Ho Chi Minh & Around
HO CHI MINH
Overview
Day 1: Airport pick up - Mui Ne | Overnight in Mui Ne (Lunch/Dinner)
Day 2: Mui Ne - Da lat | Overnight in Da lat (Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner)
Day 3: Da lat Sightseeing | Overnight in Da lat (Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner)
Day 4: Da lat Sightseeing | Overnight in Da lat (Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner)
Day 5: Da lat - HCM | Overnight in HCM city (Breakfast/ Lunch)
Day 6: Mekong Delta | Overnight in HCM city (Breakfast/ Lunch)
Day 7: Cu Chi Tunnels & City Tour | Dinner Cruise | Overnight in HCM city (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
Day 8: HCM Departure (Breakfast)
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Airport Pick up - Mui Ne Sunset | Overnight in MuiNe (Lunch/ Dinner)
We pick you up from the airport and transfer to Mui Ne (~ 4 hours driving). After reaching Mui Ne you will enjoy Lunch at local restaurant. Then check in hotel and relax.
3:15PM We pick you up from your hotel for sightseeing.
Visiting the Fairy Stream. Fairy Stream is a photography hotspot in Phan Thiet and Mui Ne due to its dramatic landscape of reds, whites, oranges and pinks.
Visiting the Fishing Village, observing the daily lives of fishermen, morning catch is hauled to shore and women are busy sorting out the catch and fishing boats are lining up and waiting to depart.
Visiting Red Sand Dunes, slopes are less steep than the White sand dunes, great opportunity for taking photo as red colour of the sand is great contrast to background scenery.
6:00PM Enjoying fresh BBQ Seafood dinner at a local restaurant. You have free time in evening. Overnight in Mui Ne.
Day 2: Sunrise Tour | Overnight in Dalat (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
7:00AM Enjoy breakfast at hotel.
8:00AM Check out hotel in Mui Ne. Tour guide and driver will pick you up from hotel lobby.
Visiting White sand dunes. At the top of the sand dune, catching the first sunrise of the day. Other activities can be taken: riding quad-bikes over sand dunes and ostriches riding (at own expense), sliding down sand dunes’ slopes with surfboards…
After visiting White Sand Dunes we will transfer you to Dalat city (~3 hours driving).
12:30PM Reaching Da lat. Enjoy Lunch at a local restaurant.
Visiting Domaine de Marie, the church is located atop a hill in Dalat. It is built in a style reminiscent of 17th Century French architecture, there have a lovely garden in the back yard and have a good view from the hill.
Visiting Xuan Huong Lake, Doha Coffee, Big C Supermarket. Check in hotel and relax.
6:00PM Have dinner at a local restaurant.
Visit Night market. Overnight in Da lat.
Day 3: Da lat Sightseeing | Overnight in Da lat (Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner)
7:30AM Enjoy breakfast at hotel.
8:30AM Tour Guide picks you up from hotel lobby.
Visiting Linh Phuoc Pagoda, the pagoda is uniquely designed with fine carvings of porcelains and giant structures keep many records of Vietnam as well the world.
Visiting Hydrangea Flower Farm, which is often planted on the hillside, is very large.
Visiting Dalat Railway Station. It was designed in 1932 by French architects Moncet and Reveron, and opened in 1938.
Visiting Da Lat Flower Garden. It is considered a natural museum that houses a fine collection of native and exotic flowers. The park consists of at least 300 different kinds of flowers, hundreds of which are in blossom all year round.
12:00 Lunch at a local restaurant.
Visiting Crazy House. It is a joyously designed, outrageously artistic private home.
Visiting Bao Dai Summer Palace, this villa was constructed as a retreating place King Bao Dai and his royal family (the last king of Vietnam).
Visit Clay Tunnels - A special unique architecture in Dalat. It is a nice place to take picture, the tunnel describes of Dalat history from the past until now.
6:00PM Have dinner at a local restaurant.
Free time in the evening. Overnight in Da lat city.
Day 4: Da lat Sightseeing | Overnight in Da lat (Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner)
7:30AM Enjoy breakfast at hotel.
