising on the Mekong River. Here, overlooking floating houses where fishes are farmed beneath the house (viewing from the motorboat).
- Continuing the journey on the river until reaching Cồn Thới Sơn (Unicorn Island), from here taking a horse cart to reach a performance site where Vietnamese traditional music (Đàn Ca Tài Tử - A folk art form from Southern Vietnam accredited by UNESCO in 2013 as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) can be heard and seasonal tropical fruit can be tasted (included).
- Afterward, being on a small hand-rowing boat (the main mean of transportation in My Tho & Ben Tre) and slowly cruising through a small creek with beautiful overhanging coconut trees. Lives from both sides of the creek can be observed.
- Before heading to lunch, passing through bee-keeping farm and enjoying honey tea, a typical Mekong house can be viewed here.
12:30PM It is lunch time after a short walk.
- After lunch, boarding the motorboat and heading to learn coconut candies making process from a workshop. Sample of candies can be tasted.
03:00PM Returning to car/van/bus and going back to HCMC
Day 3: Vung Tau Full Day Tour (Breakfast, Lunch).
7:30AM We will depart from your hotel to Vung Tau city.
10:00AM Arriving in Vung Tau and enjoying free time at Thuy Van beach (Back beach) – one of the nicest beaches in Vietnam with the shore runs for almost 10km, full with fine sands and white waves.
Then, we have authentic Vietnamese lunch at a local restaurant.
After lunch, we visit Jesus Christ Statue by walking up the 847 stairs and meeting the 32 meter-tall (105 feet) statue of Jesus Christ. Considered one of the tallest statues of Christ in Asia, its outstretched arms span a little over 18.4 meters. Originally started in 1972 but the construction was only completed in 1993. The adventurous are welcome to climb to the top of inside Christ' arms and enjoy the breathtaking panoramic view of Vung Tau city.
-The second destination is Thang Tam Temple (Whale Temple). The temple displays the bones which came to symbolize the protector deity of the coast. Now, each time a carcass of a whale washes ashore, the bones are ceremonially hauled to the mausoleum.
-We also discovery the Vung Tau's nicest colonial era mansion - Bach Dinh. It was built as a retreat for French Governor of Indochina Paul Doumer at the beginning of the 20th century.
Cape Nghinh Phong is final sight before we leave this beautiful coastal city. The Cape is the cliff of Vung Tau and has unobstructed views of Vung Tau City as well as the East Sea.
5:00PM We come back to HCM city.
Day 4: HCM City Departure (Breakfast).
After breakfast we will pick you up and transfer you to the airport. Tour ends.
Tour Inclusions:
Tour Exclusions:
Hotel Information:
Hotel in HCM City: Avanti Hotel 3* or equivalent.
Address: 186 Le Thanh Ton Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Children Policy
- Under 2 years old: free of charge.
- Children from 03 to under 05 years old: 50% adult price.
- Children from 05 to under 10 years old: 75% adult price.
- Children from 10 years old and above: 100% adult price
What To Bring
- Sunscreen
- Sun hat
What To Wear
- Comfortable clothes
- Comfortable shoes
Important Notes
- Please note that the menu is subject to seasonal changes.
- Please note that the itinerary is subject to change based on weather or traffic conditions of the day.
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- My tours are flexible. I guarantee the comfort of the tours. Me or my tour guide will always take care of you during the trip.
- All of my tours are non-shopping, no traps. If you would like to buy local specialities, I will bring you to the local markets where they offer affordable prices.
- Me, as well as my tour guides will help you take gorgeous pictures as a way to save memorial moments.