Ho Chi Minh City Full Day Tours: Explore Historic Locations in Any Language
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Ho Chi Minh City
Discover the historic locations of Ho Chi Minh City with our full day tours. Explore in any language and visit attractions like the War Remnants Museum, Independence Palace, and more.
Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Ho Chi Minh City - 8.30 AM: Start from your hotel, visit The Independence Palace (Reunification Convention Hall), is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. the former palace of President of Vietnam Southern Government under Vietnam war.
    10.00 AM: Visit War Remnants Museum - one of the only cultural tourism to attract high public credibility at home and abroad.
    12h00: Have lunch at the local restaurant in HCMC
    PM: Visit Thien Hau pagoda - later visit Opera House with the iconic Caryatid statues. This perfectly exemplifies the French Colonial architecture, has been used for different purposes, mainly for theatrical productions and classical music concerts.
    Next visit to Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral - initially named it the Church of Saigon (French: l’Eglise de Saïgon).
    Later visit The Saigon Central Post Office a depicts classic elements of Gothic, Renaissance and French colonial design.

Shopping 1 hours in Ben Thanh Market before go back to hotel. End of the day tour.

  • Vung Tau - 8:00 AM: Guide and driver pick you up from your hotel and start a full day to discover Vung Tau city with some famous sites and beaches around. With about 2 hours on a coach trip along the countryside with beautiful landscapes on both sides. On arrival Vung Tau, start a visit at Thich Ca Phat Dai Pagoda, discover the old construction, heard about the history of the Buddhism in Vietnam with many old furniture maintenance, the Temple of Nirvana, Statue of Jesus at the top of Nui Nho Mountain with the height of 32 meters.

12h00: Lunch at a restaurant on the beach.

After lunch, visiting Nghinh Phong cape, it is literally translated as Cape of Welcoming Breeze. The cape is the cliff of Vung Tau and has unobstructed views of Vung Tau City as well as the East Sea.

Free time at Thuy Van beach (Back beach)

04:00 PM Return to Saigon. Finishing at your hotel in HCMC at around 06:30PM.

  • My Tho - 8.00 AM: Picks up at hotel. Depart for My Tho.
    10.00 AM: On arrived at My Tho, Visit Vinh Trang pagoda,
    Later 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. Then a boat ride to An Khanh
    12h00: Have lunch at a local restaurant in An Khanh.
    PM: Eenjoy 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 business which epitomizes the idyllic rural lifestyle, taste the delicious coconut candy & observe the pastoral life as you roam through the fruit plantation and village.

15h00: Return to HCMC. End of your day tour at around 5h00 in the hotel in HCMC.

  • Cu Chi Tunnels - 7.45 AM or 12h30 PM: Drive to Cu Chi tunnels, the first of impression is watch of short introductory video showing how they were constructed, then spend the next hour exploring the maze of tunnels. Also on display are various mantraps, the remains of an American tank and numerous bomb craters made by 500 pound bombs dropped by B52 bombers. For those interested there’s even the opportunity to fire off rounds from an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range Crawling under Cu Chi tunnels Crawling under Cu Chi tunnels.

12.30 or 18h00 PM: Finish the tour at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city or town center. Free time for lunch (dinner) or do shopping and discover the city.

  • Cao Dai Temple - 8.00 AM: Pick you up from hotel. Start to visit The Great Holy See Temple, built in 1926, is considered one of the most striking structures in all of South-East Asia. It is the headquarters of the unique Cao Dai sect, a religion with a hybrid of Buddhism, Christianity & Confucianism. Above the entrance is the all-seeing holy eye
    12h00: Have lunch at the local restaurant

PM: Drive to Cu Chi tunnels, the first of impression is watch of short introductory video showing how they were constructed, then spend the next hour exploring the maze of tunnels. Also on display are various mantraps, the remains of an American tank and numerous bomb craters made by 500 pound bombs dropped by B52 bombers. Drive back to HCMC.

18h00: Finish the tour at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh city.

What's Included
  • Lunch
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • English speaking guide
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Tips & drinks
Additional Information

Tours can be conducted in any language.

Here are 5 featured tours:

  1. An exclusive, full-day tour of Ho Chi Minh city
  2. Private and group options for a day-long tour of My Tho - Ben Tre
  3. Private and group options for a day-long tour of Vung Tau
  4. A half-day group tour to Cu Chi tunnel
  5. A private, full-day tour to both Cao Dai temple and Cu Chi tunnel

In 2015, Ho Chi Minh city was listed by The New York Times as a must-see location worldwide. With attractive sights, such as the war remnant museum, Independence Palace, Opera house, Post office, Notre Dame Cathedral, and more, Ho Chi Minh city is compelling to global tourists. All these places can be visited in a single day.

In close proximity to Ho Chi Minh city are opportunities for day tours to sites like the Cu Chi tunnel (half-day), Mekong delta with Ben Tre, along with Vung Tau - a beautiful beach just two hours from Ho Chi Minh city.

Come and explore the full-day excursions in Ho Chi Minh city, meticulously curated by our team!

Location
Ho Chi Minh City
Cancellation Policy

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

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Hari22nair
Sep 16, 2023
Highly professional pleasant guide Mr Cong - I had hired for Saigon city tour ... Mr Cong had come with us and he was very hard working, detailed guide. He knew about places in depth and took us a nice Vietnamese restaurant also. We are very happy with Mr Cong and his services. Recommended to hire
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Amirraif
Aug 30, 2023
Nice 3 days package tour in Ho Chi Minh - Specially thanks to our guide Lucas and the arrangement from Mr. Windy for arranging us a wonderful experience for our trip. We definitely come back.
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Sofpelle
May 12, 2023
Excellent guide - Ben was excellent in the one and a half day tour we traveled with him. He had a lot of knowledge of the war, the countryside and culture. He was also very pleasant to us and very caring and understanding to our health problems when we had a food problem before the tour.
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Halley
Feb 28, 2023
Great work - We have 5 days of experience in Ho Chi Minh with the company. Thanks to our guide Mr. Hien and the driver Hoang who were brilliant. He spoke great English and was very professional in showing us all around the area. We enjoyed the visit to Vung Tau, My Tho, Cu Chi tunnel. We would not hesitate to recommend it.
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