8:30AM Tour Guide picks you up from hotel lobby.
Visiting Robbin Hills and take a cable car to Truc Lam monastery meditation and Tuyen Lam Lake. Set on top of a hill shrouded in pine forest, it’s a pleasure to take a quiet stroll through the grounds which are full of exceptionally pretty gardens.
Visiting Datanla Waterfall, attracts tourists by the adventurous activities that can only found here. Wild forests, high rocky shores and natural fall have made Datanla a suitable place for these activities.
12:00PM Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.
Visiting Van Thanh Flower Village, it is a village that has a long tradition of growing flowers. It is also the place that supplies more than 80% the roses of Dalat city.
Visiting Dalat Highland Farm, located far away from the city, hidden among the rolling pine hills. With more than 120 hectares, you will have many choices of places to visit and take beautiful photos.
6:00PM Have dinne at a local restaurant.
Free time in the evening. Overnight in Da lat.
Day 5: Da lat - HCM | Overnight in HCM city (Breakfast/ Lunch)
7:00AM Enjoy breakfast at hotel.
8:00AM Checking out hotel, we will pick you up and transfer you back to Ho Chi Minh City.
11:00AM Visiting Pongour waterfall. It is the largest waterfal in the area when the dam above the river hasn't siphoned off all it’s water.
12:00PM Enjoying Lunch at a local restaurant.
4:00PM Visiting Coffee Apartment and enjoy coffee in this stunning building.
5:00PM Check in Hotel and relax. Free time in evening to visit Ben Thanh night market. Overnight in HCM City.
Day 6: Mekong River Delta Sightseeing | 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.
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 Departing back to HCM. Overnight in HCM City.
Day 7: Cu Chi Tunnels & City Tour | Dinner Cruise | Overnight in HCM city (Breakfast/ Lunch/Dinner)
8:30AM We pick you up from your hotel to Cu Chi Tunnels, just 60 kilometers away from Ho Chi Minh City.
It is legendary for its 220 kilometer-long tunnel system and is a popular spot for both Vietnamese and foreigners to visit.
The peacefully rural rice paddy scenery is home to ducks and water buffalos swimming in the rivers along the side of road.
You will find it hard to imagine the destruction and damage all over the area caused by bombing and mines when Cu Chi was a "Free Target Zone".
The remnants in Cu Chi are evidence of the fierce battle that took place. You will even have chance to fire an AK-47, M16 or M30 gun.
12:30 Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, depart to HCM City.
Visiting Notre Dame Cathedral and Sai Gon Central Post Office. Located next to each other and right in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Post Office are two of the best highlights of old Saigon architecture.
Visiting Pink Church - Tan Dinh Church Saigon is a Romanian-style church in Ho Chi Minh City, where you can see intricate Gothic and Renaissance elements that have managed to survive Vietnam's turbulent ... Nearby the gate are two massive bell towers, while the bright pink church is fitted with three beautifully-decorated Italian marble altars.
5:00PM The tour will finish and you will be transferred back to your hotel.
6:30PM Tour guide pick you up from hotel and head to the port to embark the boat and enjoy Dinner Cruise on Saigon River.
9:30PM Return to hotel. Overnight in HCM City.
Day 8: HCM Departure (Breakfast).
7:00AM Enjoy breakfast at hotel.
Depending on your flight schedule we will transfer you to the airport. Tour finished.
Price list
Group size | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ≥10 |
Usd/pax | 790$ | 690$ | 630$ | 590$ | 550$ | 540$ | 530$ |
Tour Inclusions
Tour Exclusions
Hotel Information
♦ Hotel in HCM City (4 stars): Avanti Hotel or equivalent.
♦ Hotel in Mui Ne: Ravenala Resort (with swimming pool)
♦ Hotel in Da Lat: Dalat Park Hotel.
Meals
♦ Mui Ne local seafood
♦ Noodle and Spring rolls
Transportation
♦ From 4-12pax | 16s Van
♦ From 13-35pax | Bus
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