Essence of Southern Vietnam

Highlights

  • Discover the story of Saigon, from city of conflict to a modern metropolis
  • Squeeze through the famous Vietnam War-era tunnels at Cu Chi
  • Experience the slow rhythm of life on the Mekong Delta by riverboat
  • Explore the beauty of Dalat which is known as Little Paris in Vietnam

About the tour

With 7 days, we provide you the best experiences in the south of Vietnam about culture, people and their daily life as well as customs. You will experience not only a modern and busy Ho Chi Minh City but also quiet and peaceful Mekong Delta and Da Lat.

Itinerary

  • Day 1: HCMC arrival

    Arrival in Ho Chi Minh city, you are taken to the hotel. Overnight in Ho Chi Minh city.
    Inclusion: Private car, Accomodation

  • Day 2: HCMC city tour-Cu Chi tunnels

    Start our trip at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City at around 8:30.
    We will have 1-hour cyclo around HCMC city, you are promised to get a slow-speed view of a maze of labyrinthine streets as the daily life of the locals.
    You'll next take a walking around Cho Lon Market, learning the daily life as well as experience likes a local.
    We will visit the Reunification Palace - untouched piece of history where time seems to have stood since April 30th of 1975.
    After lunch at local restaurant with Vietnamese food, and take a short break we will head to the underground tunnel network constructed by Vietnamese fighters during their struggle for independence - Cu Chi Tunnels. Covering nearly 250km, the tunnels system was the shelter to over 16,000 communist guerillas during the war.
    We then drive back to Ho Chi Minh City and end the tour at around 5pm. Then at 6pm you can watch in one of traditional entertainment shows such as A o show or my village or Teh dar….(not available everyday).
    Inclusion: Private car, tour guide, entrance tickets, breakfast, accomodation, cyclo

  • Day 3: Mekong-My Tho-Ben Tre

    Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel and then we will enjoy activities in My Tho and Ben Tre provinces, and experience the immensity of the biggest rice bowl of Vietnam.
    The first sightseeing spots of the Mekong delta in the second day are the floating fish farms and markets on the 4 legendary islets of Dragon, Unicorn, Tortoise and Phoenix. A rowboat will wind you down narrow water palm streams before you switch to a bicycle to cycle approximately 7 miles (12 km) through coconut gardens and along village paths to have a deeper view of the beautiful scenes.
    We will then move to the local village, where you can experience daily lives of locals, and stop to visit residents’ houses or workshops to learn how they make banana and coconut cakes and tastes those local specialties. You can try walking across the famous Monkey Bridge (a slender bamboo bridge used in rural Southern Vietnam to cross rivers and canals) to see locals making rice paper cakes and rice wine.
    Lunch will be served with unique Mekong cuisine before coming back to My Tho City and transferring to Ho Chi Minh City.
    Inclusion: Private car, entrance tickets, breakfast, accommodation

  • Day 4: HCMC fly to Da Lat

    After breakfast, we check out from hotel in HCMC then fly to Dalat city.
    Enjoy the weather here, go for a walk by your own. Free time from now
    Inclusion: Private car to pick up, Accomodation, Breakfast

  • Day 5: Da Lat full day tour

    In the morning:
    We will pick you up at your hotel and then transfer you to Valley of love where you can feel cool weather and see colorful flowers here.
    We will then move to Waterfall Dalanta where you can see the most beautiful waterfall with a wild and attractive landscape in Da Lat. And then you will experience moving by cable cars to contemplate scenery along the waterfall. At around 11:30 having lunch at a restaurant
    Afternoon visiting:
    We will enjoy the beauty nature of Langbiang Moutainby Jeep car and you will surely enjoy unforgettable experiences when setting foot on this wonderful land.
    Then you’ll visit Melinh coffee shop which is one of the most famous and fascinating parts of this trip, and you can see how the local people here plant and make appetite coffee cups,  and on the way back you can see a number of picturesque vegetable farms, then visit a cricket farm where you can see how local people feed crickets which are a great source of protein and contain enzymes that some scientists believe can cure diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
    Inclusion: Private car, tour guide, entrance tickets, breakfast
    Note: Pulling cart fee at Datlanta or coffee drinks are excluded in the price

  • Day 6: Dalat half day tour- fly back HCMC

    Depart from Dalat on the new roads going through the Tanung pass to visit Van Thanh flower village to see locals producing flowers and vegetable. On the way you can visit: Elephant Waterfall – the most natural, powerful and majestic fall in Dalat, drink wine ( Happy water), visit the coffee plantation and have a try for the weasel coffee see the way they making it , have a look at a Silk factory ( you can do shopping here for the quality silk products).
    Then we will take a rest for few minutes then check out and fly back to HCMC.
    Inclusion: Private car, tour guide, entrance tickets, breakfast, accommodation

  • Day 7: HCMC departure

    Say goodbye to you and have a safe flight!
    Inclusion: Private car to take you going to airport.

Activities

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Cyclo

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Walking

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Sightseeing

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Relaxing

Inclusion:

  • English speaking guide (except at pick-up or drop-off at the airport)
  • Arabic available upon request (at surcharge)
  • Accommodation mentioned above
  • Entrance Fees tickets
  • Meals as mentioned in itinerary (local food, not western style)
  • A/C airport transfer and transportation
  • Sightseeing excursions as mentioned in itinerary
  • Mineral water (1 bottle/person/day)

Exclusion:

  • Vietnam Visa
  • Internal and international flights
  • Personal expenses
  • Beverage/drinks per meal
  • Tip for drivers and guides
  • Others not clearly mentioned in itinerary

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