Non Cycling Tours
Overview
The beautiful city of Ho Chi Minh, formally Saigon, in Vietnam is teeming with life and culture. Authentic Saigon will focus on providing a variety of what Ho Chi Minh City has to offer in different local areas. From Beautiful Saigon River, city center with modern and tall buildings to local alleyways where Vietnamese families work, live, and play to slum area. We’ll take you through the China Town of Saigon , stop to see the local wet market & visit a flower market and an breathtaking yet hidden Buddhist pagoda in China Town. Join in our authentic trip with daily excursions uniquely selected for you with authentic experience that most of tourists to Vietnam would not have chance to enjoy.
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4 days / 3 nights
Private tour, Small group
Departure: Daily from Ho Chi Minh City
Daily from Ho Chi Minh City
Theme: Traditional culture, Foodies delight
Highlights
- Explore the city by Vespa, Travel like the locals, hopping on the back of a motorbike to sightsee and explore hidden corners of the city.
- Discover unusual customs, visit FIFO museum for a close look at traditional Vietnamese medicine and witness a performance of native music.
- Explore traditional culture, Learn about traditional herbal medicines, unusual funeral customs and Taoist beliefs while exploring the city.
- See a different side of Saigon. Travel on motorbike and on foot to explore hidden laneways and local neighbourhoods of Ho Chi Minh city.
- Traveling by air-conditioned vehicle as well as speedboat on the Saigon River, explore the vast network of underground Cu Chi tunnels used as hideouts for fighters, food and weapons during the Vietnam War.
Itinerary
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival
Meet your tour guide at Ho Chi Minh City airport for a private transfer to the hotel.
SAIGON AFTER DARK ON VESPA SCOOTER
Experience the nightlife of Saigon the way locals do, all from the back of a vintage Vespa scooter. Your first stop is at Café zoom to "watch the world goes by" (quoted by The Lonely Planet) and enjoy a cocktail and appetizers (inclusive) before adventuring into favourite local eating spots. The tour will start with a ride to part Chinatown and then heading to District 4 through busy streets and alleys to see the night life of locals and enjoy street sea-food and cold drinks, places that foreigners would hardly venture to. Leave district 4 for district 3 through downtown District 1 to a famous Banh Xeo shop to enjoy the specialty of Saigon, and southern food with the locals. Then continue to a hidden
Vietnamese-style coffee shop to have a taste of Vietnamese music. Afterward venture to a lively bar to enjoy drinks along with live music.
Meals: NA
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
- Adventure on Vespa
Meet your tour guide at Ho Chi Minh City airport for a private transfer to the hotel.
SAIGON AFTER DARK ON VESPA SCOOTER
Experience the nightlife of Saigon the way locals do, all from the back of a vintage Vespa scooter. Your first stop is at Café zoom to "watch the world goes by" (quoted by The Lonely Planet) and enjoy a cocktail and appetizers (inclusive) before adventuring into favourite local eating spots. The tour will start with a ride to part Chinatown and then heading to District 4 through busy streets and alleys to see the night life of locals and enjoy street sea-food and cold drinks, places that foreigners would hardly venture to. Leave district 4 for district 3 through downtown District 1 to a famous Banh Xeo shop to enjoy the specialty of Saigon, and southern food with the locals. Then continue to a hidden
Vietnamese-style coffee shop to have a taste of Vietnamese music. Afterward venture to a lively bar to enjoy drinks along with live music.
Meals: NA
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Day 2: Ho Chi Minh Ciy Tour
Formerly known as Saigon, today’s Ho Chi Minh City is the bustling and vibrating economic centre of the South. Over the past few centuries, Saigon was called the “Pearl of the Far East” and was an important trading centre for Chinese, Japanese and Western merchants who travelled along the Saigon River.
Your sightseeing tour includes interesting sites in the District 5 known as the “China Town” like the Museum of Vietnamese traditional medicine (FITO), the only museum of its kind in Vietnam. The FITO has more than 3,000 items including traditional tools and medicine books as well as miniatures of typical northern and southern medicine houses on display and Thien Hau pagoda, one of the oldest pagodas of the Chinese community in the area. Continue to visit other city landmark in the District 1 including the Notre Dame Cathedral inaugurated in 1880 became the spiritual and cultural crucible of the French presence in the Orient as was the Post office designed by Gustav Eiffel and resembling a grand railway station. And wrap up your city tour with visit the Reunification Palace which is renowned for its symbolic role in the fall of Saigon in 1975
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
- Notre Dame Cathedral
Formerly known as Saigon, today’s Ho Chi Minh City is the bustling and vibrating economic centre of the South. Over the past few centuries, Saigon was called the “Pearl of the Far East” and was an important trading centre for Chinese, Japanese and Western merchants who travelled along the Saigon River.
