Detail Itinerary for City - Cu Chi Tunnels - Mekong Delta Tour 4-Day 3-Night From Sai Gon
DAY 1: ARRIVAL ON SAI GON – SAIGON CITY HALF DAY TOUR – WATER PUPPET SHOW (D)
- Viet Fun Travel’s staff will pick you up from International airport and drop you off at your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.
- 1:00pm - 1:30pm we will pick you up from your hotel and explore Reunification Hall which was the mansion of the President Ngo Dinh Diem of the former Southern Vietnam until 1975 (1960s - Apr 1975s). We have a great chance to see many beautiful things: formal meeting rooms, private bedrooms, war situation rooms 10 meter beneath earth’s level.
- This address today still plays the crucial role in Ho Chi Minh - Sai Gon We have guide who speaks your language (English speaking tour guide) to tell you significant historical facts about this building and some French colonial designs comprising the Notre Dame Cathedral (Located in the center of the city, this cathedral was constructed by the French in the late 1877s. A large statue of the Virgin Mary greets you as you walk into this neo - Romanesque cathedral, decorated by two tall spires flanking either side).
- General Post Office (Built by Gustav Eiffel, the Post Office is an evidence to the French presence in the late 1800s. The look and feel of this grand building is like a beautiful railway station).
- Passing City Hall (Find out why this is one of the most impressive buildings in Ho Chi Minh City - Sai Gon. Built in the early 1900s, City Hall is a wonderful example of French colonial architecture).
- Finish tour at 4:30pm.
- Evening: Watch water puppet show. Show starts at 18.30pm and finishes at 7:20pm.
- Then enjoy dinner on cruise.
- Stay overnight in Sai Gon.
DAY 2: MEKONG DELTA TOUR: SAIGON - CAI BE - CAN THO (B/L/D)
- Have a breakfast at hotel.
- 7:30am: This morning we will pick you up from your hotel and start Mekong Delta Tour 2 Days 1 Night to compare among how Cai Be and Cai Rang floating market are. On our dedicated coach with air con/car you can see the green paddy fields extending towards the horizontal.
- 10:30am: When you arrive in Cai Be, you’ll board a motorized boat that takes you to the floating market which is one of the biggest and famous floating markets in Mekong Delta. Furthermore, you can enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and experience the daily life of rural people.
- Next, we walk to visit a coconut candy, a crispy rice cake factory (served free with premium hot tea) and you might buy coconut candy and hand-made items from coconut trees of Mekong Delta for souvenir.
- When you feel it's enough for the serenity, let's get back to the large motor boat for enjoying something difference in An Binh Island (or Tan Phong Island). It is famous for fresh fruits the whole year. On the way , we have an excellent opportunity to look the sightseeing along 2 long sidess' river and find out the life of rural people in Mekong Delta.
- The time now should be around 12 noon. Time for lunch! Let's go to the local people's house for that (in the seasonable fruits garden).
- After lunch, we are divided into many groups and get on small row boats. During this 20 minutes trip, your boat will zigzag through a maze of shadow canals to enjoy the fresh air along the canal and wonderful water coconut tree scenery.
- The next we travel to Can Tho. Over night in Can Tho.
DAY 3: MEKONG DELTA TOUR: CAI RANG FLOATING MARKET – SAI GON (B/L)
- After breakfast, around 7:15am, we board a boat and travel for about 40 minutes to get to our first spectacular landscape ---- Cai Rang floating market…
- This is the largest of its type in the whole Mekong delta. During this visit, you'll have a chance to board a merchant boat that sells pineapples which come from Can Tho City.
- After that, we continue on our river route for 5-7 minutes and then on foot for about 5 minutes to reach a noodle and a rice paper factories.
- The time now should be around 12 noon. Time for lunch! Let's go back to Can Tho for that.
- We end our sightseeing trip at downtown Can Tho. On the way back to Ho Chi Minh by coach with air con/private car, we'll have a stop at an interesting point to rest and also have photographs.
- The stop will be brief, ensuring that we come back to SG before 7:00pm, finishing Mekong Delta tour 2 Days 1 Night
- Stay overnight in Sai Gon.
DAY 4: CU CHI TUNNELS TOUR – DEPARTURE (B)
- Have a breakfast at hotel.
- 8:30am - 8:45am: We depart from your hotel to Cu Chi Tunnels Half Day Tour. We stop at a lacquer art factory for the disabled on the way.
- We arrive in Cu Chi Tunnels (Ben Dinh). Then we will watch a propaganda film a wartime propaganda film showing how local guerilla fighters were "American Killing Heroes" (a short introductory video showing how the tunnels were constructed).
- We then spend the next hour exploring the maze of tunnels in Cu Chi. Also on display are various mantraps and the remains of an American tank as well as numerous bomb craters made by 500 pound bombs dropped by B52 bombers.
- Also, you can try to real gun shooting for extra.
- At 02:30pm - 03:00pm, we arrive in Sai Gon or we will drop-off at airport.
Included:
- Coach with air con
- Boat trips in Mekong delta have enough lifejacket for everyone
- English speaking tour guide
- Entrance fees, fruit, honey tea
- 3 breakfasts at hotel, 2 lunches, 2 dinners, 2 Aquafina water bottles and 2 nights in Sai Gon and 1 night in Can Tho.
Excluded:
- Other meal
- Gun shooting
- Guide at night time
- Travel insurance
- Tips
- Drinks and personnel expenses