Explore Saigon 4 days - A colorful itinerary

Met and welcome by the Hanoi Voyages Guide upon arrival at the airport. 

Then transfer by private car to your hotel

You refresh and relax a little after your flight, then we will furnish you with various items needed to begin your adventure:

• You will be given a map of the city, and the necessary explanations to help guide you.
• Then we’ll help you to exchange currency, and you can start to soak up the atmosphere.
  

To celebrate your arrival, The representative of Hanoi Voyages will come to your meeting to get acquainted, make you feel comfortable in your new surrounds, answer any questions and bestow on you a welcome gift.

The check-in is at noon.
If you arrive very early in the morning, we suggest you make a special reservation to guarantee availability of your room upon arrival.

Our full day tour of Ho Chi Minh City begins in the morning with a

• Trip to Cholon district to admire the active Thien Hau Temple, built in the early 19th century by its Cantonese congregation.
• Then onto Binh Tay Market to witness the biggest market in Cholon in full swing, and check out the many goods, including fresh produce, on offer in this busy place.

Afternoon

• Visit the War Remnants Museum, housing a history of the local perspective of the Vietnam War.
• Visit the old Presidential Palace, where victory was declared after years of fighting, and preserved as it was found, including vehicles in the garages.

Visit the Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Saigon Post Office, both magnificent displays of architecture of bygone days.

A pleasant morning drive through the countryside, observing picturesque scenery local people and village life, to Tay Ninh Province, to visit the Cao Dai Temple and see the melding of the secular and religious philosophies from East and West, known in Vietnam during the early 20th century, including Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Vietnamese spiritualism, Christianity and Islam. A very colorful experience!

After lunch we visit the famous Cu Chi Tunnels, part of an unbelievably complex system of tunnels built by the Vietnamese resistance fighters which help their efforts to repel the Americans during the war. Some tunnels were 2 or 3 stories deep, with hospitals, sleeping quarters and storerooms underground and have been enlarged to allow tourists to enter them.

We return to HCM City late in the afternoon.

• Free time to discover, buy something or gifts for your friends or family
• Come back to the airport for your flight back.

• International flights to and from your home country,
• Beverages, personal expenses and other services not clearly mentioned
• Tipping guides and drivers, which are of course not mandatory, but always appreciated, are subject to your discretion.
• Travel insurance of any kind that you subscribe to personally
• Any free time services: including car and driver, tour guide, lunch and dinner.