Your sightseeing tour includes interesting sites in the District 5 known as the “China Town” like the Museum of Vietnamese traditional medicine (FITO), the only museum of its kind in Vietnam. The FITO has more than 3,000 items including traditional tools and medicine books as well as miniatures of typical northern and southern medicine houses on display and Thien Hau pagoda, one of the oldest pagodas of the Chinese community in the area. Continue to visit other city landmark in the District 1 including the Notre Dame Cathedral inaugurated in 1880 became the spiritual and cultural crucible of the French presence in the Orient as was the Post office designed by Gustav Eiffel and resembling a grand railway station. And wrap up your city tour with visit the Reunification Palace which is renowned for its symbolic role in the fall of Saigon in 1975
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Day 3: Cu Chi Tunnels Tour and Vietnam Countryside Experience - Join tour
This is another variation of our popular Cu Chi tour, combining the legendary historical site with visiting surrounding cultural attractions.
This full-day Cu Chi Tunnels tour is perfect for those interested in Vietnam’s wartime past, but also want to experience traditional life of Vietnam countryside, which few tourists get to see. Over the course of an hour, our speedboat will whisk you from central Saigon to Cu Chi, past tranquil countryside pastures that offer a glimpse into life along the river. You will then explore the historic Cu Chi Tunnels site, before enjoying a traditional Vietnamese lunch prepared by our chef. Then, depending on your choice, either a minivan or Jeep will pick you up and take you on a journey through the scenic Vietnam countryside. You will visit an authentic cricket farm, and organic herb farm and a local country house, where traditional rice paper is made by hand as it has unchanged for centuries.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
- Cu Chi Tunnels
This is another variation of our popular Cu Chi tour, combining the legendary historical site with visiting surrounding cultural attractions.
This full-day Cu Chi Tunnels tour is perfect for those interested in Vietnam’s wartime past, but also want to experience traditional life of Vietnam countryside, which few tourists get to see. Over the course of an hour, our speedboat will whisk you from central Saigon to Cu Chi, past tranquil countryside pastures that offer a glimpse into life along the river. You will then explore the historic Cu Chi Tunnels site, before enjoying a traditional Vietnamese lunch prepared by our chef. Then, depending on your choice, either a minivan or Jeep will pick you up and take you on a journey through the scenic Vietnam countryside. You will visit an authentic cricket farm, and organic herb farm and a local country house, where traditional rice paper is made by hand as it has unchanged for centuries.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City
Day 4: Ho Chi Minh City – Departure
At leisure until airport transfer for your flight to the next destination.
Choice of tour extensions to the Mekong Delta with accommodation on traditional motorized sampan or to Cambodia or other beautiful beach destinations of Nha Trang or Mui Ne or Phu Quoc are available.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: NA
- SG By Night
At leisure until airport transfer for your flight to the next destination.
Choice of tour extensions to the Mekong Delta with accommodation on traditional motorized sampan or to Cambodia or other beautiful beach destinations of Nha Trang or Mui Ne or Phu Quoc are available.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: NA
Important Notes:
- PROGRAMS & SCHEDULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE
- In case of unpredictable bad conditions of weather in Halong Bay, please kindly understand that the cancellation will be made ONLY by the Management Board of Halong Bay and normally the announcement will be informed in short notice.
Price & Inclusion
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01 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 |
Small Group |
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First Class 4* |
US $454 |
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US $529 |
Notes:
- *All prices are based on per adult, in Double/Twin sharing
- Small group tour available (max 10 guests): HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
- Surcharge will be applied for single traveler or single room request
Important Information
Meals
3 Breakfast, 2 Lunch
Transportation
Car, Motorcycle
Accommodation
Hotel (3 nights)
Price Includes
- Overnight in shared Twin/ Double room with Air-condition (AC) at hotel.
- Overnight on local train in a private compartment with Air - condition (if any)
- All transport during tour on air - conditioned new model vehicle as per itinerary (including airport pick up & see off)
- All in-tour stationed professional local English speaking guide.
- Fine dinning with traditional local food as indicated in the program
- Entrance fees as per itinerary
- Fast track service at airport upon arrival
Price Excludes
- Hotel EARLY check in & LATE check out
- Peak season surcharge & compulsory dinner at the hotel (if any)
- International flights to or from Vietnam with taxes
- Visa or Passport Fees
- Travel Insurance
- Tips, laundry and gratuities
- Meals not marked on itinerary, and water during meals
Price Excludes
- Hotel EARLY check in & LATE check out
- Peak season surcharge & compulsory dinner at the hotel (if any)
- International flights to or from Vietnam with taxes
- Visa or Passport Fees
- Travel Insurance
- Tips, laundry and gratuities
- Meals not marked on itinerary, and water during meals
Cancellation by Customer
- Cancellation received before 60 days: FREE of charge
- Cancellation received from 30 days to 59 days prior arrival date: 10% of total rate
- Cancellation received from 15 days to 29 days prior arrival date: 30% of total rate
- Cancellation received from 7 days to 14 days prior arrival date: 50% of total rate
- Cancellation received less than 7 days prior arrival date or No show: 100% of total rate
Children Policy
- The rate for children applicable for one child sharing a twin or double cabin with two adults
- For infant (<04 years old): FOC except domestic ticket cost
- 04 - 11 years old without bed: 50% adult rate
- 04 - 11 years old with extra bed: 75% adult rate
- 04 - 11 years old in twin share: 90% adult rate
