[BNT_PK07] 5 DAYS BEST OF SOUTHERN VIET NAM

🎯 Destinations: Mekong Delta, Cu Chi, Ho Chi Minh City

✨ Activities Tour: Sightseeing , Cultural, Boat Trip, Cycling

🔰 Accommodation, transportation with A/C, small group tours

Discover the Beauty of South Vietnam! Travel from the skyscrapers of Ho Chi Minh City. Visit Mekong Delta – the ‘rice bowl’ of Vietnam with the picturesque flat rice fields and witness the daily activities of the Southern Vietnam countryside. Tour the legendary Cu Chi Tunnels – the “area of steel” in the war time. Take a half day tour to see the most highlighted attractions of Ho Chi Minh city and more!

HIGHLIGHTS:

✅ Check out Ho Chi Minh city’s famous attractions, Ben Thanh market, historic temples and museums.

✅ Experience South Vietnamese folk songs, enjoy coconut candy and local honey.

✅ Visit the local villages in Mekong Delta and enjoy a sampan boat trip with locals.

✅ Indulge in delicious Vietnamese cuisine – most meals are included in this tour!

✅ Visit the Cu Chi tunnels- an immense network of connecting underground tunnels

TOUR ITINERARY

Day 1

Ho Chi Minh Arrival

Day 2

Mekong Delta Deluxe Tour (B,L)

Day 3

Cu Chi Tunnel – Ho Chi Minh City Tour (B,L)

Day 4

Ho Chi Minh Free Day (B)

Day 5

Ho Chi Minh – Back Home (B)

TOUR ITINERARY

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh Arrival

Xin chao! Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City, a French-infused city with a dynamic atmosphere. You will check in at the hotel located in the center of Ho Chi Minh city then have free time to explore it yourself. If you arrive early, perhaps head to Pham Ngu Lao Street to see the local open-aired market or visit Ben Thanh market. Our Ho Chi Minh city tour, Saigon food tour , water puppet show and dinner on boat or AO show can be good options for you. Please contact us if you want to join these tours with us.

Night 1: Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh

Day 2: Mekong Delta Deluxe Tour (B,L)

Have breakfast at your hotel.

A trip to Mekong Delta to immerse yourself in the natural beauty and the rich culture of the vibrant southern Delta region. Boating down the river to experience the local life, fishing port, fishing floating house, enjoy the local folk song music and seasonal fresh fruit.

7:30 – 8:30 Leaving the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City and starting your trip to depart for My Tho, the town lies on the left side of the Mekong River. Upon arrival, visit Vinh Trang pagoda which sated back to the late 19th century. Then boarding the sampan and cruising down the river around the four beautiful islands known as Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix and Tortoise islands. Stop over at Unicorn Island, go walking around the country lane and see orchards, enjoy tropical fruits, and folk song music which is performed by the local people. Visit the fruit plantation. Ride a hand-rowed sampan through Thoi Son canal and treat yourself in the beauty of the countryside, visit the family business, visit honey-bee farm, enjoy honey tea and coconut candy workshop. Have lunch at a local restaurant. Break time. In the afternoon, time for cycling around the Tan Thach village, meet the local villagers to experience the local daily life in the Mekong delta. Hammock relaxing and enjoying cool breeze for those who can’t join the cycling trip.

17:30 Drop off at your hotel. Trip ends.

Night 2: Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh

DAY 3: Cu Chi Tunnel – Ho Chi Minh City Tour (B,L)

You will have breakfast at the hotel.

7:45 – 8:15 Our tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel for the trip.

Take the morning trip to visit Independence Palace, also known at the Reunification palace, was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace. The Independence palace is a widely known landmark of Ho Chi Minh City and was designed by the architect Ngo Viet Thu. Continue seeing the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times such as the Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office. Followed by the remarkable site of the War Remnants Museum the museum has a vast display of the both the Indochina wars.

Have lunch at the local restaurant.

In the afternoon, we will depart for Cu Chi tunnel, the trip will take approximately one and a half hours by bus. Upon arrival, before exploring the tunnels, you will have some short introduction followed by an introductory video about how the tunnels were constructed and how the people survived in the harsh conditions of the war time. Then, spend your time exploring the remaining area and tunnel systems which included the specially constructed living areas with kitchens, bedrooms side by side with other martial facilities like storage, weapons factories, field hospitals, and command centers helping whoever lives inside the tunnels meet their basic needs. Besides, there are also many hidden trap doors and dangerous traps within the maze-like tunnels for security purposes during the war. Afterward, special tea and cassava (guerilla’s food during the war) will be served.

Break time for relax or time for those who want to try the real shooting gun( not included)

Return to Saigon. You’ll be back to your hotel around 18:30.

Night 3: Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh

DAY 4: Ho Chi Minh Free Day (B)

You will have breakfast at your hotel then have free time to explore Ho Chi Minh city yourself. Our Ho Chi Minh city tour, Saigon food tour , water puppet show and dinner on boat or AO show can be good options for you. Please contact us if you want to join these tours with us.

Night 4: Overnight at the hotel in Ho Chi Minh

DAY 5: Ho Chi Minh – Back Home (B)

Have breakfast at the hotel then free and easy. Trip ends. Please contact us if you want to visit other tourism places in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand.

⭐ 3-Star Accommodation

⭐ 4-Star Accommodation

⭐ 5-Star Accommodation

IMPORTANT INFO

– Daily departure

– If you have ten or more adults travelling together, please contact us to get advantage of special pricing, extras like private tours, etc…

– Daily tours small group size: from 2 to 15pax.

– Hotels will be replaced by similar standard option only in case of full booking.

– Itinerary may be changed due to unexpected weather conditions, traffic or other reasons beyond our control.

– We can customize the tour as per your request. Please contact us if you do not like our listed accommodation, want to do private tour, change few sections of the itinerary. We can make a new itinerary at your preferred accommodation and will guarantee the best available price.

– When you visit any temples, pagodas or shrine, you should wear long pants or short under the knees and a T-shirt. It is respectful to cover your knees and your shoulders.

CHILDREN POLICIES

– Children under 5 years old sharing the bed/seats on the travel bus with parents is free of charge (no extra bed provided).

– Children from 5 – 8 years old will be required to pay 75% of tour price (as children’s price on our website), sharing the bed with parents or pay full price (as adult’s price on our website) to have an extra bed..