Adventurous Saigon 3 Days/ 2 Nights
Adventurous Saigon 3 Days/ 2 NightsYY-VN 01
Day 01: SAIGON – ARRIVAL (-/-/-) No guide
Hi Chi Min City (Saigon) is the largest and most populous city in Vietnam. Arrival at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City, pick up and transfer from Airport to hotel. The rest of the day to relax or explore the city on your own.
Overnight in Saigon.
Day 02: SAIGON CITY (B/L/-)
After breakfast our guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel to start your city tour of Saigon. We start with a morning visit to the Reunification Palace – the former Presidential Palace of Southern Vietnamese Government before 1975. Then visit Notre Dame Cathedral, established by French Colonist and constructed between 1863 – 1880, and Central Post Office, constructed between 1886 – 1891 and credited to by the work of Gustava Eiffel. Our next stop is a visit to the Historical Museum (or War Museum) before taking an orientation walk along Dong Khoi and Nguyen Hue streets where you can get the great view of Hotel de Ville – the famous city hall in Saigon. Lunch will be served at local restaurant.
Afternoon, we take a tour to Cho Lon – the area of China town in Saigon. Visit Thien Hau Pagoda, builit in the 19th century – the temple for worshiping to the Goddess of the Sea, where hundreds of local people come and burn the incense for their luck, prosperity and happiness. After that, we will take a walk around Binh Tay, the biggest whole sale market in town. The market was constructed by Quach Dam – the wealthiest Chinese man in his community in 1930 and we will visit his statue and his tomb in the central of the market. The market has great traditional Chinese architecture and is a great way to see the local way of life in the hustle and bustle of this busy market.
Overnight in Saigon.
Meals: Breakfast & lunch
Day 03: SAIGON – CUCHI TUNNEL – DEPARTURE (B/-/-)
After breakfast our guide will meet you in the lobby of the hotel to start our adventurous tour to the south. We leave the city and drive throught the local countryside to Cu Chi – the famous network of tunnels which were used as the base from which the Vietnamese mounted their operations of the Tet Offensive in 1968. The Cu Chi Tunnels consist of more than 250km of underground tunnels. This main axis system has many branches connecting to underground hideouts, shelters, and entrances to other tunnels, the tunnels are between 0.5 to 1m wide, just enough for a person to crawl along. Today, a part of the tunnels has been adapted for us to enter and experience first hand how this system works.
Back to Saigon then transfer to Tan Son Nhat Airport for departure flight.
Meals: Breakfast
