Private City Tour: Highlights and Hidden Gems of Ho Chi Minh City With Locals
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Experience the best of Ho Chi Minh City on a private city tour with locals. Discover the city's highlights, hidden gems, and local treats while avoiding the crowds and supporting the local economy.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

  • Saigon Opera House (Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theater) - Visit the Saigon Opera House and other key landmarks of the city. Your local guide will take you to the main attractions, giving you a comprehensive overview of what makes Ho Chi Minh City unique.

  • Central Post Office - One of the oldest buildings in the city, the Central Post Office was constructed between 1886 and 1891 and has become a significant symbol of Ho Chi Minh City. Along the way, your local guide will reveal hidden treasures known only to locals. Experience the city from a different perspective and discover places and stories that many tourists miss.

  • The Independence Palace - Also known as the Reunification Palace, it gained global recognition in 1975 when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its main gate, marking the end of the Vietnam War. Each landmark and stop has its own story, and your local guide is ready to share them all. Prepare to hear incredible stories, unique insights, and fun facts that only a knowledgeable local can provide!

  • War Remnants Museum - Visit the War Remnants Museum.

  • The Venerable Thich Quang Duc Monument - Depending on your guide and their chosen route, this stop might be included in your tour.

  • Antique Street - Depending on your guide and their chosen route, this stop might be included in your tour.

  • Ben Thanh Market - Depending on your guide and their chosen route, this stop might be included in your tour.

  • People’s Committee Building - Depending on your guide and their chosen route, this stop might be included in your tour.

  • Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon - Depending on your guide and their chosen route, this stop might be included in your tour.

What's Included
  • Private Tour
  • Local Guide
  • 1 local drink/tasting
  • Tickets for War Remnants Museum included
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional Information

This is not merely another city tour; it’s the finest exposure to Ho Chi Minh City from an exceptional viewpoint! Experience Ho Chi Minh City with a city tour that provides an excellent snapshot, featuring city landmarks, secret spots, engaging narrative, and a local delicacy - this tour has it all covered!

Move away from the large tourist hordes and crowded places; it’s now time to witness Ho Chi Minh City in its full glory through a local lens. Visit key monuments like the Saigon Opera House, Saigon Central Post Office, Independence Palace and discover unknown treasures and city mysteries with the support of an expert local guide. As a bonus, a local specialty is included.

The Withlocals Highlights & Hidden Gems Private City Tour™ is one of Withlocals’ signature tours available in major cities globally. We are in association with devoted local guides who are compensated fairly. We bolster local economies by solely offering local goods and counter overtourism with only small, unobtrusive groups.

  • Private tour: only you & your local guide
  • CO2 Neutral: all tours carbon emissions are offset
  • Post Covid-19 regulations are applied to this product with regards to the number of participants, delivery methods of the tour and content of the tour.
Location
Thích Quảng Đức Monument
Đường Cách Mạng Tháng 8
Monument of the Venerable Monk Thich Quang Duc (At the intersection of Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street and Cach Mang Thang Tam Street. District 3).
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Queenpersiaau
May 31, 2024
Diamond of Saigon tour - Had an amazing hidden gems tour with Thien. Thien is super passionate about Saigon and her energy is infectious, lots of laughs. Best tour in Vietnam. Great flexibility too as we had already been to War Remnants Museum so Thien changed tour and we felt we got to see more of the locals side of Saigon. Highly recommend.
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240paulr240
May 8, 2024
Absolutely brilliant. We love Thien! - Thien’s communication in advance of the tour of second to none. She was so helpful with regard to other places we were visiting even before we arrived in Vietnam. When it was time for the tour she was prompt and full of energy and joy and laughter and so much enthusiasm. She showed us all of the highlights teaching us lots of things we didn’t know. She definitely wasn’t a clock watcher either and we got to see some extra areas within Saigon which were absolutely fantastic. Three hour tour? Nope! It was much longer in the very best way. We can’t recommend Thien enough and wish we could do it all again tomorrow! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Haneyb2018
Apr 1, 2024
Amazing walking tour - We truly enjoyed our couple of hours together with Thien. She is very passionate about telling the history about Saigon/Vietnam, so we learned alot during our little walking tour with Thien. Even the kids (8&10 years) enjoyed this tour and were very happy with Thien.
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Luke5020
Mar 31, 2024
Enjoyable Walking Tour - Huyen showed up on time and we decided that since I was already staying in District 1 and could see most of the "usual sights" easily, we'd explore other parts of Districts 3 and 1, including: 1. Hum (which I later returned to for an excellent and healthy vegetarian meal — countering all the banh mi, Vietnamese coffee, sweet treats, and pho I had elsewhere), and which was amazingly decorated on the inside as well as the outside. 2. The story of the flagpole at Independence Palace, the turtle statue roundabout, and their connection to Hong Kong feng shui. 3. Where to get good Vietnamese food, kitschy (but unique) souvenirs, etc.
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Dfurnell14
Mar 26, 2024
Fantastic personalised tour - We had a fantastic tour from Huyen, clearly with care and thinking about the information we had received beforehand. She was funny, charming and had great energy. She knew a great deal about Ho Chi Minh, the food and the history of the city. I’d highly recommend everyone considering a tour to just go for it and book with Huyen!
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J907yomiker
Mar 23, 2024
Ho Chi Minh Walking tour - Our guide Huyen was very friendly and energetic. Her knowledge was fantastic and she gave us a lot of helpful tips about the area as well as the local history. She was very accommodating to our needs and willing to adapt the tour to us. Make sure you are ready for a lot of walking in the heat. I highly recommend this tour and this guide. I also suggest you do it early in the trip if you are new to the area, the tips were helpful throughout the rest of our vacation.
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876peterl876
Mar 16, 2024
Great personal tour - We use withlocals for the flexible,small personal tours to take time to talk to the host and not only look at buildings and sites. Jecky really met our requirements and more. He met us at our hotel and always checked what we wanted to do. He gave us a balanced but realistic insight into historical events, whilst pointing out locations that other tour guides around us simply missed. He challenged us to understand many facts about the history of Saigon and life in Vietnam. He gave us as much time as we wanted to explore the war remnants museum- very raw and somber images of a terrible war. As a photographer he was on hand to help us take great snaps and had a great knowledge of the city where he was born and lives. We would certainly recommend Jecky's tours if you want that personal touch. Tonight we are going to the restaurant that he recommended 😁 Thanks Jecky for an excellent morning
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F627nxsherylh
Mar 16, 2024
Huyen in Ho Chi Minh - Huyen was so accommodating and kind. She explained local stories and history and made it interesting and fun for us. Top tier!!
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Mpls223
Mar 13, 2024
Amazing tour - you will laugh and learn - My husband and I really enjoyed our tour with Thien. We learned so much about not only the sights that we saw but also about the history of the city. It was so interesting and important to get a locals POV. Thien loves this city, giving the tour, and meeting new people - all with a great sense of humor. Thien also followed up with a lot of recommendations for where we were heading next within the country. Cannot recommend this tour with Thien enough. Thanks again, Thien!!
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Glasgow153
Mar 10, 2024
Highlights of HCM - We spent 2 days with Thien, the first being the highlights tour. She is extremely knowledgeable so gave us a great orientation to the city and grounding in Vietnam’s history. We ended up in the oldest coffee shop in HCM seeing coffee being made in claypots before enjoying the unique coffee. Thien is fun to be with, she is entertaining as well as informative, so we were looking forward to spending another day with her visiting the Cu Chi Tunnels.
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