HO CHI MINH CITY - MEKONG- HO CHI MINH
Day 1 : Arrival Ho Chi Minh – transfer to hotel (N/A)
Arrival at Tan Son Nhat airport , meet our driver and transfer to hotel in the city center
Free time and relax or explore the city in your own
Distance : Ho Chi Minh airport to hotel in city center :10km (- 30 minute driver)
Suggestions for night life activities :
-Join in a dinner cruise on Saigon river
- Experience the exciting Ho Chi Minh City by night and visiting Ben Thanh night market.
- Join in evening street food tour
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh city Tour with Cuchi Tunes ( B/L)
8:00 Start the trip for exploring the great atmosphere around of lively China town. Get into the rythm of this busiest and colourful scenes of Binh Tay market and Thien Hau Temple in the morning. We then visit the War Remnants Museum. Enjoy lunch at restaurant.
Afternoon, located 60km from HCMC, Cu Chi is now a popular spot for both Vietnamese & foreign tourists - the network of over 200km of tunnels became legendary when they played a vital role in the War. In their heyday, the tunnels were functioning underground cities including numerous trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers & kitchens.
Today, ducks and water buffalos happily co-exist in the rivers along the side of the road. However, the peaceful rural rice paddy scenery belies the area’s violent history. Visitors will find it hard to imagine the destruction, damage & defoliation over this whole area, caused by bombing and mines. There is plenty of evidence of the fierce battle that took place here during the 1960s when Cu Chi was a "Free Target Zone".
Start our tour in the morning, before entering the tunnels visitors can watch a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed. You will spend the next hour exploring the tunnels. Afterwards, enjoy tea, cassava (guerrilla’s food during the war). Return to Sai Gon.
Distance: Saigon - Cu Chi Tunnels: 75 km (~ 1.5 hour drive)
Day 3: Day trip to Mekong delta (/B,L)
8:00am pick up at your hotel and enjoy the scenic journey along the national Highwat by green rice fields to My Tho in the Mekong detal
On arrived at My Tho, visit Vinh Trang pagoda, take a leisurely boat ride along the river, view the stilt houses, fruit plantations and fishing villages along the river bank. Proceed to Tortoise islet, have lunch in the orchard garden. Then a boat ride to An Khanh – a less touristy attraction in Ben Tre, enjoy cruising on a hand-rowed sampan under the shadow of the water coconut trees along natural canals, then enjoy seasonal fruit & honey tea to the sound of "Southern Vietnamese folk music", performed by locals.
Visit a family buseness which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle taste the delicious coconut candy & observe the pastoral life as you roam through the fruit plantation and village. Meet the bus and return to Ho Chi Minh City. Drop off at your hotel around 17:30.
This trip provides a fascinating insight into daily life in the Mekong Delta and you are guaranteed to take home your own private collection of beautiful memories.
Distance: Saigon - Mekong Delta: 70 km (~ 1.5 hour drive)
Day 4: Ho Chi Minh – Leave ( B)
Breakfast at hotel. There is a free time to relax or further explore Ho Chi Minh or go shopping. The tour ends after your transfer to Tan San Nhat Airport for departure. End of the package tour 4 days in Ho Chi Minh
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